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ruskle

ruskle

ruskle

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Hi everyone,

I'm about to embark upon my first ever PC build:D I was originally going to buy a custom build but after spending so much time researching the various components I've decided to take the plunge and do it myself. Here is what I intend to build (apologies if there is a specific way to list components I'm also new to the forum):
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Asus Gene-Z Z68
i5 2500k
8gb DDR3 1600mhz C9 (Corsair Vengence)
ATI 6950 2gb (Asus)
60gb SSD (OCZ Agility 3 or Corsair Force 3)
2tb HDD (samsung ecogreen)
850w modular psu (********)
Titan Fenrir Evo
Fractal Design R3
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I guess there are many questions I could ask but really I'd just appreciate any comments you might have, does anything stand out as a serious problem? Btw serious gadget creep has taken hold and I'm pretty much maxing my budget so not much room to play.
 
I would go with > 100gb SSD for the OS / primary programs, always felt 60ish gig to be tight.

Gen3 board gets another +1 but what about the Asrock Extreme 7 gen 3, it looks the sex :D - price ?

Why the Samsung ecogreen ? You won't be saving that much energy
 
@stulid
thats quick! thanks man.
Is that MSI board new? Can I ask why you recommend? One of the things I've been wrestling with is whether the whole Smart Response Tec for SSD caching is a good thing or not.

In terms of the RAM the vengence does have those crazy fins, do I just want to get a a normal rectangular looking one?

thanks again
 
ruskle said:
@stulid
thats quick! thanks man.
Is that MSI board new? Can I ask why you recommend? One of the things I've been wrestling with is whether the whole Smart Response Tec for SSD caching is a good thing or not.
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Its the next thing, when Ivybridge is released it supports PCI-E3.0, so once fitted to the board, the slots for the graphics cards then get double the bandwidth, but you obviously need a grpahics card thats also PCI-E3.0, which are the next gen stuff coming from ATI etc, supposedly.


In terms of the RAM the vengence does have those crazy fins, do I just want to get a a normal rectangular looking one?
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Yep,

XMS3, Vengeance low profile, Kingston

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-094-KS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-290-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-307-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517
 
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@Subliminal Aura
yeah I hear you, I'd love to get a bigger SSD but I'm just already spending more than I'd planned. When I first started looking I didn't even know what an SSD was tbh but now I'm totally sold cos I hate waiting for anything. Would caching be the answer?

I'm not wedded to the Ecogreen its just my mates got one and its a reasonable price. I could get the WD Black
 
Cheers Stulid

I thought I had something pretty up-to-date with the Gene-z but this stuff doesn't sit still. Another avenue of research for me in the PCI-E3.0, at some point my boss is gonna wonder why I'm not getting any work done.
 
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Thats a Titan Fenrir with tall RAM.
 
Subliminal Aura said:
Cool :cool:

You can but try - Some people have been disappointed and for myself I've not done this with windows but it works great in the server world
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Yeah thats the impression I've got from reading comments. Thing is though I'm already over budget and it looks like a bigger ssd (120gb) is gonna add 60 quid to my build.

If I'm just using it for o/s and commonly used applications could I not just shift whatever game I'm playing at the time into it?

Or just leave Starcraft in it and be done
 
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ruskle said:
If I'm just using it for o/s and commonly used applications could I not just shift whatever game I'm playing at the time into it?
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Thats what I do here, 64GB and a 1TB drive, just install the current games as and when.

Can fit around 5 games on after the OS.
 
@stulid

right I see, I'll change that up then.

This is good just over half an hour and I've already got some useful tips, I thought I would have to leave this overnight. Talking of which I better get some kip.

Cheers guys
 
Guess that'll work ... but I thought the more the drive is full ... the harder TRIM needs to work ?

Anyway for myself I'm the other way round - I'm lumbered with a massive primary OS drive and I don't have the time nor inclination to reinstall. So my secondary is an SSD for a couple of games, eclipse, virtual machines, browsers, windows temp/ docs. Machine is always suspended in RAM so Windows fetch does its job admirably
 
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