Gaming/ Design Desktop (mainly gaming)

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walkington

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The SSD i've added is only 80gb is it worth it? and why does it matter putting it as first hard drive? would i install my games here? and everything else of the other harddrive? how's it work
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
putting it as first drive will mean PCS will put your OS on it, and because its the thing you will load the most often, surely youll want to improve it as its usually a common, quite slow task, then your main programs, ie browser, MS Office etc and maybe one or two of your fave games
 
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walkington

Silver Level Poster
so i install office my games and adobe cs suite on ssd drive and pictures and other programmes go on the other harddrive
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
install OS, which will already be installed, i think its about 20GB on its own, then install your main programs, so browser, office etc then everything else on the other drive, the SSD will have some free space where you can either have games or CS suite, but i imagine the CS suite being pretty huge
 
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DanteWilhelm

Bright Spark
monitors make no difference


currently able to run crysis on max settings in full hd with 2gb geforce gtx 560 ti

stop worrying and order it :D
 
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Teaz

Godlike
walkington said:
How come? And what's sandy bridges lol

Is it worth getting the 3G setup? Would the old republic be good on it
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Sandy Bridge is the codename for the 2nd gen CPU ie 'i7 2600'. Sandy Bridge is better than the current Bloomfield CPUs which is the link you provided which sported the i7 960 CPU codenamed Bloomfield. The i5 2500 stands in par with the i7 960 which shows how powerful the Sandy bridge chip is. That is why its better.

No, the 3 grand setup is just expensive due to the six core CPUs listed in that configurator which are indeed powerful but you do not really need a six core cpu to run games as games dont fully utilise all six cores or yet 4 so the quad i5 or i7 sandy is a better choice and is also cheaper.

The sandy bridge build should have no problems running the old republic, so long as it sports a good graphics card then youre in good hands which is what you have in the spec you posted, the gtx580, better than the gtx570 in the pre-designed build link you provided.

The spec you posted compared to the pre-designed spec, you have a better cpu gen cpu, a better all rounder future proofing motherboard, more ram (does not mean you should go for more than 8gb ram or higher speed ram) and lastly a better gpu. everything else is the same.
 
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walkington

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Thanks for the help bud! great info

i mean the 3d setup is it any good?

so im good to go for the spec i posted on page 1? i press order? :) no more tips or advice to add anything?

heres the spec again

Case
InWIN DRAGON RIDER BLACK GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-2500 Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, NVIDIA®SLI™, ATI®CrossFireX

Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)

Graphics Card
1.5GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
80GB INTEL® 320 SERIES SSD, SATA 3 Gb/s (upto 270MB/sR | 90MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX750 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£86)

Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
 
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walkington

Silver Level Poster
is the samsung better than the kingston?

also is the soundblaster audigy (£19) be better than standard 5.1? as i have a £15 pc specialist voucher that'd pay for that
 
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walkington

Silver Level Poster
thinking about paying monthly then paying off before 12 months is up as i dont have it all right now but dont have computer either
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
dont bother with the £19 sound card, its really not worth it, if you wanted a sound card, youd best get at least the £59 one but i wouldnt bother, just use it to help save a bit of cash

also the samsung isnt better but cheaper, although i think atm they are the same price, it is often a nice small upgrade to the kingston ones if you want to with the extra £15
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
yeh might as well considering kingston are the leading brand for RAM, but dont let that put you off other brands, most are just as good, the kingston ones also have their own heatsinks to keep them cooler, plus they are at a higher clock speed which allows for quicker data transfer, although the transfer time is so quick you wont notice either way, i think i remember 1333mhz ram being on average around 5GB/s
 
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