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Finalized System Ratings/Suggestions

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September 21, 2013 4:41:17 PM

I'll list the parts I own, parts I am really leaning towards ordering and parts I'm still looking into and I'm just wondering for "rates" and recommendations. I plan on using this for extreme multitasking, gaming, and other hobbies I might pick up.

Owned:
Motherboard: ASUS Maximus VI Formula
Case: Themaltake Level 10 GT (Black) Full tower
PSU: XFX Pro-Series 850w
SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256gb
Also own the regular Samsung 120gb SSD, can these two be raided?
Own all needed optical drives and storage drives.

Planning to Order:
CPU: Intel i7 4770K
RAM: G.Skill Trident X Series DDR3-2400
GPU: Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3gb might eventually get 2.

Looking Into:
CPU Cooler (Not to positive if I want to go liquid or not since I plan to OC. If I do, I was thinking): Kraken X60

Anything else I'm missing? The motherboard has a pretty awesome built in sound card and I'll probably end up getting a new monitor as well. Thanks a head of time!

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September 21, 2013 4:49:23 PM

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SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256gb
Also own the regular Samsung 120gb SSD, can these two be raided?


Don't do this.

1. No real world performance increase.
2. For RAID 0 or 1, the array is limited to the size of the smallest drive, and the performance of the slowest drive. So you're throwing away 1/2 the Pro 256.
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September 21, 2013 4:51:53 PM

I wasn't planning on it haha. Just was wondering. If anything I would wait until I could afford more of the Pro SSD's, but I'd rather upgrade other components first.
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September 22, 2013 12:53:39 AM

Sorry for the double post. Any suggestions? I'm wondering if all of this will be good for the price of components, also wondering about cpu cooler.
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