Simple question?

Judgeneo · 19 Jun 2011 at 23:44

I would asume you would yes, ssds are very nice

Chuggerboom · 19 Jun 2011 at 23:49

stulid said:
Doing the SSD and 5850 route.

I will go with what you say. Can you give me any advice on the best SSD to get?

I'm looking at 64 GB for a boot drive and a few games.

I have a Samsung SpinPoint F1 750 GB as my drive at the moment.

stulid · 19 Jun 2011 at 23:50

Crucial M4 64GB currently on offer at £92

Surveyor · 19 Jun 2011 at 23:51

Chuggerboom said:
Thanks for your reply. Would i be better off spending my money on an SSD and another 5850 in Crossfire?

SSD is a personal choice.

You'll probably see more benefit from spending £117 on another 5850 than £455 on an overclocked Sandybridge bundle.

Or if you were prepared to spend £455 then:

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £116.99

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £156.98

Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £126.00 This Weekend Only

Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £34.99

Best of both worlds and leaves you around £20 for a CPU cooler.

Or but the retail 2500K, with 3 year warranty, use the stock cooler and upgrade when you can.

Chuggerboom · 19 Jun 2011 at 23:56

Thanks for your advice guys. I'm going with the Crucial SSD and another 5850

Chuggerboom · 20 Jun 2011 at 00:17

Just gone with what you guys said. I have also ordered another case as mine is not very good cable management wise.

stulid · 20 Jun 2011 at 00:21

Nice, I just found A GTX580 in the sale section, hmmmmm

Chuggerboom · 20 Jun 2011 at 00:26

stulid said:
Nice, I just found A GTX580 in the sale section, hmmmmm

Good luck with it. I think i have made the right choice thanks to advice on here.

A £400 card gets beaten for £200

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/303?vs=305

Surveyor · 20 Jun 2011 at 00:33

stulid said:
Nice, I just found A GTX580 in the sale section, hmmmmm

Get 2 6950's:

6950CF v 580

stulid · 20 Jun 2011 at 00:35

Its a little more complex than that for me.

Surveyor · 20 Jun 2011 at 00:36

stulid said:
Its a little more complex than that for me.

Do tell....

Chuggerboom · 20 Jun 2011 at 00:37

Surveyor said:
Get 2 6950's:

6950CF v 580

My 5850's in crossfire and SSD will always go over to a 2500k build if i ever feel the need.

6950's are twice the price of 5850's.

Two 5850's in Crossfire are the best bang for buck you can get at the moment.

stulid · 20 Jun 2011 at 00:44

Surveyor said:
Do tell....

I hate ATI cards and drivers.

I want better/consistant minimum fps.

Some things on Nvidia cards like CUDA I do use, converting a huge video file in minutes rather than an hr is sometimes useful to me.

I just sold a GTX295 so done the SLI thing.

The guys price is keen

Surveyor · 20 Jun 2011 at 00:45

Chuggerboom said:
My 5850's in crossfire and SSD will always go over to a 2500k build if i ever feel the need.

6950's are twice the price of 5850's so your comparison is worthless.

Two 5850's in Crossfire are the best bang for buck you can get at the moment.

You haven't even got them yet!

Surveyor · 20 Jun 2011 at 00:48

stulid said:
I hate ATI cards and drivers.

I want better/consistant minimum fps.

Some things on Nvidia cards like CUDA I do use, converting a huge video file in minutes rather than an hr is sometimes useful to me.

I just sold a GTX295 so done the SLI thing.

The guys price is keen

Now you've pointed it out everyone will be looking.

Perhaps all references to it should be expunged.

stulid · 20 Jun 2011 at 00:50

If it goes it goes, plus I have yet to make a "near offer" thats likely to get turned down because I do have a set max budget

If not a GTX570 is calling.

Chuggerboom · 20 Jun 2011 at 00:51

Surveyor said:
You haven't even got them yet!

I have one and ordered the other about ten minutes ago.

I have read the reviews on these cards and they spank other cards over twice the price in crossfire.

You can overclock them with Trixx to 900/1200 with ease.

I will tell you how i get on............But i know for £200 no cards will beat them

Surveyor · 20 Jun 2011 at 00:53

stulid said:
If it goes it goes, plus I have yet to make a "near offer" thats likely to get turned down because I do have a set max budget

If not a GTX570 is calling.

You only live once.

Unless you believe in reincarnation.

Surveyor · 20 Jun 2011 at 00:58

Chuggerboom said:
I have one and ordered the other about ten minutes ago.

I have read the reviews on these cards and they spank other cards over twice the price in crossfire.

You can overclock them with Trixx to 900/1200 with ease.

I will tell you how i get on............But i know for £200 no cards will beat them

I'm not knocking it, I have Crossfired cards myself.

It just amused me that you've become a Crossfire fanatic in the space of about an hour.

Chuggerboom · 20 Jun 2011 at 01:02

Surveyor said:
I'm not knocking it, I have Crossfired cards myself.

It just amused me that you've become a Crossfire fanatic in the space of about 1½ hours.

That is not the case. If you read my thread i asked what is the best way to go with what i have?

People advised me to get another 5850 and an SSD.

I have read the reviews on the Sapphire 5850 Xtreme and they blow all comers away for the price. They destroy other cards twice the price in xfire.

Yes i have become a fan