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I just wanted to post and see what everyone's thoughts are on a new system I am planning on building. I have been taking my time to read up on each component and I think I have a pretty good mix. I do have a few empty spots and would like some suggestions.

Case : Silverstone TJ09
MB : Asus P5W DH
PSU : PC&C 750EPS
CPU : e6600
GPU : 8800GTX when it comes out
HDD : 2 x 150gb Raptor 10krpm in raid 0
Optical : Like to try a SATA drive just so I dont have IDE cables
Floppy : Would love to have something that didnt use the huge floppy IDE cable.
RAM : Gskill or Corsair 2 x 1GB PC6400
Sound : X-Fi


I am going to replace all the case fans with Yate Loons to keep the noise down. I am going to try to use some sort of air cooling solution and just see how it works. I have read some iffy things about the ultra-120 and also about the scythe ninja with it fitting on the Asus board. Any suggestions on an air cooled system?

Also I have a swiftech H20-120 WC system. I am pretty happy with that water cooling system, so if I decide to WC because the noise and the raise in temps due to overclocking, would you guys suggest getting the H20 system again or maybe make my own. This will be my second WC system so I have a little exp. under my built.

Thanks for the suggestions.
 
You obviously have too much money. The E6600 is a better value than the E6700, especially since you're OC'ing. No real need for 2 raptors (slows down games in some instances), but hey, its your money. Floppy drives dont use IDE cables, they use FDD cables. And if you want one, you can get a rounded FDD cable for cheap at svc.com. If you want a FDD that doesnt use a FDD cable, then you're stuck with an external USB version.
 
enginurd said:
You obviously have too much money. The E6600 is a better value than the E6700, especially since you're OC'ing. No real need for 2 raptors (slows down games in some instances), but hey, its your money. Floppy drives dont use IDE cables, they use FDD cables. And if you want one, you can get a rounded FDD cable for cheap at svc.com. If you want a FDD that doesnt use a FDD cable, then you're stuck with an external USB version.
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Meant to put 6600, not 6700. Two raptors in raid 0 slows down performance? This is news to me. How? You know what I mean about the floppy drive cables. They are big. Yes, the rounded ones are better but still the connectors are fat.

What is up with all the comments about money? I work hard for my money. It wasn't handed to me by my daddy, not saying yours was, just saying mine wasn't. I use to be in college and was so broke I ate ramen noodles all the time because it was a $0.13 meal. Now after a lot of hard work I bring in enough money to have a few nice things.

This thread was in no way a show off thread. I was just looking for some advice. Plus, is there such thing as TOO much money? I would love to try that if there was:)
 
haha, I meant it as a joke, sorry. Lookup the reviews for the raptors in raid0 on anandtech and storagereview.com... in some instances, performance is slowed down. I'm just sayin putting two raptors in raid0 isnt very cost effective. I work hard for my money, too, and while I can afford such a setup, it just doesnt seem very cost effective to me. I mention this because everything is related to cost/performance. Yah, the E6600 would be a better choice, esp since you've got wc and plan to oc like crazy. Have fun!
 
enginurd said:
haha, I meant it as a joke, sorry. Lookup the reviews for the raptors in raid0 on anandtech and storagereview.com... in some instances, performance is slowed down. I'm just sayin putting two raptors in raid0 isnt very cost effective. I work hard for my money, too, and while I can afford such a setup, it just doesnt seem very cost effective to me. I mention this because everything is related to cost/performance. Yah, the E6600 would be a better choice, esp since you've got wc and plan to oc like crazy. Have fun!
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Sorry if I jumped your back about the money thing. I have some people in my life that actually do not like me because of the amount of money that I make. Some are family members. Apparently I was entered into some salary competition at birth that I cannot get out of....

Anyways I already own two raptors, so the money has already been wasted there. The PSU isnt really THAT much over a 600ish watt PSU. The case isnt cheap, but I am a sucker for a great case. What is gonna hurt is the video cards. We will see how much they are overpriced because of the newness. This time I doubt I will watercool my video cards like I did last time. It sorta makes you stuck with that setup in that pc unless you want to try to put all the pieces back together.
 
I wouldnt see the two raptors as wasted money, rather, I, personally, would use them as two seperate drives instead of throwing them in a raid0 array. I do alot of multi-tasking and alot of drive to drive copying of files, so that setup would benefit me more than a RAID0. I actually have a raid0, but not of two raptors... and I actually had two raptors as individual drives in my system. However, I wanted to share the drive performance increase with my other systems, so I stuck it in another system I have.

Oh, and I hate some friends of mine that make more money than me, but its not like a pure hatred, its more like an envy turned into hatred, but not really hatred, lol. They're still my friends and family, so it really isnt even hate, lol. Life is always a competition with some people. Competition is human nature.
 
There was an update to the Scythe Ninja, but I'm not sure if it improved mounting on the Asus board you want. You could also try the Thermaltake Big Typhoon.
 
enginurd said:
There was an update to the Scythe Ninja, but I'm not sure if it improved mounting on the Asus board you want. You could also try the Thermaltake Big Typhoon.
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I think I read somewhere that the new ninja does not fit on that board due to hitting a few transistors by the cpu.
 
I would def have a third drive for storage in that system. RAID0 is twice as likely to fail as a single drive...
 
Slartibartfast said:
I would def have a third drive for storage in that system. RAID0 is twice as likely to fail as a single drive...
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I have other means of backing up files.
 
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