[Elyaas]

Hey all...

My friend just wanted me to check that his new C2D rig is all good...

Here she is:

CPU: E6600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115003

CPU Heatsink: Big Tyhpoon
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835106061

MOBO:Asus P5B Deluxe
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131028

RAM: OCZ S.O.E. 2gb (4-4-3-15)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227161

GPU: 8800GTS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130071

HDD: Raptor X 150g
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136011

Case: TT Armor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811133154

Power Suply: OCZ GameXstream 600W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817341001

Optical Drive: LITE-ON 18x DVD+R Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106042

Monitor: Viewsonic VA1912wb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824116373

So, how is it? Anything majorly wrong? Once I make it will a vortex of doom spawn from his computer and devour bouth of our souls?

Well.. I also got him and MX518 and a Saitek Eclipse SLIM (The normal one was out)...Is the slim anything different BTW?

Thanks much all!

 

[Hilfiger]

the case is good, why not try an lian li for same price but tons of more quality?

v1000 are great, or the v2000 . id say have a look at lian li before you buy thermaltake..

anyway get the 700w ocz, youll need it for that setup, and get rid of the raptor and get 2 normal sata drivers, .. trust me is no difrence in performance.. again your choice

 

[korndog2003]

Looks great good luck wish I had it...

 

[MADMAX22]

looks good, the only thin that i would change though are the ram, i personally would go with these here
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820146565
there d9's and mine were d9gmh which are pretty darn good and they are cheaper then the ocz by a few bucks

 

[todd258]

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Originally Posted by Hilfiger the case is good, why not try an lian li for same price but tons of more quality? v1000 are great, or the v2000 . id say have a look at lian li before you buy thermaltake.. anyway get the 700w ocz, youll need it for that setup, and get rid of the raptor and get 2 normal sata drivers, .. trust me is no difrence in performance.. again your choice

You cannot get a full tower Lian-Li for that price. For about $100 more you can get a Lian-Li case. The armor is a great case and TT is a great company for cases.

Also, I would spend money on different memory. Corsair is not so great with the P5B deluxe and C2D's. It is sort of a hit or miss situation. I would go with OCZ or G. Skill.

 

[wowza]

I would get these sticks instead of the OCZ, and get 2 of these hard drives for a RAID setup. The RAID setup will be much faster than a single raptor, and they are cheaper.

 

[jriggs256]

Great system! In rebuttle to Hilfiger, You cannot go wrong with Thermaltake, you wont be dissapointed with the Armor, Although there will be a few modifications you will need to do, to enable optimal airflow. Not saying that it is any better but you may want to look at the Antec Nine Hundred if you plan to keep it Air cooled.

 

[todd258]

Quote:

Originally Posted by wowza I would get these sticks instead of the OCZ, and get 2 of these hard drives for a RAID setup. The RAID setup will be much faster than a single raptor, and they are cheaper.

The Seagate Perps are just as fast as the Raptors. I had two Raptors in RAID and they are not faster the two perps in RAID.

 

[Elyaas]

Quote:

Originally Posted by wowza I would get these sticks instead of the OCZ, and get 2 of these hard drives for a RAID setup. The RAID setup will be much faster than a single raptor, and they are cheaper.

So the Crucial's work a lot better then the OCZ...I'll change that. But as for the RAID...he doesn't wana deal with it. The 150gig raptor is also only 40$ more then the 74 gig raptor with the rebate so....

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hilfiger anyway get the 700w ocz, youll need it for that setup

Hmmm...damn. You extreamly sure? BTW, this guy is not going to OC at all (Yes I know...its stupid...he just doesn't wana screw with anything)...just gonna leave everything at stock and go at it.

Well, time to get writing this 10 pager..I'll be checkin here every now and again. I'll rep those of you that are lending a helping hand after I get this paper turned in, as that is priority

 

[Kimon]

Or you could just get one Seagate Perpendicular drive and upgrade your monitor to a 20inch or a 22inch since you get the higher resolution than the 19 inch.

Edit: I see that he isn't going to OC at all. That means you can drop the Big Typhoon if you want since the stock cooler is more than enough to keep things cool at stock.

 

[Elyaas]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kimon Edit: I see that he isn't going to OC at all. That means you can drop the Big Typhoon if you want since the stock cooler is more than enough to keep things cool at stock.

Thats what I told him....he wanted it anyways

lmao. Do you think he needs a 700W PSU then?

I am going to call him late tonight and tell him what I recomend...and what he does is, in the end, his own decision.

So far, all I am going to tell him is to switch the ram. I also may try to get him to try RAID, but as I have not even tried it before...I dono if he'll go for that.

 

[briank]

Very nice, but I personally would get the Raptor non-X. Even the WD specs themselves state that the X has lower reliability than the regular version. Its not like you can see the drive that well even if you had a window in your case.