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pinkcaddy   01-04-2007 at 04:49:00 PM

Sorry for another "check my build" thread. I'm going to be building my first rig in a month or so and here's what I've nailed it down to with a couple of months of research:

Antec P180B
Asus P5B Deluxe
Seasonic S12 550W
E6400
Corsair 2x512MB DDR2 800 memory (the C4 type)
eVGA 7900 GS
WD Raptor 74GB (for OS)
Seagate 7200.10 320GB
AC7 Pro
DVD Combo burner (from old pc)
Misc cables & case fans

I'm looking to use this system for some gaming (nothing serious), typical home desktop stuff, video editing, and I want to OC up to 3-3.1 GHz.

I'm pretty much set on everything but the Raptor. Sure it's fast, but would it make more sense to use that money instead to get 2x1GB memory or maybe step up to the E6600, run two 7200.10s and save a little $$, save all the cash and not get the Raptor, or just go as is?

Thanks in advance.

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pinkcaddy   01-04-2007 at 05:29:35 PM
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And another thing...what to do with my old system. The setup is nothing great - Dell 4550 with 2.4 MHz Intel, 1 GB mem, 160 & 80 GB IDE drives, CD burner.

File server (music, pictures, etc)?
Web server (though I'm sure Time Warner would red flag me in a heartbeat)?
Linux box?
Ship it back to Dell and tell them what crap it is?

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ReverendGadgetBoy   01-05-2007 at 01:15:32 AM
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yeah dont go for the raptor. instead get another one of the 320s and raid 0 them. itll be much faster and cheaper.

also the psu that logainofhades suggested would be wonderous. those are really good quality and the modular cables are real nice for airflow.

i honestly would cut back on the cpu and go for the 6300, cause youll barely notice the difference, and OCing it up to the same level would be supereasy with your mobo and ram.

also just to warn you it looks like your build will run pretty hot.

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pinkcaddy   01-05-2007 at 03:56:42 AM
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Thanks for all your suggestions. I was originally going to go with Hiper, but I really like the Seasonics. Seem to be pretty HQ PSUs. But, that would give me another $50 plus another $150 for dropping the Raptor. If I dropped to the E6300, I'm looking at another $40 or so. So, what to do with $200-$240...

Certainly another 7200.10 - I've heard problems raiding them and then installing Windows. Comments or suggestions?

I'll probably up that RAM too...never can seem to have enough and with Corsair, getting another 2 GB in a year to run at 4gb will be an easy upgrade (I'll be running 64 bit windows).

This will be my first time OCing, but I would assume that the price difference in the 6300 vs. the 6400 could be better spent elsewhere with my OC (even though I only get the multiplier of 7 now).

I've messed around with Linux in the past (Mandrake, Redhat, and SuSE), so I'll just need to get my feet wet. I don't do anything serious - just play around to see what's different, can I make it run, etc. Having two boxes side by side will be a luxury I haven't had in the past so playing around with it will be even more fun rather than dual booting...

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HoundDog   01-05-2007 at 10:26:19 AM
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Would it be better to have 2 7200.10 drives in raid 0, or separate if only working with 2 drives? If they are separate, couldn't you use one for reading and the other for writing? I guess I'm asking if raid 0 would perform better than this?

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ReverendGadgetBoy   01-06-2007 at 03:13:37 AM
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yeah raid 0 would totally be faster. raid 0 is the fastest thing you can do. its better to have 2 satas in raid 0 then one raptor, at least performance and capacity wise.

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