Go for the caviar black 640 gb - better performance than the 1tb. Get a couple and raid em. Then for storage get a 1tb caviar green which is for efficiency since it lower its speed when not in use to save power.
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i would recommend getting an SSD for boot drive. it's true when they say once you go SSD you'll never go back
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Yes, in most things.
A good SSD will be noticeably more responsive.
Originally Posted by Coolwaters  would a SSD beat 2 X caviar black in raid 0? and by how much? |
A good SSD will be noticeably more responsive.
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any imagine 10k+rpm being quiet 
lol
i'll stick with raid 0 on 2 samsung F3s 1tb or the 640gig WD black (whichever gives me the best deal at the time)
still need a lot of help with the mobo.
and a GTX 260 brand.
Originally Posted by Icekilla instead of an SSD, why don't you get a 300GB velociraptor? SSD's are not worthy atm |
lol
i'll stick with raid 0 on 2 samsung F3s 1tb or the 640gig WD black (whichever gives me the best deal at the time)
still need a lot of help with the mobo.
and a GTX 260 brand.
ok so, what exactly do you need? I see you already have almost everything except for the i7 platform (cpu, motherboard, cpu heatsink and RAM), a new GPU and... wlat else do you need? do you want more storage? This is what you could get (my reccomendation)
Intel core i7 920 $290
Powercolor AX5850 1GBD5-MDHG ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB $310
EVGA 121-BL-E756-TR MicroATX motherboard LGA1366 $210
GeIL 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1066MHZ (You can always overclock
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) model GV36GB1066C7TC $136
Noctua NH-U12P SE2 CPU cooler $75
All prices were taken off newegg.
Now, what else are you gonna do in your PC besides of gaming? Because I could get you a cheaper PC if you take the AMD way, or if you go with a LGA 1156 platform (similar performance as i7, except for multi GPU setups, which can be solved using a dual GPU card like the GTX 295 or a HD5970)
AMD setup (great performance for gaming, similar to i7 on that field)
DFI LANParty DK 790FXB-M3H5 AM3 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard $170
Powercolor AX5850 1GBD5-MDHG ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB $310
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz $166
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 Model KHX1600C8D3K2/4GX $104
Noctua NH-U12P SE2 CPU cooler $75
Prices taken from Newegg as well.
You choose...
Intel core i7 920 $290
Powercolor AX5850 1GBD5-MDHG ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB $310
EVGA 121-BL-E756-TR MicroATX motherboard LGA1366 $210
GeIL 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1066MHZ (You can always overclock
Noctua NH-U12P SE2 CPU cooler $75
All prices were taken off newegg.
Now, what else are you gonna do in your PC besides of gaming? Because I could get you a cheaper PC if you take the AMD way, or if you go with a LGA 1156 platform (similar performance as i7, except for multi GPU setups, which can be solved using a dual GPU card like the GTX 295 or a HD5970)
AMD setup (great performance for gaming, similar to i7 on that field)
DFI LANParty DK 790FXB-M3H5 AM3 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard $170
Powercolor AX5850 1GBD5-MDHG ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB $310
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz $166
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 Model KHX1600C8D3K2/4GX $104
Noctua NH-U12P SE2 CPU cooler $75
Prices taken from Newegg as well.
You choose...
Some advice about your RAID configuration.
You wanna go RAID 0 with 2 1Tb drives? Big mistake
By having such large drives in RAID 0, I'm assuming that you will keep all of your data on there, like pics, movies etc etc. RAID 0 will fail eventually and with no back up, you'll lose everything in the array.
A better solution would to have the OS on a small SSD (for speed) and put those 1Tbs in RAID 1 config. With RAID 1, if one fails, the other will still have the data on it.
Just my 2c
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You wanna go RAID 0 with 2 1Tb drives? Big mistake
By having such large drives in RAID 0, I'm assuming that you will keep all of your data on there, like pics, movies etc etc. RAID 0 will fail eventually and with no back up, you'll lose everything in the array.
A better solution would to have the OS on a small SSD (for speed) and put those 1Tbs in RAID 1 config. With RAID 1, if one fails, the other will still have the data on it.
Just my 2c
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yeah i understand the risk of raid 0. but iv been using a single hard drive for years (actually never used anything else) and its been good to me especially the samsung hard drives.
also wat about the market? is it a good time to build?
Originally Posted by Zammo Some advice about your RAID configuration. You wanna go RAID 0 with 2 1Tb drives? Big mistake By having such large drives in RAID 0, I'm assuming that you will keep all of your data on there, like pics, movies etc etc. RAID 0 will fail eventually and with no back up, you'll lose everything in the array. A better solution would to have the OS on a small SSD (for speed) and put those 1Tbs in RAID 1 config. With RAID 1, if one fails, the other will still have the data on it. Just my 2c
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also wat about the market? is it a good time to build?
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ok i got it down to these... which one should i get?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...VGA%20X58%20LE.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-051-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-375-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-171-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...VGA%20X58%20LE.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-051-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-375-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-171-_-Product
none of those go msi
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