Skaz~SPARTA~ Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 This is likely what will be sitting next to me in about a week: http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=18063426 where is the SSD? you can get 240gb ssd now for like 300 bucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pringle~SPARTA~ Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 $300 for 240Gb? Not in the budget. Anyway.. SSDs may offer faster transfer rates from disk to memory. However, once game data is in RAM, the hard drive is effectively irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skaz~SPARTA~ Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I had one in my pc, and another in my laptop. I will never own another computer without an SSD again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MH6~SPARTA~ Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 $300 for 240Gb? Not in the budget. Anyway.. SSDs may offer faster transfer rates from disk to memory. However, once game data is in RAM, the hard drive is effectively irrelevant. With games like Arma, that do a lot of reading/writing to disk to load art assets, it helps to setup a RAM disk that holds all the most common art assets (though you really need at least 6GB of RAM to do this). Makes the model "pop-in" issue almost non-existent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halli~SPARTA~ Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Nice, Im not a techie but rekon ya need more than 600w ps IE J.B. Hunt trucks years ago ran 600hp engines but was governed to only 68 mph of course it was 68 up hills as well as down with very little strain on the engine which would last 3 million miles. Also dang...... artic silver has gone way up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donziboy2 Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 $1100 on the system and you buy a $40 HDD...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pringle~SPARTA~ Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 The HDD at this point doesn't really matter. I fully intend to have a SSD... just not seeing much as far as cost/benefit right now. The OS does not need to be on a SSD. However, game files (depending on the game), could definitely benefit from them (when the price is right). So, for now, it's affordable (not quite) middle ground for me. I've even considered leaving the HDD out and using what I already have until I get a SSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter~SPARTA~ Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Unless you just particularly like the look of that case, that part of it seems overkill. From the description, it does have quite a few fans, but it seems it was primarily designed for a water cooling setup. Seems to me you could get a better deal on the case and have a few extra bucks to throw into another part. Looks like a good system, though. - JHunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pringle~SPARTA~ Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 I'm willing to part with the case. Sure, it looks nice and the fan options and cable management is nice too. I actually built this off of the specs of a package deal on TD. Just didn't have reason to replace the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter~SPARTA~ Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 If you ever have aspirations of getting into water cooling, then I'd stay with that one. However, if you have absolutely no intention of going that route, it just seems like "wasted" features that you're paying extra for. Just a thought. - JHunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pringle~SPARTA~ Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 i do like the fan controls on this case, too. The controls on my last one were inside the case (sure, that makes sense). But, I'm sure that can found elsewhere as well. I'll look into it. Thanks. As for proper water cooling... highly unlikely. The included 'cpu cooler' is technically a liquid cooler, just self contained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pringle~SPARTA~ Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 PC ordered!! See ya'll in game in about a week!! Thanks all for the help and advice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoScream~SPARTA~ Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Congrats on the order, hope you like it.... One point about SSD's, there not all about speed, there other main feature is reliability. With a mean (average) life if 15 years, you can forget about disk failure in comparison to a spindle HD. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive http://www.solidstatestorage.co.uk/10b.html For budgets I would always go for a 120Gb min SSD as BOOT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warzer0 Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 (edited) So is this system overkill? Mobo: EVGA Classified SR-2 CPU: 2x Intel Xeon X5650 Westmere 2.66GHz LGA 1366 95W 6 core (overclocked, total 12 cores) Memory: 6x SAMSUNG 8GB DDR3 1333 ECC Registered Server Memory (total 48Gb of ECC/registered memory) SSD: OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 series 480GB PCI-Express 2.0 x4 HDD: 2x Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.5" GFX: 2x EVGA GeForce GTX 580 SLI Optical: Pioneer Black Blu-ray Burner SATA PSU: CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX1200 1200W ATX12V Case: LIAN LI PC-V2120B Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case Est. for complete water cooling solution: $1000 Total cost: $8,575.98 PS. I'm half kidding Edited August 21, 2011 by warzer0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter~SPARTA~ Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 For gaming ? Is it going to be 8x faster then 1000$ PC? It will last 8x longer before upgrade? Its not chick magnet you can take sturday night out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warzer0 Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 (edited) For gaming ? Is it going to be 8x faster then 1000$ PC? It will last 8x longer before upgrade? Its not chick magnet you can take sturday night out. No but it'd be kinda nice to be able to be able to have 7 or 8 VMs running in the background, half of them doing a compile job and playing ARMA 2 at the same time without slowdown... Plus I've finally realized that the probability of a chick ever going out with me is about the same as me figuring out a practical and inexpensive solution to cold fusion AND the answer to global warming using a paper clip and chewing gum at the same time. Edited August 21, 2011 by warzer0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter~SPARTA~ Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Imho overkill but if it make you happy, go for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pringle~SPARTA~ Posted August 21, 2011 Author Share Posted August 21, 2011 War... I'd date you if I saw that rig in your bedroom.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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