building my dream system

[71skylark]

I'm going to college next year so I'm gonna build my dream box while I can. I'm hoping for a serious overclock out this setup. Any input?

eheim 1060 waterpump
dangerden maze2-2 waterblock/chipsetblock/GPUblock
2x 172w peltiers on CPU
1x 120w peltier on GPU
2x seagate 15k 18gb scsi drives
Atto UL3D SCSI RAID card
Epox 8kha
athlon xp 1900
512 crucial 2100 w/thermaltake RAMsinks
gainward TI500
SB Audigy X-gamer fed to my $2k stereo (NAD, PSB, MBquart)
linksys LNE100TX
16x pioneer DVD-rom
pioneer A03 DVD-writer(not sure if I should buy this, and just get a plextor 24x instead)

Seriously custom case I'm making out of a 36"x18" metal chest. I will have ducts in and out from a window at opposite ends of the case, with the "in" ducted with seran-wrap to a small window fan ducted to 2 F-250 heat cores hooked up in series. I front of the heater cores will be the motherboard, and behind that the drives, behind them is an RF shield ahead of the 24v peltier PS and the waterpump. There will be switches mounted on the side for power, reset, and one to shut off the second CPU peltier and GPU pelter to save on power when not gaming. Sound good? my friends call me crazy.

[Yodums]

Hmm that seems like one heck of a system ... Too many peltiers man I think you might just bump into condensation and you'll be spending one heck of bills on PSU's for like 3 peltiers.

Some stuff are unecessary...

So think back on what you do when your going to be at college.. if your going to game all the time or anything because that beast sounds like your going to be on it 24/7 and running everything! So I don't really know what to take out because I don't know what its meant to do really.

[Silversinksam]

That looks like it will be a serious machine, I suggest that you place a Wanted ad in the Overclockers.com Classified (http://overclockers.cssftware.com/ads/cacgi.exe/?action=Show) /Wanted section looking for a mad overclocked pretested CPU.

Having the finest components without a Cpu that is a good overclocker will get you stuck in the mud so to speak.

Thats my problem as I have great componets, but my CPU's fsb wont go over 155 which is a bummer for me as I have tested the ram and other components and the ram will go well over 160 @cas2


Just my .02 cents and I hope you find a worthy cpu to go into that dream machine.

:)


ps I tried to check out your site but get this:

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[DarkInferno_IV]

Feed the cooling from water mains.

Use some kind of thermal cutoff on the wole system, so the pelts dont stay on.

DON'T DO IT AT ALL!
It's too mych bother- I would know, I've been thru all that kind of stuff.

[Jon]

If hoping for high FSB I'd dump that Linksys NIC and go for something made by 3COM.

NIC is the first to go when trying for high FSB. I went through 3 before I found one to get over 160MHz. Two of those were Linksys.

[turd]

sound great but sounds like u have the $$$ so y not go with the vapochill, im saving for one now and cant wait

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