This is my first computer build so I'm pretty excited about it. I just wanted to get some outsider opinions on my rig before I order it. I'm going to use it to 5box Wow, I wanted something that can handle Dalaran, busy server, lag free during peak hours. I wanted 8gb of ram, the new six core amd processor, two 500gb hard drives in a raid0 configuration, a 64 GB ssd drive to put Wow on, Windows 7, a decent looking case and a nice video card that supports multiple monitors that wasn't ridiculously expensive. After hours and hours (and hours) of research I settled for the Radeon 5830, not top of the line but not horribly expensive, and if it doesn't work as well as I hope I could always add another one with crossfire and use Innerspace to utilize the second video card. I was also debating on getting two 5770s but wasn't sure how much that would improve my performance vs one 5830. Everything I've read suggested one was better because of the heat and power issues and the fact that the second video card wouldn't be fully utilized, so one good card would be better than two mediocre cards. Everything ended up being right at 1400, only wanted to spend around 1200 but oh well.

Please comment/suggest away, this will be my first time building a computer, along with setting up a raid0 and working with a SSD drive, although from the articles and videos none of it is overly complicated.


AMD Phenom II x6 Thuban 2.8GHz 6x512 L2 Cache 6mb L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103851

MSI 790FX-GD70 AM3 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130223

XFX Radeon HD 5830 1gb 256-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.1x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card w/Eyefinity
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150497

Kingston (4x 2GB) 240 Pin DDR3 SDRAM 1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820104167

2xWestern Digital Caviar Black 500GB 7200 RPM 32 MB Cache SATA 3.0GB/s
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136320

Western Digital SilliconEdge Blue 64GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (250MB/s read 170MB/s write)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820250001

Thermaltak Element ATX Mid Tower Computer Gaming Case w/ 850W Modular Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811133175

And of course Windows 7 64-bit and optical drives but I didn't see a need to link those. I'll probably go ahead and order it tomorrow. Also had a question on whether or not to put Windows 7 on the SSD drive, I read that SSD drives can wear out quickly if information is constantly being added and deleted.