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"I need a New PC!" 2011 Edition of SSD's for everyone! |OT|
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TouchMyBox
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Kyaw said:
This.
There's no reason to ever take a 60Hz TN panel over a nice IPS panel except price.
Corky said:With models like the asus direct II cu and msi twin frozr III both AMD and Nvidia cards can be had supercool with low temps
Damn my EVGA loyalty, damn it to hell.
TouchMyBox said:
I have a 12ms IPS as my left monitor that I've used since I bought it in 2005, and I've never seen any ghosting on it. Aside from color vibrance and size, it beats my TN in everything else. Color reproduction's better, viewing angles are better, it has ton of inputs + USB hub.
Mr Nightman
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I hear you man, love evga, but got me an asus gtx 460, soo damn cool idle and on loadithorien said:
Mr Nightman said:
I kind of wish I got that Asus 570 CUII, but honestly every Asus card I purchased before switching to EVGA, something failed on it. One had bad chips, almost all had bad fans, etc etc. I'm sure it's different now, but they rubbed me the wrong way in the GPU department.
Aruarian Reflection
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ithorien said:
You're a nice guy. I was going to post that if he had actually read the three part tutorial verbum posted instead of just saying he did, he wouldn't be asking questions about page file and hibernation
Baller. PhD
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Exodu5, would you mind re-posting your AS-SSD results from your Vertex 3 240? I've been trying to search for them in this thread, but lack of search + horrible NeoGAF tablet optimization are making it difficult. My laptop is gone and replaced with a tablet, and I'm just trying to decide which SSD to order so I can get started on my build.
So if I were to go ahead and put together a new system with a budget of around $800 or so, what should I be looking at if I want to play whatever I want to throw at it at 1080p (higher res monitors seem crazy pricey) at eye bleeding fps and features?
Current system was...
Current system was...
AwesomeSauce
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Kintaro said:
Honestly your system looks pretty good still. I'd say save your money and wait it out till next year or something.
Your gtx 460 1 gig is still a great performer.
Baller said:
Keep in mind the smaller 120 doesn't perform as well.
Anyways, in real world usage, I don't think the Vertex 3 will feel that much faster than the Intel 320, at least not for the added cost. If I was going 120gb, I'd probably go with the Intel for reliability. The Vertex 3 240GB is pretty well priced though, which makes it a more attractive option if you're going for high capacity.
Baller. PhD
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I'm probably going 240 ;-)TheExodu5 said:
Keep in mind the smaller 120 doesn't perform as well.
Anyways, in real world usage, I don't think the Vertex 3 will feel that much faster than the Intel 320, at least not for the added cost. If I was going 120gb, I'd probably go with the Intel for reliability. The Vertex 3 240GB is pretty well priced though, which makes it a more attractive option if you're going for high capacity.
I decided that I didn't want to upgrade anything besides the GPU, ever. *evil grin*
Then again, if IvyBridge ends up using socket 1155.....
Mr Nightman
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I am currently considering upgrading my motherboard and ram to ddr3, currently using 4gb of ddr2 and a phenom 2 x4 945 cpu, just wondering what my best bang for the buck would be for around 150 dollars total? Can be micro or standard atx, and would prefer 4 ram slots, and possibly two pci-e x16 slots for a gtx 460 and a 9800 gt dedicated physx card, any input appreciated
Anyone have any suggestions for GPU's in the $100-150 range that run cool?
I'm replacing my ati4850... I have a hp elite PC and it has HORRIBLE ventilation. The 4850 runs wayyyyy to hot for my machine, I know I could buy a cooler for it but i'd rather just get a better card that doesn't run as hot.
I'm replacing my ati4850... I have a hp elite PC and it has HORRIBLE ventilation. The 4850 runs wayyyyy to hot for my machine, I know I could buy a cooler for it but i'd rather just get a better card that doesn't run as hot.
Need some opinions on what I should do with my computer problem. My Asus P8H67 has some crazy bios thing where it wont let you control your cpu fan, It only allows you to turn it down to 40% and run at 50% manually. So I'm thinking of buying a nice silent (Scythe Karma Flow) 800rpm PWM fan and just letting it run at 40% (That should be quiet enough?). OR I can plug in my cpu fan to the fan controler that came with the R3 (my case fans are currently connected to it) and I can manually turn it with the knob. The problem with option #2 is that I will not know what my rpms are but an advantage is with the knob turned all the way down I'm sure that will be slower than 800rpms. Whatcha think? I currently have a Corsair D50 heatsink fan as my cpu fan and its a loud bitch.
scogoth said:
Right on, It would be much easier to plug it into the cpufan plug too.
