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lokiguesty · 19 Apr 2007 at 19:04

Hi all

below is my current shopping list for my new build, the twin raptors will be set up in Raid 0 i understand i'll need a floppy drive for this so will probably take the one out of my old pc will also aquire some IDE cable from in the old pc.

other than that could u guys take a look at my spec see if u can see anything i have missed or any suggestions

opinions appreciated

thanks Loki

Product Name
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK)
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528)
Akasa 8-Pin 30cm PSU Extension Cable
Akasa Serial ATA 45cm DAYGLO Blue Data Cable
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS SuperClocked 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer 7.1 Soundcard - OEM
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB)
2x Western Digital Raptor 150GB WD1500ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Sony AW-G170AB2 18x DVD±RW x12 Ram Dual Layer DVD-Writer - (Black) OEM

millsy888 · 19 Apr 2007 at 19:23

looks like a good spec to me, but why are you getting XP and not vista?

lokiguesty · 19 Apr 2007 at 19:41

lil worried about compatability with games etc last thing i want is to get the system set up and find that software doesnt work, also the vista advisor said it couldnt find drivers for my modem so im not sure

semi-pro waster · 19 Apr 2007 at 19:46

It all looks good although I'm not sure you need the PSU extension cables or the SATA dayglo cables since some will come with the motherboard (although plain). I'd also be tempted to drop the Raptors and save a bit of cash, either of the Seagate 7200.10 range or WD AAKS drives aren't far behind in speed terms but cost significantly less and offer a lot more space. With the money saved you could consider a faster graphics card.

lokiguesty · 19 Apr 2007 at 20:23

it is something i considered but i always wanted to own raptors, omg that sounds so so sad but yeah i set my heart on raptors even thou they r pretty expensive

semi-pro waster · 19 Apr 2007 at 20:27

Don't let me put you off then, they are certainly quick and you will need a floppy disk drive for the Raid install in Windows as you suspect.

Just noticed one other thing also, you are probably better getting a SATA DVDRW, Samsung and NEC do good versions.

lokiguesty · 19 Apr 2007 at 22:33

ah didnt kow such a thing existed but i'll go take a look at ocuk and see if i can find one chees for the tip

i have a question i only just thought of, i;ve never used sata before is it like ATA where u were better having certain things in certain sata ports?

if so which should i use for HD's and which for optical drive?

cheers

Loki

semi-pro waster · 19 Apr 2007 at 23:31

This is a suitable SATA DVDRW and you don't really need to worry about having them in the correct ports, SATA is one device per chain/port so it shouldn't matter which you use (unless of course Windows is determined not to find the SATA port in the first place).

Nelly · 19 Apr 2007 at 23:42

lokiguesty said:
it is something i considered but i always wanted to own raptors, omg that sounds so so sad but yeah i set my heart on raptors even thou they r pretty expensive

Hi there, I moved over from using a 150gb & 74gb Raptor to the 500gb seagate 7200.10 & to be honest you wont be able to tell the difference in speed, overall in games your probally talking 2 seconds max at loading a game up - big deal eh?

As for sata dvd-drives, Pioneer have released a sata version hopefully will be stocked by OcUK see here:- http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-047-PO, in my opinion they usually do the best drives but thats debatable of course, the majority of reputeable companys all do a good job at the end of the day.

I'm sticking with Windows XP untill at least Service Pack 1 is released, too many bugs especially with games at the moment it puts me right off buying Vista as I would definitly want the 64 bit version.