Greg121986

I would get a single 300GB Velociraptor and one or two 640GB AAKS from Western Digital. The veloci itself is fast, and it will save HDD space in your case. The 640AAKS is the fastest 7200RPM-high capacity drive out right now. And again, I prefer to not mess with RAID but that is up to you.

Wahkee

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Greg121986

I have a 780i in my rig and a 750i in one sitting across the room from me. I prefer the 780i.

usman_hussain1987

with that kind of budget i would say save for the core i& and X58. there not that far off now. and by the looks of it it might just leave the current CPU's dead in the ground. they are so efficient at lower frequencies then the current CPU's at high frequencies

Dezixn

Unless you plan on going CrossFire, drop down to the 750 Watt Corsair PSU. Even if you CrossFire 2x 4870 X2s the 750 Watt could almost handle it, though I wouldn't advise it. But it could handle any dual single core cards.


Other than that, drop the DDR3 IMO. Negligible gains, and more money spent with DDR3.

Don't hold out for Nehalem, it doesn't show big gains at all for gaming so far. Not to mention the huge price tag of the CPU, coupled with the X58 mobos, + the expensive DDR3. Don't even get me started on the whole "No mem voltage over 1.65" thing. Though to be fair we don't know how it will play out, so far it isn't looking all THAT good.
You could wait for the price drops associated with Nehalem's release though.

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Enigma8750

Corsair 1000 watt PSU and 280s instead of 260s

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Greg121986

Finally, someone who is informed!

However, I would still go with the 1000W PSU. Most power supplies are most efficient and will last longest if they are not strained to 100%. I would be afraid that with a 750W PSU you will be consuming the majority of its power output at all times with a high end rig like you will be building. This could ultimately prove to be very stressful and reduce the life of the PSU. I don't know the amp rating on the 12v rail of the 1000HX from Corsair but I assume it's pretty hefty. This is also a requirement of a good PSU.

And is the 1000HX modular? That spells FTW if you ask me.

Dezixn

Corsair 1000W - +12V1@40A, +12V2@40A
Corsair 750W - +12V@60A

His rig described above would be fine on a 750W.

You can see here a here an E6750 rig with 4870 X2 and x48 mobo was only drawing 460W for the entire rig, at full 3D load.

Throw in an extra 150W to adjust for this guy's rig and your still only at 610W. I'm not being super accurate here, just getting a very general idea.

Unless he goes dual 4870 X2, he would be fine with a 750W PSU.

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Cryptedvick

LOL
u really r a noob and im sorry to say it
GTX core 216's have 448bit bus 896mb 216SP
GTX 280 has --------512bit bus 1024mb 240SP
now u tell me ... HOW the GTX 260, 216SP, is better than the 280??

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do you guys think that a 4xHDD in a RAID 0 is a performance loss over 2xHDD in a RAID 0??