how would I arrange those hard drives. Would I use one for system and storage and one for purely storage I'd would it be best to raid it. Don't know much about raid.

ive got a old WD 10k Raptor Drive as my OS drive then 4 250gb internal drives
with one for games, one for movies, one for music+pics and one for tv eps.
There no where near full but I have plenty of room.

Wrexter will get a quote done tomoz. When I go to work.

Cheers Phil

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97 WRX V3 STi with goodies.

dont bother with 1066, only good for overclocking... its waste of money otherwise 800 is more than enough... 4gb kingston for $99 at netplus, im thinking of building prettymuch same machine as yours.. very good build

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Verso = 220hp, 17psi

1066 is a waste of time.... the timings arent that great on 1066 yet anyways and not very stable.

650w psu will suffice for that setup.

as i said you are best of running a 2 x 640gb WD RAID and setup as many partitions within the raid. However, be aware if you run raid 0 and one of the drives were to fail you would loose all the data striped between both drives.

List updated guys.

tried to incorporate your suggestions.

please check.

MCG has 750gig sata hdds for $94 each

and 4 gig ram in s x 2 gig sticks for $95

on another note i would spend bit extra and get Vista Premium $283 at mcg

ok guys been going alot of research and have come up with the following, as always any suggestions are gladly appreciated.

things like case, cpu fan, audio, keyboard, mouse, i have gone for because of looks and funcionality. hope it will be a relatively quiet pc.

I have upgraded the ram from 800 to 1066 and added a cpu aftermarket cooler for future overclocking capability as i have heard the e8400 is good for that.






couple of questions?

1. am i overdoing the motherboard and is there a better/cheaper alternative (would like to crossfire in future so x38 or x48 would be good to keep)

2. is the graphic card alright or should i choose another manufacturer (i.e msi etc)

3. should i instead run 1 320GB drive for OS and a 750 GB drive for storage.

4. whats the difference between 16MB and 32 MB drives.


cheers.

Those speakers are sick.. I have them they crank so loud and crystal clear... Best value for that price.

Try the Microsoft wireless desktop 8000 back lite keys and charging dock on keyboard for mouse.. looks nice dicksmith have them and currently there is a cash back offer too with some microsoft gear.

competitive pricing all rounder look up www.netplus.com.au