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Feel free to tear it up or whatever. It's at a little over $1400 now. I guess I will need an operating system too. They usually help.

Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

CORSAIR CMPSU-620HX ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 620W Power Supply - Retail

EVGA 122-CK-NF68-T1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - Retail

EVGA 320-P2-N817-AR GeForce 8800GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 KO ACS3 HDCP Video Card - Retail

Crucial Ballistix Tracer 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model BL2KIT12864AL804 - Retail

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200KS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail

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What? No one wants to stir the pot?

I may jump up to an 8800GTS on the graphics. Not decided yet.

[Milkman]

If your not going to splurge on the 8800GTS... might i suggest an 8600 card instead of the 7900. The 8xxx series adds dirextX10 support which may help the longevity of your PC.

Also..im a fan of the new Seagate drives myself. the xxxxxx.10 ones. They have 5 year warrentys and are slightly faster then other drives due to their "Perpendicular recording technology".

Looks like a nice machine... can ya build one for me too?

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The reason I have the 7900 there now is because I am not yet full up to date with the latest. Do the 8800's run DX9 as well as DX 10? I wasn't sure which is the only reason it's not a choice yet. It's only $100 more.

After more research I think I am going to get a 680i board instead. I didn't realize the 650i was only 1x16 on the PCIe.

I was looking at the Seagate as it was a little cheaper but a lot of the reviews kept saying it was noisier and slower. *shrugs

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I couldn't care less how noisy my hard drive is since I seriously doubt I'll ever hear it when it matters (I like lots of sound when I'm gaming ), as far as dx9 compatibility goes, I have to assume a dx10 card will be reverse compatible with dx9 or else a vast majority of them would still be sitting on merchants shelves collecting dust.

[Milkman]

I have 2 320 seagates in my PC raid1 (yey for backups). And i do not hear them. I know some of the earlier drives had loud seek noises... at least according to reviews. Maybe i was just lucky?

I guess i didn't look to closly at your motherboard. If your looking for long term.. and have money to spend.. maybe a P35 chipset with DDR3? Or here at work we just build a bunch of 965 chipset based boards (asus p5b). They don't have SLI support.. but we don't need that in an office environment anyway. The 680i nvidia chipset is a good choice too... just don't go with the VIA chipset.

As for the 1x16... stats on newegg show 2x16... and really that only matters if your doing SLI.

Edit: oh and yes the dx10 cards run dx9 just fine.

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Hehe, smart move with Raid 1. I've lost two HDD's under Raid 0 (two for the price of one, sounded good at the time), never again

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Ok, first post updated with my new mother board and GPU.

Raid 1 is where the second drive is a copy of the first right?

[Milkman]

correct... if one is good at remembering to make backups its not likely needed unless you want a better chance at working 24x7.

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I'm wondering if I should get Vista or XP. I could get XP but then I would eventually have to dish out for Vista.

Anyone know what the difference is in the home vs pro versions of these?

[Milkman]

I still use XP for everyday use. Main differences in Home vs Pro is networking. Do you run a domain at home? How many computers need to connect to yours at once? Also you may need Pro to see raid arrays?

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I have a network off a hub. So I take it home doesn't support RAID?