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Hey guys, just found this great forum!
I'm in the final stages of putting together my new system. As you can probably tell from the specs, it is primarily being set up as a gaming rig.

My objective with this system is for it to be fast (and stable) straight out of the box but with the option of tweaking later (overclocking). I'm not an experienced overclocker (which is why I avoided a DFI board) but I want to ensure that the system I'm putting together has enough capacity for tweaking later on.
I'd really appreciate any input from you guys. Anyway, here's the current working specs:

* San Diego 3700+
* Zalman CNPS9500 LED Heatsink
* Asus A8N-SLI Premium
* OCZ DDR PERFORMANCE SERIES PC3200 1024MBX2
* MSI 7800GTX VIVO
* Coolermaster Stacker STC-T01-UW
* Antec TruePower 2.0 480W PSU
* WD Caviar SE 200GB (possibly grab 2 of these or the Seagate equivalents)
* Benq DW-1640 16x DVD-RW
* Generic FDD

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated

Thanks
 
Hey thanks guys.
I'm in Australia - the total cost of the setup is around $2200 AU.
I'm pretty new to building systems. I had been seriously considering the aforementioned DFI board but was a little put off by reports that it requires quite a bit of tweaking to get it running fast and stable. I think I'm going to go with the Asus this time round as I hear that they are a little more beginner friendly. I figure that I can learn a bit with the A8N and then maybe look toward a DFI in the future when I'm a little more experienced.
The DFI boards do look awesome - I just feel a little in the dark about utilising them to their fullest potential...

Thanks again
 
So, what do you guys think? The only components I'm quite definite on are the motherboard and the case. If I was going to substitute the motherboard then it probably would be for a DFI model. As stated though, I'm a little wary that it may be hard to get it up running fast and stable with little experience.

Any comments on the PSU. I had planned on getting something a little more powerful - was looking at a Seasonic 600W and a Silverstone 600W. I can't really see myself going SLI however in the near future so I figured I'd save some cash. I've read a few good reviews about the Truepower 2.0 480W model I've selected but I'm not sure if it's adequate given that I will be experimenting with overclocking and such in the future.

Any thoughts on the RAM? From what I've read OCZ is very highly regarded and responds well to overclocking. I've also heard some good things about Mushkin RAM - it's a little hard to get here in Australia.
The specs aren't carved in stone - I'd really appreciate any tips/comments from you guys. I'm looking to build a well balanced, fast and stable machine. One that will allow me to learn about overclocking.

Does anyone have any experiences about setting up a system with RAID 0. This is another aspect I'm considering. Are the performance gains significant? I'm not really concerned about the lack of redundancy as I generally have a pretty good back-up regime.

Thanks again guys
 
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