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Ok, heading into tax time here in aus and looking to build a system up asap to take into account tax benefits.
PC will be used primarily for games development and video/DAW work, along with multiboxing WoW (5 instances) and a file/sql server...ie, it will be my general goto pc in most instances for work or play related functions.
Motherboard eVGA nForce 780i SLI 775 A1: 1333MHz FSB, 4xDDR2/800(2x), 1xATA/133, 6xSATA/300, 3xSLIx16xPCI-E, 2xGigaLAN, 7.1 Sound, Firewire, ATX
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad 'Q9450' CPU - LGA775, 4x2.66GHz, 2x6Mb, 1333MHz
RAM 2 x Crucial Ballistix Tracer 4Gb 800MHz CAS 4-4-4-12 DDR2 Memory Kit - 2 x 2Gb, LEDs
Hard Drives 6 x 1000Gb Western Digital Caviar GP 7200rpm Hard Drive - S/ATA-II, 16Mb - 3Y
Floppy Drive Sony 1.44Mb Floppy Drive - Black
DVD Writer LG GSA-H55NBBK Internal DVD Writer - P/ATA, Drive + Software - Black
Video Card 2 x eVGA GeForce 9800 GX2 1Gb 16xPCI-E Video Card - 600MHz/2.0GHz - 2xDVI, HDMI Out
Video Capture FusionHDTV DVB-T Dual Digital 4 TV Tuner - 1xPCI-E
Case Antec Twelve Hundred ATX Case w/ *NO PSU* - Black
Power Supply SilverStone ST1000 1000w ATX 2.2 Power Supply - 135mm Fan, 4xPCI-E6, 2xPCI-E8 - Black
My main concerns here are:
* Should I look at going with an asus 780 that will support 1066MHz ram and the appropriate ram (will I see much of an increase over the 800) or if I should bite the bullet and go with a 790 and DDR3 (decided against this as I can see by the time I need to upgrade there will be new cpu arch and pin layout anyway)
* Will the PSU be up to the task or should I look at one of the modular 1200w Silverstones?
* Will the 2 GX2's run 4 monitors without a drop in fps when not in SLI?
Overall I think this build meets my needs and has a decent tradeoff between price and power (eg the Q9550 is an extra $300 but don't think I'd see enough increase to make that worth it) but I am open to suggestions and advice so have at it.
Budget for the build is about $6k AUS (including 4 BenQ 22" monitors @ $300 each) so there is about $4800Aus for the actual PC.
PC will be used primarily for games development and video/DAW work, along with multiboxing WoW (5 instances) and a file/sql server...ie, it will be my general goto pc in most instances for work or play related functions.
Motherboard eVGA nForce 780i SLI 775 A1: 1333MHz FSB, 4xDDR2/800(2x), 1xATA/133, 6xSATA/300, 3xSLIx16xPCI-E, 2xGigaLAN, 7.1 Sound, Firewire, ATX
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad 'Q9450' CPU - LGA775, 4x2.66GHz, 2x6Mb, 1333MHz
RAM 2 x Crucial Ballistix Tracer 4Gb 800MHz CAS 4-4-4-12 DDR2 Memory Kit - 2 x 2Gb, LEDs
Hard Drives 6 x 1000Gb Western Digital Caviar GP 7200rpm Hard Drive - S/ATA-II, 16Mb - 3Y
Floppy Drive Sony 1.44Mb Floppy Drive - Black
DVD Writer LG GSA-H55NBBK Internal DVD Writer - P/ATA, Drive + Software - Black
Video Card 2 x eVGA GeForce 9800 GX2 1Gb 16xPCI-E Video Card - 600MHz/2.0GHz - 2xDVI, HDMI Out
Video Capture FusionHDTV DVB-T Dual Digital 4 TV Tuner - 1xPCI-E
Case Antec Twelve Hundred ATX Case w/ *NO PSU* - Black
Power Supply SilverStone ST1000 1000w ATX 2.2 Power Supply - 135mm Fan, 4xPCI-E6, 2xPCI-E8 - Black
My main concerns here are:
* Should I look at going with an asus 780 that will support 1066MHz ram and the appropriate ram (will I see much of an increase over the 800) or if I should bite the bullet and go with a 790 and DDR3 (decided against this as I can see by the time I need to upgrade there will be new cpu arch and pin layout anyway)
* Will the PSU be up to the task or should I look at one of the modular 1200w Silverstones?
* Will the 2 GX2's run 4 monitors without a drop in fps when not in SLI?
Overall I think this build meets my needs and has a decent tradeoff between price and power (eg the Q9550 is an extra $300 but don't think I'd see enough increase to make that worth it) but I am open to suggestions and advice so have at it.
Budget for the build is about $6k AUS (including 4 BenQ 22" monitors @ $300 each) so there is about $4800Aus for the actual PC.