What to get

zx|muppet · 20 Mar 2012 at 19:53

seems to be about 500 read and 120 write

stulid · 20 Mar 2012 at 19:54

paradisiac said:
what are the read/write times on these drives, the place I get from just says 6Gb/s

Make sure you use the Intel SATAIII ports and not the Marvel junk.

Enable AHCI in the BIOS too.

paradisiac · 20 Mar 2012 at 19:56

stulid said:
Make sure you use the Intel SATAIII ports and not the Marvel junk.

Enable AHCI in the BIOS too.

AHCI is on

can I clone my existing HDD over to the SSD or do I really need to install again?

stulid · 20 Mar 2012 at 20:01

Install again, saves any pain and hassle.

honosuseri · 20 Mar 2012 at 20:08

stulid said:
What do you get the man that seems to have everything

If I had to spend the money......

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 5570 1024MB GDDR5 Xtend TV PCI-Express Graphics Card £79.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £69.98
Total : £149.98 (includes shipping : FREE).

Dedicated GPU for the HTPC with a TV card built in

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc...570-xtendtv-1gb-gddr5-933220/review?artc_pg=2

and a small SSD for the main rig.

paradisiac · 20 Mar 2012 at 20:19

honosuseri said:
Dedicated GPU for the HTPC with a TV card built in

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc...570-xtendtv-1gb-gddr5-933220/review?artc_pg=2

and a small SSD for the main rig.

the HTPC is connected to my tv with sky, so don't need a TV card

paradisiac · 20 Mar 2012 at 20:35

would something like a A9 Android 2.3 1.2GHz CPU Smart TV Box stream my rips?

paradisiac · 21 Mar 2012 at 14:36

the supplier has said they are getting in Z77 motherboards tomorrow, ASROCK Z77-EXTREME6 S1155 USB3 ATX and ASROCK Z77-PRO S1155 USB3 ATX is on their list so possibly just get one of them. I know I don't need it, but I will give slightly better upgrade options in the future?