Multimedia Presentation Rig

[trevelynzx]

Hey all - Let me know what you think. This will be primarily used as a multimedia presentation rig.

Case:
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5

Mobo:
GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3

Proc:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86 GHz

GPU:
EVGA 256-P2-N550 -T2 GeForce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16

Memory:
Kingston ValueRAM 2GB 240-pin DDR2 SDRAM

Hard Drives:
WD Caviar SE 80 gb 7200 RPM SATA (for OS & apps)
WD Caviar SE 160 gb 7200 RPM SATA (for data)

Optical Drive:
Sony NEC Optiarc 18X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write

If you want to check this all out via a Newegg wishlist, let me know! Thanks!

 

[dclive]

Seems odd not to buy Core2Duo in this day & age...

I'd buy one 500GB drive rather than two small drives. As you actually find a need for splitting the drive into 2 physical disks (why!?) _then_ buy another 500GB drive.

Haven't looked, but is that RAM compatible with AM2 MBs? Most AM2s are DDR2 nowadays, aren't they?

 

[trevelynzx]

How come? Would that be better for this type of workstation than the AMD dual-core?

 

[dclive]

Erm....Core 2 Duo ... cheaper, faster. Tomshardware.com has plenty of benchmarks. A Gigabyte P965-DS3 and E6300 is fairly cheap and vastly faster - and an easy overclock.

 

[trevelynzx]

ok, i'll look into that! but i'm not OC'ing, if that makes a difference. what do you think about the rest of it?

 

[trevelynzx]

ok, i've updated the list... check out the new proc, mobo, and memory! what do you think now?

 

[trevelynzx]

oh also -- i wanted to keep the apps and OS separate from the data... does that make any sense? or should i just get one and partition it into two?

 

[dclive]

Get one. Don't partition.

 

[dclive]

Ooops - E6400, if you want to OC. If you don't, you'd probably not notice the speed diff in going from 1.86 to 2.13, so don't bother with the $.

 

[trevelynzx]

dclive -- i appreciate the help!

 

[Jaanpunjab]

I agree that you don't need the 2 HDD's and you don't need to partition it.

 

[fyleow]

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