Advice on Jiff's Rig

[Jiff]

Hello,

I was hoping to get a little advice on a new system I'm building.

The PC will be used for World of Warcraft mostly, but I tend to download a lot of torrents and burn CD/DVD's at the same time as playing. I have no intention of overclocking.

Budget is not an issue

Here's what I'm looking at buying: (my questions are below)

Intel Core Duo 2 E8500 64bit Dual Core (2x 3.15Ghz, 1333FSB, 6MB Cache) $218.00

Asus P5Q-E (Intel P45, 1600FSB, Dual Channel, Dual PCI-E 2.0 Crossfire, Core Duo2, Quad Core, ATX) 2 PCI-E x16, 2 PCI-E x1, 2 PCI, 4 DDR2, 1 ATA133,8 SATA2 (RAID), 1 ESATA, Firewire, 8 - USB 2.0, 7.1 Audio, Dual Gigabit Ethernet
$193.00

OCZ OCZ2G8008GK PC6400 800Mhz 8GB Kit (2x4GB, 5-5-5-18, heatspreader, Lifetime) ($35MIR = $160.00) $195.00
----Or
OCZ OCZ2G8004GK PC6400 800Mhz 4GB Kit (2x2GB, 5-5-5-15, heatspreader, Lifetime) ($25MIR = $79.00) $104.00

2x(RAID 0) Seagate 500GB 7200RPM (SATA2 32MB Cache) $81.00

(1x) ATI Radeon HD 3870 512MB GDDR4 PCI-Express Video Card $249.95

OCZ GameXtreme 700w SLI (120mm, 2 PCI-E , PFC,4-12v rails, ATX2.2)($30MIR = $96) $126.00

Coolermaster 690 (Front USB2.0/Firewire/eSATA, 2x120mm, Tool-less, Black, ATX) $86.00

Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit OEM (CD & License) $221.00

The questions I have are:

Will I have any issues running 8gb of ram on the P5Q-E?

Is the power supply going to be sufficient? (will only be running one card)

Will the Coolermaster 690 case keep the system cool without having to add an after-market cooling solution?

Thanks in advance!

\Jiff

[misterlarry]

Only one thing caught my attention. You can get a 4870 video card for a little more or a 4850 for about $50 less.

Good luck and welcome to HWC!

[bojangles]

IMHO, get a 1 TB Spinpoint F1 or something because you won't have much gain from onboard RAID. About the 8GB RAM thing: I have no idea if ATI has fixed their bug with their Radeon cards and 8GB of RAM. PSU: Corsair 620HX. Best PSU I've had ever. Your case will be perfect. You can always add more fans if you don't like its cooling.

[jay51]

and be sure to check out Canadian Prices: Search. Compare. Buy. - Canadian Online Shopping Search and Comparison! you can PM alot of those item's @ncix.

[Kayen]

Why a 3870?
As above 4850/4870.
Heck ,even a 8/9800GT beats an HD3870 for around $120 less .

[Squeetard]

Get a quad core if you are multitasking like that.

[Squeetard]

Screw that 3870. uh uh no way. 4850 is twice as fast for $50+ less.

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by Squeetard

Get a quad core if you are multitasking like that.

quad won't help him.

But why are people so insistent on the 8500 for ?! The 8400 is MUCH better and cheaper

[Menello]

I have to go with what enaberif said on this one as well, go with the 8400 instead. Save a few bucks and easily OC it to 3.15GHz or whatever else you want, really.

And don't get the 3870.

[Jiff]

Wow I really appreciate all the replies, thanks a lot guys.

I'm a little confused with regards to the "8400" though.

Originally Posted by enaberif

But why are people so insistent on the 8500 for ?! The 8400 is MUCH better and cheaper

Originally Posted by Menello

I have to go with what enaberif said on this one as well, go with the 8400 instead. Save a few bucks and easily OC it to 3.15GHz or whatever else you want, really.
And don't get the 3870.

I search for 8400 under Video Cards at Hardwarecanucks.pricecanada.com and come up with many results, both 256mb and 512mb. I hate to ask but can someone please tell me which one we are referring to?

Thanks again