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03-29-2007, 07:26 PM
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Developer Box - New Build
I am in the process of spec'ing out a new box to be used mostly for development, but also games from time to time. I plan on running two monitors. Additionally, I am planning on setting up the OS/Software on the a 10k drive, and the data on two 500 gb SATA drives in a Raid 1 configuration. I have never built a box from scratch, but am looking forward to the challenge. Anyway, based upon various blogs and reviewing this site, I came up with this setup:
Case: Antec Performance One P180B Black Mobo: Intel BOXD975XBX2KR LGA 775 Intel 975X ATX Video: EVGA 256-P2-N550 -T2 GeForce 7600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 Memory: CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) PSU: Antec True Power Trio TP3-650 ATX12V 650W Power Supply with Three 12V Rails OS Drive: Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Data Drives: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular Recording) ST3500630AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb X 2 (Raid 1 via Mobo) Optical: SAMSUNG Black 18X DVD Forgot One Little Thing... CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor Is there anything that I missed or misconfigured? Any thoughts on this setup? Any advice on monitors (thinking two ~ 20 inch should be more than sufficient)? Thanks in advance for any feedback given. Last edited by TSchwingle; 03-29-2007 at 08:43 PM. |
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03-29-2007, 07:46 PM
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03-29-2007, 08:23 PM
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Welcome to PCMech. That is a solid list. I'd swap the Samsung for LiteOn, the Retail versions come with Nero for burning.
If you haven't already chosen a CPU, go with the E6600 if you can afford it, otherwise the E6300. For monitors, Samsung and Viewsonic are solid choices.
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03-29-2007, 08:55 PM
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Replaced the Samsung for this LineOn: LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R
Updated Original Spec with E6600 CPU Specs - missed it in my wish list! |
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03-29-2007, 09:44 PM
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Monitors for Developer Machine
I was thinking of something like this monitor: SAMSUNG 226BW Black 22" 2 ms (GTG) DVI Widescreen LCD
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03-30-2007, 02:13 PM
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Looks good. The best way to review an LCD is to head down to a big box store like BestBuy or CompUSA and check out display models. But that Samsung looks like a winner.
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