I probably should have asked this here before this. I'm just now really exploring this site. I'm in the process of building a new rig. My current system is a HP "package" I got from best buy about two years ago. It's an athalon xp running at 1.9mzh, 1G of ram and a 6800GT.
It's been a decent computer but it's having problems playing some of the newer games. So I'm getting a new rig.
Main points..
Cooler Master RC-810-SSN1 Stacker. I also ordered the "optional" side panal
that has a big window on it. This case freaking rocks..
I'm putting a Thermaltake 550w SLI Power Supply in it.
The mother board is Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe.
CPU is AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Dual-Core.
Hard drives are
Primary drive is a Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache Serial
ATA150
For storage I got a Western Digital Caviar 250GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard
Drive
I also picked up a new SAMSUNG 16X DVD±R DVD Burner, althought I'll take the
dvd burner out of my old (current) computer and install that as well.
To help cool it, I got a Zalmon 9500 heat stink/fan.
Everthing above is already bought and paid for. I did that Sunday night..
I'm going to put two gig of Consair low latency memory in there. When vista
comes out, I'll jump it up to 4 gig total.
I'm also going to get two 7900GTX (with the 512m ram each).
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A few questions. What do you guys thing about it? Not that I can change it, since I already paid for the parts. Infact, some have already arrived.
The mb has a built in raid controller. Does raid really help in gamming? Would TWO of these 150G raptors in raid array be over kill?
What would you guys have done differently? I could always exchange the parts real quick.
O, my current monitor is a 17inch hp. I'm going to upgrade that to an 19 inch. Probably a NEC http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824002285
It's been a decent computer but it's having problems playing some of the newer games. So I'm getting a new rig.
Main points..
Cooler Master RC-810-SSN1 Stacker. I also ordered the "optional" side panal
that has a big window on it. This case freaking rocks..
I'm putting a Thermaltake 550w SLI Power Supply in it.
The mother board is Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe.
CPU is AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Dual-Core.
Hard drives are
Primary drive is a Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache Serial
ATA150
For storage I got a Western Digital Caviar 250GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard
Drive
I also picked up a new SAMSUNG 16X DVD±R DVD Burner, althought I'll take the
dvd burner out of my old (current) computer and install that as well.
To help cool it, I got a Zalmon 9500 heat stink/fan.
Everthing above is already bought and paid for. I did that Sunday night..
I'm going to put two gig of Consair low latency memory in there. When vista
comes out, I'll jump it up to 4 gig total.
I'm also going to get two 7900GTX (with the 512m ram each).
-----------------
A few questions. What do you guys thing about it? Not that I can change it, since I already paid for the parts. Infact, some have already arrived.
The mb has a built in raid controller. Does raid really help in gamming? Would TWO of these 150G raptors in raid array be over kill?
What would you guys have done differently? I could always exchange the parts real quick.
O, my current monitor is a 17inch hp. I'm going to upgrade that to an 19 inch. Probably a NEC http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824002285