Shiney New Box anyone ?

[Traxata]

Ok ... Heres a little spec, Anyone got any hints, tips or pointers on this one for me ?

Base Specifications
SilverStone TJ05B (BLACK) Aluminum front & SECC Body

CORE DUO NFORCE 680 SYSTEM

Asus Striker Extreme NF680i SLI, S 775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 533/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX

850W Coolermaster Modular PSU Quad PCI-E, 6x12V Rails, >85% Efficiency, Intelligent 135mm fan

Corsair Dominator Airflow Fan (Fits onto the Memory slots to cool the memory)
AKASA 8 Pin (F) to 8 Pin (2x4 Pin) (M) Extension cable (30cm) (End to End) AK-CB8-8-EXT

Qty Selected Specifications

1 Intel Core 2 Quad-Core Q6600 G0 SLACR, 95W, S775, 2.40 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 8MB Cache, Retail

1 Zalman CNPS9700-NT nVidia Tritium Super Aero Flower Cooler

1 2Gb (2X1Gb) Corsair TwinX DDR2 XMS2 Dominator, PC8500, 240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-15

1 512MB XFX 8800GT XXX, PCI-E (x16), 1950 MHz, GDDR3, GPU 670 MHz, 2x Dual Link DVI-I/HDTV, HDCP, Fan

1 74 Gb Western Digital Raptor, SATA, 10000 rpm, 16MB Cache

2 500 Gb Samsung HD501LJ Spinpoint T, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.9 ms, NCQ

1 1.44Mb Sony Silver Floppy Disk Drive OEM

1 LG GSA-H55LBRL 20xDVD±R, 16x DVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, PATA,Lightscribe, Black/Beige Retail inc Nero

1 NVIDIA DVD - Bronze edition - Dolby 2.1

3 120mm Akasa Amber Case Fan, 3 Pin, 2 Ball Bearing , Ultra Quiet

 

[waterproofbob]

I was going to start with spot the 3xs build right there but as you have now told me it is i feel my mad skills seem a little irrelevant.

It's a good build but tbh unless you are going all out (ie pro OCing and cooling) then it is easy to build it yourself.
I'll go make a spec for you now.

*bob wanders towards the land of scan*

 

[[THN]Buffalo_Hunter]

My 5p worth (I'm cheap...)

1. Core 2 Quad is nice if you're into video/audio encoding or running multiple tasks at the same time. Otherwise it'll spend most of the time sitting idle.

2. PC8500 RAM.. I guess you're going to be overclocking then...

3. 8800GT....high failure rates with the first batches due to the die shrink and in very very short supply at the moment.

4. Forget the Raptor - they look nice on paper but the difference between them and a normal SATA II drive is minimal (fractions of seconds)...and they get hot....and can be noisy.

Otherwise it looks good....

 

[DocBot]

edit: I'm stupid.

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[Traxata]

My 5p worth (I'm cheap...)

1. Core 2 Quad is nice if you're into video/audio encoding or running multiple tasks at the same time. Otherwise it'll spend most of the time sitting idle.

2. PC8500 RAM.. I guess you're going to be overclocking then...

3. 8800GT....high failure rates with the first batches due to the die shrink and in very very short supply at the moment.

4. Forget the Raptor - they look nice on paper but the difference between them and a normal SATA II drive is minimal (fractions of seconds)...and they get hot....and can be noisy.

Otherwise it looks good....

Its for Video Editing / Encoding so the box's are ticked !

The 8800 is far cheaper and obviously has a higher performance rate ( on Scan 3XS there are a reserved supply of 8800's ( why I don't know ... ) ) And the HDD has been pointed out by a few people thus that will probably be getting replaced.

 

[[THN]Buffalo_Hunter]

I guess some gaming will be involved at some stage though.....

 

[Haven]

Just to put my spoke in about the raptors, I've owned two for four years now (pretty much since they came out), they have worked flawlessly and despite the fact mine predate NCQ they are plenty fast enough with very low latency seek times. Transfer rates however do not keep up anymore with high capacity modern drives. As for the noise factor, that depends on your chassis, mine are silent.

Despite the above I would strongly recommend you look at a drive with perpendicular technology and also NCQ, I think pretty much all SATA II drives support NCQ now. One of the latest Seagates (7200.11 series) would be a very strong choice if I were buying right now. Don't bother with raid unless you're running Raid 5 in hardware as its just not worth it.

 

[Iron_fist]

for the ram if it's not DDR3 you'd be most likely be better going with the equivalent PC6400 and OC yourself, you'd have to double check but last time i looked both the Crucial Ballistix and the Corsar XMS2 used exactly the same micron chips in the PC6400 as in the PC8500 ( you want to look for micron chips and unles you get the 1.8v PC8500 it's not worth it. you sould be able to do a volt\clock mod on the 6400 to exactly the same speed as the 2.1/.2V PC8500)
For a video editing machine you want to go with 4GB memory minimum even if you loose some to windows (edius and Avid eat RAM for breakfast...). also as has been said raptors really don't make a difference a nice segate barracuda would do the job just as well. also for a setup like that you should only need a 600W PSU, a nice 700-750W would give you pleanty of headroom

 

[Traxata]

So after all this and some bob-related talkage


Basket Contents




QTY (£)Exc VAT (£)Inc VAT
1 LN17483 Optiarc (Sony/NEC) AD-7170S-0B 18x DVD±R, 8x DVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, DVD-RAM x12, SATA, Black, OEM £14.71 £17.28
1 LN20714 512MB BFG Technology 8800GT OC2, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), 1950 MHz, GDDR3, GPU 675 MHz, 2 x Dual Link DVI-I £169.99 £199.74
3 LN19506 120mm NorthQ Silent Tornado Black Aluminum Case Fan with Red LED £7.95 £9.34
2 LN17252 500 GB Western Digital WD5000AAKS Caviar SE16, SATA II, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.9 ms £53.59 £62.97
1 LN15443 850W Enermax EGA850EWL Galaxy Modular PSU 85% Eff' EPS12v Triple Quad +24 Rails Silent x2 Fan £128.99 £151.56
1 LN16492 EVGA 122-CK-NF68-A1 NF680i SLI, S775, PCI-E(x16), DDR2 533/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX £119.00 £139.83
1 LN8248 SilverStone TJ05B (BLACK) aluminium front & SECC Body (w/o PSU) £68.89 £80.95
1 LN19488 Intel Core 2 Quad-Core Q6600 G0 SLACR, 95W, S775, 2.40 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 8MB Cache, Retail £141.99 £166.84
1 LN13597 Zalman CNPS9500-AT Intel LGA775 Aero Flower Cooler £23.99 £28.19
1 LN17167 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32Bit 1Pk OEM (DVD) £53.99 £63.44
1 LN20051 MS Windows Home Server WIN32 ENG 1PK DSP + 10 Clients £77.99 £91.64
1 LN18865 22" Samsung SM-226BW V2 Black Widescreen LCD, 1680x1050, 3000:1, 300 cd/m2, 2 ms, VESA UK £177.69 £208.79
2 LN14277 2GB (2x1GB) Corsair TwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 4-4-4-12 £32.98 £38.75
Net Total £1,174.22 Carriage: Parcel: All Day Delivery by 17:30 £22.68 V.A.T £209.46 TOTAL £1,406.36

Is what has just been purchased.

( it may not align nicely )

 

[Iron_fist]

shiny
though i recommend running a scan disk tool on the WD drives as my flatmate just put 6 into our file server and had to remap sectors on 3 of them (sometimes sectors get missed when the disks are being made in the factory and it seems to be affecting some of the latest batch)