How can I improve this rig?

Cromulent · 29 Aug 2011 at 20:11

Can anyone let me know how I can improve this rig please?

The reason I have 2 SSDs and 2 1TB HDDs is because 1 SSD and 1 HDD is for Linux and the other is for Windows 7 if anyone was wondering.

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stulid · 29 Aug 2011 at 20:14

1600mhz ram.

Samsung F3 instead of the WD Blacks.

Crucial M4 instead of the OCZ.

Retail Blu-Ray drive so it comes with powerdvd or something to play disks.

RJC · 29 Aug 2011 at 20:14

I would change the hard drive to the Samsung F3 1tb drive and look at 1600mhz memory.

Cromulent · 29 Aug 2011 at 20:17

stulid said:
1600mhz ram.

Samsung F3 instead of the WD Blacks.

Crucial M4 instead of the OCZ.

Retail Blu-Ray drive so it comes with powerdvd or something to play disks.

Hmm I thought the write speed sucked on the M4's in comparison? Overclockers lists it as 95MB/sec compared with 400MB+/sec with the OCZ.

stulid · 29 Aug 2011 at 20:19

Cromulent said:
Hmm I thought the write speed sucked on the M4's in comparison? Overclockers lists it as 95MB/sec compared with 400MB+/sec with the OCZ.

You use read speeds mostly for SSD's, plus they dont have the issues like OCZ have been having.

And, theres been a firmware update for the M4's, big increase in speeds,
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18311207

Cromulent · 29 Aug 2011 at 20:29

stulid said:
You use read speeds mostly for SSD's, plus they dont have the issues like OCZ have been having.

And, theres been a firmware update for the M4's, big increase in speeds,
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18311207

Ah fair enough. Thanks.

fowler002 · 29 Aug 2011 at 20:35

motherboard wise asus p8z68v-pro or asrock extreme4 gen3(tho currently out of stock), asrock has the advantage of being future proof interms of pci-e 3.0 just upgrade cpu(ivy bridge) + grahics card without needing to upgrade motherboard.

minimadmotorman · 29 Aug 2011 at 21:15

Get the OEM version of Windows 7 and save yourself £30

xBLiNG · 29 Aug 2011 at 23:06

Save £100 and get this, unless Ultimate has something you really need they are very similar.

Cromulent · 30 Aug 2011 at 13:44

xBLiNG said:
Save £100 and get this, unless Ultimate has something you really need they are very similar.

Hmm good point. I need to look at what Ultimate offers over Home Professional.

minimadmotorman said:
Get the OEM version of Windows 7 and save yourself £30

I wanted the retail version because you can change the motherboard when you upgrade the computer in the future.