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4. September 2010 @ 06:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
SSDs (well, the good ones anyway) are tremendously faster than hard disks at loading things, so by using one just for your OS and critical programs (which will fit on 40GB) your PC basically boots windows and loads these applications 3 - 5 times as quickly. A PC really does feel a lot faster with an SSD installed.



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4. September 2010 @ 08:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Personally, I'll stick with my platter disks for a while...I just can't justify spending $400 on a 32GB drive...even if it does do 250/170.
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4. September 2010 @ 16:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well, they're not quite that bad. It's $100 for 40GB, but still...



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8. October 2010 @ 14:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ok, so these are the parts I managed to get. The MB was a slightly updated version and the graphics card got switched by a 2GB HD5870. Will it all work out nicely together or is there some sort of incompatibility, because of the different motherboard? Here are the parts already bought, (will get the PSU and case afterwards):

- VGA: Saphire Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition 2gb GDDR5

- RAM: Corsair DDR3 4Gb XMS3

- CPU: Intel Core I5-750

- MB: Gigabyte P55A-UD5

- HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black 1002FAEX 1TB


And just out of curiosity, is there much performance lost between Crossfire HD5850s or a HD5970 against the 2GB HD5870?
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8. October 2010 @ 14:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Should be fine. The 2GB HD5870 is a waste of money though unless you're using a large (30") screen (not an HDTV) or multiple monitors in eyefinity, as it literally offers no performance gains over the 1GB outside these areas.

As for the graphics setup (% compared to a 4870)

HD5850 = 155
HD5870 = 180
2GB HD5870 = 180
2xHD5850 = 155-310, depending on game (typically 280)
HD5970 = 160-320, depending on game (typically 290)



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