Nzxt Whisper
2009
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 NZXT WHISPER Classic Series Full Tower Computer Case w 120mm and 80mm Fans  US $129.99
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 NZXT WHISPER ATX FULL TOWER SILENT CASE WHI 001BLK US $69.99
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I'm thinking of building this desktop anyone got any thoughts/suggestions?
-CPU: Intel Core i7 2600K
-GPU: (1) XFX ATI Radeon HD 6870 1GB
-HDD: Kingston 256GB SSD (I'll probably never need more GB, I've had a 150GB HDD for 5 years now and I still got like 30% free space)
-RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 16GB
-MOTHERBOARD: Asus Sabretooth P67
-PWS: OCZ 850W Gold Certified power supply
-CASE: NZXT Whisper
-OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit
-MONITOR: Asus VW228TBL
Do NOT build a computer without a hard drive. It's OK to use the SSD if you think you'll have enough storage space. But the long-term reliability of SSD is not as good as hard drives...so use a hard drive for automatic timed backups!
Also, 16GB of RAM is severe overkill...
Apparently I'm like the only human on the planet who actually pays attention to system RAM
usage. I've had to post this same information like a billion times. But here goes again...
Take any computer running Windows 7 (any version). Do ctrl/alt/del, then launch task manager.
On the bottom of task manager, note the percentage of physical RAM used. Now multiply that
percentage by the number of GB of physical RAM installed. Now note that the "commit charge"
is the same number (meaning, swap file/page file/virtual memory is NOT IN USE)
If you follow those instructions, you will NOT see more than 1.5GB of physical RAM used, ever.
UNLESS...some system RAM is "borrowed" by an integrated video chip or APU on the
motherboard. Even then, you will never see physical RAM usage hit 2GB.
Keeping the above in mind, why oh WHY would somebody buy 4, 8 or 16GB of physical RAM?
I mean, when you go grocery shopping, do you purchase a 55 Gallon drum of milk? If so, why?
It makes JUST as much sense to buy (for example) 8GB of RAM though. And some people buy
32GB or 64GB or even MORE of RAM! It's simply insane...
I know RAM is cheap now. But if ONLY the 1st 2GB of RAM will ever be used...then the KISS
principle should apply. Fewer RAM sticks will lead to less chance of RAM failure, and use a
little less power, also. The best strategy for choosing RAM? Find the smallest stick of name
brand low-latency RAM that your motherboard supports. Then buy 2 or 3 of them, depending on
whether your motherboard is dual or triple channel. Now you've just maxed out the performance
of both Windows AND your hardware...
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