PC build thread

[noiseredux]

You need to game with your mouse and keyboard first, then get a soundcard.

I thought you were above this, man.

[fastbilly1]

You should have known better. Until you can beat halo with an arcade stick, it is mouse and keyboard in this house!

We make an exception for Wiimote and DDR pad.

[MrPopo]

Hex core i7 noise

Old news. You want the eight core i7.

Someone let me know when they finally have a reasonably priced (aka < $1k) 2TB SSD so I can finally SSD up my main drive.

[RyaNtheSlayA]

Hex core i7 noise

Old news. You want the eight core i7.

Someone let me know when they finally have a reasonably priced (aka < $1k) 2TB SSD so I can finally SSD up my main drive.

We'll get there within 8 months I'm sure of it. Samsung just debuted the 850 Pro which uses 3D NAND layout instead of a traditional flat PCB and so a 2tb SSD that is actually reliable should be just on the horizon. Looking forward to testing out the performance of the 512gb. Should be here next week but wont be able to really try it out till I get a hold of a friends external enclosure to back up and transfer.

[Cronozilla]

Hex core i7 noise

Old news. You want the eight core i7.

Why stop there? Put full fledged server CPUs in the box. Dual 15 core Xeons.

Someone let me know when they finally have a reasonably priced (aka < $1k) 2TB SSD so I can finally SSD up my main drive.

2 x 1TB SSDs at < $500 would be the best option.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 12K21G5997

Put those in RAID to behave as a single drive, and you'd be in business.

As soon as SATA III SSD drives come out in 2TB size, it won't be in the $6K range for it.

[flex wood]

Hex core i7 noise

Old news. You want the eight core i7.

Old news? They released at the same time though. Either way you would be looking at at least $300 on the mobo alone with any of those chips.

[MrPopo]

Hex core i7 noise

Old news. You want the eight core i7.

Old news? They released at the same time though. Either way you would be looking at at least $300 on the mobo alone with any of those chips.

Hex core came out a year ago, the 8 core i7 was revealed at PAX this year; I was at Intel's event where they revealed it.

2 x 1TB SSDs at < $500 would be the best option.

I'd rather not RAID 0 my primary system drive. Especially since the reason I need a 2 TB drive is I have EVERY game installed so I really don't want to deal with 2x the failure rate.

[flex wood]

Hex core came out a year ago, the 8 core i7 was revealed at PAX this year; I was at Intel's event where they revealed it.

Ah I see what you are talking about. I meant this chip here that was released at the same time as the one one you posted and runs on the same chipset as that one.

[Cronozilla]

the reason I need a 2 TB drive is I have EVERY game installed

Have you looked at hybrids? It'll give you the majority of the speed you require (it uses something like 8GB of SSD to cache disc usage patterns), and the price point you want.

It's not quite as fast as SSD alone (1.5x speed?), but it's much faster than an HDD, especially after running the software more than once.

2TB is about $115, 4TB is about $170.

Game performance beyond the first time running is virtually identical to a full SSD. Operating System boot times are middling between SSD and HDD times.
None the less, a significant improvement that barely costs more than an HDD.

[MrPopo]

I'd considered it, but I feel like if I did get one I'd just want to get a full SSD once it became affordable. I'm willing to wait until I can get the real thing.