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blader15sk8
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 Post subject: Ultimate Gaming Build! March 2009
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:37 pm
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Ok so I finally put together an ultimate gaming build. Without delay, Here it is!
The Case:
Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - $179.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129043
Processor:
Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 965 Nehalem 3.2GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W - $999.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115200
Motherboard:
ASUS Rampage II Extreme LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - $398.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131352
Memory:
(2x for 12GB total) OCZ Platinum 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel - $239.98
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227381
Video Card
(2x for SLI) EVGA 017-P3-1291-AR GeForce GTX 295 1792MB 896 (448 x 2)-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 - $979.98
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130449
Hard Drive:
(2x for RAID 1)Western Digital WD20EADS 2TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - $599.98
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136344
Solid State Drive:
(2x for RAID 0) Intel SSDSA2SH064G1C5 2.5" 64GB SATA II Internal Solid state disk (SSD) - $1,698.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167014
Optical Drive:
LG Black Super Multi Blu-ray Disc Burner & HD DVD-ROM Drive SATA Model GGW-H20L - $229.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136137
Power Supply:
ABS Tagan BZ Series BZ1300 1300W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular Active PFC Patent Piperock Modular Power Supply - $499.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817814011
Sound Card:
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional 70SB088600002 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Express Interface Sound Card - $124.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102019
Network Card:
Killer NIC M1 Gaming Network Card – 10/100/1000Mbps PCI Network Adapter - $229.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833342001
Total: (drum roll please!)
$6,181.87
Shipping around $50. Not bad.
So those are the essentials plus a few add on cards to boost performance/quality in some games.
The reason I chose two Intel SSDs in RAID 0 is because these particular SSD's are extremely fast, the read/write speeds are rated at 250/170, and when you RAID 0 two SSDs together, the read/write speed boost are almost linear and with two drives pretty much double, unlike traditional hard drives. They also boast much lower access times, great for loading games, OS, etc. They don't make sense for media though, which is why I included two 2TB drives in RAID 1 to protect your data. 2TB should be plenty for anyone, and I would recommend making a 128GB partition just to back up the SSD's in case they crash.
With 12GB of RAM, there's plenty for all your apps and more, so I would suggest setting at least 256-512MB as a RAM drive, to place all your TEMP files to reduce the random read/writes on the SSD. The great thing about RAM drives is since RAM is volatile, all those useless TEMP files are deleted each time you reboot.
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| hi blader15sk8. Thats a total = $6,181.87 for just a a powerful game and home media type pc, wow you must be very rich and I congratulate you with a whole success in building the epic:)
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