[Build Complete] Sapphire Chronos, Gaming/Game Design ($1400)
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
| Type | Item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel E3-1245 v2 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor | $284.99 @ Newegg |
| Motherboard | ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard | $134.99 @ Newegg |
| Memory | G.Skill Sniper Low Voltage Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory | $51.99 @ Newegg |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive | $119.99 @ Newegg |
| Hard Drive | Mushkin Chronos 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk | $93.98 @ Outlet PC |
| Hard Drive | Mushkin Chronos 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk | $93.98 @ Outlet PC |
| Video Card | Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card | $249.99 @ Newegg |
| Case | Zalman Z9 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case | $59.99 @ Newegg |
| Power Supply | SeaSonic 620W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply | $88.99 @ Newegg |
| Monitor | Samsung S23B550V 60Hz 23.0" Monitor | $199.99 @ Bestbuy |
| Keyboard | Logitech MK120 Wired Slim Keyboard w/Optical Mouse | $15.98 @ Outlet PC |
| Total | ||
| Prices include shipping and discounts when available. | $1394.86 |
I futzed with it til it worked how I wanted it to, and it is AWESOME! The two SSD's are in RAID 0, a Sapphire 7850 OC, and a Xeon e3-1245v2. This thing flies! As many have said before, the SSD's are so fast the Windows SFX don't have time to finish when coming out of low power mode.
Edit: The only thing that seems to be the problem is that the RAID 0 Array only seems to R/W at around 700 MB/s, which while super fast, isn't quite what I'd hoped for. Does anyone have any thoughts on the matter?
Posted Jul 10, 2012, 9:37 AM UTC · edited
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