Episode 004 – A Better Box

Tin Foil Hat Alert! In the beginning of this episode I had to vent a little bit about some news of the Annointed One, so you may want to skip ahead to about 3 minutes if you are Democratic, or otherwise offended by critical opinion based on logic and working experience.

Today’s episode was based on a Facebook poll of several topics, I originally wanted to wait to release this in video format and do a live build as demonstration. I will probably still do that, but I will wait a while now. Here, as promised, I will include two parts lists for optimised design custom PCs

Build 1 – “Hey, I could almost afford that gaming PC!” $1672.39

• CPU – AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Thuban 3.3GHz
• Mainboard – ASUS Crosshair IV Extreme
• RAM –CORSAIR XMS 8GB (2 x 4GB)
• OS SSD – OCZ Technology OCZSSD2-2VTXE90G
• App/Storage HDD – Western Digital WD1002FAEX
• BD/DVD Burner – LG ELECTRONICS WH10LS30
• GPU – GIGABYTE GV-R585OC-1GD
• Case – Cooler Master RC-932-KKN5-GP
• Power Supply – Corsair CMPSU-750TX

Build 2 (Featured) “GEE ZUS!!! $3,943.78

• CPU – Intel Core i7-990X Extreme Edition Gulftown 3.46GHz
• Mainboard – ASUS Rampage III Black Edition
• RAM – 2X Crucial Ballistix 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory with Thermal Sensor Model
  
• OS SSD –OCZ IBIS OCZ3HSD1IBS1-160G 3.5″ 160GB HSDL (High Speed Data Link) MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
• App HDD – 2X (RAID0)Western Digital VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS
• Storage HDD – 2X (RAID1) Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 2TB 5900 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
• BD/DVD Burner – LG ELECTRONICS WH10LS30
• GPU – 2X SLI GIGABYTE Super Overclock Series GV-N580SO-15I
• Case – Thermaltake Spedo Advance Package
• Power Supply – CORSAIR Professional Series AX1200 1200W

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