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-Drack-
Title: Destroyer of Worlds
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Registered: 2003-3-13 20:17:16
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Ok I'm thinking about adding an SSD drive. So I should put like windows and the things I use the most on that?
Can anyone recommend a good brand?
Also, I'm thinking 128GB. Or are do they fail enough that I should go with 64gb?
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ikkoikki
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Registered: 2009-2-8 10:34:47
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intel or samsung
don't buy OCZ or Crucial as they tend to have a relatively high failure rate
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Date Posted:
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go the next step down in video cards...maybe 2 steps (the 560 will play anything on the market afaik at max settings). get windows 7 64 bit...there are ways to get it free which work perfectly well if you aren't against being a pirate occasionally...just find the ones with good reviews.
get yourself 8gb RAM if you do that, no need to get more than that, it won't be useful.
could also drop to an 800w PSU and be fine, just pick a good quality one with multiple 12V rails on it.
I can't comment on SSD or not, as I have never had one...but I have heard they fail a lot compared to platter drives. if you don't get a SSD, stick with a 10k RPM drive as the main drive and use a slower drive as your storage drive.
case looks good, lots of positive reviews on it.
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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I would not buy that video card.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5476/amd-radeon-7950-review
Give us your Budget and lets have a contest on who can put the $$ to better use. I wouldnt mind $26 as a prize. Ill use it to buy a 5th of Kettle One since ill be the winner.
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-Drack-
Title: Destroyer of Worlds
Posts: 170
Registered: 2003-3-13 20:17:16
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Nerf-Evil-Oo posted:
I would not buy that video card.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5476/amd-radeon-7950-review
Give us your Budget and lets have a contest on who can put the $$ to better use. I wouldnt mind $26 as a prize. Ill use it to buy a 5th of Kettle One since ill be the winner.
My budget is whatever I want, but I'd like to keep it around like $2,000 max (A little higher wouldn't be out of the question though if it's worth it). While the contest sounds like a good idea (except for the prize lol) I was hoping to have everything ordered today.
Oh also I forgot I need to get a new monitor. How does this one look?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236049
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regulator_cracka
Title: They finally recognized greatness.
Posts: 3,726
Registered: 2009-1-6 15:07:53
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-Drack-
Title: Destroyer of Worlds
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Registered: 2003-3-13 20:17:16
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Date Posted:
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ArchrikerHG posted:
go the next step down in video cards...maybe 2 steps (the 560 will play anything on the market afaik at max settings). get windows 7 64 bit...there are ways to get it free which work perfectly well if you aren't against being a pirate occasionally...just find the ones with good reviews.
Since money isn't really an issue I was wanting to get the best video card there is so I won't have to upgrade for quite awhile, I might consider going a step down though. I don't have a problem being a pirate, I don't have a burner though. I guess I could install windows 7 32 bit on my new computer, get it, burn it, then reformat but that's too much trouble imo I'd rather just buy the 64 bit.
get yourself 8gb RAM if you do that, no need to get more than that, it won't be useful.
Thanks, that's what I thought is that I wouldn't be able to utilize the full 16gb memory though I was very tempted. Anyone else have an opinion on this?
could also drop to an 800w PSU and be fine, just pick a good quality one with multiple 12V rails on it.
Alright thanks, I'll probably drop to an 800. Since I was getting the top of everything I figured it would take up quite a bit of power.
I can't comment on SSD or not, as I have never had one...but I have heard they fail a lot compared to platter drives. if you don't get a SSD, stick with a 10k RPM drive as the main drive and use a slower drive as your storage drive.
case looks good, lots of positive reviews on it.
Yeah that's what I noticed, plus I want to make sure I have some room to work with since video card is going to be massive and I either read in the reviews or in the facts something about it having a lot of room. In the lastcomputer I built, I got a GeForce GTX 285 and it almost didn't fit in the case I got
Well I decided to just buy everything sometime tomorrow since it's the weekend so I'd still love to hear some ideas.
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ikkoikki
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Registered: 2009-2-8 10:34:47
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get that Silverstone Fortress case I linked to back on page 1, it'll really help keep everything cool. Help protect your valuable long term investment.
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notmforce2k
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Registered: 2011-10-9 09:37:34
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itt: People who know more than me.
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Axispipe
Title: Destroyer of Worlds
Posts: 525
Registered: 2002-2-9 11:05:08
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The_Town_Perv posted:
Ah-Schoo posted:
regulator_cracka posted:
Shazami posted:
So you're dumping $1600 and only getting a 150 gb 10k rpm hd?? And 4gb ram?? O-o
Your priorities are screwed up...
Purpose behind computer then?
He makes sense. Most of these people know more than I do, but I would back off the $500 gpu for more ram and you can always upgrade later when the price of that card drops.
Personally, I would hold off on the SSD until they get larger, cheaper, and more reliable, but I will be alone on that.
Not alone. 
I second that.
third.
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