Velocity Micro - Pre Wiring?

[mogrefy]

Has anyone ordered a system from Velocity Micro and asked that they pre-wire the system for two additional hard drives? I am considering ordering a new system with only a 150GB 10K rpm drive and then throwing in the 320GB and 500GB from my current system but want their fantastic wiring

Also, thoughts on these configurations. I am currently debating between ABS and VM (seems to happen frequently for members here); any thoughts on the systems below?

- LXe Black - Velocity Micro Signature Case - Pure Aluminum, removable front door, extended depth (+$50.00)
- 700 Watt Seasonic M12 Modular PSU 80Plus Certified SLI-Ready* (+$135.00)
- Standard Power Cable
- EVGA nForce 680i SLI, Socket 775, PCI-E, DDR2
- Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor E6600, dual 2.4GHz cores, 4MB L2 Cache (+$120.00)
- Arctic Cooling® Freezer 7 Heatsink, Ultra Quiet Fan, Copper Heat Pipes, plus Arctic Silver™ 5 Thermal Compound
- 4096MB Corsair™ XMS2 DDR2-800 Low Latency CL4 Extreme Memory with Heat Spreader (4x1024) (+$480.00)
- 768MB EVGA GeForce 8800GTX DDR3 PCI-E w/HDCP (LXe/LXe-W Chassis required, 1KW PSU for SLI ) (+$390.00)
- Basic 3D Video Performance Tuning & Optimization
- Creative Labs SoundBlaster® X-Fi™ XtremeMusic, Enhanced MP3 playback, realistic surround, faster gaming (+$50.00)
- 150GB Western Digital Raptor 10,000rpm SATA/150, 16MB Cache, NCQ (Incredible Performance!) (+$245.00)
- 16x Lite On® DVD+/-RW/CD-RW Dual Layer, Black Bezel
- 16x DVD/48x CD-RW Lite On® Combo Drive, Black Bezel
- 8-in-1 Floppy Drive & Media Reader Combo, Black Bezel
- Integrated 10/100/1000MBps Gigabit Ethernet Network Adapter
- Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional SP2 on original CD (w/coupon for FREE Vista Business upgrade) (+$70.00)
- Rounded Silver Braided IDE and Floppy Cables (+$30.00)
- 3 Yr VelocityCare™ Parts & Labor Ltd Warranty, 1 Yr 24/7 Support with Emergency Hours, and On-Site Service (+$99.00)

Velocity Micro Total: $3,444.00 (free shipping, no tax collected by manufacturer)



- ABS Stealth Black ATX Mid-tower Case (Black Color) (Item#ABS11215003)
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition with Service Pack 2 (Item#ABS37110040)
- Thermaltake toughpower W0117RU ATX12V/ EPS12V 750W Power Supply (Item#ABS17153036)
- Asus P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe, NVIDIA nForce™4 SLI™ X16 Intel Core2 Extreme/Core2 Duo (Item#ABS13131031)
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 1066MHz FSB 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 (Item#ABS19115003)
- Thermaltake Silent 775 CPU Cooler With Heatpipe Cooling Technology for Intel LGA775 Processors (Item#ABS35106048)
- (4GB total) 2 x MEM 1Gx2|CORSAIR TWIN2X2048-6400 R (Item#ABS20145590)
- NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card (Item#ABS14130072)
- Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI (Item#ABS29102188)
- Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10000RPM 16MB Cache SATA (Item#ABS22136012)
- SONY Black 16X IDE DVD-ROM Drive (Item#ABS27101131)
- SAMSUNG 18 X SuperMulti Dual Layer DVD Burner with LightScribe (Black Color) (Item#ABS27151136)
- MITSUMI Black 3.5" Internal USB 2.0 Digital Card Reader with Floppy Drive support CF/SD/MMC/MS/SM/MD (Item#ABS21104104)

ABS Sub Total: $2,939.00 + tax & shipping
ABS Total (w/tax/shipping): $3,217.08


Obviously the VM system has a 3yr warranty that I do not consider an option from ABS as it costs upwards of $249. VM also has the EVGA nForce 680i though I don't know it matters that much for overclocking as I likely will not want to terminate the warranty early by OCing. Question is... $227 and VM vs ABS.

 

[mogrefy]

Also, those VM customers... is the $60 for "Moderate 3D Tuning" and little "VideoCool™ Positive Pressure Airflow System" worth it? Do they really tune a card like the 8800GTX that much?

 

[ChrisMorley]

We do custom formatting options HDDs at the request of customers, so I do not see why it would be a problem. I'd give sales a call and have them put a note on the order. As to the tuning - we can squeeze a bit more performance out of G80.