New Rig for PS2

[Eyeklops]

Well, I finally bit the bullet and ordered an upgrade to my pc.

Seasonic M12D 850W power supply (already own, keeping)
Thermaltake Mozart TX (already own, keeping)
Zalman ZM-MFC2 (already own, Keeping)
Magicool Slim 240 Radiator (already own, keeping in case, but won't use)
D-tek Pump (already own, keeping in case, but won't use)
D-tek Waterblock (going for scrap)
Asus Maximus Forumla SE (on water) -->> Asus Maximus Gene V
Intel E8400 @ 4Ghz (on D-tek waterblock) -->> Intel 3570K (on Water 2.0 Extreme)
Gskill 8 gig DDR2-1000 -->> Gskill 8 gig DDR3-2400
Powercolor 5870 LCS (on water) -->> EVGA GTX690 (no water...yet)
4 Seagate 750GB in mixed RAID (1+0 & 0) -->> Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 240GB SSD
Samsung 20" 60hz LCD -->> Asus 27" 120hz LED-LCD
Thermaltake Water 2.0 Extreme

I think the total was just shy of $2600 for all the stuff in bold including another copy of Win7 Pro & a blu-ray drive. Not a "full" upgrade, but there is no reason to get rid of that massive case and fairly recent power supply. Keyboard, mouse, headset, & Obutto gaming desk are all that is left to order.

Having conflict over the GTX 690 only getting 4GB of ram, would much rather see it have a full 4GB per GPU (8 total). If the 8GB version comes out this one will be on ebay for sure. The 690 will stay on air so long as the temps and noise level don't get noteworthy, but I can already feel that 240 radiator calling out to be used.

It will be interesting to see how well the pre-built water cooling unit can hold down the temps on the 3570K once I start pushing up the clockrate. Intel really fucked the overclocking crowd with Ivy Bridge (no soldered IHS this go round). Even if the overclock is pushed down by the junk thermal interface Intel used on the IHS, going from an E8400 to a 3570K will feel like a massive jump.

The last thing I can't wait to see in action is the 120Hz monitor. I get the feeling that it will be everything it's cracked up to be.

The un-fun part of this whole adventure is going to be dismantling the current hardware and water loop. Cleaning the case is going to be a bitch too. Last I looked in there, I didn't have just a few dust bunnies, I had the GOTR sized outfit of dust bunnies. And I am pretty sure they were zerging around my generator (power supply) and CC (motherboard).
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So...the question is...do you think I will really notice a difference?