Good gaming rig?

I already have a 24" LG L246WP so I don't need to save money for a screen. P35's don't use PCIe 2.0 so I didn't want that chipset. When you say
HardwareGuru said:
You will be stuck with just that 1 x 9800GX2.
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Do you mean I won't be able to add another video card for SLI (which I don't plan on doing) or do you mean the x48 only uses one of the 2 chips on the 9800 GX2?

I originally had a 750w Corsair PSU with this build, but someone told me that 750w was just barely enough and it would be safer to use something higher. You're saying I should go with a 620w PSU... I guess I'll plan on keeping the 850w PSU, but if for some reason I want to save a bit I might switch to the 750w PSU.

I'd rather just stick with a quad for peace of mind. I'll probably have multiple apps open at once, it's a bit more future proof, and I hear windows is much smoother with a quad.

I'd really rather stick with the smaller cheaper raptors then the huge ones that you say are coming out. I'm gonna RAID 0 the raptors and put my boot files and games on it, and I will use the storage for everything else, including games I'm not playing currently.

And I'm not paying for this, so money isn't too much of a problem.... as long as its under 3k
 
Forget what I just mentioned. It looks good. Hehe. But, that 750 watt Corsair PSU with 60amps on the +12v you had previously is more than enough for that setup. Even a Corsair HX620 modular with 50 amps will do. You really don't need that 850 watt Silverstone with 70amps on the +12v. It's good to get a modular ps with that Antec case. The routing of cables is terrible in that case.


Shadowfury957 said:
And I'm not paying for this, so money isn't too much of a problem.... as long as its under 3k
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Just a couple of suggestions......something to think about.....your stuff looks good.

1) Think about this case/PSU combo:http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQ2NSwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==
This is a hell of a good deal, lots of clean power and a great case,essentially for free. I have one and love it.
2) I can't ever see the true value in the Raptor brand of HDD. You could buy three normal 250GB HDD for that price. The "speed" isn't cost effective at all.
3) I dont know if the GX2 is that great of a card.....sure it's the "best" "single" card solution at present, and since you are gaming at 1920 it might be you best choice.....but you could SLi two 8800 GTX cards for less right now. Yes, if you bought a SLI MB....
4) the Q6600 is falling in price and is available everywhere...ClubIt guarantees G0 chips and they OC very well. It would save you 50% on a CPU.
 
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P35's don't use PCIe 2.0 so I didn't want that chipset.
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Are you saying that the only reason you chose a $300 X48 board over a $150 P35 board was for PCI-E2.0? A single 9800GX2 won't saturate the bandwidth of a P35 board enough to warrant a 100% price premium for another board. And since you're not planning on SLI (X48 doesn't support SLI), there are better board choices out there (IP35 Pro, P35-DS4 (or DS3P), P5K-E, etc). If you do want SLI, then choose the MSI P7N Diamond instead.

Raptors aren't worth their price premium, IMO. You'll be better off with a WD3400AAKS instead (90MB/s transfer speed vs. the Raptor's 74MB/s; 12.5ms seek time isn't much slower than the raptor's 8.7ms, and it doesnt make as much difference as the transfer speed). Check out benchmarks in this thread:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1284410

Those Z-5500's are on sale at amazon for $170AR, IIRC (though not the best price, still better than newegg's).
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1289872
 
Nice build.

Except for the raptors which are starting to show their age. If you're looking for speed with a bit of storage space as well, check out the new Samsung SpinPointF1 drives. They hold one Terra, and can be faster than the raptor in some areas due to the storage density per platter. If you don't like the price of the 1T drive, consider the 750 Gig, which is also very fast, albeit slightly slower (due to a slightly lower storage density).

If money not an issue, I'd go with a couple of one terra F1's.

You also may want to consider a blu ray/DVD combo writer (if you ever plan on watching Blu Ray). Again, if money isn't an issue, grab this.
 
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