opinions on this system

[corvetteguy]

this system has taken a lot of decision making for about a month and i want to make should it is worth the price, which is $3 109.28 in Canadian dollars.

1 x PC ASSEMBLY AND TESTING (PRE-CONFIG OS IF PURCHASED)
1 x MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION OEM (WITH SYSTEM ONLY)
1 x Samsung 915N 19IN LCD Monitor 1280X1024 700:1 8MS 0.294MM Analog Black
1 x Logitech Z5500 Digital 5.1 Speakers 500W RMS SILVER-BLACK Analog Coax Optical
1 x Logitech G5 Laser Gaming Mouse 2000DPI USB Bilingual
1 x LOGITECH MEDIA KEYBOARD Black ULTRA FLAT DESIGN W/ AUDIO CONTROLS & ENHANCED FUNCTION KEYS
1 x LG GSA-4167B 16X DVD+-RW 16X Dual Layer Writer IDE 2MB Black OEM W/ SW Burner
1 x LG 16X Black DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM IDE UDMA33 INT OEM
1 x Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Xtrememusic 24BIT Sound Card
1 x Enermax All In One 535W ATX12V V2.0 20/24 Pin Power Supply W/ PCI-E SLI Ready
1 x BFG GeForce 7800GT 256MB 256BIT GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDTV VIVO SLI Ready Video Card
1 x 1.44MB Black 3.5IN FLOPPY DRIVE
1 x Western Digital Caviar SE 250GB SATA2 7200RPM 8MB 8.9MS Hard Drive 3 Year MFR Warranty
2 x OCZ EL Platinum REV.2 (TCCD) PC3200 1GB 2X512MB DDR CL 2-2-2-5 184PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit
1 x ASUS A8N-SLI Premium ATX S939 NFORCE4 SLI DDR 2PCI-E16 2PCI-E 3PCI SATA RAID Sound GBLAN Motherboard
1 x AMD Athlon 64 4000+ Processor S939 San Diego 2.4GHZ 1MB L2 Cache 90NM Retail Box
1 x THERMALTAKE VB1000BNS SOPRANO ATX MIDTOWER CASE 3 CASE FANS 4X5.25 2X3.5 5X3.5INT NO PS BLACK

i could spend up to 4500 plus tax but i figured that the extra 1000 wasn't worth the slight performance gains of RAID 0 with 2 150g raptors and dual 7800gtx, and fx-57,
what do you think

 

[mpjesse]

Dual Raptors in RAID 0 is DEFINITELY worth the cash. I have 2x 74GB raptors. I swear on my mother's virginity Windows boots twice as fast. From the BIOS to my desktop it takes 16 seconds to boot.

You don't have to go w/ the new 150's... they're not going to be significantly faster than the 74 giggers. Newegg is selling them for $150 w/ a $20 mail in rebate.

Here are some benches on the new 150's... they're faster, but the 74GB ones are already blazing fast.

http://www.storagereview.com/articles/200601/WD1500ADFD_3.html

For a bad ass gaming rig, RAID 0 and Raptors are a must. Trust me on this one... you won't be sorry for the extra $150 you'll spend on the 2 raptor's.

-mpjesse

 

[corvetteguy]

what is good about that mobo

 

[slvr_phoenix]

If you're going to be using 4x512MB I would seriously recommend DFI UT NF4 SLI-DR Expert instead.

I noticed the same thing, but was thinking of another direction, such as 2x1024MB instead.

 

[gomerpile]

yep me too buddy waiting for the ddr2 amd claims by the end of the year they will have ddr2 ready to go