Need suggestions for a DS configuration

Here you go Ticket# 394771 --- Price: $2367 (To see this build click here) Price after current promotion $2367

Copy of Specifications:
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Cooler Master HAF 932
Exterior Finish: - Not Available
Trim Accents: - Not Available
Processor: Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz (Quad Core)
Motherboard: !SALE: EVGA X58 3X SLI (Intel X58 Chipset) (Supports Triple SLI or CrossFire)
System Memory: 6GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 1000W Corsair (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible)
Expansion Bay: - Not Available
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (1TB Seagate/Hitachi/Western Digital (7200 RPM) (32MB Cache) (SATA) (Extreme Speed)
Set 1 Raid Options: - Not Available
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 22x / CD-Writer 48x)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: 1x ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 1: Noctua Dual 120mm Fans High Performance Cooler (Compatible With ONLY i7 Processors)
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Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Red)
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Noise Reduction: - Not Available
Boost Processor: FREE: Stage 1: Overclock the processor between 3.3GHz to 3.9GHz (Requires Air Cooling Upgrade)
Boost Video Card: - Not Available
Boost Memory: - Not Available
Boost OS: - Not Available
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-Bit Edition)
Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based)
Virus Protection: - Not Available
Office: - Not Available
Benchmarking: - Not Available
Install/Test Game: - Not Available
Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
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Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty

In a few month buy a ssd and use that for HDD1 for OS/Games/Apps, and push the 1TB to HDD2 and use it for storage.

HDD1 = fast drive: os/apps/games

HDD2 = regular large drive: media/personal/work file storage

Don't fill up your HDD1 more then 50%, if think you will need more room for it then pick a bigger one.

My pleasure

this build you can hold 5 total HDDs, 6 optical drives (you can add more HDDs in place of optical drives), you got a 1000w corsair psu, so you can go 3 x 5870, your mobo can do tri cf or plenty of usb ports, and my favorite, last but not least, you can upgrade the cpu to the new 980x 6 core or i7 970 6 core whenever you want, so in a few years, these chips specially the 970 will be very cheap, and you can have a 6 core pc for dirt cheap.

next thing I would add is a good ssd, remember all SSDs are not the same, as of right now you want to go for ocz vertex models, intel or corsair. Also keep in mind with most SSDs the smaller the size of the ssd the lower the speed, so stick to 120GB or above and you will be good

Edited by DST4ME - 23 Mar 2010 at 5:52pm

the 970, not sure to be honest, but that $700 would be when it comes out, in 2 or 3 years it be cheaper, besides intel will come out with a couple of other lower prices 6 cores I think, I'm normally good on knows the road map, lately I've been a bit more busy so I have not had a chance to keep on the edge.

they only thing that build can use is a good ssd if you ask me, everything else is good to go for your use and res.

My pleasure and good luck