Quote from Jakg :

Because upside-down PSU mountings and short PSU cables don't lead to a good cable management system.

Plus using IDE and odd HDD mounts (stupid previous owner) don't help.

You can still do better

CPU: Intel C2Q 6600 @ 2,4GHz rev G0 OC'ed to 2,8GHz atm
Mobo: MSI P35 Platinium
RAM: 4 GB DDR2 800MHz
GPU: 2x Ati Radeon R4850 in CF
PSU: Zalman 550W
HDD: around 1,3TB (74G Raptor coming next week)
KB: Logitech Desktop cordless (the first one without cords)
Mouse: Logitech Cordless (the first one without cords and laser)
Monitor: 24" BenQ G2400W TFT or Panasonic PT-AE900 projector(>90")
iNet: 100/5 Mbit cable
Wheel: Logitech G25
OS: Win7 RC 32bit / Win XP Pro SP3 32bit

Quote from xenoa :

CPU: Intel C2Q 6600 @ 2,4GHz rev G0 OC'ed to 2,8GHz atm
Mobo: MSI P35 Platinium
RAM: 4 GB DDR2 800MHz
GPU: 2x Ati Radeon R4850 in CF
PSU: Zalman 550W
HDD: around 1,3TB (74G Raptor coming next week)
KB: Logitech Desktop cordless (the first one without cords)
Mouse: Logitech Cordless (the first one without cords and laser)
Monitor: 24" BenQ G2400W TFT or Panasonic PT-AE900 projector(>90")
iNet: 100/5 Mbit cable
Wheel: Logitech G25
OS: Win7 RC 32bit / Win XP Pro SP3 32bit

Almost the same as what I got

Quote from DejaVu :

New pc should arrive this week - been a lot of years since i've had a decent machine

- Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz Oc'd to 3.40GHz
- Gigabyte EX58-UD3R Intel X58
- OCZ 6GB DDR3 PC3-10666C9 Gold
- Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU Cooler
- Zotac GeForce GTX 295 1792MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
- Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache
- LG GH22NS40 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
- Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLI Compliant PSU
- Coolermaster HAF 932
- Logitech G19

just added 2x30gb ocz vertex ssd's in raid 0 Quite impressed. Whole system looks great on the new samsung 2233rz

Quote from DejaVu :

just added 2x30gb ocz vertex ssd's in raid 0 Quite impressed. Whole system looks great on the new samsung 2233rz

Yeah, now im sad with my cheapass HDD. Seller said 16MB buffer won't make the HDD slower, my ass, it's like 30mb/s with luck. I want new ones. How much do they cost? also, you need like alot of those small ones to get the same as my 1TB HDD.

Quote from Bose321 :

Yeah, now im sad with my cheapass HDD. Seller said 16MB buffer won't make the HDD slower, my ass, it's like 30mb/s with luck. I want new ones. How much do they cost? also, you need like alot of those small ones to get the same as my 1TB HDD.

You need this badboy:



Cost me £60 :P

Don't think I need 1.5TB so eBay methinks.

I mean one for INside the PC

Inside all external HDD's is an internal PC HDD - the Freeagent has a 7200.11 most likely (annoyingly Seagate can't be sure without the serial number...)

Quote from Jakg :

Inside all external HDD's is an internal PC HDD - the Freeagent has a 7200.11 most likely (annoyingly Seagate can't be sure without the serial number...)

Oh yeah ofcourse But I just want a 1TB-ish fast HDD. like around 100mb/s, if that's possible

Samsung F1 1TB is the classic choice, but if you want a little extra speed the Seagate 7200.12 1TB is a little faster but also a little more.

The WD 1TB FALS drive is also good - between the Samsung and the Seagate imo.

EDIT - Samsung F1:

Quote from Jakg :

Samsung F1 1TB is the classic choice, but if you want a little extra speed the Seagate 7200.12 1TB is a little faster but also a little more.

The WD 1TB FALS drive is also good - between the Samsung and the Seagate imo.

How fast are they? I couldn't really find it that quick. I see the Samsung is only 72 Euro's, or did I look at the wrong one?

7200.12, F1 & FALS.

Right, is the acces time a thing to worry about? Because 9~ is quite high right?

the ssd's set me back around 112 each i think. Yeah the costs are high, but i fancied spending a fortune in total on my system

You can get bigger ssd drives, with faster read/write speeds but of course they are more expensive. These two do me for my os and certain games, got the samsung f1 1tb for storage and all other games

random access time of 0.1ms on the ssd

Samsung F1 is a very popular choice atm - very good drive, really happy with it

hd tach for my ssd's, just for showing off

So how fast are those Samsung F1's?

I posted HDTach above - the key advantage of SSD's is that they have a very low access speed.

BTW - 9ms is quick for a magnetic hard drive, but no match for SSD's - but SSD's are more expensive than magnetic HDD's and aren't really available in anything larger than 128GB at a consumer level.

What about the WD SE16 640 GB jakg? seems like a good option for bose?

The WD Black line are quite good, but I think the the 1TB is faster (but it's all about platter sizes etc which I don't quite understand).

processor: Amd phenom x3 @ 2,3 ghz.
ram: 4gb.
soundcard. something 7.1
gfx card: Nvidia geforce gt120 @ 1gb
os: Windows vista home premium 64bit
hdd: 500gb

it's lovely for my needs

Quote from Jakg :

7200.12, F1 & FALS.

Just a note, the FALS, while really fast, is very loud during intense reading, so you don't want to use it as the primary operating system drive, only a storage drive. In hindsight, I'd go with the 7200.12. Avoid the .11. Not sure about the F1.

I have a 500GB 7200.12 and can't here it - but it's slightly quieter than my 7200.10's which are know match for my awfully loud 7200.7's

Quote from Jakg :

I have a 500GB 7200.12 and can't here it - but it's slightly quieter than my 7200.10's which are know match for my awfully loud 7200.7's

Allright thanks. I'll order a 7200.12 then, or maybe two of them. I just ordered my HAF932

New rig, that beats my PC \o/

Turion X2 2.1GHz
2x2GB DDRII
Radeon Mobility HD 3470 X2 Hybrid + onboard 3200 in Crossfire :o
300GB 5400rpm HDD
1280x800 15" + Samsung BW223 23" 1680x1050
Win7 64bit
Logitech Momo.

Quote from Fuse5 :

New rig, that beats my PC \o/

Turion X2 2.1GHz
2x2GB DDRII
Radeon Mobility HD 3470 X2 Hybrid + onboard 3200 in Crossfire :o
300GB 5400rpm HDD
1280x800 15" + Samsung BW223 23" 1680x1050
Win7 64bit
Logitech Momo.

You can't crossfire a 3470 with an onboard 3200?

Quote from Bose321 :

You can't crossfire a 3470 with an onboard 3200?

You can on some motherboard's, belive it's called hybrid crossfire or something like that

Although that crossfire setup he has will give him practically no gain.