That's the one. No RAID is fine.
outlw6669 :
Ummm, why?
Your Q6600 @ 3.2Ghz is more than enough power and the rest of your system is fine.
IMO, what you propose looks like more of a downgrade.
Even if you went ahead with it, you really should get a better PSU than an Earthwatts 380w...
Friend wants quadcore for server, I want to help him out.
My new PC will have Vista 64 bit and 4gb of RAM... that will be an improvement.
I don't do much that requires 4 cores (or anything really) So a dual core at 3.0 won't be a big downgrade really.
As for PSU, that PSU has been tested on some pretty hardcore systems on an OC forum I go to, so I figured it should be fine.
evongugg :
If you get the 4850, you will have to change that PSU:
ATI Radeon HD 4850 System Requirements
450 Watt or greater power supply with 75 Watt 6-pin PCI Express® power connector recommended (550 Watt and two 6-pin connectors for ATI CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode)
Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to
http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of Certified products.
Recommended requirements are always a bit high, but in the case of the 4850 you are probably right.
I know for a fact I could run a 8800gt with no problems on it, I've seen it done on other forums with more peripherals than I have.
I wasn't sure on the ATI's power use vs an 8800gt but wouldn't mind using either to be honest.
geofelt :
What in the world are you trying to accomplish?
What will you do with the new PC?
Games?
E7200 CPU is a drop in capability, either from fewer cores, cache, or clock rate.
Micro motherboards have integrated graphics. Because of that, you can't overclock them hardly at all.
What type of raid do you want, and why?
Raid-0 is a questionable performer increase.
Raid-1 is not sufficient for data protection.
The $22.95 LG burner is IDE, not very good IMHO.
If you want a portable lanbox, then a change might be in order.
But... You will be limited in what you can put in it.
There will be a trade off between capability and noise.
Gaming and light programming using XNA game studio and C++. Some basic photoshop maybe once every couple months.
Play games like SC2 when it comes out, Fallout 3, Call of Duty 4, Assassin Creed, Oblivion, etc etc. No crysis though, I tried it and found it to be not so great... so whatever.
The drop to E7200 shouldn't be a problem really, since I don't do much/anything that's using 4 cores. Lower clock will not be a huge issue since I'm pretty confident I can get it to 3.0 and as for cache... *shrug* we'll see what happens. I may go with a different dual core.
Not all micro boards have onboard graphics, and you can OC very well with this one from gigabyte, I used it in my GF's computer to get an E2180 to 3.0 on stock cooling.
RAID was more or less just fun to think about, I really don't care either way.
The LG Burner I saw was SATA so it shouldn't be a problem. Also had roughly the same access times as other more expensive ones, so I'm not too worried about that. I don't do much burning anyway, maybe 1 or 2 cd's every couple months or less.
I agree that I may be a bit limited in options if I choose lanbox, but I've read plenty of reviews of people putting 8800's and 9800's in them with slight modifications to the hard drive cages or various parts that may be in the way, so I don't think that will really be a stopping factor.
As for the noise issue of the lanbox, I know that a lot of them come with cheap/load fans, I'm not opposed to switching them out for decent ones really.
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Thanks for your replies everyone, I'm trying to keep the cost for this around $650 or so, but I'm open to reasonable suggestions.