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Rosewill BRONZE series RBR1000-M 1000W Continuous@40°C, 80Plus Bronze Certified,Modular Cable Design,Active PFC"Compatible ... - Retail
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I'd say cut to 4GB(2x2GB) save like $700 yeah you really think you need 16 GB?! not even close lol 4GB will do fine and get 2 HD5870s in Crossfire also go with better power supply like corsair and PC power & Cooling, something around that area
 
CPU - Intel i5 750 over AMD phenom IIx4 965 unless you want Crossfire.
Go for i7 920 if you can afford

RAM - 4-6 GB would be the usual set up. Get something like DDR3 1600 2x 2GB for AMD or P55. 3 x2GB for X58

Harddisk - My preference is Seagate

Video Card - 5850 would be better choice

Soundcard - I would get Asus over Creative for music. But the one you've chosen is the best gaming soundcard

PSU - Don't get Rosewill. Get Antec TruePower Quattro TPQ-1000 or SILVERSTONE OP1000-E 1000W, you won't need 1000W unless you running 3 video card. 850W would be enough for dual video card.

Optical Drive - Blu-ray burner is not common yet and they are expensive. I recommend a blu-ray reader

Speaker - Should you get a higher end speakers? I don't think you worth spending $170 soundcard on $80 speaker... Get something like Logitech Z-2300, Audioengine 2, JBL SOUNDSTICKSII such that you can enjoy the sound quality.
 
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Bodaggit23 said:
Core i7 920 ($279.99)

ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 ($289.99)

CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 ($179.99)

CORSAIR CMPSU-1000HX ($239.99)
($219.99 after $20.00 Mail-In Rebate)

Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB ($229.99)
($199.99 after Rebate)
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Is Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB worth the money??
Seagate 7200.12 with similar marks and it is a lot cheaper...
http://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/hdd_lookup.php?cpu=WDC+WD3000HLFS

Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB - WD3000HLFS 741marks
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB 771marks

Get SSD if you really want it fast
 
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Just don't RAID those Seagate drives...or if you must, make sure you have a really good backup regimen...and expect to have to use the backup:P

I'll start looking at Seagate again...AFTER they get their product quality under control and get some experience behind their phone support people.
 
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Cold Canuck said:
Just don't RAID those Seagate drives...or if you must, make sure you have a really good backup regimen...and expect to have to use the backup:P

I'll start looking at Seagate again...AFTER they get their product quality under control and get some experience behind their phone support people.
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i know there are problem with 7200.11, appearantly 7200.12 is working fine.
 
daisymtc said:
Is Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB worth the money??
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Wow. That's very interesting. I wasn't aware of the performance data.

Who would have thought a 16mb cache, 7200 rpm drive would score better than a 16mb cache, 10,000 rpm drive.

That Seagate would be hard not to buy. :o
 
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