I dont plan to run 2, 3 or even 4 Video cards, which I hear that it is great at doing.
I havent been able to track down simple and specific information about them, usually a 12 page review that I dont have the time to read and sift through. Im at work right now. Have they announced a price at all?
I'd recommend swapping the Seagate 640GB drive for the Western Digital 640GB one. Model number WD6400AAKS, i've not heard anything about the Seagate, but can personally reccomend the WD (I have two)
The performance is really something, but there is the downside that you will need to get DDR3 to run it (as the first lot of boards are DDR3 only as far as I know).
True, but the Seagate drive you chose is a desktop class drive. Reliability of AS models is 10^14 compared to the NS/ES models' 10^15. The only advantage of the Seagate is the 5 year warranty, which the new WD Caviar Black line also has.
File Server/Media Encoder/PVR PC
Antec P182 / Corsair 550VX / Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R / Core 2 Duo E7200 @ 2.53 / Wintec AMPX 2x2GB DDR2 800 / Sapphire 100233L Radeon HD 3450 / WD Caviar SE16 750GB x3 / WD Caviar GP 750GB / Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7190A x2 / XP Pro SP2
Hrm.. I guess I will wait until the i7 is released. Look at the price difference and then decide. It may drop the price for the processor I have selected above.
Nope, its not modular. It does however have a single 12v rail which is something I desire. I did find a modular one but the company who makes it is unknown in my book.
You can pick up a VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS for 159.99 after a rebate. The 640 gig WD WD6400AAKS drives are pretty good too. I read somewhere that the WD6401AALS is even better.
I just picked up SAPPHIRE 100259-1GL Radeon HD 4870 and couldn't be happier.
I have another thought I would like to run by you guys, and thanks for your input so far.
I've been using XP since It's release. I have yet to upgrade to VISTA simply because I havent heard much good about it.
However, I do want to utilize more than 3.2GB of RAM and Dirext X 10 is something I would like to see and use.
I would still be using the current system configuration up top.
I do also have a few things on my current computer that I didnt really legitmatley purchase. I heard about this Black Screen thing that some people have been getting, is that related to the pirated stuff?
I will however be purchasing the Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 64-bit from newegg If I am to get it.