What to spend a spare £100 on.

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Having some money as a birthday gift (£100) and wanting to know what would be a worthwhile investment for my computer or accessories currently I have come up with the Corsair HS1a Headset and a Razer Deathadder w/boogie mat as my mouse and headset are really not so good. Although I still want some suggestions for something or things I will enjoy, if this helps my specs are:

AMD Athlon II quad core 640 (3ghz)
4GB Ram
500GB HDD
MSI 870-C45 AMD 770 Chipset
 
Get an SSD you won't regret it.
Amazing instant performance increase across the board. The best upgrade I ever made when I bought my 1st one. SSD's really are that good!
 
Are you saying your mouse mat / mouse aren't so good? Sorry, it's late for me! That's a lot of smash that can be spent on games if your rig is up to it :)

If not, maybe keep it as the start of a nest egg for the near future - new technology is always pushing current prices down. Perhaps there is and aspect/area of your set up which could do with a spruce up... save your pennies and splurge for something epic :D
 
oliver2601 said:
Tbh, i'd go with a 60gb agility 3... 5 times the speed of a hdd instead of 2
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1/2 capacity, and he doesn't have SATA 3. But 60 GB SSD is quite enough as an OS drive. 120GB leaves a lot of room for quite a few games and apps.

The leap between a Vertex and a HDD is massive. The leap between a Vertex 120GB and a agility 3 60GB isn't so much.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4346/ocz-agility-3-240gb-review/1

In the benches he Corsair Nova is roughly similar to the Vertex 1st generation (indillix barefoot).
 
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oliver2601 said:
Would also help if you told us what you use your PC for and what you think its limitations are that you are wanting to overcome.
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This is a very good point, I do a lot video editing and rendering which brings in the question if an extra 4gb of ram will benefit me much? My card isn't such an issue as I only play on a 18.5" monitor. The reason why I went for the mouse and headset route is because mine are really not up to scratch but I still feel like some money can be spent elsewhere.

Thanks
 
If low boot times and programme loading times are important to you then go for SSD.

If your mainly a gamer and loading times don't bother you put it towards a new decent 24" monitor or decent peripherals.

Yeah, SSDs are pretty amazing but everyone has different priorities. I'd personally go for peripherals or monitor!

I love my 64GB Crucial M4 in my HTPC but my main system is usually switched on only once a day and when not using it it's asleep or in hibernation.
 
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