My new final config?

This Config is a little bit more than your original config, but its more future proof which means you can upgrade.

Ticket Number: 259026
Copy of Specifications:
Chassis Model: Cooler Master HAF 932
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Interior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz (Quad Core)
Motherboard: EVGA X58 3X SLI (Intel X58 Chipset) (Supports Triple SLI or CrossFire)
System Memory: 6GB DDR3 1333MHz Mushkin (Highly Recommended) (Digital Storm Certified)
Power Supply: 1000W Silverstone OP1000-E (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) (Silent Edition)
Card Reader: Internal Digital Media Card Reader (Black)
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (500GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA)
Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 20x / CD-Writer 48x)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 1.792GB (Includes PhysX Technology)
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 2: Cooler Master V8 (Compatible With i7 Processors)
Liquid Color:- Not Applicable, I do not have a H20: Stage 3 Cooling System Selected
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Red)
Enhancements: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Boost Processor: Yes, Overclock the processor as much as possible with complete stability
Boost Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
Boost 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 Vista Home Premium (64-Bit Edition) (For Enthusiasts)
Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based)
Virus Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Benchmarking: - No Thanks
Install/Test Game: - No Thanks
LCD Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks
External Storage: - No Thanks
Exclusive T-Shirt: - No Thanks
Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-10 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty

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Ticket Number: 259027
Copy of Specifications:
Chassis Model: Cooler Master HAF 932
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Interior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz (Quad Core)
Motherboard: EVGA X58 3X SLI (Intel X58 Chipset) (Supports Triple SLI or CrossFire)
System Memory: 6GB DDR3 1333MHz Mushkin (Highly Recommended) (Digital Storm Certified)
Power Supply: 1000W Silverstone OP1000-E (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) (Silent Edition)
Card Reader: Internal Digital Media Card Reader (Black)
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (500GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA)
Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 20x / CD-Writer 48x)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 1GB (Includes PhysX Technology)
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 2: Cooler Master V8 (Compatible With i7 Processors)
Liquid Color:- Not Applicable, I do not have a H20: Stage 3 Cooling System Selected
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Red)
Enhancements: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Boost Processor: Yes, Overclock the processor as much as possible with complete stability
Boost Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
Boost 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 Vista Home Premium (64-Bit Edition) (For Enthusiasts)
Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based)
Virus Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Benchmarking: - No Thanks
Install/Test Game: - No Thanks
LCD Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks
External Storage: - No Thanks
Exclusive T-Shirt: - No Thanks
Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-10 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty

Both of you have great builds, Perlife is correct with the easier upgradablility. For using a 24" you should go with either the 295 or 2 x 285's. Keep us posted on your decision.

bill you already had a thread open here and been answered http://www.digitalstormonline.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=6247&KW=

I'm not sure what is the point of opening a new thread and asking the same question again.

try to keep on one thread unless you have a new subject, otherwise it will get confusing

biLLythek1d, that looks great to me, however 1TB drives are a pain in the arse to manage, they take a long time to search, scan, etc, go with a 500GB and then go with a better drive later on if you like speed.

The 1tb drives are not slower than the 500gb drives.  They are using the same platter sizes if they are all the newer disks...they come from the same line.  The difference is that one has more platters than the other, thus increasing storage.  If anything, the bigger ones are faster as a result.  My 1tbs are the best disks I've owned, they are just as fast as my 74gb 10k raptors and store a ton.

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/3.5-hard-drive-charts/benchmarks,24.html

As far as your question of the vid card vs the ram, there is a better solution.  Get them both and save the 100 bucks or so dropping down to the 750watt psu.  You do NOT need more than that with a single video card setup.


Edited by aceking - 16 Mar 2009 at 11:13pm

see one post above

Thats for you DST4ME.  You beat me to those stats lol.

the veloci beats the 15sas in read and write average speeds.

that 11% you are talking about is every happening every second, thats 86400 times a day its 11% faster, anybody can do a little math and thats around 864000MB/s a day a veloci will move more then a 1TB HDD.

I don't see how the time it takes a virus scanner to scan my drive is irrelevant.

while you are waiting for your huge 1TB drive to finish scanning the rest of us are done scanning and can go about our business.

