My new rig

[Stroker]

Im going to upgrade my computer and have been researching for some time now and heres what I have come up with:

Case- Silverstone TJ07
Processor- AMD Opteron 165 (OC)
MOBO- DFI NF4 SLI-DR Expert
Video Cards- SLI GTX 512s
PSU- Probably the Silverstone ST75ZF when it comes out
Memory- Corsair PC4000 DDR500 TWINX2048-4000PT 2GB
Sound Card- Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS
Speakers- Logitech Z-5500 5.1
HDD- I have 2 74GB raptors and a 120GB Deskstar
I am planning on OCing the processor, GPUs and chipset with a
Danger Den DD12V-D5 pump
Black Ice Xtreme III radiator
some good waterblocks (haven't decided)

First what are your guys' thoughts on my system. Can I make any improvments anywhere? and second what kind of 3DMark 05 scores should I expect assuming I can OC the processor to approx 2.8GHz? I was thinking 14-15K? Or is that just wishful thinking?

 

[Mayhs]

yeh thats a good build...there are a few things to change but ill let the more knowledgeable ones tell you whast best...the only input im going to give is: get a bigger hard driver than 120 for your storage...because it gets filled quickly? i assume youre going to put the 2 raptors in raid and use them for gaming and the other one for music and storage? if so then get a bigger second hard drive.

also as a second note ive heard a lot of people saying that raptors are rip-offs and make no real difference in real world usage...you might want to consider that

otherwise it looks good

 

[Sp4nk]

Drop the Raptors. Their speed isn't worth their limited size and quite frankly, not a huge improvement over most 7200rpm drives. For the same price you're paying for those, you could easily go with three 250GB Seagate Barracudas and more than quadruple your HD space.

 

[Stroker]

I already own the 2 raptors and the 120. The 120 is for music and storage and is plenty for me right now. I did a format and installed a fresh OS on the Raptors 2 days ago and it was very noticeable how much faster it went.

 

[ikurox]

you should get about 12k/14k

maybe 15k but i dont think any more then that... since two 7800GTs and 3500+ @2.7 only get 12700