SpikedCola
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I'm selling my current build, and with the money from that, building a new rig.
Just to make it clear, I dont want to go nuts overclocking right away, but in the near future I plan to watercool it and overclock like nuts, so expect a 'watercooling build' sometime in the near future from me
Please read over my choices and make suggestions, along with reasons why (eg. x mobo is better than your mobo choice because ___). If you have any questions I will answer promptly.
Cooler Master 690
LG GH20NS10 SATA DVD-Writer
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700
WD 1TB SATA 16MB Cache
2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA NCQ 500GB 32MB Cache
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L
Corsair TX750W 750W
XFX GeForce 8800GT
Trying to stay around the $1200 price range, although I need to keep it under $1400. The reason for the 1TB with a smaller cache is that it will be partitioned and used for archiving, while the two 500's will be put in RAID-1 for Vista and whatever else I use a lot (bigger cache = slightly faster, so I'm told). As for a CPU cooler, perhaps a TRUE? Either way, your suggestions are welcome!
EDIT Noticed two things. I forgot to mention that I left out RAM as Im not sure what overclocks well. I've heard Tracers, but mine have kind of hit a wall right around 1000MHz (but maybe its my motherboard / cpu). Also, is it wise to do software RAID, or should I be looking for a board with hardware RAID built in?
Just to make it clear, I dont want to go nuts overclocking right away, but in the near future I plan to watercool it and overclock like nuts, so expect a 'watercooling build' sometime in the near future from me
Please read over my choices and make suggestions, along with reasons why (eg. x mobo is better than your mobo choice because ___). If you have any questions I will answer promptly.
Cooler Master 690
LG GH20NS10 SATA DVD-Writer
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700
WD 1TB SATA 16MB Cache
2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA NCQ 500GB 32MB Cache
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L
Corsair TX750W 750W
XFX GeForce 8800GT
Trying to stay around the $1200 price range, although I need to keep it under $1400. The reason for the 1TB with a smaller cache is that it will be partitioned and used for archiving, while the two 500's will be put in RAID-1 for Vista and whatever else I use a lot (bigger cache = slightly faster, so I'm told). As for a CPU cooler, perhaps a TRUE? Either way, your suggestions are welcome!
EDIT Noticed two things. I forgot to mention that I left out RAM as Im not sure what overclocks well. I've heard Tracers, but mine have kind of hit a wall right around 1000MHz (but maybe its my motherboard / cpu). Also, is it wise to do software RAID, or should I be looking for a board with hardware RAID built in?