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alaracon

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I have a semi to mid-budget build I am posting. Please take a look and let me know if you think I should change anything outright. I would like to keep it between $1700 and $1800 before shipping.

Case: Thermaltake Armor Series VA8003BWS Black Full Tower Case w/ 25CM Fan
Motherboard: EVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
Video Card: 2 X EVGA 512-P3-N861-AR GeForce 9600GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
Power Supply: OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI 700W ATX12V Power Supply
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 Kentsfield 2.66GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80562Q6700
CPU Cooler: ZALMAN CNPS9700 LED 110mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler
Memory: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
Hard Drive: RAID0 - 2 X Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
DVD: ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model DRW-2014L1T
Floppy: SAMSUNG Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive Windows 98SE/ ME/ 2000/ XP
OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 English NA DVD
 
i would suggest you change the HSF to the TRUE120, Tuniq120, or Xigmatek HDT S1283. the zalman looks nice, but if you are intending to OC that quad the performance of the other HSFs i listed will be significantly better.

i would suggest that the PSU be swapped to the PC&C 750 or the Corsair TX750. thats just me though.
 
I would change your drives to 32mb cache hard drives (check newegg) and lose the floppy drive. Also change your q6700 to a q6600 to save some money, look for the G0 stepping version and just overclock it to 3.0 ghz or higher. I have the zalman 9700 and it works great however it is a pain to install so keep that in mind.
 
Ditch the floppy :) They are deprecated. :-p Instead find a good secure 2+ gig usb thumb drive.
 
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