APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: 3-4 weeks BUDGET RANGE: 1300-1500$ US
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, video editing, pictures (Photoshop), and music
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS- Hoping to use Windows 7
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: anything, as long as it is safe
PREFERENCES: I would like to use an Intel Core i7 920
OVERCLOCKING: Definite Yes
SLI: Probably, in the future.
MONITOR RESOLUTION:1680x1050 22''
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I want to have two hardrives- preferably a Velociraptor (for OS and games) and a large Terabyte WD Black. I'm hoping to fit this all (and another GTX 275 later) in a NZXT Tempest which is a midtower case. Does anyone think this is a bad idea?
I'm pretty set on the i7 920 and the GTX 275 so you'll have to be very convincing for me to change my mind .
Thanks- TH forums are the greatest
Oh, also this will be my first computer I'll build so if there's anything I should need (I literally have nothing I can reuse- except an extra DVD/CD drive, which I am including because I want two) just tell me, thanks.
The build looks pretty good except for the old Raptor drive. The current 7200 RPM drives are just as fast as those old Raptors for a lot less money. I would ditch the Raptor for another 1TB WD Black drive or the WD6401AALS.
The build looks pretty good except for the old Raptor drive. The current 7200 RPM drives are just as fast as those old Raptors for a lot less money. I would ditch the Raptor for another 1TB WD Black drive or the WD6401AALS.
Thanks for the advice, I switched the compound and I added the newer Raptor. But I agree with your advice about just adding another WD Black. My friend is telling me how great his Velociraptor is and that I should get one for Windows 7 and games. Should I just add a WD Cavier Black drive and save myself some money? Would the Velociraptor actually impove OS load times and game load times significantly?
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I looked at that one, but I don't know the site. I like the idea of setting up 2 drives in Raid 0, but I have no clue what to do lol. Thanks for the help!
It would help your read speeds of small files, but large not large files. The Platter density of the WD3200AAKS makes it very fast, the 500gb Caviar blacks use 2x250gb platters, so when reading large files they are slower than the 320GB Caviar Blue drives, but the extra cache helps out the caviar black drives reading small and more commonly accessed files. The 500GB drives will be louder too, since you will have twice as many moving parts, and generate more heat.
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Great to know I can save some money lol.
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Should I stick with the Asus p6t Deluxe V2 or go with the regular Asus p6T. I don't plan at any point to have Tri-SLI but I would like a nice SLI setup one day. And I doubt I'll ever use 24 GBs of RAM. Would the raid config work better on one of those boards?
Thanks for the excellent advice!
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