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Arashi

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this is my first upgrade in a long time, ive been using a almost 4 year old dell laptop, and now i need to upgrade because i got into a mmo beta :) and i need some approval from you guys, as i'm not terribly knowledgeable about putting a comp together

prices are from newegg, although a few places have some items cheaper, clubit.com/microcenter, i can probably shave the price down by about >100$ if i shop carefully for parts, not to mention prices hopefully will drop around holiday time

eVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard -259.99$

eVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 -469.99$

ENERMAX Liberty ELT500AWT ATX12V 500W -109.99$

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz -308.99$

BUFFALO Firestix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) DC -241.99$

Raptor WD1500ADFDRTL 150GB Serial ATA150 -275.99$


total at newegg is 1665.95


i do intend to use the system as stock for now, and perhaps later when i notice more of a slowdown in games overclock it


but in general, how is it? what should i get or drop?
 
My situation is almost the exact same as yours. For the past week, I've been doing my research and have come up with almost the exact same build as you. In general, your processor, mobo and ram are exactly what im getting. I found the mobo and processor cheaper at hwrebuild.com. The raptors are amazing hard drives and I hear nothing buy good things. The video card and other things you would be able to know what you need more so than I would, but for the most part it looks like a very solid system!
 
My friend just ordered almost the exact same setup, except a 320gb 7200.10 and Corsair XMS2 (which if you select the bundle with the evga mobo the bundle is $550, kept his build under $1500), should be in tomorrow or wed, I can let you know how retardedly fast it is.

I mean, I know it'll be retardedly fast I just can't quantify how retarded until I've tested it out.

IMHO the only reason to get a raptor over a perpindicular seagate 7200.10 is if you like being deaf and having a short warranty on a high end part. I mean you could almost g3t 4 for only a few bucks more then your raptor and have a 1TB raid that'll whip the shit outa the raptor.
 
Warriorprophet said:
My friend just ordered almost the exact same setup, except a 320gb 7200.10 and Corsair XMS2 (which if you select the bundle with the evga mobo the bundle is $550, kept his build under $1500), should be in tomorrow or wed, I can let you know how retardedly fast it is.

I mean, I know it'll be retardedly fast I just can't quantify how retarded until I've tested it out.

IMHO the only reason to get a raptor over a perpindicular seagate 7200.10 is if you like being deaf and having a short warranty on a high end part. I mean you could almost g3t 4 for only a few bucks more then your raptor and have a 1TB raid that'll whip the shit outa the raptor.
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Definitions of retarded:

relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development

:D The irony :p ;)
 
My seagate 7200.10 320gb sounds just as loud as my WD1500ADFD... so don't worry about going deaf. It looks like a solid build. I'd get the G.Skill DDR2-800 2GB kit instead of the Firestix (since you're not OC'ing right now) and save $30 bux... or put it towards something else, like a Scythe Ninja Plus. You'll be fine with the g.skills. They can OC ok and will get you AT LEAST 9*400=3.6Ghz up from 2.4Ghz stock. Lower latency isnt worth $30... $10 maybe, but not $30. The OCZ Plats rev2 ddr2-800 are only $220AR.
 
the enermax is a great psu (i own one) but is it enough for the 8800? shouldn't you be in the 600w range to be safe (and for future add ons)?
 
400W is enough for the 8800GTS, so that 500W enermax will be fine. If and when you upgrade to SLI, get the FSP BoosterX 300W GPU PSU.
 
I still think 1Tb for $80 more at around the same speed is a better bargain, and fits the box better.

Heck I have more then 150gb of games anyhow...
 
Thanks for the posts, i think i'll go ahead start order the items(i'll think about raid or raptor ;p )
 
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