Need help for high performance Workstation

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garyhuang301

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Dear everyone~

I'm new here, and I need some help. Could I please someone to help me, and give me some advice? I want to have a high performance Workstation. Thanks so much for your helping!!

Budget: $1,500~2,000

Q6600 or E6750 - I saw the price was $250 and $190. Based on price and performance, which one is better choice?
Cooling Fan
ASUS P5E WS - does anyone have better idea?
2GB
GeForce 8800GT 512MB or GeForce 8800GTS 512MB
2X 150 GB WD Raptor (RAID 0)
Case
Power
Windows XP Pro (I have OS)
Dual Screen

I only ask the speed and silence. I use this computer to do many tasks at the same time, and I also use Dreamweaver.

By the way, I also think about overclocking. If someone can give me another solution by using overclocking, that will be great.
 
Dreamweaver is a web-site development program, but its part of the adobe suite...so....What exactly do you use it for?
 
We are asking because it makes a difference on how to set up a system. If you want a system that will do a bunch of things well, or one that will do one thing very well.
 
garyhuang301 said:
Dear everyone~

I'm new here, and I need some help. Could I please someone to help me, and give me some advice? I want to have a high performance Workstation. Thanks so much for your helping!!

Budget: $1,500~2,000

Q6600 or E6750 - I saw the price was $250 and $190. Based on price and performance, which one is better choice?
Cooling Fan
ASUS P5E WS - does anyone have better idea?
2GB
GeForce 8800GT 512MB or GeForce 8800GTS 512MB
2X 150 GB WD Raptor (RAID 0)
Case
Power
Windows XP Pro (I have OS)
Dual Screen

I only ask the speed and silence. I use this computer to do many tasks at the same time, and I also use Dreamweaver.

By the way, I also think about overclocking. If someone can give me another solution by using overclocking, that will be great.
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017
Q6600

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128080
Gigabyte X38-DS4

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106228
Lite-On DVD Burner 2MB EIDE

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073
WDC SE16 500GB 16MB SATAII

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145034
Corsair XMS2 2GB DDR2-800 (x2 for 4GB)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143119
BFG Tech 8800GTS G92 512MB PCI-E 2.0

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118020&Tpk=Zalman+9700
Zalman CNPS9700 110mm LGA775 CPU Cooler

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341002
OCZ GameXStream 700W

http://www.securemart.com/cgi-bin/f...id=DTd3exnt&mv_pc=277&mv_specials=&mv_stock=y
Antec 900 ATX Case

Total after rebates including shipping: $1238.21
 
paratwa said:
What do you want to use your workstation for? Photo editing? Video editing? Crunching numbers?
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I only use this workstation to do the website design, but I run word, IE, and stock program at the same time, and I always open many IE windows. Besides, I also play some games such as AOE2. However, playing game is not my main point, and I consider the speed as the most important thing for me. I use Dell P4 3.0 with 1GB now, but it’s slow for me to run those programs at the same time.

Can anyone give me suggestion?
If I use 2X 150 GB WD Raptor (RAID 0), is that running fast?

By the way, thanks, oscaryu1.
 
footballdude2k3 said:
yea those raptors always run fast, you should be fine, gl with the build
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No problem! Good luck! :)

Indeed, Raptors are fast, but I'd recommend a Raptor as a main drive and a larger drive as secondary. The Raptor will let you load applications faster, and the secondary drive will have more space to save things...
 
Depending on what kind of performance and/or reliability you need, you might benefit by setting up multiple drives in a RAID-0 set. RAID-0 does nothing to provide extra protection against faults, though, and the "chain as strong as its weakest link" effect means that a RAID-0 set is slightly less reliable than a single drive, so make sure you do backups. If you don't mind the cost/GB hit and your RAID implementation supports it, RAID-1E or RAID-10 can give you both performance and reliability, but host-based RAID-5 sucks so I'd stay away from it.
 
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