help me deciding please!

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jimgeagea

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i am currently building a new pc,!
i have DFI lan party Ultra-D

what i need:
X2 dual core, vga, 2gb rams, a minimum of 500gb disk space...

for the cpu i am into 3 choices: 4400-4600-4800
for the vga: do i get the 7800gtx or wait for the new ATI?
for the rams: what are the fastest rams to get?
for the hdd: what is the fastest to get?? i can get 2*t7k250 or 1*7k500
i dont want to get any hdd other than SATA/SATA 2 7200RPM


there is no money problem, so please for each give me your advice, and the full brand, model name..
thanks
 
As for the processor, if you can afford the 4800, get that. Otherwise, get the best you CAN afford. I would get the 7800GTX because it is out and the top of the line. It will be able to handle anything now and later to come as it is already getting CPU bottlenecking. It performs about the same with a Athlon 62 3200+ than it does with an FX-57 i do belive. If you want the fastest hard drives, then get a Raptor.
 
zwbuntster said:
As for the processor, if you can afford the 4800, get that. Otherwise, get the best you CAN afford. I would get the 7800GTX because it is out and the top of the line. It will be able to handle anything now and later to come as it is already getting CPU bottlenecking. It performs about the same with a Athlon 62 3200+ than it does with an FX-57 i do belive. If you want the fastest hard drives, then get a Raptor.
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i dont want RAPTOR, i want a min of 500gb, that's why i am looking for SATA 7200RPM
 
What you can do is put like your OS and games on the raptor and everything else on the other drives.
 
zwbuntster said:
What you can do is put like your OS and games on the raptor and everything else on the other drives.
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can u give me the model number of this raptor please?
 
WD740GD plus two of of the following:

WD WD2500KS
Maxtor 6B250S0 (Diamond Max 10)
Hitachi HDS722525DLA380 (T7K250)

WD740GD, the 73GB Raptor, is still the fastest ATA drive money can buy. Install Windows and all of the programs you can fit onto it, everything else goes on the 250GB drives.

Of the three the WD drive will be the fastest in applications because of its 16MB buffer, but also has the slowest transfers becasue it has the smallest platters. The Maxtor will be the loudest and hottest, but will also deliver the best overall performance. The Hitachi drive will dleiver the highest transfer rates, but lags the other two in application performance. It does have the luxury of running the coolest and quietest of the three though.

BTW, don't put your data drives in RAID-0, unless you have a comprehensive backup strategy.
 
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