Trying to build a somewhat futureproofed rig

At the moment Im building a gaming rig and trying to futureproof it a bit. I admit, I havent built a rig for almost a decade, and feel like a noobie again. How much life can i expect from this setup? im hoping at least 5 years.

EVGA Clasified SR2 Mobo (forgive spelling- profanity filter:oops: )

12-2 gig corsair ram

1500w silverstone PSU

4-Nvidia GeForce EVGA 570

1- 1TB caviar blue WD HDD

1- 80 gig Intel SSD (only using for OS)

2- Intel Xeon E5620 Quad Core Server Processors

1- Lite on Blu Ray burner

Custom case from Mountain Mods

Im also thinking about liquid cooling the video cards and processors, would this kit work with this setup?

I already have the Mobo, ram, and blu ray, and just ordered the case, HDD, SDD and PSU.

What do you guys think? will this setup get 5 years?

Sorry to say this but its a waste of money. The way tech moves you will be lucky to have top ended hardware to stay above the average for about three years. Water cooling isnt need also. I would get only 8gb of memory, get a I7 2600K cpu(much faster then the cpu you selected), and just pick up a HAF X case and just pick up one GTX 570 for now and pick up one later on down the road. Because in three years top ended Pc hardware such as the cpu and gpu power will be most likely at least 3x faster

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Dude no. Get this instead:

-P67 mobo (LGA 1155)

-i5 2500k CPU or i7 2600k (the i7 will not be of much use for gaming making the i5 better value in a gaming rig)

-2x4GB DDR3 RAM

-2xHD 6970 or 2xGTX 570

-950W Corsair PSU

-2x1TB WD Caviar Black (raid 0 them)

-blu-ray burner

-nice mid-tower case with good airflow (HAF 932, Antec 1200, etc)

Windows 7 64-bit OEM

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And no, making a rig last 5 years (games still playable at high settings) is not feasible without updates after 2-3 years.

Sorry to say this but its a waste of money.
The way tech moves you will be lucky to have top ended hardware to stay above the average for about three years. Water cooling isnt need also.
I would get only 8gb of memory, get a I7 2600K cpu(much faster then the cpu you selected), and just pick up a HAF X case. 04dcarraher

from the EVGA forums (supported chasis)

The SR2 only supports, Intel 5600 and 5500 sockets, . I prefer using video cards instead of a processor with glorified integrated graphics built into it.

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Dude no. Get this instead:

-P67 mobo (LGA 1155)

-i5 2500k CPU or i7 2600k (the i7 will not be of much use for gaming making the i5 better value in a gaming rig)

-2x4GB DDR3 RAM

-2xHD 6970 or 2xGTX 570

-950W Corsair PSU

-2x1TB WD Caviar Black (raid 0 them)

-blu-ray burner

-nice mid-tower case with good airflow (HAF 932, Antec 1200, etc)

Windows 7 64-bit OEM

.

And no, making a rig last 5 years (games still playable at high settings) is not feasible without updates after 2-3 years.

Tezcatlipoca666

it's better to spend a more modest amount now and upgrade later on. you'll probably save money as opposed to throwing it all down now, too.paullywog

[QUOTE="paullywog"]it's better to spend a more modest amount now and upgrade later on. you'll probably save money as opposed to throwing it all down now, too.gearsofhalogeek

At the moment Im building a gaming rig and trying to futureproof it a bit. I admit, I havent built a rig for almost a decade, and feel like a noobie again. How much life can i expect from this setup? im hoping at least 5 years.

EVGA Clasified SR2 Mobo (forgive spelling- profanity filter:oops: )

12-2 gig corsair ram

1500w silverstone PSU

4-Nvidia GeForce EVGA 570

1- 1TB caviar blue WD HDD

1- 80 gig Intel SSD (only using for OS)

2- Intel Xeon E5620 Quad Core Server Processors

1- Lite on Blu Ray burner

Custom case from Mountain Mods

Im also thinking about liquid cooling the video cards and processors, would this kit work with this setup?

I already have the Mobo, ram, and blu ray, and just ordered the case, HDD, SDD and PSU.

What do you guys think? will this setup get 5 years?

gearsofhalogeek

And how much will this cost?

When it comes to a futureproof rig, cost and years have an exponential relationship. Put cost on the y axis, and years on the y axis. Once you get to a certain cost, perhaps $2000 for example, any extra funds spent on the PC will only increase the life of the PC by shorter periods of time.

:?

Dude no. Get this instead:

-P67 mobo (LGA 1155)

-i5 2500k CPU or i7 2600k (the i7 will not be of much use for gaming making the i5 better value in a gaming rig)

-2x4GB DDR3 RAM

-2xHD 6970 or 2xGTX 570

-950W Corsair PSU

-2x1TB WD Caviar Black (raid 0 them)

-blu-ray burner

-nice mid-tower case with good airflow (HAF 932, Antec 1200, etc)

Windows 7 64-bit OEM

.

And no, making a rig last 5 years (games still playable at high settings) is not feasible without updates after 2-3 years.

Tezcatlipoca666

(and i know i dont need liquid cooling, but i plant to eventually overclock, when the time comes)

[QUOTE="gearsofhalogeek"][QUOTE="paullywog"]it's better to spend a more modest amount now and upgrade later on. you'll probably save money as opposed to throwing it all down now, too.C_Rule

[QUOTE="Tezcatlipoca666"]

:?

