New system specs - C/C please

[CCS]

About to pull the trigger on a couple of these.
Here's what I have come up with to date.
Let me know if any of you would advise any changes.

Thanks

CPU:      Intel Q6600-G0
Mobo:     Asus P5K-e
Cooling:  Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme  (with APEVIA CF12S 120mm fan)
RAM:      Corsair Twin 2x2048-8500C5   (8GB total)
Video:    EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card 
HD:       Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s (2 drives in RAID array)
PSU:      FSP Group FX600-GLN V2.2/EPS12V 600W
Case:     COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel
OS:       Win XP-Pro 64

[Preisler]

Re: New system specs - C/C please

@CCS

That looks alright to me, the only thing I would change are the Hard drives. I would take the WD Raptor 10K speed server edition - never had any problem with them.

What kind of Raid do you want to use? Mirroring or Striping?

Preisler

[siliconbauhaus]

you could buy a couple extra and send me one

[CCS]

BTW, didn't mention that I'm seriously considering OC for the first time. Why not live dangerously, eh? So... if any of that is not OC-friendly, lemme know!

@SB
Come work for me and I'll put one on your desk. No mail-order tho

[CCS]

@Preisler
Looks like the Raptors would bump the system $200 more, with half the space. I've heard good things about them, but I'm using those Barracudas in my current machine with no complaints.

I'm mirroring (RAID 1) on this machine - figured on doing the same on these.

[siliconbauhaus]

winter in md is bad enough.....dont want to move somewhere worse.

besides with all those new comps you couldnt afford me

[DaForce]

Nice specs. Will OC well

[werticus]

i thought the x2900 was kicking the gtx's butt in viewport speeds?

which is... a first for ati :P

[Paul Oblomov]

Don't like Asus p5k-e >>> bad choice.

[CCS]

Why do you say that? I've heard nothing but good about it.

FWIW, others I've considered:
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R
Abit IP35pro

I'd like RAID and gigabit NIC onboard, as well as Intel P35 Northbridge. Other than that, I'm fairly open.

[Paul Oblomov]

It has far weaker stabilizers around the socket - this made me think I should buy smth more powerfull.

My choice was P5K-E/WI-FI AP (http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1...55&modelmenu=1)

P.S. I heard P5K-E (without anythin after E) burn a lot.

[CCS]

Yep. That's what I meant. (http://www.clubit.com/product_detail...temno=A4802844)

Didn't know there was another "P5K-E" mobo.

So, are we talking about the same thing?

[Rt3]

you know... I understand that everyone swears by the 8800gtx but my experience has been pretty average with it. I have another workstation with an old quadro that performs well in max but just about owns the gtx in every other application. For example, an animation in AE that can playback in realtime on the quadro will crawl on the gtx... I am no hardware guru so I may be missing some tweaks but thats my observation.

[DaForce]

Havnt done any testing myself.

But you can softmod a 8800gtx to a quadro now days I believe.

[Rt3]

at 2am thats sounds like a great idea...but I think I'll sleep on it.

for the curious:


http://forums.nvidia.com/lofiversion...hp?t37552.html