i got a new computer
KrumFri Sep 03, 2010 3:11 am
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WannaBFri Sep 03, 2010 4:34 am
I can see a couple things that you could have spent more money here than there but its all good
idk how powerful that card is going to be though.
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just-dieFri Sep 03, 2010 8:44 am
MB nice
CPU nice
CASE ok
VID CARD its agp won`t work you need pci-e,with that said i would`nt waste my money(4600)
HD its nice but with those drives you need to run in raid 0 to really see the speed(yesterday newegg had the 150gig raptors for 99)
MEM nice
PSU nice
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UFANSFri Sep 03, 2010 11:51 am
Let me know how you like that MB, im looking to upgrade myself and want a good crossfire board. If you can swing it I would go for the 2 hard drives and RAID them. I have two of the older raptors (35gb) in a RAID for my OS and they are fast, but will be going SSD when I upgrade. By Christmas the price on video cards may go down if so I would recommend the 5850 or 5870.
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WannaBFri Sep 03, 2010 4:41 pm
what would have been a better bang for the buck would be to get a small ssd to use just for your games and OS. Then use a cheap 50 dollar HD for your programs and other storage needs.
As for the price you spent, you could have built an i7 rig for about the same price. ( Way more performance )
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KrumFri Sep 03, 2010 4:53 pm
hellin I already had that vid card i just using it till i get a new one. ufans the mobo is nice and i am likeing it so far and the reason i going for he 5770 is because it a reasonable price and it is still a good card but if the prices drop enough i might just buy it the 5850. wannab i when with the amd CPU because i am a amd fan. the hard drive choice was because SSD are expensive even for 50GB and i went with 1 300 GB raptor because i only wanted 1 HDD right now and i needed more than 150
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WannaBFri Sep 03, 2010 6:07 pm
Well i was referring to if you were to buy 2 hard drives like they were suggesting :P
Psh silly AMD fanboy
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UFANSFri Sep 03, 2010 6:59 pm
Dont worry Krum im an AMD fan, always have been always will be. You can always pick up another raptor and RAID it, you would have to reinstall the OS. I would recommend getting another HD for programs and downloads. Partitioning out a hard drive will not speed up load and access time when on the same drive. But if you put your OS on your raptor and programs on a 7200rpm drive this will allow the raptor to work the OS and the separate drive to work the programs at the same time. That is how I setup mine up.
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WannaBFri Sep 03, 2010 7:45 pm
The main thing you want a fast hard drives for are games, some large programs and OS's: All of the other programs you have simply don't need all that extra speed to run. I mean come on, does teamspeak need a super fast load speed?
Using a SSD as a boot drive is always going to out perform any HD's in raid.
60gb SSD for booting $150 + 300gb HD $50 = 360GB for $200 ~300MB/s ~80MB/s
1 300GB VelociRaptor $190
2 300GB VelociRaptor $380
~100MB/s after spin up
~185MB/s after spin up ( In raid )
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