My final spec...please give comments

Jody · 30 Dec 2007 at 18:16

here is what i have decided on:

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £131.99
(£155.09) £131.99
(£155.09)
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) Tuniq £27.99
(£32.89) £27.99
(£32.89)
Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £61.99
(£72.84) £61.99
(£72.84)
OcUK ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - (PCI-Express) - Retail £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £64.99
(£76.36) £64.99
(£76.36)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM OEM (WD5000AAKS) £55.99
(£65.79) £55.99
(£65.79)
Samsung SH-S203NBEBN 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM - OEM (WD1500ADFD) £96.99
(£113.96) £96.99
(£113.96)
Coolermaster RC-1000 Cosmos Silent Full Tower Case
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £5.99
(£7.04) £5.99
(£7.04)
Sub Total : £715.89
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £125.28
Total : £841.17

i wanted 2 raptors for raid but cant afford it yet plus im only going for that graphics card as i dont need anything more.

I do quite a bit of encoding as previously mentioned so im hoping this will be ok with my os on the raptor and the other hdd for storage.

Im hoping to get good cooling with this setup so i can oc.

Your comments/advice is appreciated

Regards

Jody

caithomas44 · 30 Dec 2007 at 18:18

do you play any games?

what do you use the pc for that requires raptors?

Jody · 30 Dec 2007 at 18:20

caithomas44 said:
do you play any games?

what do you use the pc for that requires raptors?

I occasionaly look at some games but not that important to me

i was advised that using 2 x raptors was advantagous for encoding

caithomas44 · 30 Dec 2007 at 18:22

gimme 5 mins

Jody · 30 Dec 2007 at 18:24

caithomas44 · 30 Dec 2007 at 18:29

faster ram, better cache on the drive, you could even raid 2 250b drives which would be a lot faster, better graphics which is good for media encoding

Jody · 30 Dec 2007 at 18:43

thanks for the reply

reasons for my choices:

read turniq tower was superior
i wanted 2gb modules of ram for upgrading purposes (8gb)
i want seperate storage drive
i just want the coolmaster case
the psu was recommended by loads of peeps here

will have a look at that case though and the ram, i want good overclocking gear as i plan to learn how

Jody · 30 Dec 2007 at 18:44

got to go and get drunk now...bugger! but your continued comments will be appreciated and ill get back tomorrow

thanks again

Jody

easyrider · 30 Dec 2007 at 18:47

caithomas44 said:
faster ram, better cache on the drive, you could even raid 2 250b drives which would be a lot faster, better graphics which is good for media encoding

GFX is not better for media encoding.

He should have two seperate drives one for the OS and the other for DATA to improve IO speeds.

The First system he chose was fine.

He even specced a better PSU than you.

He specced a better cooler than you.

easyrider · 30 Dec 2007 at 18:50

Jody said:
thanks for the reply

reasons for my choices:

read turniq tower was superior

It is.

i wanted 2gb modules of ram for upgrading purposes (8gb)

good idea

i want seperate storage drive

A must

i just want the coolmaster case

Nothing wrong with that.

the psu was recommended by loads of peeps here

Thats because is a fine PSU

jellybeard999 · 30 Dec 2007 at 20:00

Jody,

You're better off with some WD AAKS or similar drives in RAID than raptors in RAID.

a) They're cheaper
b) The access time (the only advantage raptors have) isnt important in encoding

Raptors arent updated as frequently as other drives either, so generally lag behind tech wise.

The spec you specified in the original post is great but:

Id go for a pair of 250gb drives over the raptor, and partition for OS and WIP, with the large drive for storage.
Id get rid of that crap case, and go for a Lian-Li.

shaffaaf27 · 30 Dec 2007 at 22:13

id recomend you get a fan for you CPU cooler.

Jody · 31 Dec 2007 at 11:51

shaffaaf27 said:
id recomend you get a fan for you CPU cooler.

The turniq comes with one already, or do you mean a different one?

Jody · 31 Dec 2007 at 11:56

jellybeard999 said:
Jody,

You're better off with some WD AAKS or similar drives in RAID than raptors in RAID.

a) They're cheaper
b) The access time (the only advantage raptors have) isnt important in encoding

Raptors arent updated as frequently as other drives either, so generally lag behind tech wise.

The spec you specified in the original post is great but:

Id go for a pair of 250gb drives over the raptor, and partition for OS and WIP, with the large drive for storage.
Id get rid of that crap case, and go for a Lian-Li.

ok ive changed to 2 WD2500AAKS now plus my original choice of the WD5000AAKS, not sure about that case though will take another look as your not the first to mention thats a good case

easyrider · 31 Dec 2007 at 12:06

A raptor for a boot drive should not be sniffed at.

I have 150 GIG raptor as boot and all my data across 3 500 GIG WDAAKS

Having a 500 GIG raid 0 array means you lose everything if windows corrupts and this is not a good idea.

Raid 0 is over rated.

Single raptor for the win.

Jody · 31 Dec 2007 at 12:12

easyrider said:
A raptor for a boot drive should not be sniffed at.

I have 150 GIG raptor as boot and all my data across 3 500 GIG WDAAKS

Having a 500 GIG raid 0 array means you lose everything if windows corrupts and this is not a good idea.

Raid 0 is over rated.

Single raptor for the win.

will the raptor perform better on its own than 2 wd2500aaks's in raid?

easyrider · 31 Dec 2007 at 12:18

Jody said:
will the raptor perform better on its own than 2 wd2500aaks's in raid?

Doing what?

Writing large files?

A seperate drive to the OS for your DATA is a must.

Been there seen and done Raid with my WD drives and I go back to the raptor.

People think Raid see big gains.It doesn't and its a PITA.

Then there is stripe size and all that nonsense.IMO its just not worth the hassle.

Jody · 31 Dec 2007 at 12:28

easyrider said:
Doing what?

Writing large files?

A seperate drive to the OS for your DATA is a must.

Been there seen and done Raid with my WD drives and I go back to the raptor.

People think Raid see big gains.It doesn't and its a PITA.

Then there is stripe size and all that nonsense.IMO its just not worth the hassle.

Im gonna be doing a lot of encoding

at least if i have one raptor i have the option to raid later if necessary

easyrider · 31 Dec 2007 at 12:34

Jody said:
Im gonna be doing a lot of encoding

at least if i have one raptor i have the option to raid later if necessary

I do a huge ammount of encoding and video editing and rendering.

The speed comes from reading data from one drive while writing to a seperate drive.

Reading and writing to the same Raid 0 array is a bad idea and should not be recommended.

shaffaaf27 · 31 Dec 2007 at 13:34

yeah, caus the tuniq fan can be a bit too laud.

and the 7200.11 are the fastest 7200s so go with them, and they have 32mb cache