Advice needed! Adding to my current build. Questions regarding RAID.

[Suomalainen]

Taking a look at monitors now. Reading on this one, folks have seen it go on sale for around $400. Not familiar with the brand, but if I can pick it up for under 500 at some point, I may go for it.

DoubleSight DS-275W Black 27" 6ms (GTG) WQHD Widescreen LCD Monitor 350 cd/m2 1000:1 - Newegg.com

 

[PP Mguire]

Never heard of the brand and I automatically don't trust it lol.

 

[Suomalainen]

We think the same lol. If price never drops, I'll go ahead and pay a little more for the Asus name. But, if it's true that this drops under 500 every so often.. I'll gamble.

 

[PP Mguire]

I gamble with things around 150 bucks. Just wont risk half a grand on something that could die rather easily or have dead pixels. I bought my Samsung 23" when it was retailed at 300 but I bought an open box one off Newegg for 155 and turns out it was completely brand new. I did the same for my first 24" Samsung. Got both stupid cheap open box and they were never even opened.

 

[Suomalainen]

Yeah, I was thinking open box monitor would be alright, but couldent be sure. Glad you had a good experience with yours. Check these out and give me your opinion

This one is not an open box but.. Samsung S24A450MW
SAMSUNG SyncMaster S24A450MW Black 24" 5ms Widescreen LED Backlight Height & Pivot Adjustable LCD Monitor 250 cd/m2 1000:1 Built-in Speakers - Newegg.com

ASUS PA248Q
ASUS PA248Q Black 24.1" LED Monitor - Newegg.com

Dell US Dell U2713HM
Newegg.com - Open Box: Dell UltraSharp U2713HM Black & Silver 27" 8ms (GTG) IPS-Panel HDMI Widescreen LED Monitor 350 cd/m2 DCR 2,000,000:1 (1000:1)

 

[PP Mguire]

Asus or the Dell.

 

[Suomalainen]

Or.. Newegg.com - ASUS VG248QE Black 24" 144Hz 1ms (GTG) HDMI Widescreen LED Backlight LCD 3D Monitor Height&pivot adjustable 350 cd/m2 80,000,000:1 Built-in Speakers
What do you think of this one?

 

[PP Mguire]

Good monitor, but do you really need 144hz?

 

[Suomalainen]

probably not, but hey, might aswel get all the use out of my card I can. I'm using a dell 22in 1050p atm.

Heres what i'm going to get. I decided to stick with my current cooler and forget about adding another SSD. No point for what i'd be using it for and if I downloaded a corrupted file to it it could still get to my C drive.

Anyway..

Monitor: Newegg.com - ASUS VG248QE Black 24" 144Hz 1ms (GTG) HDMI Widescreen LED Backlight LCD 3D Monitor Height&pivot adjustable 350 cd/m2 80,000,000:1 Built-in Speakers

HDMI - DVI cable Kaybles HDMIDVI-6BK 6 ft. HDMI to DVI Cable with Gold Plated Connector M-M - Newegg.com

140mm Fan to replace my two front 120mm fans.
XIGMATEK XAF-F1453 140mm White LED Orange Case Fan Ultra Quiet Copper Bushing Axis Aeronautical Oil System Bearing - Newegg.com

 

[PP Mguire]

Why did you get the cable? The monitor supports dual link DVI and you most likely already have a cable for it.

I would look at the BitFenix 140s. I got a 200mm Spectre Pro and I've heard really good things about them. It'll be replacing the 200mm in the front of my HAF. Tired of that junk.