thoughts on upcoming build

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Lian Li G70B
Corsair HX620w
Gigabyte 680i mobo {ETA late December}
Intel C2D E6400
Corsair 2gb PC2-800
Gigabyte 7950 GT
Areca ARC-1210 RAID controller
Western Digital 400gb RE2
Western Digital 74gb Raptor

already have:
(3) Western Digital 400gb RE2
(2) ViewSonic VX922
Supermicro 5-in-3 SATA enclosure

Cooling:
front: 120x38mm Sanyo Denki (103 cfm @ 12v)
rear: 120x38mm Sanyo Denki (103 cfm @ 12v)
side: 120x25mm Delta Triple Blade (54 cfm @ 12v)
CPU: 120x38mm Sanyo Denki (103 cfm @ 12v)
top (mod): 120x38mm Delta Triple Blade (73 cfm @ 12v)

 

[theprodigalrebel]

Nice. I remember reading a very, very favorable review for the Areca RAID Controller on Hexus.net (I think) a few months ago. That thing made software RAID performance look like a joke and the Disk Throughput numbers were staggering.

I bet the 7950GT will be cheaper by December (assuming that's when you will be ordering all of this at once, with the Gigabyte 680i). Too bad there won't be a 8600GT out by then.

 

[LouPoir]

One nice machine -

 

[benplaut]

Maybe a little bit over the top on the case? a lian li full tower is probably a bit overkill... i'd look at a CM Stacker

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Originally posted by: benplaut
Maybe a little bit over the top on the case? a lian li full tower is probably a bit overkill... i'd look at a CM Stacker

Stackers won't work, because they have spaces between the drive bays, so the SATA enclsoure won't fit. And with this case, I'll be able to load up the SATA ports with hard drives as needed, up to 10 hard drives. I searched a long time for the case. 🙂 The only concern I have with this case is if it is stable enough to handle the SATA enclosure fully loaded, as it gets heavy...

 

[Juno]

what about this case?

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Originally posted by: Juno
what about this case?

5 80mm fans? I couldn't ever do that... Thanks for the suggestion though.

 

[acegazda]

I would go with the x1950xt for the vid card. Aren't they supposed to be $270 when widely available?
Why not water cooling with all those fans?