Dude no. Get this instead:

-P67 mobo (LGA 1155)

-i5 2500k CPU or i7 2600k (the i7 will not be of much use for gaming making the i5 better value in a gaming rig)

-2x4GB DDR3 RAM

-2xHD 6970 or 2xGTX 570

-950W Corsair PSU

-2x1TB WD Caviar Black (raid 0 them)

-blu-ray burner

-nice mid-tower case with good airflow (HAF 932, Antec 1200, etc)

Windows 7 64-bit OEM

.

And no, making a rig last 5 years (games still playable at high settings) is not feasible without updates after 2-3 years.

gearsofhalogeek

(and i know i dont need liquid cooling, but i plant to eventually overclock, when the time comes)

[QUOTE="gearsofhalogeek"][QUOTE="C_Rule"] Dude... You don't need a dual socket mobo for gaming. Just use a Sandy Bridge CPU.C_Rule

Agreed. By buying Server parts, you have spent far more than you needed to. You could have gotten an i7, an excellent mobo, and had some more money for a gpu.

[QUOTE="gearsofhalogeek"]

[QUOTE="Tezcatlipoca666"]

:?

Dude no. Get this instead:

-P67 mobo (LGA 1155)

-i5 2500k CPU or i7 2600k (the i7 will not be of much use for gaming making the i5 better value in a gaming rig)

-2x4GB DDR3 RAM

-2xHD 6970 or 2xGTX 570

-950W Corsair PSU

-2x1TB WD Caviar Black (raid 0 them)

-blu-ray burner

-nice mid-tower case with good airflow (HAF 932, Antec 1200, etc)

Windows 7 64-bit OEM

.

And no, making a rig last 5 years (games still playable at high settings) is not feasible without updates after 2-3 years.

C_Rule

(and i know i dont need liquid cooling, but i plant to eventually overclock, when the time comes)

[QUOTE="C_Rule"][QUOTE="gearsofhalogeek"] yeah, i know its not need for gaming, i already got it as a. christmas present, so im going to use it. wouldnt you? and im not really impressed with what i have read about the sandy bridge, it sounds like just a new fangled integrated graphics, or am i mistaken? Urworstnhtmare

Agreed. By buying Server parts, you have spent far more than you needed to. You could have gotten an i7, an excellent mobo, and had some more money for a gpu.

[QUOTE="Urworstnhtmare"]

[QUOTE="C_Rule"] You are mistaken, very mistaken. And no, I probably wouldn't use it, I'd rather sell it and get something better.gearsofhalogeek

Agreed. By buying Server parts, you have spent far more than you needed to. You could have gotten an i7, an excellent mobo, and had some more money for a gpu.

Seriously though the answer is infinity amount of time. You will get as much years as possible out of this rig until your standards become higher as newer tech comes out. Once you notice the performance of the rig slowing down, and you find it impossible to max out games (if those are your standards). Than this might be the time you upgrade/build a new PC.

No one here can tell you the exact amount of time you'll get out of this rig (as i've already stated before) but just by estimation here i'm claiming 3-4 years easily. BUT please do go Sandy Bridge, it's meant for gaming purposes ;)

2500k for gaming rig (2600k IF doing photoshop, movie editing etc)

Asus P8P67 Pro

4-8GB's Corsair Vengeance RAM (its 1.5v so best for SB memory controller)

GTX570-GTX580 or ATI equivalent

1000w Antec PSU

Samsung F3 1TB HDD

Crucial C300 SSD

Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit

i just hope you didn't get that WC kit because if you did not i would say go for the Swiftech Ultima+

At the moment Im building a gaming rig and trying to futureproof it a bit. I admit, I havent built a rig for almost a decade, and feel like a noobie again. How much life can i expect from this setup? im hoping at least 5 years.

EVGA Clasified SR2 Mobo (forgive spelling- profanity filter:oops: )

12-2 gig corsair ram

1500w silverstone PSU

4-Nvidia GeForce EVGA 570

1- 1TB caviar blue WD HDD

1- 80 gig Intel SSD (only using for OS)

2- Intel Xeon E5620 Quad Core Server Processors

1- Lite on Blu Ray burner

Custom case from Mountain Mods

Im also thinking about liquid cooling the video cards and processors, would this kit work with this setup?

I already have the Mobo, ram, and blu ray, and just ordered the case, HDD, SDD and PSU.

What do you guys think? will this setup get 5 years?

gearsofhalogeek

Buy four 6970's instead. Those cards have 2gb of GDDR5 which may be more future proof.

Might as well put that stuff to use and run a few servers off of that....lol

At the moment Im building a gaming rig and trying to futureproof it a bit. I admit, I havent built a rig for almost a decade, and feel like a noobie again. How much life can i expect from this setup? im hoping at least 5 years.

EVGA Clasified SR2 Mobo (forgive spelling- profanity filter:oops: )

12-2 gig corsair ram

1500w silverstone PSU

4-Nvidia GeForce EVGA 570

1- 1TB caviar blue WD HDD

1- 80 gig Intel SSD (only using for OS)

2- Intel Xeon E5620 Quad Core Server Processors

1- Lite on Blu Ray burner

Custom case from Mountain Mods

Im also thinking about liquid cooling the video cards and processors, would this kit work with this setup?

I already have the Mobo, ram, and blu ray, and just ordered the case, HDD, SDD and PSU.

What do you guys think? will this setup get 5 years?

gearsofhalogeek

Why would you buy a CPU server? Just wondering ? :D