Hey everyone. I am building my first PC and I have a couple of questions on drive specs. First I plant to use this computer for gaming, photoshop (light rendering), and general multitasking. As it stands for now my rig is shaping up as follows.
Case: Cooler Master Haf 932 Black
CPU: i7 950
CPU Fans: Corsair H50
Motherboard: Asus P6X58D-E
Memory: CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX6GX3M3C1600C7
Video Card: 6870
Power Supply: Corsair HX 750
Hard Drive: Western Digital 7200 RPM 1TB 64MB Cache 6.0 sata
Optical Drive: Asus Black 24x DVD/CD
Wireless adapter ASUS PCE-N13 IEEE 802.11b/g/n PCI Express Wireless Adapter Up to 300Mbps
Now I put the Western Digital in as the choice at the moment. My questions are as follows.
1. I know cache is important that i why I went for the 64mb cache, but am I wasting money on something that is overkill?
2. I went for the 6.0 sata connection, does this matter or is the drive to slow to take advatage?
Any other advice you guys could provide would be awesome, thanks.
Case: Cooler Master Haf 932 Black
CPU: i7 950
CPU Fans: Corsair H50
Motherboard: Asus P6X58D-E
Memory: CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX6GX3M3C1600C7
Video Card: 6870
Power Supply: Corsair HX 750
Hard Drive: Western Digital 7200 RPM 1TB 64MB Cache 6.0 sata
Optical Drive: Asus Black 24x DVD/CD
Wireless adapter ASUS PCE-N13 IEEE 802.11b/g/n PCI Express Wireless Adapter Up to 300Mbps
Now I put the Western Digital in as the choice at the moment. My questions are as follows.
1. I know cache is important that i why I went for the 64mb cache, but am I wasting money on something that is overkill?
2. I went for the 6.0 sata connection, does this matter or is the drive to slow to take advatage?
Any other advice you guys could provide would be awesome, thanks.