building a vry good comp

Replace the overrated Raptor with another Barracuda and set up a raid. :)

Better performance
More space
Higher reliability
Less money
 
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I've got a lot of the same setup. I have to agree with Tweaker about the raptor. I got the raptor to hold all my programs and applications and (right now just one) extra 200 Gig, 7200 rpm hard drive for storage of media. When it runs out of space, I'll buy another. If I had to do it again from the begenning, I'd probably just skip the raptor and get a couple 200 Gig HDDs. Also, my motherboard came with generic SATA cables, but I ended up opting for some nice ones. Good luck with it.
 
You should definitely change the hard drives dude, there's no point in having one fast if the other one's gonna drag it down. You should get 2 74gb SATA raptors and RAID 0 them. Then load times won't be a problem. If you need more storage you should get a huge 7,200rpm drive and call it D:. The Cuda you're looking at is great, the fastest seeking 7200rpm drive on the market. And Maxtor by the way, is total crap. My own stepdad recommended them to me, so I got them. I have 2, one in 2 computers, and they are the loudest, most annoying drives around. Right when I got them (at different times), as soon as I hooked them up they make this high pitched buzzing sound that only goes away about 10 seconds after the computer shuts down (that's how long it takes to spin down, at least from what I HEAR coming from them). Also, you got an SLI motherboard and you're not gonna SLI it?! Go ahead and get a second 6800, but you should make both Ultra's, not GT's. Your Athlon could go higher, but I'm not sure how much you want to spend. You could get an FX55 or 3800+ or something. And if you really want to have a sweet computer and don't mind how long you'll spend building it, you might want to think about getting it water cooled. Your DVD burner is kind of a waste of SATA if it only burns 4x. You should probably get it IDE (it's not gonna slow it down) and get a 16x. But other than that you got yourself a sweet rig. Good luck on that man, when you get it running you're gonna be blowing just about ALL competition out of the water.
 
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if i could get another 1000 somehow then ya ide get those but i have around 3000 right now, and whats wrong with my burner? it burns 16x

and i have thought of watercooling but it will be about 300$ for the one i am thinking of putting together

and with the dual cores coming out soon, i might be thinking about those

with the hard drives, why would the other one drag? the raptor would have all of my installs, OS, stuff like that and the other would just be storage
 
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You should definitely change the hard drives dude, there's no point in having one fast if the other one's gonna drag it down. You should get 2 74gb SATA raptors and RAID 0 them. Then load times won't be a problem. If you need more storage you should get a huge 7,200rpm drive and call it D:
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So let me get this straight -
1 Raptor + 1 250GB 7200rpm = bad ...
but 2 Raptors in RAID0 + 1 250GB 7200 rpm = good?
How exactly are they different... well besides cutting the MTBF in half.
And Maxtor by the way, is total crap. My own stepdad recommended them to me, so I got them. I have 2, one in 2 computers, and they are the loudest, most annoying drives around. Right when I got them (at different times), as soon as I hooked them up they make this high pitched buzzing sound that only goes away about 10 seconds after the computer shuts down (that's how long it takes to spin down, at least from what I HEAR coming from them).
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All manufacturers make bad hard drives. Just because you have/had a bad drive or two from Maxtor does not mean that all their drives are bad.
Also, you got an SLI motherboard and you're not gonna SLI it?!
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Upgradability maybe?
how does this drive look?
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produ...te=pricegrabber
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Seagates are good. I usually stick with those and Hitachis... personal preference mostly though.
 
Personally, I would go with the Hitachi because its cheaper and, well, I already have that drive and it hasn't given me any problems yet. The Seagate might give you a very little more in performance but I doubt you'd notice a difference even in benchmarks. The Hitachi is also SATAII... which doesn't mean crap since it would never get above 150 MB/s speeds.
 
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The max transfer rate is 843.2 Mb/s or about 105 MB/s which I'm assuming is the burst rate. Not a big deal anyway since the max sustained rate is 67.8 MB/s.
 
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