Question about components in my computer

Ya i am going to get the amd because i saw the article on cnet where they compared the 2 dual core and they said amd was better. also how many watts minimum would this system need?? I also heard that EVGA is really really good. Im gonna listen to malorty and save some money on the ram and cd rom and get a

7900 gtx from evga
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130279

o and is this ram ok
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16820145596

is that hard drive good. i have no idea which companies make good hard drives. and do you think its worth it to go to the 10,000 rpm hard drive???

Thanks,
noto

o ya is xoxide.com a reliable place to buy stuff from?? i was thinking about getting the lian li pc-75b from there

Personally when i first got into computer i rember when a 486 was top of the range with 8MB ram and a 40MB HDD running DOS 6.2, but anyway, when AMD came into the market, they were a bit crap, but then they took over, first to hit 100MHz, first to get 500MHz, first get 1GHz and first 64BIT retail chip and first Dual Core.

But that aside, Intel's chips are better for Video encoding/Playback where as the AMD is better for number crunching, Intel is coded for OS/2 where as AMD is coded for Windows, so windows has to use more cycles when your using Intel compaired to AMD.

But its all personal choice.

The only diffrence between the 7800 and 7900 is the Die size, the smaller the process the colder they run, therefor the more they can be pushed, which is why the 7900 standard is 650MHz.

Legoman-Glad we could come to an agreement ;)

Xcom-I didn't know that, pretty interesting stuff

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and do you think its worth it to go to the 10,000 rpm hard drive

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As long as it's at 7200 it should be fine. I mean, I do video editing, and 7200 has never let me down even with HUGE video's

id prob save money and stick to 7200 rpm unless ur a hardcore gamer. as for minimum wats for the pxu id say at least over 500 maybe even 550, cuz ur running two nice graphics cards, a dual core cpu and a bunch of other components. make sure ur psu is sli certified, runs dual rail 12v and runs a minimum of +12v @ 32-34A to ensure you can provide enough stable power to all ur components cuz thats a really high end sli pc that will crave power!

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