The Meaty Beast. Nom Nom Nom!

[Shodokan]

So...

This computer is going to cost

CPU: 1198
GPU: 1100
Mobo: ~675
Ram: ~200
Hdd: 400-500 (all 4)
PSU: 200+
Avermedia: 215

4100 ish without using existing parts...

dafuq.

[Ualaa]

with the budget your using, it would be crazy not to go with a "real" raid card and a few ssd's in raid, or at least 2 to 3 on the onboard controller.

just my personal opinion of course.

JsT

How about something like: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227743
$749 normally ($550 currently, including free shipping)
$844 from my local computer store, if I want the 4 year "instant product replacement" (if it goes, they get me a brand new model).

A 480GB SSD, with 1,500MB/sec read and 1,250MB/sec write.
And as a single drive, it supports TRIM.