Thread: New Build Please Give Advice

Originally Posted by sdanthony

1. Should I go for 4 gb or just two?

If you upgrade pretty often, I would just go for two for now. If you want this to last you quite a while, go with four. The price for RAM is pretty low right now anyways.

Originally Posted by sdanthony

2. Should I run the raptor as a Boot drive and get a larger drive for storage and games?

That'd work, but that just means the OS has fast file transfers but your files and games wont. Ideally, you'd have two raptors I'd think, maybe even in a raid. I'm not sure if that quite answers your question.

Originally Posted by sdanthony

3. Is the powersupply going to be sufficient?

As far as wattage goes, yes it is sufficient. But I'd very much recommend you go with better quality than Thermaltake. I'd go for Seasonic or Enermax. You are going to be paying a little more for the power supply, but you'll be getting much better quality. Believe me, I was a big fan of Thermaltake until it died on me after only a couple of years with little dust and no hard pushing.

So there, you have my opinion. I hope it helps.

Ok, I'm pretty set on the GPU, getting a Lian Li PC-65 case and a Thermaltake Toughpower 650w powersupply. Along with the CPU and Mobo I already have, can you suggest a solid HDD and Ram (pref 4 gig for vista)?
I want this rig to last quite a while so, keep that in mind. Also, these parts are the only ones I will be purchasing, as the others are/were gifts

if the raptor is in your budget definately go for that. Keep at the same storage size, too.
As far as Ram goes, I have been pushing g.skill alot lately. They are cheaper than alot of the other performance Ram.