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Corsair ssd and coolermaster psu are quite weird choices.
You can get a 860W pc power and cooling for that price which is far superior. 15cm deep, so about as small as any on the market. Not modular, but far higher quality.
Corsair ssd has nasty transfer times, its generally inferior in every way to the vertex. I hope youve researched that one.

Debian doesnt like that dvd drive. Otherwise all good.
 
JonJ678 said:
Corsair ssd and coolermaster psu are quite weird choices.
You can get a 860W pc power and cooling for that price which is far superior. 15cm deep, so about as small as any on the market. Not modular, but far higher quality.
Corsair ssd has nasty transfer times, its generally inferior in every way to the vertex. I hope youve researched that one.

Debian doesnt like that dvd drive. Otherwise all good.
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heh okay...
95Thrifles said I need modular (well the review did) as my poor case choice :p
If you could point me to a superior one than the one I have then please do, it has fantastic reviews though.

The SSD is a strange thing, kept reading about transfer rates but for the price it became interesting. Then I read some very interesting reviews. There are some really high reviews for it due to its 32mb cache and price... So far everyone seems to think its great...

whats wrong with the drive? Only use mac / windows so if Debian is the only issue then its fine by me...

Thanks for the response :)
 
The optical drive is great, it just didn't like debian very much.

The ssd is good in terms of £ per gb, but thats not what ssds are for. They're raw performance, and transfer rates do matter. There is a good reason why it is cheaper than any of the others.

I think the pc power and cooling psu is far better. You don't *need* modular, quality matters more than tidy cables
 
Tbh, corsair, be quiet, coolermaster and zalman are all very good PSU manufactures. ALL of them will be fine with the set up.
 
wbc1 said:
Tbh, corsair, be quiet, coolermaster and zalman are all very good PSU manufactures. ALL of them will be fine with the set up.
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Choices....... It's a hard one as I know nothing! Just keep changing it as people have different opinions!

Anyone have a view on the SSD? Will it still be faster than a Raptor?
 
My initial choice would be Be Quiet then Corsair but as they are to big i would go for the Zalman for the sole reason that it is suppose to be very quiet and good very good reviews.

However, as long as you got a decent branded PSU it will be fine.

For the SSD i would look it the G.Skill Falcon SSD (OcUK don't sell it) and the OCZ vertex series
 
lynchy6789 said:
My initial choice would be Be Quiet then Corsair but as they are to big i would go for the Zalman for the sole reason that it is suppose to be very quiet and good very good reviews.

However, as long as you got a decent branded PSU it will be fine.

For the SSD i would look it the G.Skill Falcon SSD (OcUK don't sell it) and the OCZ vertex series
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Ouch, killer speeds....
Agreed, may have to get a G Skill 64gb instead and use the wd black a bit more than initially expected.
 
Hey. I'm going to repeat that this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-007-PP is the psu you want.
Corsair, be quiet, zalman etc are very good. Seasonic and pc power and cooling are the best. I'm using one of the 860W models now. Justification for this psu over the alternatives.

On the face of it, 7 year warranty and 200,000 mtbf are exceptional. That you can adjust the 12, 5, 3.3V rails yourself if you don't feel they're close enough to spec, using a multimeter and a screwdriver, is unbelievable. Next, it comes with a complete testing report done by hand prior to packaging, so the chances of it being dead on arrival are zero. Build quality is needless to say exceptional, I took one apart a few days ago and it's beautiful inside. For cooling they've chosen a (very) undervolted 3 blade 5000rpm delta. Delta make fantastic fans, known for being astonishingly loud. Nonetheless the psu is very quiet, and I'm becoming obsessive about how much noise my computer makes.

The vertex is a lot faster than the corsairs, as the price reflects. The g skill falcon 64gb and the vertex 60gb are almost identical, but the aftersales support of ocz wins it for me.

As for partitions, the most common way of doing the raid is at a level equivalent to the bios. The operating system is none the wiser, three 30gb drives in raid 0 will look exactly like a 90gb drive to the operating system. So yeah, partition it however you please. You'll need raid drivers to install windows onto it, but thats true whether partitioned or not.

p.s. there are a couple of people with the corsair ssds who seem to like them, but I'd not even look at one over a vertex. I'd rather a 30gb vertex to a 256gb corsair. The 30gb ocz is what other companies would call 32gb, they both format to 29.6gb or so.
 
