Need Recommendations on a New Build

[scole of TSBT]

It seems that the HPs have a much better stock cooling solution over the Dells.

Eh, not really. Temps are comparable to the T5500. Just don't have to mess with a riser. Though the heatsink upgrade on the primary cpu keeps it nice and cool. The cpu on the riser gets as hot as the Z600 cpus. Avg 75C?.

I see is the smaller and slightly less efficient PSU (650W @ 85% vs 875W @ 88%). You might have trouble running a 7950/280 and you would certainly have failures with 7970/280X on this platform, but it has enough power for a mid-range AMD card or any newer Nvidia GPU up to GTX 980. For this reason I've been sticking with the Dell T5500 - I need somewhere to put my Tahiti cards!

You're correct, the Z600 PSU is a limitation. I power a GPU in one with a separate PSU.

[Mike029]

Okay, pulled the trigger on this one. http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Z800-Work...QAAOSwBLlU~fDb


I bid $900.00 shipping is $66.00. Tell me what ya think?

[Al]

You won't be disappointed with that machine, I'm positive of that fact. Welcome to the 24 thread owners club.

[scole of TSBT]

Yeah, you'll like it.

[MindCrime]

You'll be so happy with it. You'll be shopping to add another once you get it settled in. Are you familiar with VMs? I wasn't at all until I got it and have learned a ton with the help of these forums.


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[Mike029]

You'll be so happy with it. You'll be shopping to add another once you get it settled in. Are you familiar with VMs? I wasn't at all until I got it and have learned a ton with the help of these forums.


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Thanks guys. I'm sure if had waited I'd have found a better deal but I was impatient. I went a bit over budget on this so I'll have to put off that x99 build till after Christmas. A fair compromise with "she who rules".

[MindCrime]

You might be able to put a 280x in it and have something that meets all your needs for a bit longer.

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[Mike029]

I'll get that x99 build or like you said, I'll want another. I't'll be here next week. I can't wait for the next cpu challenge we hit.

[MindCrime]

Pardon my bias. I'm living vicariously through this build thread.

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[scole of TSBT]

Are you familiar with VMs? I wasn't at all until I got it and have learned a ton with the help of these forums.

The one thing dual cpu systems aren't good at is crunching under a VM. It works, but there's a bit of a performance hit. If you want to also have a linux option, you should consider a dual boot setup.