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Post Date: 2008-03-07
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Bailout62293 View Drop Down
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    Posted: 07 Mar 2008 at 10:38pm

Case: Digital Storm 950Si (Black Anodized Aluminum Finish)
Power Supply: 1000W Thermaltake (Dual SLI Compatible) 
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad QX9650 Extreme 3.00GHz (1333MHz FSB) (12MB Cache)
Motherboard: nVidia 780i Core 2 Quad (By: eVGA) (nForce 780i SLI)
Memory: 4GB DDR2 Corsair at 800MHz Dominator (Dual Channel) (High-Performance)
Floppy / Card: - No Thanks
Hard Drive 1: 150GB Western Digital Raptor (10K RPM) (16MB Cache) (SATA) (Extreme Speed)
Hard Drive 2: 500GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA)
Raid Option: - No Thanks
Hard Drive 3: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD-ROM/CD-ROM (DVD Reader 16x / CD Reader 40x)
Optical Drive 2: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 20x / CD-Writer 48x)
Network Card: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: 2x SLI Dual (nVidia GeForce 8800GTX 768MB (By: eVGA) (PCI-Express)
TV Tuner: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer (Recommended)
Physics Card: - No Thanks
Cooling: Liquid Chilled FrostBite CPU Only (Artic Blue Liquid)
Case Lighting: Blizzard Internal Lighting (Blue Edition) (Cold Cathode Tubes)
Round Cables: - No Thanks
User Manual: Personalized Platinum Digital Storm Binder (Includes Paperwork/Benchmarks/CDs/Manuals)
Overclock Processor: Yes, Overclock the processor as much as possible with complete stability
Overclock Video Card: Yes, Overclock the video card(s) as much as possible with complete stability
Overclock Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
Tweak Windows: Yes, Disable and tweak all of the non-crucial services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (64-Bit Edition) (For Enthusiasts)
Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based)
Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Benchmarking: - No Thanks
Pre-Install Game: - No Thanks
LCD Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks
Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty
Support: Lifetime Toll-Free Platinum Care Technical Support

I was goining to get a 22inch lcd and what would be better,  sli gtx oc or sli gts oc (the g92)

How much faster is the raptor than a 7200rpm hd.

 
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Posts: 193 		  Quote bfrank2me Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 07 Mar 2008 at 10:49pm
2,800 RPM... sorry, but it had to be said.

I have 2 x 150 Raptors in RAID 0, and to be brutally honest, I can't tell the difference between playing a game stored on them and one on my 500 Gb 7200 RPM drive.  Additionally, 80% of the "glitches" I've had since I got my machine have had to do with my RAID drivers. 

I think if I had to do it over again, I'd just get 2 or 3 or the 7200 RPM drives.  Having said that, I sure remember the feeling of putting my configuration together, and I wanted the best I could afford, and after all, 10K is more than 7,200.  It's never till you're older and wiser that you realize, just like Tyler Lowe said on another post that more isn't always better. 

Kind of like EdH63's posts...

Wink

Sorry, I can't help you with the GPUs, that's for bigger brains like SkyR, but it might help him if you post the resolution of the monitor you're looking at.

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Posts: 2220 		  Quote skyR Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 07 Mar 2008 at 10:55pm
GTX is out of stock so you can only pick the GTS to SLI =p
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Posts: 1527 		  Quote SunfighterLC Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 07 Mar 2008 at 11:10pm

Seems like you guys lost your post about being out of Ultras and GTX's. Hopefully that gets up pretty soon or youre gonna have a busy time in each post =P.

Honestly though the G92 GTS's are basically almost the same performence wise as a GTX, oh...and youll be saving 400 bucks about. Yea you might lose 1-2FPS but yea...  that 400 bucks can be put into more goodies. Still dont understand why everybody loves those extreme chips so much.
 
*edit* Oh and by the way, Im planning on using duel G92 GTS's in my build as well when i finally buy late March (hopefully by then there might be another price drop as everybody goes ape for some new cards). And I talked to a DS rep that said that the G92 GTSs as of right now cant be overclocked.
 
"If you go with the 8800GTS 512MB cards, you won't be able to over clock them. They don't have an upgraded BIOS out yet that's stable. So there's no way we can over clock them yet. "
 
 


Edited by SunfighterLC - 07 Mar 2008 at 11:14pm
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Posts: 41 		  Quote Glenn-HI Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 08 Mar 2008 at 1:42pm

 When I changed out my 7200RPM drive for the 10000 RPM Raptor my load times for on-line gaming dropped a lot.
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