Hey there, Been reading the site on and off for a few years, being that i am building soon i decide to join up, i got some money burning a hole in my pocket and i am gonna buy a new rig soon as the Phenom xII 555 comes to Canada. Just want to post my Build to see what you all think.
Win 7 64 Running on:
Phenom xII 555 BE unlocked to ghetto Quad if i can, if not will buy another. - $120ish
Noctua NF-P14 - Owned
GIGABYTE GA-790FXTA-UD5 - $200
CORSAIR CMPSU-750HX 750W - $179 (enough?Too much?)
G.SKILL ECO 8GB 2GB x 4 @ 1600 - $254 (price recently went up $30 :()
Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EARS - $123 x2 Storage
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS - $69 x2? OS drives...? = Raid 0 no TLER
a DVD-RW - Owned
One of these cards untill i can get a 6 port 5870
ZOTAC ZT-98GEY3M-FSL GeForce 9800 GT 1GB - $116
ECS NR9800GTE-1GMU-F GeForce 9800 GT 1GB - $111
The Upgrade path would be as follows:
The 5870 6 port (Rumored to drop around fermi release) with the Green 9800gt as PhysX -$600?
1/2 SSDs 60gb-80gb with sata 6GB possibly raid 0 (this summer? Under $300 each with trim?) - $300?
Sparkle Amp if it ever comes out and does not burn things down - $199?
Possibly a sexa-core down the road - $?
May Add Blueray at some time - $150?
This is a Multipurpose PC for my Home Set to be the Storage hub until i get a proper back-end.
For Raid i plan on using the on-board controller, much to the chagrin of many from what i read.
I hope to set up 3 monitors as my main a fourth as a secondary and have my TV connected. Currently i dont game but the plan is to start after i get the 5870 (I'm looking at you Batman). I do Trans-code alot.
Sorta bothers me that TLER was removed from WD drives and they want a premium for the RE drives, at 320GB the RE is $15 more at 1TB its $70, i think that's a bit high for something the old drives did fine. I would have been happy to run them in TLER even if it killed the warranty.
I would like to start buying pieces but i sort of need most of them at once to test for DOAs
All Prices are from newegg because its easy to navigate...i will shop around before i buy.
That's it, Thanks for reading.