Thoughts on my first time build?

Klitschk0

Klitschk0

Klitschk0

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i5-3570K 3.40GHz
Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 1600MHz
OCZ 120GB Agility 3 SSD SATA 6Gb/s
Asus ATI Radeon 7850 870MHz 2GB PCI-Express 3.0 HDMI DirectCU II
Corsair 750W HX Modular PSU
Antec One Case
 
Looks good. Although I would change the SSD for a M4 and maybe a smaller PSU, 750W is a bit overkill for that rig, 600W will be fine unless you plan on going X-fire.
 
Smoogels said:
M4 is a pretty solid SSD and by looking at reviews it seems the most favourable.
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Sure is. It has a great relability rate and is fast as anything else (real life) after the firmware updates. For only a few £'s more then the 'force' and the agility' it is well worth the money.
 
Love my M4, I'm not alone. I would suggest that a 3TB drive is not advisable, spread your stuff over a few 1TB, 500GB drives. RAID maybe.
 
Klitschk0 said:
Is the M4 the best ssd on the market?
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Probably not in terms of sheer performance, but price/performance and what SSDs are commonly good at (sequential reads, small file read / writes), it's hard to beat. Plus I've had no issues with mines, and the firmware updates are straight forward (do it from windows).

Would always be my recommendation over sandforce drives, which have had teething issues. I think the Vertex4 uses Indilix Everest so worth investigating. The new Samsungs are very good, and of course Intels 520s, but both are expensive. Intels are always best for reliability, they seem to have the best QA department.
 
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