I would like some feedback on my new rig.

[Boyo]

Hi,

I am building my second rig, and I would appreciate some feedback. I will be using this for multitasking, such as Adobe Photoshop, multiple internet tabs and windows, Word, and gameplaying (Bioshock & Farcry 2). Any input would be appreciated.

Current rig:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ @2.6GHz
Arctic Freezer 64 Pro
Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe
Corsair 2x 1GB XMS 3500LLPRO 2.5-3-2-6 1T
eVGA 7950GT CO Superclocked
Zalman VF900-CU LED
WD 74GB Raptor
WD 320GB Caviar SE 16
WD 250GB Caviar RE 16 eSATA Backup Drive
SB Audigy 2 ZS
MX1000
Lite-On Combo with Lightscribe (Broken)
OCZ ModXstream 780W
VIEWSONIC 19? Widescreen LCD
Lian Li PC7 Plus II Modded

New Rig:
ASUS P5Q Deluxe LGA 775 Intel P45 Intel Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 Yorkfield 2.5GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80580Q9300
CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-6400C5
EVGA 384-P3-N966-TR GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB 192-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
OCZ ModXstream 780W (Keeping)
ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model DRW-2014L1T
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 10000 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
WD 320GB Caviar SE 16 (Keeping)
WD 250GB Caviar RE 16 eSATA Backup Drive (Keeping)
VIEWSONIC 19? Widescreen LCD (Keeping)
Lian Li PC7 Plus II Modded (Keeping)
- Need a good Heat sink that will fit my current case.

Comes in around $900.00

 

[disports]

For one, you can drop that motherboard down to the vanilla P5Q or P5Q Pro. Do you really need a quad core? Q6600 is fine I believe. Instead of the 300 GB VelociRaptor, why don't you get the 640 GB, it's pretty fast and quiet. 8800 GT might be nicer for a little bit more. And by the way, multiple internet tabs and word isn't really multi-tasking.

 

[Roguestar]

If you really, really need quad core, get the Q6600. Your definition of "multitasking" is served quite easily by a dual core.

WD 640GB Caviar is much cheaper, less noisy and almost as good as the Raptor.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Expect no more than 3.4Ghz on that Q9300 - with a 7.5 multi that would be a 454 fsb