Need help choosing motherboard,PSU,case and stuff

I am thinking about building a new PC with high end hardware.

The components that I have chosen so far are:

1x Intel Core i7 990x

3x NVIDIA Geforce EVGA 580GTX

3x Corsair 4GB XMS3 DDR3 1600MHz RAM

2x 2TB Western Digital Black Caviar 7200RPM

1x Corsair H50 CPU Cooler

As you can see,I need help choosing the PSU,case and motherboard:P

I also have a few questions:

i) Will I need RAID controller cards?

ii) Will I have to buy a separate SLI bridge that can connect the three 580GTXs?

iii) If three graphics cards are in SLI,they will be really close and blow hot air on each other.What can I do to avoid that?

Help will be appreciated:D

I am thinking about building a new PC with high end hardware.

The components that I have chosen so far are:

1x Intel Core i7 990x

3x NVIDIA Geforce EVGA 580GTX

3x Corsair 4GB XMS3 DDR3 1600MHz RAM

2x 2TB Western Digital Black Caviar 7200RPM

1x Corsair H50 CPU Cooler

As you can see,I need help choosing the PSU,case and motherboard:P

I also have a few questions:

i) Will I need RAID controller cards?

ii) Will I have to buy a separate SLI bridge that can connect the three 580GTXs?

iii) If three graphics cards are in SLI,they will be really close and blow hot air on each other.What can I do to avoid that?

Help will be appreciated:D

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I am thinking about building a new PC with high end hardware.

The components that I have chosen so far are:

1x Intel Core i7 990x

3x NVIDIA Geforce EVGA 580GTX

3x Corsair 4GB XMS3 DDR3 1600MHz RAM

2x 2TB Western Digital Black Caviar 7200RPM

1x Corsair H50 CPU Cooler

As you can see,I need help choosing the PSU,case and motherboard:P

I also have a few questions:

i) Will I need RAID controller cards?

ii) Will I have to buy a separate SLI bridge that can connect the three 580GTXs?

iii) If three graphics cards are in SLI,they will be really close and blow hot air on each other.What can I do to avoid that?

Help will be appreciated:D

nameless125

The number of video cards you decide on will determine how much power you need. If you go with 3 GTX 580's you will need a 1200W PSU or better. The Antec High Current Pro 1200 is probably the best with the Corsair AX1200 a close second. I haven't really looked at any of the 1500W PSU's and there are only a few of those. The only reason you should go with tri-SLI is if you are going with a 3D Surround setup (3 monitors in 3D). Otherwise, I would suggest just getting two 580's. For a case I would suggest the Cooler Master HAF X for its outstanding airflow. The best way to cool three video cards is going with a custom water cooling setup otherwise you will just need to deal with the added heat from those cards. You will want a full size tower with great airflow for that many gpu's. Some other people will be able to give you a good recommendation for a mobo.

The number of video cards you decide on will determine how much power you need. If you go with 3 GTX 580's you will need a 1200W PSU or better. The Antec High Current Pro 1200 is probably the best with the Corsair AX1200 a close second. I haven't really looked at any of the 1500W PSU's and there are only a few of those. The only reason you should go with tri-SLI is if you are going with a 3D Surround setup (3 monitors in 3D). Otherwise, I would suggest just getting two 580's. For a case I would suggest the Cooler Master HAF X for its outstanding airflow. The best way to cool three video cards is going with a custom water cooling setup otherwise you will just need to deal with the added heat from those cards. You will want a full size tower with great airflow for that many gpu's. Some other people will be able to give you a good recommendation for a mobo.

jtcraft

Here is a template I made.... I keep a wishlist of what I would consider the current "best pc" just for my own amusement. The mobo is an 1155 z68 which is pretty cool because of some of the features it boasts such as SSD caching, but you would also be fine with a p67.

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=17346566

Just some answers to your questions:

The motherboard, if it supports SLI, will come with the SLI bridge. Also, you only need dual SLI as triple is absolute overkill (even sli 580s is currently overkill). Heat won't be too much of a problem as GPUs run hot as it is. Get a nice case with decent airflow and problem solved.

Here is a template I made.... I keep a wishlist of what I would consider the current "best pc" just for my own amusement. The mobo is an 1155 z68 which is pretty cool because of some of the features it boasts such as SSD caching, but you would also be fine with a p67.

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=17346566

Just some answers to your questions:

The motherboard, if it supports SLI, will come with the SLI bridge. Also, you only need dual SLI as triple is absolute overkill (even sli 580s is currently overkill). Heat won't be too much of a problem as GPUs run hot as it is. Get a nice case with decent airflow and problem solved.

Smoke89

But I am still confused about the RAID controllers.

And I don't think that motherboard is available where I live.

Is 'Intel X58 eVGA cl@ssified 4-way SLI' a good board?Does it support the new i7s like the 2600k and can 3x4GB drr3 ram sticks be used with it?

EDIT: ^^^Replace that by 'EVGA x58 Cl@ssified 3'.

Sorry for the dumb questions,I don't have much knowledge about mobos.

You want a LGA 1155 p67 or z68 to go with a 2500k/2600k. X58 is LGA 1366 (i7 920-980).

Example:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131700&cm_re=1155_motherboard-_-13-131-700-_-Product

Note how it says LGA 1155? That is what you want, you also want to make sure it has SLI support. Also, you see where it says P67? There are variations of 1155 boards, but all will work with the same CPUs (z68 is the other popular option). So look around and find a board with the features you want as long as it is 1155. If you are a huge evga fan they just released their 1155 p67 boards not too long ago.

http://www.evga.com/products/prodlist.asp?switch=5

As for RAID, I don't have much experience with it. However, I did run two HDDs in RAID 0 on one of my other rigs. I never used a RAID controller card, I just set it up in the BIOS of my mobo. Do some google research on it.

this is what I would recommend, get the 2600k, it is 300 bux but it is faster or as fast as the 990.Currently intels fastest chip is the $300 2600k, and if you really want to spend $1000 and get a cpu more powerful than the 2600k then unfortunately there is nothing out there like that at the moment and you will need to wait till intel releases their ivy bridge processors early next year. For the graphics card I would recommend getting a 6990 and another 6970 for a tri fire setup that will demolish sli 580's and cost the same.