Vid card: Palit NE5X460HF1102 GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) Sonic Platinum Overclocking Edition 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814261076
Ram: 8 gigs (4x2) G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128392
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 945 Deneb 3.0GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDX945FBGIBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103675
PSU: OCZ GameXStream OCZ850GXSSLI ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 850Watts Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341003
Display: Acer X223Wbd Black 22" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009145
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
HD: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD322HJ 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152096
A couple of my biggest questions are:
1. How big would the performance boost be if I were to go with two 500 gb Spinpoint F3s in Raid 0?
2. Is my current monitor's 2500:1 ratio and max res. of 1680 x 1050 a hindrance to my build?
3. i7 is currently out of my price range, is the leap to an i5 from my current CPU worth the cost?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814261076
Ram: 8 gigs (4x2) G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128392
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 945 Deneb 3.0GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDX945FBGIBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103675
PSU: OCZ GameXStream OCZ850GXSSLI ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 850Watts Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341003
Display: Acer X223Wbd Black 22" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009145
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
HD: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD322HJ 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152096
A couple of my biggest questions are:
1. How big would the performance boost be if I were to go with two 500 gb Spinpoint F3s in Raid 0?
2. Is my current monitor's 2500:1 ratio and max res. of 1680 x 1050 a hindrance to my build?
3. i7 is currently out of my price range, is the leap to an i5 from my current CPU worth the cost?