Slartibartfast
Supreme [H]ardness
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Alright, so I'm *finally* just about ready to order parts for my dual opty (as soon as Boston University pries it's head out of its ass for 2 seconds and sends me my money next week, that is). My planned build is below, let me know what you guys think.
Mobo:
Supermicro H8DCE
RAM:
4x 1gb Samsung DDR 400 ECC
CPU's:
2x Opteron 246 Troy
I went with these because I want to upgrade to 270+'s in a year or so, so I didn't want to break the bank on temporary, single core procs.
PSU:
PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1kw
This I will be ordering direct from them so as to have it customized with the correct connectors (thanks to AreEss for all the info on this).
Case:
Lian Li PC-767
Went with this one because it top-mounts the PSU, so fitting it in there shouldn't be a problem. I am a little worried about the airflow in it, what do you guys think? I have one of those exhaust fans that fits in a PCI slot that I might stick up in the top of this thing to help pull out the hot air.
Videocard:
EVGA GeForce 7600gt 256mb
I went with this card because I'm not much of a PC gamer, so this is a good place to cut some costs. I figure I can always throw a second one in a few years down the road, too.
HD:
WD 76gb Raptor w/ 16mb cache
This is one of the new raptors with the 16mb cache. I have a 250gb Seagate that currently holds all of my important data that I will be moving to this new build for storage.
Sound card:
Creative Labs X-Fi
I want a dedicated soundcard because I'm a big music buff, so audio quality is definitely important.
Optical:
Lite-On DVD-ROM
NEC-3550A DVD Burner
I already have this burner, so that option isn't flexible
Floppy:
TEAC floppy drive
A lot of people say floppies are dead, but I wouldn't build a machine without one quite yet. This is the one I want (TEAC is supposed to be a good brand, right?) but if it's not in stock when I'm ordering I'll just grab whatever I can, it's not like the thing is going to get heavy usage.
Let me know what you guys think! And thanks again to everyone here for putting up with all my questions these past few months
Mobo:
Supermicro H8DCE
RAM:
4x 1gb Samsung DDR 400 ECC
CPU's:
2x Opteron 246 Troy
I went with these because I want to upgrade to 270+'s in a year or so, so I didn't want to break the bank on temporary, single core procs.
PSU:
PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1kw
This I will be ordering direct from them so as to have it customized with the correct connectors (thanks to AreEss for all the info on this).
Case:
Lian Li PC-767
Went with this one because it top-mounts the PSU, so fitting it in there shouldn't be a problem. I am a little worried about the airflow in it, what do you guys think? I have one of those exhaust fans that fits in a PCI slot that I might stick up in the top of this thing to help pull out the hot air.
Videocard:
EVGA GeForce 7600gt 256mb
I went with this card because I'm not much of a PC gamer, so this is a good place to cut some costs. I figure I can always throw a second one in a few years down the road, too.
HD:
WD 76gb Raptor w/ 16mb cache
This is one of the new raptors with the 16mb cache. I have a 250gb Seagate that currently holds all of my important data that I will be moving to this new build for storage.
Sound card:
Creative Labs X-Fi
I want a dedicated soundcard because I'm a big music buff, so audio quality is definitely important.
Optical:
Lite-On DVD-ROM
NEC-3550A DVD Burner
I already have this burner, so that option isn't flexible
Floppy:
TEAC floppy drive
A lot of people say floppies are dead, but I wouldn't build a machine without one quite yet. This is the one I want (TEAC is supposed to be a good brand, right?) but if it's not in stock when I'm ordering I'll just grab whatever I can, it's not like the thing is going to get heavy usage.
Let me know what you guys think! And thanks again to everyone here for putting up with all my questions these past few months