I will probably be building this system sometime in mid to late August. I am building this system to be a gaming machine and aim for great reliable performance with future games in mind.
I have three questions thus far; more will probably follow.
Question 1: I have used a PSU calculator and came to the conclusion that a safe bet for a power supply would be 1000w. Could some of you please recommend compatible power supplies for this setup?
Question 2: Is a floppy drive needed? I plan on running Windows Vista, but I am specifically asking whether a floppy drive would still be needed for say BIOS flashing, RAID driver installation, etc.
Question 3: I have read that Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound should be applied to even Intel retail processors. Is this true? Do the retail processors not come with some kind of compound pre-applied? I have found two compound products on NewEgg and am wondering how much compound is needed.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100008
The following is list of all the components which I have compiled thus far. I would be very appreciative if a few people would check over these to ensure compatibility; as I have not built a system in 6 years.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700
(not released yet)
Antec Performance One P182 Black
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10005325
Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Professional
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102005
EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130072
SAMSUNG 226BW 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001096
Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB 10,000 RPM 16MB
(2 of these for a RAID 0 setup)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136033
ASUS Striker Extreme NV 680i Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131074
Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4 2GB
(2 of these for 4 GB total)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145034
Samsung SH-S183L DVD+-RW/CD+-RW
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151141
APC Surge Protector PF11VNT3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817106223
I have three questions thus far; more will probably follow.
Question 1: I have used a PSU calculator and came to the conclusion that a safe bet for a power supply would be 1000w. Could some of you please recommend compatible power supplies for this setup?
Question 2: Is a floppy drive needed? I plan on running Windows Vista, but I am specifically asking whether a floppy drive would still be needed for say BIOS flashing, RAID driver installation, etc.
Question 3: I have read that Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound should be applied to even Intel retail processors. Is this true? Do the retail processors not come with some kind of compound pre-applied? I have found two compound products on NewEgg and am wondering how much compound is needed.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100008
The following is list of all the components which I have compiled thus far. I would be very appreciative if a few people would check over these to ensure compatibility; as I have not built a system in 6 years.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700
(not released yet)
Antec Performance One P182 Black
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10005325
Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Professional
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102005
EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130072
SAMSUNG 226BW 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001096
Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB 10,000 RPM 16MB
(2 of these for a RAID 0 setup)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136033
ASUS Striker Extreme NV 680i Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131074
Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4 2GB
(2 of these for 4 GB total)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145034
Samsung SH-S183L DVD+-RW/CD+-RW
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151141
APC Surge Protector PF11VNT3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817106223