New member, First build! What are your thoughts?
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Well only a little bit because Ivybridge is out in the next few months and both will be outdated already (Assuming there are no/ very few bugs with Ivybridge).
If you want to future proof yourself, but a second hand i3 2100/2120, wait till ivy is released and buy that. If Ivy isnt much of an improvment over SB, get a reduced priced SB instead....simples.
If you want to future proof yourself, but a second hand i3 2100/2120, wait till ivy is released and buy that. If Ivy isnt much of an improvment over SB, get a reduced priced SB instead....simples.
Depends, a lot of tasks can't utilise hyperthreading, so the chances are if it doesn't now it probably won't in the future.
I'm not up to date with high end music editing programs so I don't know if they utilise hyperthreading.
Compression/backup, video encoding & rendering programes are normally the ones that benefit from hyperthreading as they are doing a lot of the same tasks that can be easily spread out over the cores.
Someone did post a good link that explained it well, I'll see if I can find it on my home PC.
I'm not up to date with high end music editing programs so I don't know if they utilise hyperthreading.
Compression/backup, video encoding & rendering programes are normally the ones that benefit from hyperthreading as they are doing a lot of the same tasks that can be easily spread out over the cores.
Someone did post a good link that explained it well, I'll see if I can find it on my home PC.
These are 5400rpm drives and they're quite a bit faster than the WD Caviar Greens which run at 7200rpm 
Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache
Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache
Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen
WD Caviar Green 2TB
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Music editing is very heavy going on CPU because just like video, raw audio are big files! Especially when recording in 96khz/24bit! When you have 20 - 30 tracks going at the same time, each with multi effects on them you need a good, fast processor. That's why I'm opting for the i7. I probably will stick with SB because I don't want to spend the extra cash on something that does almost the same thing!
So the Samsung F4 is quicker (probably quieter) even though it runs at 5400rpm, has a 32MB cache (what does this actually mean?) at 300MB/s?
Can anyone show me the results for the WD 1TB caviar black please?
Another thing I was thinking was using a small SSD to run my operating system and all my programs off it, but I'm not sure how small I can go. I thought 32gb would be enough?
So the Samsung F4 is quicker (probably quieter) even though it runs at 5400rpm, has a 32MB cache (what does this actually mean?) at 300MB/s?
Can anyone show me the results for the WD 1TB caviar black please?
Another thing I was thinking was using a small SSD to run my operating system and all my programs off it, but I'm not sure how small I can go. I thought 32gb would be enough?
They're fine PSUs and more than ideal for most builds, plus the warranties are good on them.
Corsair power supplies are very good. They are made by OEM builders Seasonic and CWT.
Supplied with 3, 5 or 7 year warranties depending on model.
Yeah I had a Corsair HX620 for many years with no problems, probably one of the best PSUs I've had to date, I sold it on last year and to my knowledge it's still going strong.
Obviously Corsair are not exempt from issues with their PSUs, they aren't all powerful all seeing
but they're a good reliable brand with a very good CS team and highly recommended.
The speed difference from 1 platter to multiple platters isn't enough to warrant worrying about, I used to do the same, I'd buy a 500Gb single platter drive, but when comparing benchmarks to multiple platter drives there was barely any difference, so may as well go with as much Gb as you can afford
Obviously Corsair are not exempt from issues with their PSUs, they aren't all powerful all seeing
but they're a good reliable brand with a very good CS team and highly recommended.The speed difference from 1 platter to multiple platters isn't enough to warrant worrying about, I used to do the same, I'd buy a 500Gb single platter drive, but when comparing benchmarks to multiple platter drives there was barely any difference, so may as well go with as much Gb as you can afford
Ok, I think I'll go with the Corsair then.
I so the noise level for the WD caviar green 2TB HDD and at 24dB I thought this was a little loud, at this level it would be the loudest component in my case! Should the HDD be the loudest thing? I thought the CPU cooler was usualy the loudest!
I so the noise level for the WD caviar green 2TB HDD and at 24dB I thought this was a little loud, at this level it would be the loudest component in my case! Should the HDD be the loudest thing? I thought the CPU cooler was usualy the loudest!
Yes. I purchased a Corsair AX750 about 7 months ago (more than I need but got a good deal). This was after doing quite a bit of research and also very good advice from these forums. In the short time I've had it I've been very impressed, I like thats its modular (helps with cable management), 80 Plus Gold efficiency and I can hardly hear it, my last PSU was very loud.
Reviews:
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=236
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4011/corsair-ax750-80plus-gold/1
Obviously Corsair are not exempt from issues with their PSUs, they aren't all powerful all seeing
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You don't need 16GB of RAM. Unless you plan on running lots of virtual machines or doing heavy video rendering, 8GB is fine, heck I run 4GB and my machine is perfectly stable.
The HDD can be toned down too. With prices for internal hdd's being so high, get a smaller one and then store other data on an external until the prices of 1TB go from £100 back to about £40.
The HDD can be toned down too. With prices for internal hdd's being so high, get a smaller one and then store other data on an external until the prices of 1TB go from £100 back to about £40.
Haha! You should have heard my girlfriend when I said I was going to start building this beast!!
Ok, so I'm 100% going for the Corsair PSU! Thanks guys.
16GB RAM is more of a personal thing! Its just cool to say I have 16GB RAM lol plus for an extra £30 its not a huge difference and I would like it to be future proof!! (That's what I keep telling myself anyway!) I have Run my software on a 4GB system before and it was a very sluggish with both programmes runnig at once so I just want to make sure! Hell, pro studios use 32GB!!!!!!!!!
I think your right (drbx19) about the HDD, I think I would be better off getting a 500GB HDD and maybe a 60GB SSD for the OS and software. Can anyone suggest a very fast 500GB HDD for a decent price??
I found one but I'm not allowed to put a link to it! Its a WD Caviar Blue, 500GB, 6gb/s, 7200rpm, 16MB cache!
What does the cache mean on a HDD?
Ok, so I'm 100% going for the Corsair PSU! Thanks guys.
16GB RAM is more of a personal thing! Its just cool to say I have 16GB RAM lol plus for an extra £30 its not a huge difference and I would like it to be future proof!! (That's what I keep telling myself anyway!) I have Run my software on a 4GB system before and it was a very sluggish with both programmes runnig at once so I just want to make sure! Hell, pro studios use 32GB!!!!!!!!!
I think your right (drbx19) about the HDD, I think I would be better off getting a 500GB HDD and maybe a 60GB SSD for the OS and software. Can anyone suggest a very fast 500GB HDD for a decent price??
I found one but I'm not allowed to put a link to it! Its a WD Caviar Blue, 500GB, 6gb/s, 7200rpm, 16MB cache!
What does the cache mean on a HDD?
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