Finished Build - Final Stages before Purchase

[Vociferate]

BenQ G2420HD 24 Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM AMD
Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition
HDMI V1.3 Male to Male Cable 3.0m
NZXT Hades Mid Tower Case
Hitachi Deskstar 7200RPM 500GB SATA
G.Skill F3-12800CL9T-6GBNQ (3x2GB) DDR3
Gigabyte GA-890XA-UD3 Motherboard
Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD5850 Overclocked 1GB
Razer Goliathus Omega (270 x 215mm) Speed Edition
CoolerMaster CM Storm Sentinel Gaming Mouse
Razer Arctosa Gaming Keyboard Silver
Thermaltake EVO_Blue 650W


There is the basic build.
The total is going to cost me around $2000 AUS, but I still feel like something is missing.
I will be 5 Boxing in World of Warcraft (Playing 5 accounts at once). And I would like to get competitive in PvP if my skills begin catching up. But only time will tell later on.


I might be able to squeeze a few more bucks out for accessories and the works.
But I did also have a question about a gaming key pad. IE: XKeys.


Does anyone use them? How do you feel about them? Where can I buy them in Australia? Are there any decent alternatives?


Should I look into an SSD Drive, or a Velociraptor 10,000RPM Drive?
I was also reading about:


http://www.fusionio.com/products/ioxtreme/
http://www.hyperossystems.co.uk/07042003/hardware.htm


I don't really understand those systems. How would I utilize them?


Again, thanks for all the help and consideration. You guys get a lot of these threads.

(Thanks for the Title repair, Vecter!)

[Pycno]

Definately go for the SSD if you want performance and not cheap capacity. I have always gotten at least 1 cable whenever I bought a monitor, I think you will be supplied one with yours too and I would stick with it. For the price of the extra accesories (mice, keyboard, mice pad) you could instead afford a faster cpu or graphics card, meaning your system could get abit more performance out of the same cost.

[Ualaa]

Unless I'm missing something, I don't see a processor listed.

[mikekim]

Unless I'm missing something, I don't see a processor listed.

it was on the same line as the OS

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition



what about dvd drive?

I take it the processor is a retail edition and has a cooling fan in the kit?

[Vociferate]

I believe it has a cooling fan in the kit, however. I do have a Noctua UD-12 (Forget the lettering, oops.) That I use, and it rates among the upper CPU Air Coolers.

[Sam DeathWalker]

I see BenQ and know yur not from america.


AMD/Gigabyte is my setup also.

[Kicksome]

You might want to pickup a super cheap 30gig SSD drive to put wow on, it will make a big difference.

You could always do it later though, also, might want to spend $100 to upgrade to a 5870.

That is a really nice setup even without the minor upgrades, I think you'll be happy with it.

[Vociferate]

With the SSD's, that can only fit 1 copy of WoW, correct?

Only reason I ask was because I have always done the multiple copies of WoW. Haven't messed with one copy for 5 boxing just yet.

Are there software options to assist with 5 box/1 Folder for settings in WoW?

Also, from reading the sites, still struggling how to use these:

http://www.fusionio.com/products/ioxtreme/
http://www.hyperossystems.co.uk/07042003/hardware.htm

[Catamer]

I really like my Antec 900 case, it has so many cooling fans nothing ever gets hot.

[Ualaa]

With the SSD's, that can only fit 1 copy of WoW, correct?

Only reason I ask was because I have always done the multiple copies of WoW. Haven't messed with one copy for 5 boxing just yet.

Are there software options to assist with 5 box/1 Folder for settings in WoW?

Also, from reading the sites, still struggling how to use these:

http://www.fusionio.com/products/ioxtreme/
http://www.hyperossystems.co.uk/07042003/hardware.htm

The only real benefit of multiple copies is different configuration options, as in video/sound settings.
You have the IS Boxer badge, so you can use the software for virtual configuration files.. which get you different settings on a per character basis.

There is no gain at all from multiple folders, over a single folder with virtual config files.

So you could put warcraft on the SSD and you're set.
Or alternatively, have just the data folder on the SSD and use symbolic links.
I stuck the entire wow folder on my SSD.