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I have spent a long time debating on components to select, and I have my final list.
I am looking for feedback on component selection. This build includes everything including peripherals as it has been ~5 years since my last build.
Parts are ordered, some changes can be made, but im primarily looking for any reasoning (other than budget) to choose different components. Many hours spent reading reviews and benchmark results.
Here is the build:
XFX 790i Ultra Motherboard
Geforce 9800GTX x2 - SLI
4x1 GB OCZ Platinum PC3-10666 - 1333 RAM
E8400 @ 3.0 GHz 6MB Cache
Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro Series
Creative Inspire T6100 5.1 Speakers
Samsung 22" Widescreen 1680x1050 2253BW
4x Seagate 7200.11 500GB 32MB Cache (Raid 0+1)
Thermaltake Toughpower 1200W Power Supply (For future upgrades)
Antec 900 Gaming Case
Thermalright IFX-14 Fire eXtinquisher (without the backplate installed, no real gain with it, apparently wont fit the antec 900).
ARCTIC SILVER - Arctic Silver 5 High Density Silver Thermal Compound
2x Scythe Slip-Stream (Kazi-Jyuni) Medium Flow
2x Asus - DRW-2014L1T 20x DVD+/-RW Drive w/ LightScribe (I have lots of dead drives, 2=less trips to the store.)
This will be for high-end gaming (Lots of Supreme Commander, Sins of a Solar Empire, SPORE eventually, Crysis, etc.) as well as for video/photo editing, data storage, and pretty much every day use.
I wanted to include enough up-to-date components so that I can upgrade in the future if need be and not have to completely overhaul the system (new motherboard etc). I don't plan on doing any overclocking for some time...basically just as needed to meet performance requirements going forward.
What other components would you have chosen instead of these, and why?
Thank you!
Old System:
AOpen AX4SPE-UN Motherboard
Socket 478 P4 2.8 HT
1GB -> 2 GB Kingston DDR ValueRam (400 MHz)
Geforce 2 440MX -> Geforce 4 Ti4600 -> ATI X850XT
300W -> 450W Power Supply
~500 GB Total Space, Western Digital Drives
2x Coolermaster CoolDrive 4
Lots of Fans and Noise.
(-> Upgrades)
Now I just need to read some reviews on computer desks!
I have spent a long time debating on components to select, and I have my final list.
I am looking for feedback on component selection. This build includes everything including peripherals as it has been ~5 years since my last build.
Parts are ordered, some changes can be made, but im primarily looking for any reasoning (other than budget) to choose different components. Many hours spent reading reviews and benchmark results.
Here is the build:
XFX 790i Ultra Motherboard
Geforce 9800GTX x2 - SLI
4x1 GB OCZ Platinum PC3-10666 - 1333 RAM
E8400 @ 3.0 GHz 6MB Cache
Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro Series
Creative Inspire T6100 5.1 Speakers
Samsung 22" Widescreen 1680x1050 2253BW
4x Seagate 7200.11 500GB 32MB Cache (Raid 0+1)
Thermaltake Toughpower 1200W Power Supply (For future upgrades)
Antec 900 Gaming Case
Thermalright IFX-14 Fire eXtinquisher (without the backplate installed, no real gain with it, apparently wont fit the antec 900).
ARCTIC SILVER - Arctic Silver 5 High Density Silver Thermal Compound
2x Scythe Slip-Stream (Kazi-Jyuni) Medium Flow
2x Asus - DRW-2014L1T 20x DVD+/-RW Drive w/ LightScribe (I have lots of dead drives, 2=less trips to the store.)
This will be for high-end gaming (Lots of Supreme Commander, Sins of a Solar Empire, SPORE eventually, Crysis, etc.) as well as for video/photo editing, data storage, and pretty much every day use.
I wanted to include enough up-to-date components so that I can upgrade in the future if need be and not have to completely overhaul the system (new motherboard etc). I don't plan on doing any overclocking for some time...basically just as needed to meet performance requirements going forward.
What other components would you have chosen instead of these, and why?
Thank you!
Old System:
AOpen AX4SPE-UN Motherboard
Socket 478 P4 2.8 HT
1GB -> 2 GB Kingston DDR ValueRam (400 MHz)
Geforce 2 440MX -> Geforce 4 Ti4600 -> ATI X850XT
300W -> 450W Power Supply
~500 GB Total Space, Western Digital Drives
2x Coolermaster CoolDrive 4
Lots of Fans and Noise.
(-> Upgrades)
Now I just need to read some reviews on computer desks!