first spec check of the year??

crazyDAJT · 1 Jan 2008 at 14:08

January is hear and its time to make the leap, my old PC isn't really worth mentioning as it has a geforce2 graphics card. hear are my thoughts, i have been staring at this build for about 3 months now, not planing to overclock but might give it a try after a year when the huge boost in performance's wears off

Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (WD740ADFD) 2 off to put into raid 0 for boot

Samsung SpinPoint T 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD501LJ) 1 off first part of a potential raid 5 array

LG GSA-H66NBAL 18x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM 1 off

Zalman CNPS9700-LED CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) 1 off

Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case 1 off

Asus GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail 1 off

OCZ StealthXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply 1 off

Saitek Eclipse 2 Illuminated Keyboard - Blue/Red/Purple 1 off

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) 1 off

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) 1 off

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail 1 off

Dell E228WFP 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black 1 off

Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB) 1 off

Scythe Card Reader & Floppy Drive - Black 1 off

Asus P5K Premium/WiFi-AP Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard 1 off

total cost £1,338.14 inc vat

don't really want to spend any more, any comments about compatibility and alternatives are welcome, this is my first build in 5 years, so a bit rusty.

Ben M · 1 Jan 2008 at 14:13

you list a spinpoint at the beginning anf at the end? do you mean you want 2, or is that a mistake

looks good overall

crazyDAJT · 1 Jan 2008 at 14:18

Ben M said:
you list a spinpoint at the beginning anf at the end? do you mean you want 2, or is that a mistake

looks good overall

yep that was a mistake, i originally wanted to go with 3 Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB but have heard there are some firmwhere problems.

and 3 straight off was a bit painful

have edited the above, was not included in total cost

tomanders91 · 1 Jan 2008 at 15:28

looks good overall, any particular reason for that PSU? There not bad or anything, but a Corsair would probably be better.

crazyDAJT · 1 Jan 2008 at 17:13

tomanders91 said:
looks good overall, any particular reason for that PSU? There not bad or anything, but a Corsair would probably be better.

which one would you recommend? I went for it as it seams to be real good value, the closest Corsair (i.e the 620W) one is almost £30 more.

the 520W is 10 more but i like the idea of 8 SATA connectors

will it do the job?

crazyDAJT · 1 Jan 2008 at 17:20

PS

note i'm likely to look to have 5 hard drives within a year and also want some future proofing for new processors and new graphics cards.

also does anybody know what the raid performance is like on this motherbord,
with regard to running a raid 0 and a raid 5 at the same time?