Please advise - New rig £1k!!

[Zhaoman]

Small side question, would it matter if your getting 1 HD and create 2 partitions on it, one partition for the OS and other programs, the other for games/files etc.
What that make a different or would it be the same as simply keeping it all on 1 main partition of the HD?

There's a guy called Zak who thinks that when you partition a drive, the first partition takes up the outer edges of your drive, while subsequent partitions take up space closer and closer to the centre. This would have the implication that your very first partition would run much much faster than the average speed of your drive, since the data is stored on the outer edges; and subsequent partitions would run slower and slower until you reach your last partition which would run at a crawl since it is situated in the very centre.

He has posted up some Nero figures which seem to support his theory, although he isn't even sure himself if this is at all true. If it is true, then you should store your OS on a very small partition, and your games and applications on the next partition (as small as your games collection would allow). Then all of your other files should be stored on the rest of the drive in whatever way you like. Since the OS and your games/applications are stored on the outer edges of your drive, they should perform at blistering speeds at all times!

[smoo-v]

Nice system I would go for the Abit Ip35Pro XE and maybe a better cooler than the Arctic Cooler something like the Zalman.

If you wish to order all the parts from Scan I am sure I can look after your needs and ensure you have a good service with Scan.

I guess the key questions to scan are, can you price match? do you offer refund on delivery when returning faulty hardware? And also, how long does an RMA take? Overclockers really annoyed me with their 6 week turnaround time on a motherboard and PSU. That is a ridiculous period of time when considering the depreciation in value of computer hardware.

[dbh]

I can vouch that Scan's RMA service is excellent. I recently returned a duff western digital hdd to them they collected it from me, tested it and I got my replacement all in 7 days. I didn't pay anything to return the item as they collected it from me so kudos to them.

[FifthFreedom]

SCANs RMA service seems to get there in the end but its not what I'd call efficient.

Still it's all free including postage so it's just a matter of time before you get your working goods back.

[Mossy]

The RMA service as mentioned is on average 3 - 5 working days we have a very high turnaround and can be called an efficient. Every company has problems and can not run 100% but we try to get as near as.

SCANs RMA service seems to get there in the end but its not what I'd call efficient.

Still it's all free including postage so it's just a matter of time before you get your working goods back.

To be honest, once they had realized that my Motherboard was actually faulty... (missed on the first RMA) SCAN were quite efficient.

I effectively received a refund for the original faulty board and chose a new one which was delivered next day free of charge.

Stange FifthFreedom you seem to contradict yourself here...