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kitamesume:
^ its because a single $150 SSD can provide twice the read/write speed of a raid0 array.
SATAIII SSDs of recent models have a max read/write speed of 500MB/s, some are even faster.
also to note, SSDs only has <1ms seek time, while mechanical HDDs will have >1ms seek time even if you set it to a raid array.
and i don't think you can set raids on partitions, you need whole HDDs for them to work properly.
rostheferret:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on March 29, 2012, 09:11:31 AM ---^ its because a single $150 SSD can provide twice the read/write speed of a raid0 array.
SATAIII SSDs of recent models have a max read/write speed of 500MB/s, some are even faster.
also to note, SSDs only has <1ms seek time, while mechanical HDDs will have >1ms seek time even if you set it to a raid array.
and i don't think you can set raids on partitions, you need whole HDDs for them to work properly.
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I know you can RAID partitions. It's possible to partition off a larger HDD and use it to RAID a smaller one, but not often done for the obvious reason of what to do with the leftover space. Random idea, but probably not worth experimenting with.
Tatsujin:
--- Quote from: rostheferret on March 28, 2012, 07:36:10 PM ---Like others have said, I would go for an i5 processor; games are using multiple cores now and getting anything less is just going to mean you'll be upgrading sooner rather than later. The clock speed on the RAM barely makes a noticeable difference; look into G.Skill. They pretty much only do RAM and even their lower end models come with decent heatsinks. You said your PC occasionally crashed; I'd attribute this to the RAM more than the CPU tbh. No RAM = using pagefile, and that aint ever pretty to see.
Look for a mobo with USB 3.0 and a couple of 6Gbps SATAIII connectors (you'll be wanting to upgrade HDD memory at some point, but it's not urgent for now), in fact I got nothing against the one Kita mentioned, but if you can wait a few months for the ivy bridge processors to become available it'll be worth it in the long run. If not, you're probably looking at something like an i5-2500. I disagree that SSDs are worth it right now, I'll probably look into one when my current windows drive dies on me but not before. Spend that money on a decent fan the processor instead.
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Get the Core i5. Save up a bit more money. The cost is less than a 100 dollars from a Core i3 to Core i5. It's damn worth the investment for 2 extra cores + features.
Tannosuke:
--- Quote from: Tatsujin on March 29, 2012, 01:38:42 PM ---
--- Quote from: rostheferret on March 28, 2012, 07:36:10 PM ---Like others have said, I would go for an i5 processor; games are using multiple cores now and getting anything less is just going to mean you'll be upgrading sooner rather than later. The clock speed on the RAM barely makes a noticeable difference; look into G.Skill. They pretty much only do RAM and even their lower end models come with decent heatsinks. You said your PC occasionally crashed; I'd attribute this to the RAM more than the CPU tbh. No RAM = using pagefile, and that aint ever pretty to see.
Look for a mobo with USB 3.0 and a couple of 6Gbps SATAIII connectors (you'll be wanting to upgrade HDD memory at some point, but it's not urgent for now), in fact I got nothing against the one Kita mentioned, but if you can wait a few months for the ivy bridge processors to become available it'll be worth it in the long run. If not, you're probably looking at something like an i5-2500. I disagree that SSDs are worth it right now, I'll probably look into one when my current windows drive dies on me but not before. Spend that money on a decent fan the processor instead.
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Get the Core i5. Save up a bit more money. The cost is less than a 100 dollars from a Core i3 to Core i5. It's damn worth the investment for 2 extra cores + features.
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That was my original thought. I already talked with my mate and are thinking of buying this i5. Like the rest above said, I'll have to stick on i5, because there's also the rumour about the ivy released at June, which might be really useful later. And of course, I'll buy the DDR3 and the strongest possible processor.
kitamesume:
^ ivy bridge's quad core starts at $184 based on the rumors.
the i5-3450 @ 3.2Ghz/3.5Ghz(turbo), while having a TDP of 77Watts in comparison to sandy bridge i5's TDP of 95Watts.
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