Just ordered (Got a few questions).

[Josh]

Hey guys, it's been a while. So I finally got the money together to buy my computer and it looks a bit like this.

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE

Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz @ max 4.80GHz)

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V PRO: USB 3.0, SATA 6GB/s, NVIDIA®SLI™, ATI®CrossFireX™

Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

2nd Graphics Card
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB OCZ VERTEX 3 SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 500MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX850 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£99)

Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO II A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£59)

Thermal Paste
ARCTIC COOLING MX-3 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)

Sound Card
Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Xtreme Audio (£32)

Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

I just had a few questions I would like to ask and would much appreciate if anyone could answer them.

Firstly I am buying it with the operating system so does that mean all the drivers will be the most up to date ones? As in the ones off the websites not the drivers off the CD's that come with it.

Secondly I plan to run the CPU at about 4.2-4.5GHZ at how long can I maintain that for? (How many hours daily?)

Thirdly once I get the computer, I take it that it is already in SLI, do I just connect the DVI-D cable straight from the back of the top GPU to the monitor, or do I also have to connect any other cables to my screen?

Finally if I was to overclock the GPUs and RAM would this void all warranty on the computer or just on those specific components?

Cheers for any feedback, Josh.

 

[Teaz]

- yes, fully up to date with the latest drivers all components.

- you can have that running as many hours as you like, you just drain the cpu lifespan more that way. Why do you even need it to be running at such clocks? what are you even doing with it? the stock clock is fast enough on the i7 2600.

- nope, just connect your cables to the 1st gpu and you have your screen running all fine(power supply plugged in too).

- void all i believe. only part is where you dont if successful is your cpu.

 

[DeadEyeDuk]

To no.3, as I understand it, as the PCS warranty covers the whole rig, not just specific parts, doing so would void the whole warranty.

 

[Josh]

Thank you very much indeed, that was all I pretty much needed. TBH the only reason I would be running it that high is when I am playing on any of the new very graphic intensive games (which I know would be taken through the GPU) but also want to record at the same time.

 

[Teaz]

tbh i dont think games would eat through those 570s unless you somehow put your hand through a time portal and got hold of a game released in 2080 lol. even while recording, you would be fine. i think 4-4.2 is fine.

unless your gona be playing games like Rift/WoW and your gona do some serious big army raiding, maybe then you may need 4.3ghz lol

 

[Josh]

I play both of the above games, plus a lot more MMO's so i might just clock it there then

 

[Josh]

One last quick question, how many fans would you expect them to put in a desktop like this?

 

[tom_gr7]

One last quick question, how many fans would you expect them to put in a desktop like this?

I suggest you up to a better case with better cooling. But to answer your questions in my opinion would be add as many fans as possible for max cooling.

 

[Josh]

I may have changed the case, but its already ordered. Anyway I heard this case still had great cooling. I meant thought how many would they most likely add? When I get it if they have not added enough I may add some more, was just wondering.

 

[tom_gr7]

I may have changed the case, but its already ordered. Anyway I heard this case still had great cooling. I meant thought how many would they most likely add? When I get it if they have not added enough I may add some more, was just wondering.

ya could still amend the order, if its still in the processing stage.

The case t900 should come fitted with all the fans already. front fan, side fan, rear fan and rear top fan i think.