Ok this is going to be my first gaming computer I have owned. I have spent SO many hours researching different information in preparation for this buy. I have even had to order computers then cancel them the next day because I find a cheaper place to buy from. I have ended up with two options buying from www.cyberpowerpc.com or building it myself. I want whatever is the cheapest and most convenient option. Here is what I am planning to buy from cyberpowerpc.com just want some last minute opinion.
CASE: Thermaltake M9 VI1000BWS Mid-Tower 420W Case w/ Side-panel Window
LED: 12in COLD CATHODE NEON LIGHT (BLUE COLOR)
Case Fan: Extra 3-Color Neon Light LED Case Fan 2 x Fans
POWERSUPPLY: 680 Watts Power Supplies (Hush Power Supply SLI/CrossFire Ready)
CPU: Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q9400 @ 2.66GHz
CPU Heatsink and Fan: XtremeGear Ultra Heatpipe Cool Copper Heat sink CPU Cooling Fan 20dBA
Hard drive: 500GB (500GBx2) SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM
CD: Sony 20X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
SPEAKERS: 600Watts PMPO Subwoofer Stereo Speakers
NETWORK: ONBOARD 10/100 NETWORK CARD
KEYBOARD: Razer Lycosa Black USB Gaming Keyboard
MOUSE: XtremeGear Optical USB 3 Buttons Gaming Mouse
XWNC: Zonet USB Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps Network Adapter
FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer)
If you would like to see what the other options are for components you can go to the website and click on mega special III.
Here a few questions I have that are specific:
-Is that power supply going to be enough to run my whole computer even if I overclock a little bit?
-Is that cpu cooler going to be enough?
-Is there a motherboard for about that price that will work better?
-Should I get those two 1gb Video cards in SLI or should I get one 2GB GeForce 9600 and get a second one later on down the road?
-This is a bigger issue I am debating with, should I get one 500 GB or two 500 GB in raid? Is there much of a difference? If I should get raid then what one what are the differences?
Is the data split between the two HDs automatic?
-Should I get a wireless USB network card or a wireless PCI network card?
-Would it be cheaper to get this system or a similar system built myself?
-Any other sugestions?
Keep in mind I have a budget. My MAX is about $1000 I already have a monitor and my system above is $981 with no tax or shipping and handling. It also has a 3 year warranty.
I know this post is very long but I want to make sure this is the best deal I can get so that I will be satisfied. Any contribution is helpful and I need responses as soon as possible like 5 days until I decide to buy that system.
I forgot to mention I am not doing anything extreme on this just playing a couple of windows
of wow I just want this thing future proof and able to run anything I throw at it. My uncle has a 64 bit vista that he is going to give to me for free. So I have my OS already figured out unless i should get vista ultimate...should I?
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