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**Obfuscate** · 10-16-2007, 02:08 AM

I really don't think you "need" 2 74's but it will certainly hold you over for a couple of years if not longer considering the number of none industrial application that can take advantage of dual proc's is growing.

On another note I think you are shorting yourself by not getting a true high end PSU, such as a PC Power & Cooling, one. Not to say Thermaltake isn't a great PSU company just saying that the gold standard is PC P&C and not getting one seems silly given the other components.

I do like the fact you are going to set up a RAID 5 with the (4) 80gb drives but I question the lack of dedicated RAID card considering the rest of the setup, even if RAID is supported by the mobo. Since having a dedicated RAID card will greatly increase the performance of the drives. But RAID cards are rather expense so I can understand not wanting to spend the money on them.

All in all its a good future proofing system that will last a good couple years.

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Obfuscate is Offline Bro Rapist Posts: 2,165 Credits: 73 Spent time on board: 2 Days and 18:49:16 Hours Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere near something next to this and that Reputation: 36 Rep Power: 8	10-16-2007, 02:08 AM I really don't think you "need" 2 74's but it will certainly hold you over for a couple of years if not longer considering the number of none industrial application that can take advantage of dual proc's is growing. On another note I think you are shorting yourself by not getting a true high end PSU, such as a PC Power & Cooling, one. Not to say Thermaltake isn't a great PSU company just saying that the gold standard is PC P&C and not getting one seems silly given the other components. I do like the fact you are going to set up a RAID 5 with the (4) 80gb drives but I question the lack of dedicated RAID card considering the rest of the setup, even if RAID is supported by the mobo. Since having a dedicated RAID card will greatly increase the performance of the drives. But RAID cards are rather expense so I can understand not wanting to spend the money on them. All in all its a good future proofing system that will last a good couple years.