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Old 05-06-11, 11:00 PM
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Hey guys....new to the board but thought I could use it for some advice. I am about to build a pc that I will use to do my work, watch tv/movies, and share files to my laptop. I want this PC to be quiet and powerful. I don't game, but I do watch hd movies. I plan on using my 3 - 24" monitors to split between my work stuff and use Windows Media Center. Here is my parts.

OS: Windows 7 Pro

CASE: Fractal Design Define R3 White (Just ordered)

CPU: Intel i5-2500K

MOBO: ASUS Sabertooth P67 (Rev 3.0)

RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4G DDR3 1600

Video Card: ASUS Radeon HD 6670

PSU: SeaSonic X Series X650 Gold

Main Drive: Intel 510 Series 120GB

Storage: Western Digital Green 2 TB (2)

TV Tuner: Ceton Infinitv4 Digital Cable Quad-tuner Card

Audio Card: HT Omega Claro Plus (Already have it)

CPU FAN/heatsink: Noctua NH-C14 140mm X 2 SSO CPU Cooler

Will I have trouble fitting the RAM and CPU Fan?

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Old 06-06-11, 12:31 AM
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Hey guys....new to the board but thought I could use it for some advice. I am about to build a pc that I will use to do my work, watch tv/movies, and share files to my laptop. I want this PC to be quiet and powerful. I don't game, but I do watch hd movies. I plan on using my 3 - 24" monitors to split between my work stuff and use Windows Media Center. Here is my parts.

OS: Windows 7 Pro

CASE: Fractal Design Define R3 White (Just ordered)

CPU: Intel i5-2500K

MOBO: ASUS Sabertooth P67 (Rev 3.0)

RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4G DDR3 1600

Video Card: ASUS Radeon HD 6670

PSU: SeaSonic X Series X650 Gold

Main Drive: Intel 510 Series 120GB

Storage: Western Digital Green 2 TB (2)

TV Tuner: Ceton Infinitv4 Digital Cable Quad-tuner Card

Audio Card: HT Omega Claro Plus (Already have it)

CPU FAN/heatsink: Noctua NH-C14 140mm X 2 SSO CPU Cooler

Will I have trouble fitting the RAM and CPU Fan?
Thinking I may go with the Mushkin Enhanced Blackline, if Ripjaws heatsink causes problems with the NH-C14. I definitely want to be able to run both of those fans to help cool the MOBO.
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Old 06-06-11, 01:10 AM
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Looks good all except for the raided drives im assuming you will be doing that to the 2 WD green drives correct? If so the power saving feature causes them to not sink up when they are spun up, Meaning some data gets read and other data doesnt. Meaning the raid will crash, and you will loose your data.
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Old 06-06-11, 08:42 AM
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That should be a nice quiet rig. Nice choice of graphics card as well. You'll need an active display port adapter if you are using standard dvi monitors.
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Old 06-06-11, 01:58 PM
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Looks good all except for the raided drives im assuming you will be doing that to the 2 WD green drives correct? If so the power saving feature causes them to not sink up when they are spun up, Meaning some data gets read and other data doesnt. Meaning the raid will crash, and you will loose your data.
I don't plan on RAIDing the two green drives. I will do redundancy myself for my music and OS drive back ups. I won't be too worried about losing my dvr videos. I got a old Socket 754 AMD 2400+ 64 bit system that I may setup as a stand alone server. I would just have to buy a new case and get some cheap PCI raid cards. Would WMS 2011 work good enough on that single core system?
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Old 06-06-11, 01:59 PM
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Looks good all except for the raided drives im assuming you will be doing that to the 2 WD green drives correct? If so the power saving feature causes them to not sink up when they are spun up, Meaning some data gets read and other data doesnt. Meaning the raid will crash, and you will loose your data.
I don't plan on RAIDing the two green drives. I will do redundancy myself for my music and OS drive back ups. I won't be too worried about losing my dvr videos. I got a old Socket 754 AMD 2400+ 64 bit system that I may setup as a stand alone server. I would just have to buy a new case and get some cheap PCI raid cards. Would WMS 2011 work good enough on that single core system?
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Old 06-06-11, 05:56 PM
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looks good but i would go with a corsair psu thay are more reliable and stable
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Old 06-06-11, 06:27 PM
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looks good but i would go with a corsair psu thay are more reliable and stable
Some corsair psu's are actually re-branded seasonics. Seasonic are a very good make.
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Old 06-06-11, 11:47 PM
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Some corsair psu's are actually re-branded seasonics. Seasonic are a very good make.
o right i dident no that good to no thanks lol
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Old 07-06-11, 04:00 PM
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I am thinking about now getting the Mushkin Radioactive RAM. Looks like they will match perfectly with the Sabertooth MOBO.

http://www.mushkin.com/Memory/Radioactive/997005.aspx
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