What's a quiet brand 800rpm 120mm fan that i should get? This one looks good:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185057
cartman414
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http://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2011/04/12/visualize-this-game-samples-from-intel/
Looks like Ivy Bridge is getting PCIe 3.0 for realsies. Yosh!
Only thing left is whether or not it'll receive Thunderbolt. (DDR4 is something I've consigned myself to accepting that it won't come any sooner than 2013 in all likelihood.)
Looks like Ivy Bridge is getting PCIe 3.0 for realsies. Yosh!
Only thing left is whether or not it'll receive Thunderbolt. (DDR4 is something I've consigned myself to accepting that it won't come any sooner than 2013 in all likelihood.)
Alright, I might go with a 500rpm Scythe Slipstream because its the only quiet scythe fan that is not out of stock. They offer a 800rpm fan but its a bit louder looking at the dBA levels, since its not a PWM fan it will be running 100% on my case and I wanted my fans to be around 400-500rpm to make it silent.
Rentahamster
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For those of you stressing out over your SSD benchmarks - the more you benchmark it, the more you're gonna wear it out.
Just do it once or twice.
Just do it once or twice.
BoobPhysics101
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Rentahamster said:
Not if you run 3x 50MB benchmarks. Do one as a baseline, compare it to all new benches. Far less wear than the default option.
Mr Nightman
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I am currently considering upgrading my motherboard and ram to ddr3, currently using 4gb of ddr2 and a phenom 2 x4 945 cpu, just wondering what my best bang for the buck would be for around 150 dollars total? Can be micro or standard atx, and would prefer 4 ram slots, and possibly two pci-e x16 slots for a gtx 460 and a 9800 gt dedicated physx card, any input appreciated, THANKS
I am currently considering upgrading my motherboard and ram to ddr3, currently using 4gb of ddr2 and a phenom 2 x4 945 cpu, just wondering what my best bang for the buck would be for around 150 dollars total? Can be micro or standard atx, and would prefer 4 ram slots, and possibly two pci-e x16 slots for a gtx 460 and a 9800 gt dedicated physx card, any input appreciated, THANKS
Sanic
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Alright, i've got Windows reinstalled and i've brought a new 1TB HDD along for the ride Time to get everything up and running.
I have a quick question though. I noticed in Windows update that there are drivers for my monitor. Do I need to install that? What difference will it make, if any?
Time to get everything up and running.I have a quick question though. I noticed in Windows update that there are drivers for my monitor. Do I need to install that? What difference will it make, if any?
Pandoracell said:Alright, i've got Windows reinstalled and i've brought a new 1TB HDD along for the ride
I have a quick question though. I noticed in Windows update that there are drivers for my monitor. Do I need to install that? What difference will it make, if any?
Driver for monitor or graphics card? Only reason I can think of display drivers would be a usb hub built in. If its graphics update then get the latest from nvidia/amd
HowardRoark
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To those with small SSD's: what do you have set for a page file?
Windows allocated 16 GB, seems excessive (I think it is just trying to do 1:1 hardware RAM to page file).
Windows allocated 16 GB, seems excessive (I think it is just trying to do 1:1 hardware RAM to page file).
whatsinaname
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HowardRoark said:
16 GB is rather large, if you are running into space constraints. (Do you have 8GB of RAM?) You should be OK with decreasing the size of the pagefile but don't move it to another drive. The pagefile is something you want on your SSD.
Moving it to another drive is analogous to buying awesome speakers and leaving them in the plastic covers to protect them from dust.
HowardRoark
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whatsinaname said:
16 GB (Overkill, I know. It was cheap though). Like I said, it's probably trying to maintain a 1:1 ratio.
I'll probably lower it to ~4 GB.
whatsinaname
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HowardRoark said:
Whoa! 16GB. If a lot of that is not in use and you are running out of space on your HDD, have you looked into creating a 4GB RAMdisk and putting your page file on that? I haven't done it before, so I don't know how it works. Others might have some input.
A couple of other things I've done to increase space on my SSD.
1) Deleted old installer files that Windows Update downloaded.
2) Turned off Hibernate. (This gives you a huge chunk of space. I never use Hibernate.)
3) Decreased the space allocated to Windows Volume Shadow Copy. I have other backup mechanisms set up.
Returning the ASUS P8H67-M LX because the PWM feature was not working whatsoever.
Gigabyte GA-H67M-D2-B3 now running in my system, PWM function is running as designed. PWM fans start at 700rpm and gradually ramp up as I ran IntelBurnTest. Gigabyte H67 board also allows me to go higher on the On-Chip Frame Buffer Size (Asus 128mb max/Gigabyte 500mb max). Also received the Corsair A50 heatsink, Paired it up with a Cooler Master BladeMaster 120mm PWM for awesomeness!
Just need to replace one case fan that's on the fritz and get some better SATA cables.
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