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Help me with a new build.

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BSGonzo

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I have always worked with AMD builds and I don't know too much about Intel builds not to mention I've been out of the loop for the past couple years. I'm looking to build something that will be mainly used for photo and video editing and with a ton of disk space. I am willing to spend about $2000 without any software. Help a noob out?
 
quad core Q6600
Thermalright heatsink 90 or 120 model + scythe fan of matching size, 90 for stock speed and up to 2.8GHz operation , 120 for 3.2GHz operation.
2 x 2GB PC6400 (800MHz) DDR2 ram. Corsair recommended
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 (rev. 2.0) motherboard.
1 x 120GB 7200 rpm 16mb cache SATA 3.0Gb/s hard drive for the OS and programs.
1x 120GB 7200 rpm 16mb cache SATA 3.0Gb/s hard drive for paging file windows temp file and scratch storage while working on a set of images or files.
4 x whatever size (mulitply drive size x 3 for total size) 7200 rmp 16mb cache SATA 3.0Gb/s hard drives in a raid 5 array for long term storage.
ATI 3850 video card.
1 x 40mm small fan to glue onto MCH/NB heatsink.
Big case with 120mm fans front and rear.
CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W power supply
DVD/CD burner
memory card reader/floppy drive combo.

Should run $1800ish and provide a terabyte of fault tolerant storage easy. (4 x 360GB drives)
Quad core and 4GB to optimize Photoshop, firewire on motherboard in case you need it.
 
And don't forget our very best friend the Corsair HX Series 620 Watt PSU.
 
Wow, that was a heck of a system recommended. If it's personal use you can probably do without the extensive disk collection - how fault tolerant do you need to be? A couple of 500GB drives won't set you back but $200 if you don't need RAID - WD Caviar SE16s are a good choice.. The Q6600 is pretty much the chip of choice now, but depending on your use you can probably get by just as well with a dual core - E6750 gives you a bit more clockspeed for $100 less if you don't need 4 cores (and really, does anyone seriously need 4 cores right now?). What operating system are you using - 4GB of memory might be overkill. That Gigabyte motherboard should be pretty nice.
 
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