Gaming PC £1500

Gantoris said:
Well if were talking about wasting money the price of SSDs will eventually fall sharply this time next year we could be seeing them at double the capacity and half the cost.
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Ppl been hoping for this massive price drops with SSDs for years now.

How long do you wait? Personally I like to go in at half time (if you will) and enjoy the time I get with the product rather than waiting for AGES to get it for less. This is the same with TVs, cars lots of things really....

I'd say the 60GB Vertex2 at £99 is CHEAP.

I have the 80GB intel x25 m gen2 and it has W7, TFC, L4D1+2 and CODMW2 installed on it.

Those are all the games I play regularly so it's fine. I've got about 11-12GB free too.

In the time I have owned my SSD it cost me £180 and it's now £150 (9 months in total roughly) the same money spent on GFX cards would get you.... a 1GB GTX 460 - how much will that cost/how well will it perform in 9 months time? My guess is it will be less than £150 in 9 months time.

My point is that SSDs, imo, are a better investment than GFX cards.
 
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Were just starting to see some amazing new tech from SSDs hitting the market tho what with revodrives and now the HDSL ones, im thinking competition is going to start heating up a lot now. Its only recently that they have started becoming more mainstream as opposed to a high priced enthusiast gadget, just is just my feeling but i really belive they will plummet in price soon.

Indecently if you must get a 120gb SSD get http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-051-OC&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1427 the one 95thrifles linked has pooey write speeds.

There is nothing wrong with 95thrifles build, it will be an amazing PC but for me personally i recommend saving £200 on the SSD, £100 on the monitor (could still get a nice 27" one for considerably cheaper) and another chunk of savings by going for a Phenom 2 (amazing for gaming, more bang for buck) and investing the money saved in stunning graphical performance. This is all personal opinion, im a gamer and i feel my needs would be served better this way but its up to you how you spend you money and what your priorities are. Non of us are right or wrong tbh, just opinions.
 
Gantoris, again? lol, do you just stalk my posts so you can keep arguing with me? (/Joke)

The point of a SSD is for fast read speeds, you tend to only write to them initially, then spend 99% of the time reading, so its read speeds that matter most, not write

Also I agree with you that you shouldnt sacrifice gaming performance for a SSD, but its not a sacrifice is it? The OP has ample budget for both so does not need to shoe horn in a SSD as you put it
As WU-TANG says, people have been hoping for SSDs to come down in price for years now, theyre still relatively unchanged
Not going to get onto the IPS vs TN panel debate here, weve done that to death in 2/3 threads already :p but yes youve made it quite clear youd run SLI 480s on a 12" TN panel with an IDE HDD rather than use new tech, might be small picture and big boot times, but when Im playing I get 6000fps, lol (I am taking the Michael yes)
 
Gantoris said:
Well thats the problem, if its just for the OS then is it really worth £90 for windows to load in 10 seconds rather than 20? People keep tryin to convince me of the benefits but i just cant see it, i cant see the reason its worth the money.
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Not sure if I am taking this the wrong or not but yes just for OS I don't see the point either but as I said for me running photoshop off it as well it runs smooth (though there are other factors too) Forgot to add, if I can sort out my 3ds max I want try it off an SSD but I don't know how much better it will run if at all.

Anyway, back on topic. There is always a balance of buying parts for new PC's and this balance needs to set by the owner, not just as "it will be for gaming" but where are you happy to sacrifice things. In your budget if your spending the extra money on a 480 over a 470 where is the difference coming from?
 
OK lets have a go just for fun :). 23" IPS monitor, 120GB SSD, 480-spanking GPU setup, absolutely superb choice of keyboard and mouse ;)

Dell Ultrasharp U2311H 23" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey £264.36
OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G) £199.99
2x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with HAWX2 PC-Game £338.38
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £141.99
Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case & Coolermaster GX 750W Power Supply £131.99
MSI P55-GD65 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £99.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £80.99
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £70.49
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £43.99
Microsoft SideWinder X8 Mouse with BlueTrack Technology (3HA-00003) £43.99
Microsoft SideWinder X6 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (AGB-00006) £39.99
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £34.99
Samsung SH-S222A/BEBE 22x DVD±RW IDE Rewriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Sub Total : £1,280.96
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.75
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £226.75
Total : £1,522.46
 
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