PC component suggestions...

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Manuelj43

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Going to be building this for a friend who doesn't really have a budjet, but doesn't want to go overboard.

Antec-------P180
Antec-------TruePower 2.0 TPII-550
Asus--------A8N-SLI Premium
WD----------400 gb Sata 2 16mb Cache (WD4000KD) x2 for raid
AMD--------Athlon 64 X2 4800+
OCZ---------Platinum Edition PC-3200 400 2GB Rev 2 (Ballistix aren't available and the price seems fine)
LG-----------GSA-4167 Black
Asus--------Extreme N7800GTX TOP

What do you guys think?
 
I would say that would be going overboard, but would be a fast system

But why RAID? Even RAID 0 offers very little perfomance gain except when doing large file transfers. In games etc, even Raptors in RAID-O are only like 1% faster at most. I would just keep them unraided and use the extra disk space...

Unless of course you are using RAID-1 for backup purposes than that is a whole other story.
 
Hmm, I wasn't really sure how much of the difference it would have made. Thanks, I found out that the sata 2 won't be useful right now since the capability of the overall transfer is at 60, and I wouldn't utilize the 300 mbp/s available for this system. I'll be getting the 300 gb 16 mb cache maxtor (a lot cheaper and good reviews).

Do you think I should get a 74 gb raptor to use as the primary and the 300 gb as a secondary instead? It's either that or if the raptor won't out perform the 300 gb maxtor, then i'll just scratch it off the list and get one maxtor alone.
 
Raptors are overrated, IMHO. Just go with the Maxtor, it's plenty fast. Overall the system does seem a little overboard..you could drop down some of the components and still have a blazing-fast system. X2 4200/4600, 7800GT..
 
Yeah I know, but this dude wants the top of the line gear. I'll stick with the maxtor's.

Thanks!
 
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