Building a gaming desktop, need second opinion.

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Vladcanada

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Asus Rampage Extreme II Mobo
Intel i7 920
12 GB Trident Memory 2000mhz
4x30GB OCZ Vertex SSD in raid 0
corsair 1000w
2xGTX 275 in SLI
or
2xATI 4890

Now the question are SSD worth the money? Or should i just get 10.000 rpm TB HD? Or should i get 60gig SSD main and TB secondary for better performance?

Also can anyone tell me if I will see much difference in 2000mhz ram and 1600/800 ram?
 
Thats a pretty intense system you got there. If you have plenty of expendable cash and you want the best there is then go for it. I personally would cut off atleast 25% of those stats and use the extra cash for something else. I think its really debatable for the average power user to need any more then 6 gb ram at the moment and certainly no more then 8 gb especially with the fast 2000 mhz kind.
 
any suggestion is welcome as im not the best specialist in Computers, I like fast pcs tho, this build was suggested by a friend of mine, And I am getting a nice discount on those parts. So i might as well get the best.

Are the video cards good?
 
Vladcanada said:
Asus Rampage Extreme II Mobo
Intel i7 920
12 GB Trident Memory 2000mhz
4x30GB OCZ Vertex SSD in raid 0
corsair 1000w
2xGTX 275 in SLI
or
2xATI 4890
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The things people do to play a $40 game...LOL:P A system that costs half that much will do everything you throw at it with ease. This is what I see when I look at the list.

1. 12GB is an overkill. 6GB will be more than enough for some time to come with no issues. I would be willing to bet 12GB will not run at 2000MHz anyway. I would suggest dropping the RAM a little. A nice 6GB kit would be perfect. I am only running 4GB and I have never seen my RAM over 3/4 used. I edit photos, edit video, game...just about everything really.

2. The SSD set up looks good on paper but I think it is not worth the risk or the money. RAID 0 spreads out the information over the drives. If one of those 4 drives fail...everything is lost. A pair of Western Digital VelociRaptors in RAID 0 with another hard drive for backup is really all you need. Not to mention the SSD setup will only be 120GB total...an operating system, a half dozen games and a few pictures and your full!
 
ScOuT said:
The things people do to play a $40 game...LOL:P A system that costs half that much will do everything you throw at it with ease. This is what I see when I look at the list.

1. 12GB is an overkill. 6GB will be more than enough for some time to come with no issues. I would be willing to bet 12GB will not run at 2000MHz anyway. I would suggest dropping the RAM a little. A nice 6GB kit would be perfect. I am only running 4GB and I have never seen my RAM over 3/4 used. I edit photos, edit video, game...just about everything really.

2. The SSD set up looks good on paper but I think it is not worth the risk or the money. RAID 0 spreads out the information over the drives. If one of those 4 drives fail...everything is lost. A pair of Western Digital VelociRaptors in RAID 0 with another hard drive for backup is really all you need. Not to mention the SSD setup will only be 120GB total...an operating system, a half dozen games and a few pictures and your full!
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you know what, you are right, now im debating, maybe I'll just go for one 60 gig SSD and secondary TB for all the mp3/movie junk.

Or maybe just go with the regular HD?
 
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