ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:

feinicks Wrote:I am assuming that you are intending this build to be a gaming rig. In that case, most of your periority shoould go to getting a good GPU and hi performance RAM. These two are the factors that determine gaming experience.

Actually, RAM doesn't have that big an impact, as long as you have enough of it.  GPU is the most important, followed by CPU.  RAM/HDD are probably next after that.

Given... it may be lesser than GPU, but it plays a huge part... for instance, on the PC here, they had 512MB RAM nothing worked sommth. Call of Duty and CS and DotA lagged. I had it upgraded to 1GB, everything is playable! lol

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:

feinicks Wrote:hdd is again entirely upto you.. you know usage. You can even go for a 2 TB hdd if you think that will suit your needs. However, consider the cost factors when selecting it.

2x1TB is cheaper than a 2TB drive...

Yeah... m point is that he can go for more capacity, if he feels that he needs it...

This is like the earlier debates: 2 250/500GB hdd (in RAID0) vs. 1 500/1000GB hdd..

@Catseye: You can probably knock of the 22 bucks if you carry on with your current DVD drive.