Help understanding Raid/ New Build is it good?

Really well might have to grab some of those modular power supplies someone posted earlier today

with regards to the ram should i go for stuff rated above 1600 for the newer i5 chip?

why is this so hard lol, missed the pc power and cooling psu deal narrowed it down to these few choices

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...6817139028
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...6817151093
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...6817151094
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...6817151074
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...6817139026

Stick with DDR3-1600 if you do not plan to overclock the RAM.

As for your PSU selections, the Corsair 430w looks pretty good after the rebate, even if it is a prepaid card. A recommendation from Jonnyguru should be pretty good as well.

Quote from davcohen : What would be a reasonable output for these type of systems? I would have thought a minimum of 500w, bare in mind I will most likely never add anything onto these systems just want something that can handle random power inputs at times lol In terms of the ram will a lower CL number with timing be beneficial or will the difference barely be noticeable

Do yourself a favor and get a UPS/Battery backup.

I saw some of those UPS/ Battery Backup's in Microcenter they seemed fairly well priced unless someone can post a link, so these things are surge protectors as well as keeping everything powered for a certain amount of time depending on the model you buy?

Not planning on any overclocking but have seen some 1866mhz or higher speced ram for close to if not the same price as 1600mhz stuff just didnt know whether it was worth spending so much time finding the best ram, I am just checking as they are Z77 Mobo's

With the Rebate that Psu is hard to pass up on

Quote from davcohen : Not planning on any overclocking but have seen some 1866mhz or higher speced ram for close to if not the same price as 1600mhz stuff just didnt know whether it was worth spending so much time finding the best ram, I am just checking as they are Z77 Mobo's

most likely your motherboard won't support past 1600 without OCing, so if your not looking to OC, stick to 1600 ram and if you want "better" ram, look for lower latency ram - but that likely won't matter much anyways..

hopefully this will be compatible as im in for two sets lol

http://slickdeals.net/f/5028412-8...10-rebate?

Quote from davcohen : hopefully this will be compatible as im in for two sets lol http://slickdeals.net/f/5028412-8...10-rebate?

When looking for a motherboard, make sure you look into its compatibility with 1.65v RAM. I believe most motherboards will not have problems with it but there will be some that are picky with RAM. Just search the motherboard model and 1.65v RAM on google to find some leads.

While RAID is not a backup solution, I do use it myself on most builds in a mirrored configuration (RAID1) to provide at least some protection against catastrophic HD failure (it’s there, so why not use it). I'll also use RAID1 when someone asks me to build them a system. As so often happens, I’ll eventually get a call about a hard drive failure, and more times than not, no backup. But w/ RAID1 in place, at least I have a chance that's still functional. So in that sense it can serve as a poor/lazy man’s backup.

Thanks for all the advice ended up with two builds just waiting for some of the stuff to arrive so I can put them together, only question remains in my mind on the first build I will have an SSD and a regular harddrive how does that work as I dont see jumpers on the back of drives anymore is it all done through bios? Also with the cd drive is that best placed on a seperate sata port then the hd?

Build one:

Cpu
http://www.microcenter.com/single...id=0388577
Motherboard
http://www.microcenter.com/single...id=0393422
Ram
http://www.microcenter.com/single...id=0360527
SSD
http://www.microcenter.com/single...id=0385837
HDD
http://www.microcenter.com/single...id=0331606
PSU
http://www.microcenter.com/single...id=0361421


Build Two:

Cpu
http://www.microcenter.com/single...id=0354589
Motherboard
http://www.microcenter.com/single...id=0393422
Ram
http://www.microcenter.com/single...id=0360527
SSD
http://www.microcenter.com/single...id=0385837
PSU
http://www.microcenter.com/single...id=0361421


Now just have to work out exactly how much I spent, although I think I got some good deals after rebates, the above are just links to the products not necessarily what I paid for them. For two fairly budget builds I hope they provide a much needed upgrade to my current setups