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Hi all,

Plan to build a new system in about 5 weeks and done a bit of research but thought i would ask on here about peoples idea's and suggestions. Want to spend about £1500 but have £200-£300 headroom but not really preferable.

So... Here's what i've got in mind...

Lian-Li PC-V1110B Aluminum Super Mid-Tower Case - Black (No PSU
Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366)
Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU Cooler
MSI Eclipse SLI Intel X58
Corsair Dominator 6GB DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI
LG GGW-H20L Blu-Ray Rewriter & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive
Corsair TX 850W ATX SLI Compliant Power Supply
G.Skill Titan 128GB SSD

*Iiyama ProLite E2407HDS 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - LATER DATE IF REQUIRED AS I HAVE A HD PROJECTOR*

Any suggestions & recommendations on saving a little or better H/W welcome.

I do have a question though, In the real world though is 1 SSD better than 2 WD Velociraptors in RAID0?

Thanks in advance people :)
 
haha, got an invasion of my thread :) Its all good though :)

95thrifles said:
Id look at changing the mobo personally, either a gigabyte UD5 or asus P6T
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Well i origionally had a UD5 down but never owned a Gigabyte and always had a soft spot for MSI and reviews seem to have them out as pretty much the same boards??? As for ASUS, i wouldnt touch them with a barge pole sincer my encounter with them!!! Lets just say when it fails, YOUR SCREWED! Customer service just doesnt exist, period!

As im buying in 5 weeks (student loan :)) i have time to change to newer/better things but just after other peoples advice and experience to refine it all for when i come to purchase :)

Thanks
Ian
 
Funnily enough i am a student of Music Technology at Keele Uni. I have 2 500GB WD RE2's already which i can RAID-0 to 1TB so no need for 'storage HDD' and have been looking at 2x30GB Vertex's to RAID-0 to 60GB and get a massive speed increase. The PSU is just in case i get another 4870X2 in te future so keeping my options open. I originally had the OCZ's down but know someone who had issues with OCZ memory before but that was a while ago. And the Vertex's are OCZ anyways also.

Thanks for help :)
 
Right, What i have now after a lot of research is as follows:

Lian-Li PC-V1110B Aluminum Super Mid-Tower Case - Black (No PSU)
Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366)
Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU Cooler
MSI Eclipse SLI Intel X58
OCZ Reaper 6GB (3 X 2GB) DDR3 PC3-15000 (1866MHz) Tri-Channel
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI
LG GGW-H20L Blu-Ray Rewriter & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive
Corsair TX 850W ATX SLI Compliant Power Supply
2x OCZ Vertex Series 30GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive
Razer DeathAdder Blue 1800dpi High Precision Gaming Mouse
Cherry Black CyMotion Expert (USB/PS2) Keyboard - Black

*Iiyama ProLite E2407HDS 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - LATER DATE IF REQUIRED*

I get this coming in at about £1700-£1800 without monitor which is right on my maximum margin, But i think im getting best bang for buck without going silly. I'm hoping for good things from this system. Just need wait 5 weeks now! Prices may drop though and maybe even new/better options by then.... D0 stepping... :)

Thanks everyone who's helped and im still open to suggestions of cause :)
 
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