Budget: 2,000/2,500 Uses: Primary - high end gaming Secondary - video editing Programs: Adobe after affects Sony vegas Photoshop I need some suggestions. Im stuck deciding what type of hard drive/combo i want to run keeping prices in mind but i dont want to sacrifice any essential needs for my gaming. Here are the current parts i have been fooling around with, Mobo - ASUS Crosshair III Formula AM3 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard Item #: N82E16813131392 HD's - Intel X25-M Mainstream SSDSA2M160G2XXX 2.5" 160GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) Item #: N82E16820167017 Intel X25-M Mainstream SSDSA2M080G2XXX 2.5" 80GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) Item #: N82E16820167016 2x Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000HLFS 300GB 10000 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Item #: N82E16822136322 Cpu/Processor - AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition Callisto 3.1GHz Socket AM3 80W Dual-Core Processor Model HDZ550WFGIBOX Item #: N82E16819103680 Cd/dvd Drive - Pioneer Black Blu-ray Disc/DVD/CD Writer SATA Model BDR-205BKS Item #: N82E16827129051 Gfx Card - HIS H587F1GDG Radeon HD 5870 (Cypress XT) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card w/ATI Eyefinity Item #: N82E16814161301 (Im looking to upgrade this to the HIS 59 series as soon as i find one available.) Ram/Mem - 2x Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model KHX1600C8D3K2/4GX Item #: N82E16820104141 Case - Thermaltake ArmorPlus(Armor+) VH6000BWS Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case Item #: N82E16811133056 ------------------------------------------ Any suggestions from swapping different parts to adding new ones all together would help tremendously or any defects you notice in the build as well! This build is roughly 2,600 with the exception that i have 4 hard drives which i only plan on using 2
Good thing you cam here: Mobo - Stay away from ASUS. Your asking for reliability problems. HDDs - This is a mess. Your getting 2 different sized SSDs and 2 VRaptors? This is pointless. Stick with the 160 GB Intel SSD. Drop the rest and grab a 1 TB WD Caviar Black. Running the extra SSD and VRaptors is a bit of a waste of money. Not that there wouldnt be some performance gains, but nothing worth that much money. The WD 1 TB Caviar Black isnt that far off in terms of performance as a Vraptor, and your getting over 3 time the storage. You might even consider, dropping the 160 GB, get 2x80GB, and a RAID Card, and run them in RAID 0. CPU - Again a waste of money, get the Core i7 860. With an SSD for your apps,os,and games, and 860 is a great combo speaking personally. GPU - If your going to get a 5900 series card, get it from the start. Dont bother getting a 5800 series card as your going to waste money in the end. RAM- Not bad but for a $2K build Id go with a better quality RAM like Corsair,G.Skill or Patriot. Case - Seems good. PSU - Dont have one listed here. A 550 watt corsair would be ideal.
i just put the 4 hard drives up to show you what i was pondering on, my initial set up was going to be my 2tb wd external as my main storage the raptor as my main hard drive for speed n performance and the 160SSD for my secondary. what mobo would you suggest? And about the Gfx card i was only going to buy this one if i couldn't find the other cause unfortunately they are hard to come by.
Again a raptor and SSd in the dame build is a waste of money. These are performance drives designed for running your OS,Apps,and games off of. The 5970 cards are indeed to hard to come by. The 5870 is still a great card, and should be more then sufficient as it is. Its one of the fastest cards on the market as it is. Im just saying if you get a 5970, be patient till newegg or some one gets some in stock. As for mobo, depends on what cpu your getting.
A rather strange looking build really. High-end graphics performance with a basic dual core processor, there's not a lot of sense in that. Your best bet for a high-end gaming PC is a Core i5 or i7. They aren't expensive, and they are very powerful CPUs. Something like: Core i5 750 / i7 860 Gigabyte P55A-UD4 2x2GB Corsair XMS3 PC3 12800 1600mhz CAS9 Radeon HD5870 OR Radeon HD5970 OR 2x HD5850 in Crossfire OR 2x HD5870 in Crossfire (I'll leave this one up to you) Intel 80GB Gen2 SSD WD Caviar Black WD1001FALS
