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Post Date: 2008-03-03
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    Posted: 03 Mar 2008 at 7:24pm

Case: Digital Storm 950Si (Black Anodized Aluminum Finish)
Power Supply: 850W SilverStone Decathlon (Dual SLI Compatible) (Model: DA850) (Silent)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz (1066MHz FSB) (8MB Cache)
Motherboard: nVidia 780i Core 2 Quad (By: eVGA) (nForce 780i SLI)
Memory: 8GB DDR2 Corsair at 800MHz XMS2 (Dual Channel) (Extreme-Performance)
Floppy / Card: Digital Media Card Reader (Black)
Hard Drive 1: 500GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA)
Hard Drive 2: 500GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA)
Raid Option: Setup hard drive 1 and 2 in a Raid 0 Stripe (Read and Write Performance Boost)
Hard Drive 3: 150GB Western Digital Raptor (10K RPM) (16MB Cache) (SATA) (Extreme Speed)
Optical Drive 1: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 20x / CD-Writer 48x) (LightScribe
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Network Card: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections
Video Card: 2x SLI Dual (nVidia GeForce 8800GTS 512MB (By: eVGA) (PCI-Express)
TV Tuner: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi FPS Fatal1ty Champion (Includes Front I/O Unit)
Physics Card: - No Thanks
Cooling: Air Cooled Stage 3 WindTunnel (Copper Heatpipe Heatsink & Zalman Case Fans)
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: Yes, Overclock the memory timings (Includes Corsair Dominator Airflow Fan)
Tweak Windows: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system Windows
OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Pro

 

 

Notes:  I have a copy of Vista 64-Bit that I will install in Dual-boot with XP thus the reason for the 8GB of RAM.

The Raptor Drive (Drive 3) would be used for my OS and the other two drives would be used for storage.

I asked for high flow fans to be installed, and requested a 120mm tower style CPU heat sink/fan combo as suggested by someone on the forums.
 
Any last minute suggestions before I pull the trigger tonight?
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I'm not 100% sure (I'm sure somebody with better knowledge will chime in) But any reason your going with the 780i over the 680 A1 chipset? I had orginally chosen the Q6600 with the 780i chipset, but when I was  at DS two people  advised me to go with the 680i A1 over ther 780i if I was going to go with the Q6600 processer.

 

In any case I went with an upgrade that required me to get the 780i.1
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Posts: 19 		  Quote ColoradoKevin Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 03 Mar 2008 at 7:47pm
Originally posted by Rank393

I'm not 100% sure (I'm sure somebody with better knowledge will chime in) But any reason your going with the 780i over the 680 A1 chipset? I had orginally chosen the Q6600 with the 780i chipset, but when I was  at DS two people  advised me to go with the 680i A1 over ther 780i if I was going to go with the Q6600 processer.

 

In any case I went with an upgrade that required me to get the 780i.1

 
Good question.  I plan on upgrading the chip later this year so I wanted to be future proof.
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one question why did you pick the 950 over the 850 case? The 850 case is larger overall, and from what ive been told is a great air cool case to go with stage 3.

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Posts: 19 		  Quote ColoradoKevin Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 03 Mar 2008 at 7:58pm
Originally posted by SunfighterLC

one question why did you pick the 950 over the 850 case? The 850 case is larger overall, and from what ive been told is a great air cool case to go with stage 3.

 
Did not realize that.  Thanks for the info.  One thing I am concerned about:  I am in a dusty environment and was concerned about the dust.  Knowing that, does this make my choice for the 950 better or worse?


Edited by ColoradoKevin - 03 Mar 2008 at 8:01pm
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Originally posted by SunfighterLC

one question why did you pick the 950 over the 850 case? 
 
Obviously, the 950 (TJ9) is much more macho looking! The 850 might be a better choice if you were liquid cooling. If your going with air, pick the best looking one, which ever that happens to be (.... the TJ9).
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Originally posted by Bill the Cat

Originally posted by SunfighterLC

one question why did you pick the 950 over the 850 case? 
 
Obviously, the 950 (TJ9) is much more macho looking! The 850 might be a better choice if you were liquid cooling. If your going with air, pick the best looking one, which ever that happens to be (.... the TJ9).


No pressure.  Bill, did you mentioned the TJ9?
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Grats man.
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Welcome to the family!
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