Double Check before ordering

Bex · 20 Jul 2008 at 10:07

Ok, I think I have what I want nailed down for my new 3D/video editing system. Could someone just please double check that I haven't screwed up somewhere in the specs and made a stupid mistake.

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.66GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB)

Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A33423)

Akasa All-In-One 21 Function Panel (Black) - Retail

OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Reaper HPC Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2RPR10664GK)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST3500320AS)

Gigabyte GA-X48-DS5 Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Leadtek GeForce 8800 GT ZL OC 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Akasa Serial ATA 45cm DAYGLO Blue Data Cable

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Sound Card - OEM (PCI-Express) (30SB082000000)

Tagan TG700-BZ 700w Modular BZ Series PSU

Icy Box IB-138SK-B 3.5" SATA HDD Caddy - Black Icy Box IB-138SK-B 3.5" SATA HDD Caddy - Black

Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD6400AAKS)

Akasa Rounded Ultra ATA133/100/66 IDE UV DAY-GLO Cable (0.45m) - Blue

Asus DRW-2014L1 20x DVD±RW IDE Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM

Thank you.

Ace Modder · 20 Jul 2008 at 11:02

looks good to me

Why 3 HDD's though, surely a 1TB drive would be better and partitioned to 2 drives?

DarkMatter · 20 Jul 2008 at 11:04

why are you going 8800GT? as your opting for a X48 mobo i would defo get a ATI graphics card, as then at a later date you could get a second one, especialyl with that 700W power supply.

Bex · 20 Jul 2008 at 12:34

Ace Modder said:
looks good to me

Why 3 HDD's though, surely a 1TB drive would be better and partitioned to 2 drives?

Drive 1) for operating system, programs, etc...

Drive 2) for storing video footage, files, pictures, music, etc...

Drive 3) for the caddy, so I can take video to and from home to work on if need be.

Bex · 20 Jul 2008 at 12:35

DarkMatter said:
why are you going 8800GT? as your opting for a X48 mobo i would defo get a ATI graphics card, as then at a later date you could get a second one, especialyl with that 700W power supply.

Didn't really think about that. Damn, needing to go hunting again. Thanks.

badbob · 20 Jul 2008 at 12:38

Ace Modder said:
looks good to me

Why 3 HDD's though, surely a 1TB drive would be better and partitioned to 2 drives?

I'd use seperate HD, faster. One HD for OS, another for games. Even a third for working if you do encoding/rendering.

psychas · 20 Jul 2008 at 13:07

swap 8800 gt to 4850

C64 · 20 Jul 2008 at 13:23

hmm maybe do a raid setup then

Bex · 20 Jul 2008 at 13:24

psychas said:
swap 8800 gt to 4850

Flinches a little at price. I'm not a gamer, but I do work intensively with 3D animation and video editing rendering. Will that card make much of a difference for what I want?

C64 · 20 Jul 2008 at 13:26

I would get a completely different board if you are not a gamer by the way motherboard will come with sata cables
also try to get esata

Bex · 20 Jul 2008 at 15:41

C64 said:
I would get a completely different board if you are not a gamer by the way motherboard will come with sata cables
also try to get esata

Yeah, I wanted that board to try and future proof myself a bit, I rarely upgrade anything unless it dies.

I thought esata was for external devices? Do you mean using it for the caddy?