Project Rebirth

[ohms]

So I have decided to can my whole system and redo my whole PC with components that are good sellers so I have better luck getting the blocks that I want and such.

So far this is what I will be ordering next week excluding the watercooling supplies (which will follow the 2 weeks after).

Could anyone tell me if the video card I selected is standard reference design or if there is any decent full cover blocks that will fit on it?

Silverstone TJ-07
Silverstone ST-1000 PSU modular
i7 920 (heres hoping its a good stepping!)
eVGA Classified
Corsair Dominator DDR3-1600 3x3 6GB
(2) eVGA Geforce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked edition
Intel X-25M 80GB SSD
WD 1TB Black Edition SATA
Plextor 24x DVD/RW SATA

As for the water cooling parts this is what I am thinking of ordering.

XSPC 360 Radiator
Heatkiller Rev 3.0 1366 LT
Bitspower NB/SB full cover block
Bitspower Mosfet block
MCP-655 w/ Koolance top and Bitspower D5 mod
EK Multioption Res 150
Koolance Compression fittings
Fill port and a Drain port
Black 1/2" ID tygon tubing
Asaka silencing foam
Sleeving kit

I would eventually also like to order Murdermod stuff

[Etherealscourge]

Thats gonna be pretty sick! You don't have a microcenter near you? You can pick the stepping you want :d

[ohms]

There is actually one like 2 hours from me, are you sure you can get specific steppings from them?

[Etherealscourge]

Call and ask. I called and they said they had 200+ d0's in stock. Just have one of them actually read you a few of the batch numbers. The one near me seem to have a lot of 3849B's .. but yeah, deff look into it. They also are 199 + tax! 220 with tax.

[ohms]

Well I have no idea what batch I should be looking for, I am familiar with the D0 stepping but whats with the batch?

[Etherealscourge]

There are a lot of different batches that are d0 .. not sure whats what though. I know my batch, 3849B is d0. There is a o/cing by batch thread, should give you the info you want to know. It's like on the top pave of the intel section.

[ohms]

thanks

[Etherealscourge]

From what I've heard, and from personal experience the B batches are awesome. I was able to hit 4.5 on mine with stock cooling at about 1.32vcore .. hope that helps :p

[atomic ferret]

There is actually one like 2 hours from me, are you sure you can get specific steppings from them?

There's one in long island and one in north jersey, both are about an hour away. I've been thinking about going out there to one, but I can never convince myself to drive that long.

P.S. I'm from Brooklyn too!