Help the newbie with his build!!

[Talonman]

I will only put the filter in the loop once a month, and run it for about a 24 hours. It will not be a perminant component in my loop for the reason you have stated.

[Talonman]

System Cost Update:

My System's Specifications

CASE:
(1) SilverStone TJ-09 Dream Machine Case - Black with window. $259.99

Display:
(1) Gateway FPD2485W HD Display, Mfg date: December 2006 - (1,920 x 1,200 normal resolution) $632.25
Baught on 2/22/07. FDP2485W

PSU
(1) Thermaltake Toughpower 1000w modular PSU. $339.99
Model: W0132 Cable Management.

Motherboard:
(1) Asus Maximus SE. $300.00

CPU:
(1) Intel C2Q Q6600 GO 2.4GHz S775 SLACR S/N: L726B397. $279.99

Ram:
(1) Corsair XMS2 4GB: 2 X 2GB Modules DDR2. $222.00
CM2X2048-6400C5DHX XMS2-6400 2048MB 800MHz 5-5-5-18 1.80V ver1.2 07384754.

Storage:
(2) Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drives. Operating in RAID0 - (OS and games) $369.98
OEM Model: WDC WD1500ADFD-0.

(1) Western Digital Caviar SE16 750GB 7,200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive. (General storage) $189.99
OEM Model: WDC WD7500AAKS-0.

(1) Samsung 250GB 7,200 RPM SATA-300 port with NCQ, 300 MB/s, Hard Drives. (General storage) $65.00
OEM Model: Samsung SP2504C.

Cards:
(1) TV Tuner card harvested out of my m7690n Pavilion.

Cooling (Air):
(5) 120mm Scythe S-FLEXT Case Fan. (63.7 CFM/28 dBA) $70.00
(1) ZALMAN ZM-MFC1 Fan Controller Panel. (4 fan speed control, and 2 togle switches) $29.99
(1) Corsair ram fan CMXAF1 RTL. $19.99
(1) Masscool FD07015S1M3/4 RTL. $3.99
(1) Enzotech Forged Copper CNB-S1L. (South Bridge heat sink) $16.00
(1) Silenx Ixtrema Pro Series 40mm 14dBA 5CFM. (South Bridge sink fan) $17.00
(2) Thermalright heat sinks cooling MOSFET chip's. $50.00

Cooling (Water):
(1) WaterKegIII Xtreme. (Black with Blue CCFL lighting) $500.00
(1) D-TEK FuZion Universal CPU Waterblock - 1/2". $61.99
(1) D-TEK FuZion nozzle accelerator kit. $6.99
(1) EK-NB S-MAX Acetal North Bridge Waterblock $50.00
(1) UV reactive Pentosin G11 Coolant Additive (Blue) 4oz. $4.50
(1) Petra's Tech "PT Nuke" Concentrated Biocide 10mL. $2.50
(10') Tygon 1/2" ID (3/4" OD) R-3603 Laboratory-Grade tubing. $32.50
(10') Masterkleer General Purpose Clear PCV tubing 3/8" ID (5/8" OD). $6.50
(8) Hose Clamps. $3.00

Lighting: (All lights are controlled by the two toggle switches on the fan controller)
(2) 12in Dual Blue Cold Cathode Kit. (Sunbeam) $11.98 (This gives you 4 lights total, 2 lights per kit.)
(1) Cold Cathode Sound Activation Module. (Sunbeam) $3.99 (This is made for controlling 2 light kits.)
(3) 5' UV blue EL Wire kits. $17.97
(1) 5 UV Lazer LED kit MDLED5UV. $4.99

Cables: (Found long cables at SVC.com)
(4) 36" UV Blue 36" SATA II Cable w/ Locking Latch. $20.00

