This is basically a continuation of my thread here:
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=83&threadid=2179539
Now moved to a more appropriate board for what it turned into, and to celebrate the fact that I came to my senses (ie: no more Maximus Extreme!)
As for the basic posting template:
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1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
1) Video Editing with minor rendering for effects, though possibly getting into that stuff more 2) Playing awesome games (in that order)
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
about 1000$ without monitor, case, DVD, and the little things
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
Canada (though getting some parts from the US is not out of the question if I'd save a lot
4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc, etc, etc, you get the picture.
I am an ATI fanboy, and a Nintendo fanboy, (among other things) but these days my brand loyalty has slipped, Bottom line, I'd LEAN towards ATI, but HDs gotta be WD or Seagate though
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
DVD-R / Case
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.
Long time lurker...
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
mild tweaking, nothing too crazy since I want good stability
8. WHEN do you plan to build it?
AS SOON AS MY REFUND CHECK COMES!
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Ok here's what I'm leaning towards now:
- Q6600 <--pretty much set in stone
- P5K-E <--the part I'm iffiest about
- OCZ Reaper 4GB 1032 2x2 Kit <--its all the same right?
- 2x Asus Radeon 3870 (Crossfire) <--convinced by recent tomshardware article but open to better suggestions
- Corsair 620W power supply <--good enough for all these Cores, GPUs, and HDs?
- 1x, 2x, or 3x Seagate Barracuda 500GB w/32MBcache <--depending on how much money I have left over (eventually I want 1 system drive and 2 data drives in Raid 1 or even Raid 0)
***OPTIONAL - Promise Fasttrak TX2300 or TX4310 External Raid card
(Is this even necessary? That much better then the onboard?)
So whaddy'all think? Am I doing better then my previous wacky notions???
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Sam.
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=83&threadid=2179539
Now moved to a more appropriate board for what it turned into, and to celebrate the fact that I came to my senses (ie: no more Maximus Extreme!)
As for the basic posting template:
---------------------------------------------
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
1) Video Editing with minor rendering for effects, though possibly getting into that stuff more 2) Playing awesome games (in that order)
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
about 1000$ without monitor, case, DVD, and the little things
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
Canada (though getting some parts from the US is not out of the question if I'd save a lot
4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc, etc, etc, you get the picture.
I am an ATI fanboy, and a Nintendo fanboy, (among other things) but these days my brand loyalty has slipped, Bottom line, I'd LEAN towards ATI, but HDs gotta be WD or Seagate though
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
DVD-R / Case
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.
Long time lurker...
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
mild tweaking, nothing too crazy since I want good stability
8. WHEN do you plan to build it?
AS SOON AS MY REFUND CHECK COMES!
--------------------------------------
Ok here's what I'm leaning towards now:
- Q6600 <--pretty much set in stone
- P5K-E <--the part I'm iffiest about
- OCZ Reaper 4GB 1032 2x2 Kit <--its all the same right?
- 2x Asus Radeon 3870 (Crossfire) <--convinced by recent tomshardware article but open to better suggestions
- Corsair 620W power supply <--good enough for all these Cores, GPUs, and HDs?
- 1x, 2x, or 3x Seagate Barracuda 500GB w/32MBcache <--depending on how much money I have left over (eventually I want 1 system drive and 2 data drives in Raid 1 or even Raid 0)
***OPTIONAL - Promise Fasttrak TX2300 or TX4310 External Raid card
(Is this even necessary? That much better then the onboard?)
So whaddy'all think? Am I doing better then my previous wacky notions???
---
Sam.