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Hey. I'm going to repeat that this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-007-PP is the psu you want.
Corsair, be quiet, zalman etc are very good. Seasonic and pc power and cooling are the best. I'm using one of the 860W models now. Justification for this psu over the alternatives.

On the face of it, 7 year warranty and 200,000 mtbf are exceptional. That you can adjust the 12, 5, 3.3V rails yourself if you don't feel they're close enough to spec, using a multimeter and a screwdriver, is unbelievable. Next, it comes with a complete testing report done by hand prior to packaging, so the chances of it being dead on arrival are zero. Build quality is needless to say exceptional, I took one apart a few days ago and it's beautiful inside. For cooling they've chosen a (very) undervolted 3 blade 5000rpm delta. Delta make fantastic fans, known for being astonishingly loud. Nonetheless the psu is very quiet, and I'm becoming obsessive about how much noise my computer makes.

The vertex is a lot faster than the corsairs, as the price reflects. The g skill falcon 64gb and the vertex 60gb are almost identical, but the aftersales support of ocz wins it for me.

As for partitions, the most common way of doing the raid is at a level equivalent to the bios. The operating system is none the wiser, three 30gb drives in raid 0 will look exactly like a 90gb drive to the operating system. So yeah, partition it however you please. You'll need raid drivers to install windows onto it, but thats true whether partitioned or not.

p.s. there are a couple of people with the corsair ssds who seem to like them, but I'd not even look at one over a vertex. I'd rather a 30gb vertex to a 256gb corsair. The 30gb ocz is what other companies would call 32gb, they both format to 29.6gb or so.
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Thanks for the in-depth post!
A quick google search shows me its a good size, so I'm willing to be convinced, but to me (first time builder) I wouldn't know where to start in changing voltages, or even why... Modular has less wires (i think) which is good for my case as its apparently tricky to get back on without bending with cluttered wires... Though I'm sure its still possible non modular...
I want a plug and play PSU, no extra crap thats not necessary... Am I going to need to tinker with the voltages of this PSU? I have no ideas what 200,000mtfb means!

In regards to the SSD the falcon is 50GBP cheaper than the Vertex, so shall go with one of these, and possibly upgrade to two in future in Raid 0 :)
 
nice choice on the SDD. Just go for a plain and simple modular PSU that is made by a good brand no need for all the stuff on a PSU. Good luck with the build post some Pics
 
You don't at all want to change the voltages, they'll come beautifully set up. It's just amazing that the option is there at all. So no, you won't be playing with them.

200,000 mtbf is 200 thousand hours mean time before failure. That is a very very long time, essentially means its fit and forget. Average time between failures of 23 years. It's also rated for 860W continuous at 50 degrees rather than at 25, it's basically perfection in psu form.

It's not modular. I like this, modular psu's introduce more points of failure for resistive heating. I don't think that's worth it when cables aren't so hard to deal with anyway. I'll go find a picture of that case to make sure, will report back shortly.

At 50 quid less I'd choose the gskill one too
 
JonJ678 said:
You don't at all want to change the voltages, they'll come beautifully set up. It's just amazing that the option is there at all. So no, you won't be playing with them.

200,000 mtbf is 200 thousand hours mean time before failure. That is a very very long time, essentially means its fit and forget. Average time between failures of 23 years. It's also rated for 860W continuous at 50 degrees rather than at 25, it's basically perfection in psu form.

It's not modular. I like this, modular psu's introduce more points of failure for resistive heating. I don't think that's worth it when cables aren't so hard to deal with anyway. I'll go find a picture of that case to make sure, will report back shortly.

At 50 quid less I'd choose the gskill one too
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Thanks :) Bit weary as I can only go by what I'm told
 
lynchy6789 said:
nice choice on the SDD. Just go for a plain and simple modular PSU that is made by a good brand no need for all the stuff on a PSU. Good luck with the build post some Pics
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Thanks for your help, Think I may have to stretch for a 128gb to accommodate all my 3D apps.
I will certainly put up a build log as I will undoubtedly need help :p
 
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