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Post Date: 2012-06-16
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TANKO94 View Drop Down
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    Posted: 16 Jun 2012 at 1:13pm
Budget:
2,000

Expectations:
Will be able to game with decent frame rates

Usage:
gaming, school work, light multitasking

Special Needs:
none

Saved Ticket #: 699618

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I like it, but you need to switch your hard drives. Your OS will be on your primary, so you need that to be your fastest drive. Also, from what I've heard, overclocking your graphics cards really isn't worth it.

Also, I notice that you went a little crazy with the aesthetic qualities. If you wanted to tone those down a bit, you could probably use the money to upgrade other parts.
DS xm15 Stage 4
i7-3820 (2.7GHz/3.7GHz)
16GB 1600MHz DDR3
GT 630, 1GB
240GB Intel 520
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Yep, Orange7 nailed it.     Drop the chassis fan upgrade, the fan/ temp control and the noise suppression package and put the $190 saved to the HafX case and either a 1Tb Western digitalBlack series HDD or stage 2 overvlocking.     The Hafx case is the best for air cooling and its large quiet fans don't need the other accessories.     Its front red LED fan and adding red internal lights for $10 will look nice.    Just my thoughts and your choice as alaays.   Good luck.
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Posts: 776 		  Quote Orange7 Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 16 Jun 2012 at 1:59pm
bprat is definitely correct about where to put the money. The HafX is a great case, and the WD Black series is probably one of the nicest HDDs on the market (and it is definitely cheaper than a velociraptor). Just because you already have a stage one OC, I would probably go with that instead of stage 2.
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Hi TANKO94,

Good advise so far for a great system. Other than what has been mentioned you need to change your recovery partition to the DVD option. If you have a HDD failure with your option, you won't be able to recover your system. The DVD option is the way to go.

Frank
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