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[Phoenix Fury]

spinpoint is only SATA II isn't it?

Also new computer in next few weeks yayayay so pumped!

 

[Lolsmith]

just short stroked and lba modded my hard drive

samsung spinpoint f3 1tb (short stroked down to 100gb) ~ $60

in comparison, western digital velociraptor ~$140 for 150gb model

also, kingston ssdnow 64gb

i could've short stroked it down to 150gb and it still would've destroyed the velociraptor in everything besides access time (nothing can make up for that 10000 rpm lol)

ssd access times are amazing but a short stroked hdd will beat it in raw throughput

but srsly, velociraptors are stupid

tell me what these things mean

Also how can something have -1% CPU usage

 

[cosmo kramer]

1 GB RAM
256 MB video card
140 GB HD
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
Monitor
Speakers
Keyboard
Mouse
Power cord

 

[ohexploitable]

tell me what these things mean

Also how can something have -1% CPU usage

hard drive speeds

faster hdd means faster boot up time, faster program loads etc.

-1% cpu usage would be a program bug since hdtune was designed for hdds, not ssds

 

[SnowFox]

AMD PHENOM II X4 955 BE.
4GB RAM
1TB internal HDD/s
Geforce GTX460 SE (2GB, system has it @ 2.8GB)
M4A87TD Motherboard.


Want to update to 8GBram and a New GTX560.

 

[Phoenix Fury]

460 SE should be fine for another year at least but if you do wanna up to 560 get the Ti model, fair bit more performance for not much more cost.

 

[SnowFox]

yeah i was looking at getting the Ti.

 

[Phoenix Fury]

yeah i was looking at getting the Ti.

Grouse

In a week or so I'll be getting:

CoolerMaster Hyper 212+ CPU Cooler
ASUS DRW-24B3ST 24X DVDRW Drive
Corsair TX-750 V2 Power Supply
Gainward GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB Golden Sample
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB WD10EALX
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit with SP1 OEM
Kingston ValueRAM KVR1333D3N9K2/8G 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3
Intel Core i5 2500K
CoolerMaster HAF 922 Case
Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 Motherboard
TP-Link TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter

SO FUCKING EXCITED!

 

[ohexploitable]

ASUS DRW-24B3ST 24X DVDRW Drive

try to get an NEC chipset optical drive instead if you can

e.g. Sony Opticarc AD-7280 or the older pioneer drives (the newer drives have crap chipsets)

they're the best drives but it doesn't matter too much since you won't be using the optical drive much

Gainward GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB Golden Sample

radeon hd6950 is faster

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-6950-1gb-vs-geforce-gtx-560-ti-review/

Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB WD10EALX

samsung spinpoint f3 1tb

the fastest consumer hdd currently on the market iirc

many stores don't have it in stock due to high demand but if you can get one then it'll be much better than a caviar blue (even caviar black)

Kingston ValueRAM KVR1333D3N9K2/8G 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3

make sure it's 1.5V ram

older/cheaper 1.65V ram is not good for sandy bridge, can fry the memory controller (actually intel says 1.65V is the upper limit)

 

[Phoenix Fury]

try to get an NEC chipset optical drive instead if you can

e.g. Sony Opticarc AD-7280 or the older pioneer drives (the newer drives have crap chipsets)

they're the best drives but it doesn't matter too much since you won't be using the optical drive much

Okay thanks will look into this

radeon hd6950 is faster

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-6950-1gb-vs-geforce-gtx-560-ti-review/

Don't really want an ATI GPU due to problems friends have had.
I originally did go with this card with an AMD CPU and mobo but then swapped it out for this. 560 Ti is about 91% as fast as 6950 so it doesn't bother me too much.

samsung spinpoint f3 1tb

the fastest consumer hdd currently on the market iirc

many stores don't have it in stock due to high demand but if you can get one then it'll be much better than a caviar blue (even caviar black)

Wouldn't it be better to get a SATA III instead of 2 though or does that not really matter though? I had this before I went over it with friends, f3 is only $4 more so it doesn't bother me.

make sure it's 1.5V ram

older/cheaper 1.65V ram is not good for sandy bridge, can fry the memory controller (actually intel says 1.65V is the upper limit)

It is 1.5v, i made sure to check

 

[ohexploitable]

Wouldn't it be better to get a SATA III instead of 2 though or does that not really matter though? I had this before I went over it with friends, f3 is only $4 more so it doesn't bother me.

no point getting sata 3 in a hdd

no hdd will even reach the max of sata 2

sata 3 is for ssd where sata 2 is a bottleneck

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sata 2 supports up to 300 MB/s

my spinpoint f3 (as you can see in my short stroking post) will only do 140 MB/s average sustained read

since a velociraptor is 100 MB/s i'm guessing a caviar blue will do maybe 90 MB/s

 

[ohexploitable]

even sata 1 will suffice

sata 1 vs sata 3 will yield no performance differences in a mechanical hdd

only ssds take advantage of sata 3

 

[Phoenix Fury]

Wow okay f3 it is then

hmm is there a way i can find out more about this NEC chipset thing, like which drives will have it if it doesnt say on pccg site?

 

[ohexploitable]

Wow okay f3 it is then

hmm is there a way i can find out more about this NEC chipset thing, like which drives will have it if it doesnt say on pccg site?

Optiarc was a joint venture between Sony and NEC so all recent sony optiarc drives will have them

pioneer drives up to the DVR 217 have them, 218 and 219 have mediatek

idk just ask on whirlpool, http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1473880

but i wouldn't stress over it since you won't be using the dvd drive much

 

[ohexploitable]

note NEC chips don't have smart-erase,

so this: http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=658_667&products_id=11487

is actually the mediatek version contrary to that whirlpool thread

 

[ohexploitable]

oh and definitely don't get this: http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=658_667&products_id=16397

i bought one just because i wanted my pc to look nice (only drive without ugly white branding)

but it sounds like a vacuum cleaner

 

[Phoenix Fury]

oh and definitely don't get this: http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=658_667&products_id=16397

i bought one just because i wanted my pc to look nice (only drive without ugly white branding)

but it sounds like a vacuum cleaner

Hmm alright cheers, I might just stick with the ASUS thing, the only thing I use optical drive for is installing games.

 

[robertmartin]

im using anti glare

 

[ohexploitable]

2011 macbook air 11"

1.6ghz intel core i5-2467M
4gb ram
128gb ssd

delicious

 

[ZombieApocalypse]

My laptop is white and has buttons I can press on it and this thing that I can put my hand over to make this thing on the screen move around and it also has a glowing apple on the back of it and a little square thing that shows my face on the screen when I press buttons and stuff