New System Spec Advice

[Randall Clarke]

Changed many of these pics many times over the last 5 months of planning

Motherboard - ASUS Striker Extreme
CPU - Core2 duo 6700
RAM - CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)

Video Card - eVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP
Sound Card - Azuntech X-Meridian
Optical Drive - 2 x Plextor Px-755sa (sata)

Water Cooling - Swiftech H20-80 Micro cooling Kit
Swiftech MCW60™ VGA waterblock

Hard Drives - C:\ Raptor 36 if Gigabyte
D:\ Business - Raptor 150
E:\ Downloads/TV - WD Cavier 500 w/16mb
F:\ Video - Seagate 750 GB. 7200.10 Perpindicular
2 x Basic sata removeable 320 (for use in hot swap Vantec 5.25 bay)

Power Supply - Thermaltake Toughpower 850 watt W0131RU
Floppy Drive - mitsumi black floppy drive

for some bays
3Hard Driver Cooler = Cooler Master Cooldrive Lite - BLACK for Raptor
4 - thermaltake hardcano 13 (fan contoller and card reader)
5 - Vantec EZ-Sata 5.25 Drive Bay

 

[engiNURD]

I'd go with the E6600 instead of the E6700... or make the jump to the X6800, or possibly a QX6700.

What case will you be using?

I like your diverse array of hdds, lol.

 

[AaronP]

Nice setup, make sure to get some silent fans to keep that baby quiet and cool.