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[Pyong Kawaguchi]

Pyong your card was probably faulty lmao

I read the reviews for it later, and alot of people had them die on them.

[TheGhost]

Well I had the Core i5 on there but then there was a bundle discount with the mobo which made up a lot of the difference. And both were 90W so I figured why not. Like I said, it's a bit awkward. I'm still looking for a high performance machine. Don't forget some of those cycles will be stolen for RAID.

[Cortexian]

You need that DOMINATOR memory for a HTPC/general usage desktop? You could probably get cheaper stuff and get 8GB's for the same price, or just get 4GB's and lower the total.

[TheGhost]

I want everything to be as fast as possible. Esp with file transfers and streaming and whatnot. My goal is over 70 MB/s transfer read and write, as it will have at least 4 TB of storage (I've seen builds over 100 MB/s, but I don't think my hard drives will get it there, maybe, we'll see how the RAID does). My current device gives me something around 10 MB/s if I'm lucky and is incredibly finicky.

[king_nothing_]

Why don't you get an HTPC case?

EDIT: Or is it not strictly going to be an HTPC?

[TheGhost]

No definitely not strictly HTPC. Also I need at least 5 HDD slots, which is pretty much impossible to find without a tower.

[Terin]

Would I be able to get by using a HD 4850 with a 420w PSU temporarily?

[Cojafoji]

Would I be able to get by using a HD 4850 with a 420w PSU temporarily?

Most likely. 4850 draws about 250w max.

[DrunkenSamus]

Would I be able to run Half-life 2 on max settings with this desktop PC? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16883103222

[Warsaw]

At what resolution? At 1024x768, maybe (iffy when considering whether you include AA and AF in "max setings" and because I don't trust anything with a designation as low as "G100," even if it is a GeForce). Anything more, and you'll need something better. You could slap in a much better card for $60, or a really good one for $100.