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Originally posted by: Cawchy87
The only advantage of the Audigy 2 zs platinum is that it comes with the Live Drive thing. Other than that The card is EXACTLY the same as any other audigy 2 zs/zs gamer etc.
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i know
EDIT: after the MIR's, its only $100 at circuit city. im buying it tomorrow
 
Originally posted by: nick1985
Originally posted by: stardust
How about dual 36gb Raptors? (RAID 0)

I suggest a solid 420W (active pfc) or 450W PSU
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you are aware that RAID 0 raptors blow ass right?
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If that is true, then get two regular hard drives and run them on RAID. You better not tell me my two 80gb maxtors blow ass because I personally timed install/game load times with/without RAID and the differences are very significant.

Also, did you mean that Raptors running RAID will be slower than a single raptor? If that's the case then is certainly "blows ass," otherwise any improvement is for the better.
 
Do you really need 250 gigs? I would go down to 120 and get a bunch of dvd-r's unless you got a really good deal on it
 
Originally posted by: Cawchy87
Do you really need 250 gigs? I would go down to 120 and get a bunch of dvd-r's unless you got a really good deal on it
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its the smallest SATAII availible, otherwise i would. it just means more pr0n 😉
 
Originally posted by: stardust
Originally posted by: nick1985
Originally posted by: stardust
How about dual 36gb Raptors? (RAID 0)

I suggest a solid 420W (active pfc) or 450W PSU
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you are aware that RAID 0 raptors blow ass right?
Click to expand...

If that is true, then get two regular hard drives and run them on RAID. You better not tell me my two 80gb maxtors blow ass because I personally timed install/game load times with/without RAID and the differences are very significant.

Also, did you mean that Raptors running RAID will be slower than a single raptor? If that's the case then is certainly "blows ass," otherwise any improvement is for the better.
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Your cpu will be your bottleneck. Get one video card now, and the FX-55. Its hard to be OCZ powerstream psu's, I would not own any other. If you have to cheapen it up skimp on the soundcard and pick that up later 😉 Im running on onboard audio for now, and loving every minute of it hehehe. You can always get one raptor now, and another later to raid with, its what im doing 🙂 NEC's ND3500A/B DVDRW's are cheap and great quality. My system came in at just under $2500. Money well spent. Just my 2 cents. Good luck on your build!
 
already got my sound card. cant beat an audigy 2 ZS platinum for $100. Will i get better overall performence with the FX-55 than with 2 6800gts?
 
b/c its not giving me the performence i had anticipated. theres also some compatibility issues tht i cant seem to figure out.

can i o/c the 3200+ up to FX-55 speeds?
 
2.6? Yeah you can, on the epox board that is. I dunno if anyone knows how the SLI board OC's atm...and what preformance are you talking about? R u a gamer or what?
 
OC or not OC... Well I faught with myself for weeks over this. Was going to get a 3500 90 nm and oc the hell out of it. Im glad I didn't. This system makes my table rumble 😀 Besides the FX have unlocked multi's and strained silicon 😉
 
Originally posted by: CardShark
OC or not OC... Well I faught with myself for weeks over this. Was going to get a 3500 90 nm and oc the hell out of it. Im glad I didn't. This system makes my table rumble 😀 Besides the FX have unlocked multi's and strained silicon 😉
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its also $900
 
Originally posted by: s1len7 n1nj4
b/c its not giving me the performence i had anticipated. theres also some compatibility issues tht i cant seem to figure out.

can i o/c the 3200+ up to FX-55 speeds?
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no offense, but why not try to get the compatability issues worked out, and maybe you could save yourself ~$2500+? what games?
 
No reason to upgrade your current system, this thread is a hoax. Even with compatibility issues you could buy/swap parts and get something to work for less than $2500. I'm a computer NOOB and i know better. Please say ha ha april fools or something.
 
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