new rig (or 2) need some advice

iakovl

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t's been 3 years since i got my current rig, and now after 3 years in the IDF i need a new one.
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
mostly HD video watching but also gaming from time to time​
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
about 2000$ but in Israel parts are expensive (see bellow)​
3) Where do you live?
Israel​
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
i need cpu,mobo,mem,g.card​
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific
about the power supply. List make and model.
i have 2 cases (compucase 6A19, antec P180) 2 psu's (VX450W, enermax 420W)​
6) Will you be overclocking?
some OC nothing hardcore​
7) What size monitor do you have or plan to have?
dell 2709W​
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
this month, next month in the worst case​

my main "need" is capacity, for that i got a perc 5/i raid controller and i plan to pair it with 4 1.5 seagte HDD's.

but my problem is this, while i'm not a gamer i do like to play from time to time and my new 27" dell 2709w need power for that. but keeping a "power" rig on 24/7 is too much form me (i think)

i wanted to buy a rig based on E8400 with P45 mobo (for the perc and g.card) and a 4850.

but now i have started to think about building a file server using 4850e and a 780/790 mobo so i can also use it as a media pc (27" is a great size) and make a cheaper gaming rig but one that i'll power on when needed.

however i live in a shit hole called Israel where the price for pc part's is hell high, for example:
E8400 - USA = 165$ | Israel = 800nis ~ 210$
4870 - USA = 200$ | Israel = 1300nis ~ 342$

i need your advice on this matter since it's hard for me to decide if to build 1 "strong" rig with a giant capacity or 2 rigs

forgive me for the strange question but i reached a dead end in my head on this matter.
 
Go with one "strong" rig, as the cost of building and maintaining two rigs seems to be too much for you. (Personally, I wouldn't recommend keeping any computer on longer than you need to, if cost is a primary issue for you.)

The problem will be the monitor... are you using a 1920x1200 resolution? For gaming, our "minimum" recommendation for a monitor of that size (for at least medium visual settings in most games) is either a GTX 260 or an HD4870. The problem with that route is that for one of those cards plus your RAID configuration, you'll probably need a stronger power supply.

I'm going to come up with a build list of common components... but could you tell us how much it would cost for you to go with them?

CASE: Keep and reuse the P180
POWER SUPPLY: Corsair CMPSU-650TX or Antec Earthwatts EA650 (650 watts)
MOTHERBOARD: Asus P5Q Pro or Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R or Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P (Intel P45)
PROCESSOR: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 or Core 2 Quad Q6600
MEMORY: 4GB (2x2GB) kit of DDR2 800 or DDR2 1066 memory (with CAS Latency of 5, from a "brand name" like OCZ, Mushkin, Corsair, or Crucial)
HARD DRIVE: A 640GB SATA drive from Seagate (ST3640323AS), Western Digital (WD6400AAKS or WD6401AALS), or Samsung (HD642JJ)
OPTICAL DRIVE: A 20x-22x DVD burner
VIDEO CARD: HD4850 or 512MB HD4870 or 1GB HD4870
 
Out of curiosity, what are the prices for the following parts in Israel?:
GPU: GTX 260
CPU: X2 4850E
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2HP AMD 780G mATX Motherboard
 
if i only had some normal friends in the states i would have done it but then the are problems like shipping, tax, ect'.
 
here are the parts i'm buying
cpu - E8400
mobo - Asus P5Q Pro
mem - 2x2GB OCZ Reaper HPC Edition
hdd - wd3200aaks + ST31500341AS*4
DVD-RW - Asus DRW-20B1LT
HSF - Ninja 2

is there any part i should change?
will my VX450W handle this rig?
i plan to use the 4*1.5T hdd's with my PERC 5/I raid controller and the 320 as OS
 
The 450VX should be enough depending on the video card you're planning to use. Didn't see a video card there nor does the Asus P5Q Pro has onboard video
 
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