Personal computing discussed
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Ifalna wrote:Your choices look reasonable, but you really should plan to replace your 150 GB 10,000 RPM hard-drive with a 120 GB SSD as your boot drive.Let me start with what I am currently running:
Board: Asus P5WDH-Deluxe
CPU: Core2Duo E6600 (no OC)
RAM: 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 800MHz
Graphics: Asus 8800GTX
Sound: X-Fi Titanium HD
HDD: WD Raptor 150GB + WD Green 2TB
Optical: LG SATA BluRay toaster
PSU: Thermaltake Evo Blue 650W
Case: Lian Li PC60
Cooler: Noctua NH-D14
As far as SSDs are concerned: I do not really see the point, because I do not have the financial resources to buy a big one and would have to load games from an HDD anyway. While it would be fun to have some super fast starting windows It is not worth the 100-200€ to me.
TheEmrys wrote:The Raptor is a bad choice. You'll get more bang for the buck with a ~120 GB SSD. Shoot, the 150 GB Raptor is running $30 more than I paid for my OCZ Agility 3 @ 120 GB.
And for what I do, I have 15 GB free with Skyrim, All the Company of Heroes, Mafia II, Day of Defeat Source, and Civ V installed. Plus some "real" apps. Go SSD.
gbcrush wrote:I want to higlight the hdds too, but not necessarily to line them up for ssd replacement. Just going by the age of the proc, I want to adk how old are the harddrives? I know for myself, if I see an hdd has been in use for four years, it is automatically suspect to me.
Ifalna wrote:As far as SSDs are concerned: I do not really see the point, because I do not have the financial resources to buy a big one and would have to load games from an HDD anyway.
Forge wrote:I feel I need to counterpoint. I bought eight sticks of low-ish latency (9), standard voltage (1.5V), high quality DDR3-1600 for about 150$ a few weeks ago. 150$ doesn't go all that far for a decent sized SSD. I'm planning for a Samsung 256GB towards the end of summer, but that'll be nearly 2X what my RAM cost, and the RAM provides benefits both now and after the SSD purchase.
Forge wrote:I feel I need to counterpoint. I bought eight sticks of low-ish latency (9), standard voltage (1.5V), high quality DDR3-1600 for about 150$ a few weeks ago. 150$ doesn't go all that far for a decent sized SSD. I'm planning for a Samsung 256GB towards the end of summer, but that'll be nearly 2X what my RAM cost, and the RAM provides benefits both now and after the SSD purchase.
Forge wrote:I feel I need to counterpoint. I bought eight sticks of low-ish latency (9), standard voltage (1.5V), high quality DDR3-1600 for about 150$ a few weeks ago. 150$ doesn't go all that far for a decent sized SSD. I'm planning for a Samsung 256GB towards the end of summer, but that'll be nearly 2X what my RAM cost, and the RAM provides benefits both now and after the SSD purchase.
I want to adk how old are the harddrives?
Given your intended uses, it seems very silly to spend damn-near $300 on a high-end, OC-centered, bells-n-whistles-laden uber-motherboard. Consider the cost and feature spread of Asus' other Z77 motherboards, some of which cost less than half as much as the Deluxe.
But no jumping to conclusions until i see real retail reviews
What are the plans with the other hardware being replaced and does it makes sense to either repurpose that as a whole or try to sell it/give it away?
Ifalna wrote:Given your intended uses, it seems very silly to spend damn-near $300 on a high-end, OC-centered, bells-n-whistles-laden uber-motherboard. Consider the cost and feature spread of Asus' other Z77 motherboards, some of which cost less than half as much as the Deluxe.
Maybe, but I learned the hard way that you better never save money on the board. I hate unstable systems.
flip-mode wrote:Why? I have a small fleet (40 or so) of hard drives whose age ranges from five years to nine years. What is FAR more important than hard drive age is whether or not you have a proper back up in place.
Ifalna wrote:Maybe, but I learned the hard way that you better never save money on the board. I hate unstable systems.
Ifalna wrote:Well the only difference between the deluxe and (e.g.) the normal Z77V (besides the "omg more LAN cards double WiFi and "moar" SATA ports) are the power phases (normal 8 CPU, deluxe 16CPU) I don't know whether I'm falling for a marketing gag here but as far as I understand it: more phases -> cooler components -> less noise on the operating voltage -> more stability.
That and eSATA... oO