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  • Started 4 years ago by tlo57
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tlo57
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Any suggestions or input on my build would be greatly appreciated.

Processor Intel Core i7 940 Processor - $ 609.99
link - http://www.tigerdirect.com/app.....CatId=4072

Motherboard + Video Card EVGA X58 3-Way SLI (3) GTX 260 - $ 899.99
link - http://www.tigerdirect.com/app.....etailspecs

Memory Corsair Core i7 Dominator 6GB - 265.99
link - http://www.tigerdirect.com/app.....CatId=4093

Hard Drive Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB Hard Drive - 129.99
link - http://www.tigerdirect.com/app.....dy=REVIEWS

DVD LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW - $ 25.99
link - http://www.newegg.com/Product/.....6827106264

Case Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - $ 109.99
link - http://www.newegg.com/Product/.....6811129021

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ScottW
ScottW
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tlo57, that system will be off the hook! I'd like to hear back from you when it's assembled to know how it runs.

The only suggestion I would make is that you consider getting more than one smaller hard drive instead of a single, monolithic 1.5 TB. Even if you don't configure them in a RAID array, having your OS on one and your games on another, for example, will reduce head movement and speed up drive access.

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raphoenix
raphoenix
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tlo57,
TOTALLY AGREE WITH (ScottW).
Suggest (4) smaller capacity with large cache Hard Drives rather than one large hard drive.
SO MANY MORE WAYS TO CONFIGURE THE SYSTEM FOR ANYTHING !!!!
I didn't read the manual on your board but many of the X-58 MBs have Dual Raid controllers on them so one can use as many HDs as one can "stuff" into a case. (LOL) (LOL)
Regards,
Rick P.

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