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From what I have read I think the Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX gets about 125 megabyte per second read speeds. The SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ has about 110 to 120 megabyte per second read speeds.

Those are a pretty good data transfer rates but it doesn't beat the 147 megabyte per second read speeds of the SAMSUNG Spinpoint F4 HD322GJ/U 320 gigabyte hard drive.

If you really need the terabyte of hard drive space I would go with the Western Digital Caviar Black you were looking at. But if you want faster read speeds go with the SAMSUNG Spinpoint F4 HD322GJ/U 320 gigabyte drive. A hard drive is usually the biggest bottleneck in a system so in my opinion I would go with this drive:

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F4 HD322GJ/U 320 gigabyte hard drive - $50.30
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...e=samsung_spinpoint_f4-_-22-152-244-_-Product

I own a SAMSUNG Spinpoint F4 drive myself and I really like it.
 
StrangleHold said:
Why would a 5770 work and not a 5830?
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Because I'm running snow leopard and the 5770 is like the most compatible and popular video card I have found

And I think that my hd is the bottleneck of my system. I mean I have a top performing cpu, top ram, pretty good gpu (when I get it) pretty good mobo, and I will have a good psu. To have all of this and a slow hd it just seems like a waste. I think I will go with your suggestion. Unless there is something faster? Besides ssd

And sorry for bothering you with this again but I would like to get a cooler looking case (but not at the expense of cooling)

What about these:
http://www.chiefvalue.com/product-_-productdetails.cv_-_item--CE00156172010060
maybe this one:
http://www.chiefvalue.com/product-_-productdetails.cv_-_item--CE00157783010060
This one looks good:
http://www.chiefvalue.com/product-_-productdetails.cv_-_item--CE00157602010060
 
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BTW I returned the roadkill today. Just waiting for you guys to reply so I can get this case. Will order tomorrow night.
 
If a 320 gigabyte hard drive is not enough space you can always buy another slower hard drive for storage. The only hard drives I know of that are possibly faster are the 10,000 rotation per minute Raptor drives. But these drives create a lot of heat and are expensive. I have also heard that they fail more often than the 7200 RPM drives because of the stress they are under.

If you need an extra reliable drive for data storage I think this hard drive is a good choice:

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500 gigabyte 7200 RPM 16 megabyte Cache Serial ATA Hard Drive - $45
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073

Edit: If money is not an issue I like the RAIDMAX Quantum ATX-798WB Black Case you picked out. It has a lot of fans for cooling and you may need it with a 125 Watt processor. I am thinking about selling my Phenom II 940 or trading it for a Phenom II 720 Triple-Core. I don't need all the processing power of a quad-core and it gets awful warm when playing my racing simulator game.
 
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Okay, I will probably go with that RAIDMAX unless someone says otherwise. I'd rather pay a bit extra to get a cool looking and cool (temperature wise) case. UPDATE: I READ A LOT OF BAD REVIEWS ABOUT THIS CASE. IT IS NOT ORGANIZED WELL WHICH IS KIND OF ANNOYING. MY CURRENT CASE IS LIKE THIS. I am actually looking at thise cases now:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146025
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811208036
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811208034

As far as the hard drive, I obviously want it to reliable, but I also want good performance so all my other high performance parts aren't always waiting for the hdd. What was wrong with this one again?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533

It comes with this for free to: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233080
Not that it really matters... just looking for performance and reliability here. It has a 5 year warrenty.

Also I will be using more than 320GB eventually. I run a lot of different things that use a lot of space. I sometimes download packages of 40GB. So that's another reason I'm leaning towards this HDD.
 
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There is nothing wrong with the Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX you are looking at in my opinion. It just has about 30 megabyte per second lower transfer speeds than the Samsung Spinpoint F4 drive.

However, I believe 750 gigabyte and lower capacity hard drives are generally more reliable than the 1 terabyte and larger drives. (This obviously varies with different models of hard drives.) The more storage space the more likely something is to go wrong. I could be wrong with this, but it is what I have come to the conclusion with according to what I have read.

If I were you I would get the afore mentioned Samsung F4 and another drive for storage. I think every desktop should have two hard drives. It makes it very easy to backup valued data.

This drive also looks very reliable for a storage drive:

Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640 gigabyte 7200 RPM Serial ATA Hard Drive - $60
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136319

Edit: I think you should ask what computer case you should get in the "Computer Cases, Power Supplies and Cooling" section. You are purchasing a thick video card correct? I do not think any of the cases will fit the large card you are looking at. I have never dealt with buying a case for an extra thick video card.
 
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Well I would like to get at least 500GB for the main drive because I need most of my files on my main drive. So what about this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...n_Digital_Caviar_Black-_-22-136-795-_-Product

Also I don't know where you are finding these transfer speeds. And is the the only specefication we need to look at? Sorry I spelled that wrong...

Ah I might just go with your suggestion... Thanks for the help man I really appriciate it.
 
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I am finding the data transfer rates using www.google.com. You have to look though because it isn't real easy to find.

The data transfer rate of the Western Digital Caviar Black WD5002AALX 500 gigabyte drive is around 120 megabytes per second in read speeds. That means the Samsung F4 hard drive I recommended is about 18 percent faster than the Western Digital Caviar 500 gigabyte hard drive you are looking at.

The Western Digital 500 gigabyte hard drive you just posted looks like it would be a good reliable storage drive. But the other drive I posted has 140 gigabytes more of storage space.

I personally do not care much about storage space. I left most of my Samsung F4 320 gigabyte drive unformatted because I just do not need much storage space.
 
I am probably going to buy some 120mm blue led fans and maybe a 200mm blue led fan as well. They sell a 4 pack of them on ebay for like $3 bucks. Is this a good choice? Or is there a reason for it only being $3 dollars?

Thanks in advance.
 
I would look for some 120 millimeter case fans on NewEgg.com that have reviews for being quiet. Some fans are loud and annoying.
 
well all the ones on newegg have some bad reviews to. I mean mostly good but there are some bad ones to. What do you think?
 
There will always be people that will complain about fans being too loud. 20db that is not all that loud. If you have a bunch of them and not have any other sound in your room you might be able to hear them. I have 4 case fans that are not made to be super quiet and I can't hear them over me typing. I can really only hear them if I try.
 
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