New rig spec check please.
I am currently in the market to build a gaming rig (been out of it for a while and still using a four year old Athlon which is driving me mental for my daily office chores). Can I ask you good peeps to critisise / approve my choices accordingly?
Looking forward to your responses.
Mobo - BFG BFGRNFI680iS NF680i SLI,
CPU - Intel Core2 Duo E6600 (Should I wait for E6320?)
Memory - Corsair Dominator Twin 2x2048-8500C5D (2GB)
Hard Drive - 2 x Seagate 7200.10 160GB S-ATA (in Raid 0)
GPU - BFG nVidia 8800GTX
Case - Can't decide... I want something black, smart, decent and no windows and LED's (Quite like the CM 830 Stacker but quite pricey)
PSU - Corsair HX 620W
CPU Fan - Arctic Freezer 7 + Arctic Silver 5 Paste
Keyboard - Logitech G15
Mouse - Logitech G7
Monitor - Samsung 205BW 20" Widescreen
DVD-RW - Samsung SH-W183 Sata
OS - Vista Ultimate (64 bit) with XP Pro Dual Boot (Or maybe on another HDD altogether)
**Notes** I already have a Samsung 930BF 19" TFT which I'll run alongside the new 20" Widescreen
Haven't selected a soundcard as I'll probably live with the onboard sound. Im a bit of an audiophile, but the speakers attached to my PC won't deserve an aftermarket soundcard!
Have selected 2 HDD's in Raid 0 over a single Raptor 10000rpm drive as they are sooo expensive and unless I can afford to run 2 Raptors in Raid 0 I believe the 2x cheaper HDD's in Raid 0 will perform better than the single raptor?
Also, I'm a noob when it comes to Ram speed / timings, so please if someone can verify my Ram choice is sensible? I do fancy having a play with overclocking, but I need to read up unless I can use any "optimising" utilities that will suggest settings for me!
Get bashing! Cheers