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All I can think about is Diablo 3, my witch doctor, the boss runs, the item looting, the buying and selling items, finding a windforce or grandfather and knowing I can sell it for 500+ $ cause there are people out there that will buy it. The customization, the magic find, the the OMFG.

Its like im a crack addict, I need it now...

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Nice thumb.

Yeah even last fall I thought ssd's were ridiculously overpriced. They are still not a great value at 256GB, but the 120GB ones right now are reasonably priced. I mean, if you had two SATA 3 ssd's and raided them, that'd be so damn sweet.

But what's also nice about RAID are the options you have. I think that Asus mobo you were looking at had four SATA 3 ports, right? Well let's say you even do RAID on your SATA 2 ports. You could get four identical HDD's and do RAID 10. So you'd have this nice array of performance and backup and HDD's go on sale all the time. You could possibly find four high capacity HDD's for mmmmmm 250-300. Easily less depending on how extensively you wanted to search. And the combined speed of all those would be really nice.

And that's just an option. If you were just getting a single ssd to run your OS and some games off of, I totally understand doing this over RAID. But I mean, you are getting an OCZ Vertex. You could eventually just buy that same one again and I promise you will notice the difference in everything you do on your computer.

I used to underestimate the impact of faster harddrives as well, but it's just something you notice off one thing for so long, then you go to something faster and you can never go back. I mean, you'll be very happy with your ssd. But like I said, you're building your computer for the first time and this is a good time to start teaching yourself how to do all this stuff and it will be like a hobby for you and you're gonna wanna RAID eventually I promise you.

GTX 460 kicks ass for how cheap it is. Easily maxes out D3.

I feel blessed right now. LOL

LOL You certainly wouldn't require a GTX 680 to max out D3, but that shouldn't let that stop you from getting the card either.

Wow, what's the word for like 10 posts in a row?

You're crazy...

But I gotta run to class right now. I'll defend the worth of RAID later.

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Your hard drive has little to nothing to do with your performance in game.

No, but it's great for everything else. Faster boot times, faster load times. It's not as much a gaming priority as just an overall PC performance priority.

Yeah I think you probably will too actually. Especially as you go on to add more hardware into it which you'll probably do.

Also, again you should read more about RAID. I know it seems daunting if it's new to you, but this is your opportunity as you build your new PC to start learning about these kinds of things and once you've learned about them you'll never turn back.

So I'd just start educating yourself more for it. The only thing stopping me from doing RAID 10 right now is a lack of funds. But you seem to have them. Don't cheat yourself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYBtmVMtH1g

Nastai, still not sure what you need a 200+ dollar case for. But hey man, the case if you can afford that is still gonna be great for you. You'll probably find yourself wanting to do more hardware upgrades just to make use of all the room on the inside. I'm sure you'll be happy with it.

Also, I think you're doing the right thing going with the unlocked i5. When ivy bridge becomes widely available you can just upgrade to that if you want and that will be a smarter investment than later replacing an i7 processor.

As for your PSU, I still think if you're willing to spend that much, you should try to find a fully modular PSU. It's nice to know you can detach every single cable you want. Mine unfortunately is not even semi modular so I got a ton of snakes crawling around in my case.

But fully modular high wattage PSU's are pretty expensive I guess. I'm sure you'll use up the chords that aren't modular in your PSU anyway. I agree with other that you don't need that much wattage. People will tell you wattage isn't everything and that's still true. I'm just saying, with your case and your PSU, a lot of it's going to go to waste I think unless you're ready to add more hardware to make use of all that space and extra power. But this is good too if you plan to do so. I guess you'll probably wants to SLI your video cards or something. That's a good start and using up all that power.

Hope it was swell, HPNOT1Q!

Anyone wanna play D3 beta with me? I'm thinking of starting a WD.

Yeah and if you really want to, you can disable the LED lights in your tower. I mean it's your PC and you'll be able to customize it in so many ways. My case is a simple 60 dollar Thermaltake Black Edition. It's got tons of air flow. Not as roomy on the inside as I would like, but still, if you spent at least 100 dollars on the case such as that Cooler Master or one comparable to it, then it's going to be very roomy on the inside.

O.C. means overclocked. So for example, my RAM is Corsair Vengeance 1333mhz. But you can OC it to run at 1600mhz. And it's very easy to do. Most mobos it's simply a matter of going into the BIOS and setting the ram to its overclock speed. Speeds in RAM won't make a huge difference. But don't settle for anything less than 1600 at this point.

For your processor, I might recommend getting an i5-2500k for now. Then once the ivy bridge processors come out, your mobo will support that so you can ugrade to it then. So you can save about a hundred bucks now getting the i5. Then upgrade to ivy bridge a little later. It really doesn't sound like you're going to need the i7. I know it seems like you wanna get the most expensive processor in the i series, but they really are almost totally the same especially considering your needs right now.

Holy crap dude, that machine is gonna be screaming fast.

Those two mobos are essentially the same except for one's just got more whistles and bells on it. I think we had this discussion before about mobos. So I would just research those extra features and make sure that's something you wanna really pay 100+ dollars for.

I can't imagine for the life of me paying that much for a case! I just hope you know why it's that much. If you really wanna spend more on a nice case, I would really just go with this one here. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119213

Maybe you're a hardware enthusiast though and that's okay. I just can't help but imagine where that much money for a case could be better spent. Like say, toward a second ssd or a second monitor. But it's your money.

There's been much discussion on this forum about the i5 vs the i7. For the most part, people agree that for gaming, the i7 won't do much to improve the performance of games. It's only a little faster than the i5 and the overclocking speed is about the same. Still though, I don't think it's really a waste to get the i7 if you have the money for it. It may not be necessary for you, but I don't know what all your needs are. If you're getting into stuff other than gaming than the hyperthreading will come in handy for you.

You're CPU cooler is nice. Make sure you overclock your CPU and put that baby to good use!

Your PSU is nice, but I bet you can find one for a similar price that is fully modular instead of semi. I'm also more a fan of XFX PSU's but Corsair's are nice too and you seem set on a sort of Corsair PC build here.

Good RAM, but since you're getting into hardware enthusiast territory with your other stuff, maybe you should get some 2133mhz sticks instead of the 1600. Just an idea though. I'm sure your mobo supports RAM speeds up to that high.

That WD HDD is really nice. I wish I had the money to buy two of those and I'd RAID those suckers together. As for your ssd, most people are leaning toward the OCZ Agility rather than the Vertex but the ssd market is still kinda crazy. Do more research on it if I were you. You'll be happy either way though.

Well, I'm jealous fella!

My only recommendation is to consider paying less in some areas, such as your case and mobo, and investing in a little more in other areas, such as an extra ssd and such.