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Post Date: 2008-02-10
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    Posted: 10 Feb 2008 at 7:27am
Hello all,
I'm about a week away from purchasing my new DSO system. Only been drooling over it for about 4 months now. Anyway, here are the specs. I'd appreciate any feedback.
 
I'm not nuts about performance, so I won't be swapping parts out every three months to reach that last nth of performance increase. Basically looking for a solid system that will last for a long time, and has good solid bones for upgrading. Mostly play RTS games with the occasional FPS.
 
MOBO -  I'm hoping that the 780 will give me slightly longer legs down the road.
 
RAM - Been through the whole 2 GB vs 4 GB debate. Going with 4 on this one.
 
HDDs - Going with 2. Going to use one as a backup of the other with Acronis True Image or some other backup utility.
 
Going with XP Home for now.
 
Current price is at $2602.
 
Case: Digital Storm Twister ULTRA (Silver Anodized Aluminum Finish)
Power Supply: 620W Corsair HX (Dual SLI Compatible) (Silent Edition)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz (1066MHz FSB) (8MB Cache)
Motherboard: nVidia 780i Core 2 Quad (nForce 780i SLI)
Memory: 4GB DDR2 Corsair at 800MHz Dominator (Dual Channel) (High-Performance)
Floppy / Card: Digital Media Card Reader (Black)
Hard Drive 1: 250GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA)
Hard Drive 2: 250GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA)
Raid Option: - No Thanks
Hard Drive 3: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 20x / CD-Writer 48x) (LightScribe Edition)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Network Card: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: nVidia GeForce 8800GTS 512MB (By: eVGA) (PCI-Express)
TV Tuner: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer (Up to 7.1 Channel) (Recommended)
Physics Card: - No Thanks
Cooling: Air Cooled Stage 2 (Silent Artic Cooling Heat-sink (Copper Heatpipes)
Case Lighting: - No Thanks
Round Cables: - No Thanks
Overclock Processor: Yes, Overclock the processor as much as possible with complete stability
Overclock Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
Overclock Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
Tweak Windows: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home (Includes Service Pack 2)
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks my keyboard comes with a mouse
FANS: I plan on asking for 1-2 extra case fans from DSO.
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If you're going for XP Home, you'd probably be better off with 2gb instead of 4gb of RAM.  This is because XP Home doesn't use all 4gb, so the performance gain you'd see would be minimal.

Also, you may want to consider getting a RAID1 (Mirror) setup with your 2 HDDs.  You'll lose out on space (250gb, instead of 500gb), but your two drives will be exactly the same, hence the term mirror.  But this is mostly preference.

Other than that, solid choices! 
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Thanks Vince!
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You are gonna love the case.
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My only concern with the case is the size of the thing. Ideally, I'd go with the Coolermaster Cosmos, but I've heard complaints regarding the heat on the inside.
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There's nothing small about the Ultra or Extreme cases from DS  :)
Vista Home Premium 32
Core 2 Quad Q6600
nVidia 680iA1
2GB Corsair Dominator RAM
2x SLI Dual GeForce 8800GTS 512MB
Creative Labs X-Fi Fatal1ty XtremeGamer
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