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System Name | Onus |
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Processor | E8500 @ 3.95ghz ~1.25v |
Motherboard | ASUS P5E Deluxe |
Cooling | Scythe Orochi cpu, 5x 120mm Zalman red LED case fans, stock GPU coolers |
Memory | 8gb (4x2gb) G.Skill PC8000 5-5-5-15 |
Video Card(s) | 2x ASUS 3870x2s |
Storage | 4x160gb RAID 0 Main, 2x 500gb RAID 0 media storage. |
Display(s) | LG W2600H |
Case | Lian Li PC-A70B, painted black and other modded aspects :) |
Audio Device(s) | HT Omega Striker. Klipsch RF-3II fronts, Yamaha NS-A222 rears, Klipsch RC-3II center, Klipsch SUB12 |
Power Supply | Corsair CMPSU-750TX |
Software | Windows 7 Ultimate x64, lots of games, photoshop n stuff. |
It's been awhile guys. I've been concentrating on another money pit (car), but I'm happy with where that money pit is at right now. Now it's time to focus on a two year neglected money pit. So I think I'm going to be building a new PC by the end of the year or so, but since I haven't been keeping up on the latest stuff for awhile, I need some guidance. Here's what I'm thinking
-C2D e6750; is this a good OCer?
-2x2gb PC6400 RAM of some sort. I was looking at some Muskin in particular. I remember them being really good.
-Hopefully 2x8800GTX's. Depends on how many hours I'll be working after school.
-Probably be transferring my RAID 0 Raptors over to the new system, and running two or three 250gb drives in RAID 0 or 5 for storage.
-I was looking at the PCP&C 750w PSU with the 60a single 12v rail.
Now the biggest thing I'm not sure of is which motherboard to go with. I'm used to the 939 era where DFI was the best thing ever for mobos. Obviously I want a good overclocking board, with SLI capabilities (are all SLI boards running 16x for both cards now?), and being able to run two arrays of RAID 0, or a RAID 0 array and RAID 5 array at the same time. Preferably $200 or less, but $230 or so is acceptable if really necessary.
-C2D e6750; is this a good OCer?
-2x2gb PC6400 RAM of some sort. I was looking at some Muskin in particular. I remember them being really good.
-Hopefully 2x8800GTX's. Depends on how many hours I'll be working after school.
-Probably be transferring my RAID 0 Raptors over to the new system, and running two or three 250gb drives in RAID 0 or 5 for storage.
-I was looking at the PCP&C 750w PSU with the 60a single 12v rail.
Now the biggest thing I'm not sure of is which motherboard to go with. I'm used to the 939 era where DFI was the best thing ever for mobos. Obviously I want a good overclocking board, with SLI capabilities (are all SLI boards running 16x for both cards now?), and being able to run two arrays of RAID 0, or a RAID 0 array and RAID 5 array at the same time. Preferably $200 or less, but $230 or so is acceptable if really necessary.