First computer build - looking for some help

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John101 said:
Sorry my bad, dident realized :o however i would still stick with the original HD as it seems the better choice.

Read this >>> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/266785-14-sata-replacement-current-sata-hard-drive

Say if you run into problems with the original HD, it will be easier to find help as it more popular than the sata III. That's my opinion anyway :D
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OK so basically, if I could find the money, it would a lot more beneficial to get a SSD to boot from or something and keep the SATA II drive?

Here is the set-up so far:

Case - Zalman Z9
PSU - XFX 650W XXX
CPU - i5-2500k
Mobo- MSI p67a-GD65
Graphics card - ATI Radeon HD 5850
RAM - G.Skill RipJawsX 4GB
HD - Seagate Barracuda
CPU Cooler - Corsair A50

Which is £616.71 including shipping
 
nice.

I run a SSD and 1TB (well two of them) combo. Best of both worlds.

Keep the SSD in mind if you want to have windows and applications more responsive. If you can live with it, then no SSD is fine.

Similarly, if you feel you need more horsepower in the graphics department in the future, another HD5850 will give you another cheap option. The PSU will handle that no problem. That gives you a performance around a GTX 580.
 
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olivier renault said:
Keep the SSD in mind if you want to have windows and applications more responsive. If you can live with it, then no SSD is fine.

Similarly, if you feel you need more horsepower in the graphics department in the future, another HD5850 will give you another cheap option. The PSU will handle that no problem. That gives you a performance around a GTX 580.
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I heard that SSDs have a very short lifespan, so I'm not too sure. Well, I definitely won't get one now, but I think I'll research it a bit and then think about it. Although I read somewhere that if you get like 2 or 3 HDDs and set them on RAID 0 it can be just as fast as a SSD in responsiveness. Or is it just not worth the extra cost?
 
I would go with the xfx if u can since they are made by seasonic and are very high quality. Personally I don't trust bequite since they were bought by ocz and I don't rate ocz very highly compared to seasonic psu's but they get reccomended on this forum a lot. Other forums tend to be more negative about ocz psu's.
 
Can I ask what is the difference between MSI GD55 and GD65 if I only plan to OC to 4.4 to 4.6 Ghz on a i5 2500k?
 
pig said:
Can I ask what is the difference between MSI GD55 and GD65 if I only plan to OC to 4.4 to 4.6 Ghz on a i5 2500k?
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Here is a good comparison chart of all the physical differences. Doesn't look like much difference apart from the 2 extra eSATA ports and 2 extra SATA III ports, a higher grade vrm and dual BIOS.
But the difference in price is hardly anything.
 
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