MISC Parts:
(1) Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM. $5.99
(1) Arctic Silver CMQ-22G The high-density, ceramic-based thermal compound - Retail. $9.99
(1) Arctic Silver Adhesive. $7.99
(1) Arctic Silver ACN-60ML (2-PC-SET) Thermal material Remover & Surface Purifier - OEM. $5.99
(1) Premium Heatsink Lapping Kit. $11.99
(2) MCMaster-Carr Polypropylene quick-disconnects. $51.98
(1) UV Blue slot protector. $3.00
(1) Spider Stencil. $24.99
(1) Can ClearNeon Aerosol UV Reactive Paint - Blue. $14.99
(1) 4448K26 McMASTER-CARR 5 micron water filter. $18.36
(4) 5165K39 5 micron replacement filters. $12.96
(2) 5832T123 BSPT -to- NPT Brass Thread Pipe. $7.56

Operating System:
(1) Vista Ultimate 64 Full Retail Version Unopened. (Ebay Price) $241.89 (Microsoft wanted $399.99)

Total $4,004.25 so far!

I still will be getting a sinfully fast GPU too, some day soon. My intent will be to add it into my loop. (CPU, NB, and GPU will be it on water cooling for me, and believe that is all I should have in my one loop setup.)
I will be adding in the cost of my CD/DVD player, and HD DVD player into my total system cost, after I officially install them.
They are still currently being used in my HP Pavilion m7690n.

UPS Ground is currently tracking my Vista Ultimate 64bit on the way in:
SAN DIEGO, CA, US 12/18/2007 9:43 P.M. ORIGIN SCAN

My EK-NB S-MAX Acetal North Bridge Waterblock is also confirmed in route too.
I am more than ready to start putting this puppy back togeather...

[Buckeye]

Nice bill of materials Talon.

I try to never add up the costs of my builds as it scares me to much LOL.

[Talonman]

The cost is actually going a bit higher than I expected. I figure if sombody is considering one of the dual CPU mobo's for their system, or using DDR3 memory, this price listing can serve as a warning.

We do need the funds to complete the builds we start. Even though we all might want 8 cores running on 8MEG of DDR3 ram, the cold hard cash it would take to complete such a system is still way to high for most people. It would be for me as 5 grand feels like a finincial streign.

My system with it's megar Q6600 GO, and 4GB of ram will be close to 5 grand when fitted with a speedy GPU. I hope this pricing list will help others to decide on exactly how big they can go with their build, and the total cost involved when using these or comparable components.

I am all up for a speedy system, with a bit of a mainframe attitude, but we still have to eat and live in our homes too.

Choose wisely when you are making your initial considerations for your new dream system...

You have to insure it dosen't just stay a dream, and can actually become reality. They are much more fun that way!

I will be fine completing this system, but am glad I didn't shoot any higher as my wife might well have shot me.

[Buckeye]

Yes I agree with you on the dream part. I work my home based business and that's all about "The" dream. So I need a Dream machine LOL !

My new build will happen around February as that’s when the funds will be freed up for that. I am taking notes on everything and making plans. I really want to go phase & water cooling on this build and waiting to see what Nvidia comes out with next, otherwise I will just use my 2 8800GTX’s in a SLI rig, perhaps TRI if the new cards looks nice. Still much to consider but I have time.

Your price totals are about right for a rig like that, plus the fun of making it yourself !

I love looking at what others are doing here and going Ohhh I like that, and that !! It's all in the fun of planning the next build

[Talonman]

So true on seeing what others are doing, and wanting the same setup!!

I have no doubt that I will enjoy this computer more than any I have ever owned before, just due to the fact I built it from scratch, and got to select each part in the build. It will also gives me the opportunity to tell my friends about my gear, and exactly why I selected it over other options.

For a Major BS'er like me, that is part of the enjoyment too.

[Talonman]

The Keg has two power connectors, and Seth supplies two quality power wires.

I opted to make two connectors into one to cover more distance using some of the wires I already had laying around. I plugged two connectors into the Keg and made a plastic spacer to keep them the exact distance apart, that the Keg liked.
I soldered the wires togeather, then using electrical tape covered each one individually. I also then wrapped the entire rig up in more electrical tape, to keep it all together.



I spliced a connecting wire together, with two female ends. These were also soldered together.
It's now plenty long, for the distance that I needed to cover!
Just one wire to connect to the computer now too.



Here is a shot of the inside...


And the rear: