My Finalized Rig

[proof]

I finally decided on the components for my new rig and here they are:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6400
eVGA 680i T1 Motherboard
GeIL 2GB DDR2 800
eVGA 8800GTX 768MB
Western Digital Caviar 16MB 250GB (x2)
PC Power & Cooling Quad 850W PSU
Noctua NH-U12F CPU Cooler

BenQ 20.1" Wide Screen
Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard
Razer Death Adder Gaming Mouse
Razer Speed Mat Gaming Mouse Pad

Cooler Master Stacker 830 Evo (Black)
Cooler Master UV Orange 120mm Fan (x4)
Cooler Master UV Orange SATA Cable (x4)
ColorNeon UV Orange Spray Paint (to paint the HDDs)
Logisys Dual 12" Cold Cathode UV Flood Light

What do you think? I will be upgrading sometime soon (after I get off food stamps...) and the upgraded version will be:

Upgrade To:
Intel Core 2 Duo Quad QE6700
eVGA 680i T1 Motherboard
GeIL 4GB DDR2 800
eVGA 8800GTX 768MB (x2)
Western Digital Caviar 16MB 250GB (x4)
PC Power & Cooling Quad 850W PSU
Noctua NH-U12F CPU Cooler

 

[Assman]

eVGA 8800GTX SLi = Better than sex

I disagree :roll: :lol:

 

[proof]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! It was the only thing i could come up with but you are right.

 

[proof]

Corsair is INCREDIBLY overpriced. I will take a look at G.skill though.

 

[rickpcnerd]

U might want to wait for the new AMDs and ATIs release in about 2 to 3 months. They both claim to be better and faster than its competitor. They already tested a pre ATI new R600 vs Nvidia 8800 GTX and ATI blew out Nvidia in all benchmarks and showed much much better picture quality with better shaders, much faster clock speeds than nvidias using ddr4. I believe Nvdia uses ddr3.

 

[rickpcnerd]

U might want to wait for the new AMDs and ATIs release in about 2 to 3 months. They both claim to be better and faster than its competitor. They already tested a pre ATI new R600 vs Nvidia 8800 GTX and ATI blew out Nvidia in all benchmarks and showed much much better picture quality with better shaders, much faster clock speeds than nvidias using ddr4. I believe Nvdia uses ddr3.

 

[akhilles]

Cont'd: Micron D9 chips can sustain more voltage & heat which are the major limiting o/c factors. Hence, it's on overclocker's must-have list. Ram speed doesn't matter cuz it's the chips that count. 533mhz D9's will wipe the floor with 800mhz promos (cheap; in most brand name ram).

 

[proof]

Ohhh...
I have one 36GB SCA SCSI with a host adapter and two Western Digital Caviar 16MB 250GB. What is the IDEAL setup for performance on these 3 drives? I was thinking a stripe but that would mean the array is only as fast and big as the slowest/smallest drive. Is there a way I can maybe RAID the SATAs and boot from the SCSI? I want pure, no punches pulled, screaming perdformance. (With what I have)