Hope you all don't mind. Now that Airmalik has completed his new Rig, rather than start a new thread, I thought I'd just jump in here and post
my "Draft" Rig plan....This is based upon a selection of options for a CyberPower Rig.
I'm 99% disposed this time to simply order a pre-packaged Rig rather than my researching and mixing and matching separately purchased (cheaper) components and have it lashed together by a local Computer-"builder' for a fee. I've done that twice before.
First...Does anyone have an opinion on CyberPower as a company? reliability? customer service?
Second...below, are my current selected components, on which I would welcome
any comments/suggestions. I'm a little foggy on the liquid cooling versus Case fans set up, as I have never had water liquid cooling before. I want to be sure my Case and Liquid Cooling elements are compatible.
I intend to do
NO overclocking (so no concern with OC increases in heat, etc). I am not interested in anything related to 3D graphics/monitors, etc.
I am primarily interested in flight sim and other military-related gaming, and I want this Rig to last five years.Currently at 69 yrs old, I don't plan much further out than that.
Proposed CyberPower Rig:
• CASE: Azza Fusion 4000 Super Full-Tower 2-in-1 Gaming Case w/ Dual System Support, Dual PSU Support, 1x 140mm & 2x 120mm Fans, Front USB 3.0, HDD Easy Swap, 480MM Liquid Cooling Ready Drive
• FAN: CyberPower Xtreme Hydro Liquid Cooling Kit 240MM w/ Dual Fan (CPU & GPU Liquid Cool Capable, Extreme Overclocking Performance + Extreme Silent at 18dBA)
• CASE FAN: Maximum Enermax 120MM Case Cooling Fans (1,000 RPM)
• POWERSUPPLY: 1,200 Watts - Cooler Master Silent Pro 80 Plus Gold Power Supply ( 80 Plus Gold)
• MOTHERBOARD: GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 Chipset DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ IRST, Lucid Virtu MVP, Ultra Durable4, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, Display Port, 3x Gen3 PCIe X16, 3x PCIe x1 & 1 PCI (All Venom OC Certified)
• CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-3770K 3.50 GHz 8MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1155 (Factory 20% OC)
• MEMORY: 16GB (4GBx4) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory (Corsair Vengeance)
• VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 4GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card
• HDD: 120GB Corsair Force GT Series SATA-III 6.0 Gb/s SSD - 555MB/s Read & 515MB/s Write (Single Drive)
• HDD2: Two SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD’s in Raid 1 configuration
• CD: LG 12X Internal Blu-ray Drive & DVDRW, 3D Playback Combo
• MONITOR: 24" Widescreen 1920x1080 ASUS VS247H-P LCD
• MOUSE: AZZA Optical 1600dpi Gaming Mouse
• SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
• SPEAKERS: Logitech Z-506 5.1 Surround Speakers + Subwoofer System