bazinfan
04-04-2012, 07:42 PM
Hi, everyone!
So here's what I'm pretty confident in (though tell me if you see anything wrong, I can still exchange things):
Rampage IV Extreme 2011
Intel i7 3930K
Noctua NH-D14
Win 7 64 Ultimate
Cooler Master Haf-X case
GeForce GTX560ti 448-pin (my monitor, which I'm not ready to upgrade, is only 1440x900)
Corsair Enthusiast 850watt 80-plus bronze
Here are the components I'm worried about (some are on the way, some I haven't ordered yet):
RAM: Corsair 16gb - 2133 MHz
Since I've started looking into forums I've noticed NOBODY mentions this ram. Am I making a mistake? Is there something I don't know?
2x Intel 320 series SSD
I'm a novelist and, thus, horrified at the prospect of lost data. I intend to put these 2 SSDs in a RAID 1 (mirror) configuration. Though, they are really only going to be hosting my OS. I only recently noticed, however, that the drives are only 3gb/s capable. Obviously I should go with the 520 series, right? Except, where the 320 series drives are all highly rated, the 6gb/s SSD drives I've read about all seem to have issues with failing (see above, my worst nightmare). Am I really going to see that big of a jump in quality by returning my 320 drives in exchange for 520s? Are the 320 series drives more stable at the moment? Although I want performance, I prize stability a little more right now.
4x Western Digital 1TB RE4 HDs
Okay, second verse same as the first. I intend on putting these 4 drives into a RAID 10 configuration. Again, these are only 3gb/s drives and I wonder if I should be considering the WD Black Caviar drives. They are comparably priced but I notice sooo many user complaints about the Caviar drives (from noise to the dreaded disk fail) whenever anyone tries to put them into a RAID configuration. Help? Same questions from before: 1) will I really notice much difference between the 3gb/s and the 6gb/s (I'm not running a server or anything, these drives are just for my personal use... you know, massive collections of porn, comic books, "how to" manuals I will never read, games, music, etc. I also do a fair amount of video editing (not porn) which will take up most of the space on these drives). 2) Would I be sacrificing major stability for a minor performance boost by switching to the Caviar drives?
At the moment that is my entire set up. I really appreciate any advice you can give. This is my first build, I'm very excited about it, and I don't want to mess anything up too badly.
Thanks for replying!
So here's what I'm pretty confident in (though tell me if you see anything wrong, I can still exchange things):
Rampage IV Extreme 2011
Intel i7 3930K
Noctua NH-D14
Win 7 64 Ultimate
Cooler Master Haf-X case
GeForce GTX560ti 448-pin (my monitor, which I'm not ready to upgrade, is only 1440x900)
Corsair Enthusiast 850watt 80-plus bronze
Here are the components I'm worried about (some are on the way, some I haven't ordered yet):
RAM: Corsair 16gb - 2133 MHz
Since I've started looking into forums I've noticed NOBODY mentions this ram. Am I making a mistake? Is there something I don't know?
2x Intel 320 series SSD
I'm a novelist and, thus, horrified at the prospect of lost data. I intend to put these 2 SSDs in a RAID 1 (mirror) configuration. Though, they are really only going to be hosting my OS. I only recently noticed, however, that the drives are only 3gb/s capable. Obviously I should go with the 520 series, right? Except, where the 320 series drives are all highly rated, the 6gb/s SSD drives I've read about all seem to have issues with failing (see above, my worst nightmare). Am I really going to see that big of a jump in quality by returning my 320 drives in exchange for 520s? Are the 320 series drives more stable at the moment? Although I want performance, I prize stability a little more right now.
4x Western Digital 1TB RE4 HDs
Okay, second verse same as the first. I intend on putting these 4 drives into a RAID 10 configuration. Again, these are only 3gb/s drives and I wonder if I should be considering the WD Black Caviar drives. They are comparably priced but I notice sooo many user complaints about the Caviar drives (from noise to the dreaded disk fail) whenever anyone tries to put them into a RAID configuration. Help? Same questions from before: 1) will I really notice much difference between the 3gb/s and the 6gb/s (I'm not running a server or anything, these drives are just for my personal use... you know, massive collections of porn, comic books, "how to" manuals I will never read, games, music, etc. I also do a fair amount of video editing (not porn) which will take up most of the space on these drives). 2) Would I be sacrificing major stability for a minor performance boost by switching to the Caviar drives?
At the moment that is my entire set up. I really appreciate any advice you can give. This is my first build, I'm very excited about it, and I don't want to mess anything up too badly.
Thanks for replying!