Intel core 2 Duo

so once more? is there any huge difference between 10000rpm and 7200rpm and normal sata drives?
 
Raptors are blazingly fast - the best ATA hard drives (in my opinion) that money can buy.

*10 000 RPM drives were only made for the SCSI interface, WD was first to implement it in ATA format.
 
is it possible to use 1 x 150WD 10000 rpm HD with a 250gig normal sata drive?
 
yeah.

I still think you should consider RAID0
 
I am also upgrading but my 2 cents is

A E6700 is way over priced at the mo. It would be better off getting an E6300 and a good cooler and over clock it. You can get nearly a 1Ghz more than E6700 with the right settings. In the mobo department too you can easily settle for the 965 DS3 (any variant). They one of the boards of choice at the mo. I myself just got the DDR2 6400 Corsair Pro pair and they are great. Reach 1000mhz with ease.

I do really like your specs but if you go with ^^ you can throw the extra money in and get a 7950 gfx card and really have a uber leet system.
 
What temp does the core 2 duo processors run at. Mine runs at 65 to 68 degrees and I feel it's to hot. Someone at Rage told me today that it is normal temperature. Is that correct or do I need to look at case with more ventilation. I must say I'm not too happy with the case.
 
hennievr said:
What temp does the core 2 duo processors run at. Mine runs at 65 to 68 degrees and I feel it's to hot. Someone at Rage told me today that it is normal temperature. Is that correct or do I need to look at case with more ventilation. I must say I'm not too happy with the case.
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cases makes a huge difference, like for instance the p180 antec case i got at home for my amd 4000+ reduces heat a lot from 56c to almost 35 while running games.

But it must be a "thermelate" case
 
Nokkie said:
cases makes a huge difference, like for instance the p180 antec case i got at home for my amd 4000+ reduces heat a lot from 56c to almost 35 while running games.

But it must be a "thermelate" case
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Thanks, was thinking of drilling a couple of holes into the side panel and put a 12 cm fan on the side maybe 2 and see how that goes, other than that I have to look at a better case.
 
Erm, how you gonna fit 8GB of Ram onto that board?
I know Corsair has 8500 1GB sticks, but not sure about 2GB density?

Also to accelerate 3Ds-Max in hardware you need Quadro not GeForce. Using a Geforce there would be no diff between FX5700U and 7950GX2.
Rest looks fine. I would be against overclocking as system I do intense work on, so maybe stick to the E6700...
 
ShockG said:
Erm, how you gonna fit 8GB of Ram onto that board?
I know Corsair has 8500 1GB sticks, but not sure about 2GB density?

Also to accelerate 3Ds-Max in hardware you need Quadro not GeForce. Using a Geforce there would be no diff between FX5700U and 7950GX2.
Rest looks fine. I would be against overclocking as system I do intense work on, so maybe stick to the E6700...
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so one could use the e6700 series and a quadro card? never thought of that...
 
Nokkie said:
so one could use the e6700 series and a quadro card? never thought of that...
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I'd still rather go for the E6600, because E6700 is waay overpriced, and the E6600 isn't much slower, but yeah, I'm also against overclocking a machine that's primarily used for work
 
Get the fastest hdd you can, def 10k above 7200 rpm.
8GB RAM will be lost on 32bit OS, make sure you can use it all!
Use gfx that is built for 3D rendering, like the Quadro cards from NVidia
Go for the fastest Core 2 Duo possible.
 
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