If I wanted to backup a 1TB HDD it would take me so much longer then a 300GB veloci.

maybe your time is not important, some of us have better things to do with our time.

veloci has a higher average read time, higher max read time and even higher minimum read time

veloci has a higher average write time, higher max write time and even higher minimum write time

veloci has a much faster seektime.

but like I said its not even about the veloci anymore its about vertex 2 now.

what is right for you is not right for the rest of us, your 4870 would be of no use to me, it can't even keep up with a 8800 gts in folding for example.

lol how much does that sas 450GB cost

still no match for vertex 2 580MB/s read 450MB/s write

Originally posted by aceking a 4870 is significantly better than an 8800 in games. did you buy your graphics card to contribute to the folding computing cloud or play games? which is this guy buying his computer for?

thats the point, now you gonna tell me how to use my PC? you stick to your system I stick to mine, still that does not make a difference that in folding an 8800 gts smokes a 4870

Originally posted by aceking the time my computer spends at 6am on sunday scanning my hard drive is not important to me. i wouldnt care if it was 10^10gb of data, I'm asleep.

again we don't live in your world, so our needs and priorities are different, you want to waste your time and money on a 1TB go ahead, some of us have better things to do with our time and money, then to wait god knows how long for a 1TB drive to get done scanning, searching, backing up, I can't fall a sleep during those things, and my time is way more important to me.

what is good for you is good for you, its got nothing to do with the rest of us, its got nothing to do with the fact that a 1TB is not faster or the same speed of a veloci or any of that.

just because you like your 1TB and don't care how your time is spent, does not mean the 1TB drive is the best drive in the world or that the rest of us spend our time the same way you do.

you stick to your 1TB I will stick to my raptor and soon to come vertex 2, which a 1TB drive can't touch.

Edited by DST4ME - 17 Mar 2009 at 4:24am

you notice how you couldn't prove that 1TB is just as fast as a veloci so you have now moved to sas.

we have no idea how much a vertex 2 is gonna cost yet you already know that price differnce between veloci and sas is the same as sas and vertex 2? not only is that funny but its also wrong.

also my chart was not to show sas performance. the subject is 1TB vs veloci.

Edited by DST4ME - 17 Mar 2009 at 4:23am

Now we come to the real deal, I was waiting for that, how every nice of you to pointout that when you said 1TB is as fast as your 74GB raptor, that its the old raptor and not the current one in the config page. who is talking about outdated stuff again?

sounds like you are not familiar with vertex 2 let along its price, so don't be a politition and dance around the subject

we don't know the price so please don't say you know the price or that you can calculate it

unless you want to say how much it will cost and then back it up with a $500 dollor bet

again nobody said anything was gonna revolutionize anything but well played like a true politician as you said yourself, I just said it would smoke your 1TB, your sas and it would, its not even close.

have a great day

Edited by DST4ME - 17 Mar 2009 at 4:22am

OK well first of all I never said that the veloci was better then 15k sas I said vertex was. which it is as far as gamers go. we were discussing speed.

are you gonna take us to a journey of server based HDDs now?

you started out comparing a 1Tb to a your old raptor, without mentioning its the old raptor and now here we are with you twisting my words and talking about sas.


as for your comment toward me, I think it speaks volumes about yourself and me not engaging in that kind of behavior says something about me.

I mean if you can't handle a discussion you started yourself, there is only one person to get mad at, and thats not me.

We are just discussing HDDs, why you have to get resort to name calling is beyond me, if you don't agree say you don't agree.

I'm not sure where you got offended but it was not my intention to offend you, if I have I apologize.

I will try the nice way again,

have a great day boss.

Edited by DST4ME - 17 Mar 2009 at 4:32am

you have some interesting point of views, which I totally disagree with, but you have a right to your perceptions.

if saying vertex is faster then sas or veloci is faster then a 1TB HDD makes me a narcissist, then so be it.

OK well looks this is a waste of time then, I'm done, have a great one.

Edited by DST4ME - 17 Mar 2009 at 4:45am

ohhhhh if dst is the narcissitic one does that make ace the spoiled rich kid name caller?

anyone have some popcorn and a chair.  i need it for this movie.

btw what was this post about anyway?

Some people just like to cause trouble. DST4ME is a very very helpful person and has helped me a great amount in configuring my rig. I feel that the attack was unnecessary and uncalled for.