Nope, I use every bit of it. I do alot of HD encoding and animation so this was worth it. All told I spent about $1400 on additional parts. I already had the sound, video, power supply, 1x 1.5TB black drive, Pioneer DVD and cooler from previous machine. I got a 7.7 on the windows experience test if that makes a difference.
memory got during newegg sale bought 1 12gb kit for 180 and bought the other during a promo coupon thing for 150.
processor i got through a special intel retail channel purchase for $250 - quite a deal there.
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Finally got my new rig up and running and got some kinks worked out with power down on drives but it's all good.
Asus P6X58D-E Motherboard ($209)
Intel Core i7-970 (six core processor) ($215) ***Bought through a special Retail Channel from Intel***
Cooler Master Hyper 212+ heatsink (previously owned)
24GB Ram (G-Skill Ripjaw Series) ($200 + $150 = $350)
Corsair Vertex 2 120GB SSD (boot drive) ($180)
2x WD 1.5TB Black Edition Drives (64MB Cache) (1x previously owned) (1x $110)
2x WD 2TB Green Drives (64MB Cache) (2x $100 = $200)
XFX Radeon 5850 1GB Graphics Card (previously owned)
Creative Labs X-Fi Elite Pro (previously owned)
Corsair TX750 Watt Power Supply (previously owned)
Pioneer DVD+R/RW Sata Drive (previously owned)
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit (previously owned)
Grand Total for New Parts = $1,444
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