[stang]

Most definitely the evga. Gigash*t are pathetic. 6 of my friends have one of their mobo's and ALL have either died or have something wrong with them (PCI-E lane stopped working etc).

 

[joomongj]

Yes evga hands down. Their stellar customer support is unprecedented. But it's conditional meaning as long as you register your products within 30 days of purchase date. I nicked one of the ss caps during the cpu heatsink installation on my x58 e758 mobo when I was assembling my rig 16 months ago, so I requested a RMA and they shipped a replacement no questions asked. They will ask for the proof of purchase when you request RMAs so keep those handy. Also you will find their forums quite active and helpful w/ the exception of a few trolls here and there.

 

[attika89]

HP Pavilion dv7-1070eg

2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T9400
Memory4096 MB (2 x 2048 MB)
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
640 GB (2 x 320 GB) (5400 rpm)
Blu-Ray ROM
17” WXGA (1440 x 900)
Altec Lansing speakers
TV Tuner DVB-T

 

[jantze]

Lian Li PC-A71F / AcoustiPack Extra
Nexus RX-5300 / Xilence Rubber Frame
Asus P6X58D Premium
Intel Core i7 930 @ 3.8Ghz
Prolimatech Megahalems / Arctic Cooling MX-3
Corsair TR3X6G1600C7 (7-7-7-20-1T)
Intel X25-M 160G G2
Scythe Quiet Drive / Samsung F3 1TB
Scythe Quiet Drive / Samsung F1 500GB
LG CH08LSRBB (Blu-Ray 8x SATA)
Ati Radeon HD 4350 Silent (on order: PowerColor Go! Green HD5750)
Noctua NF-P12-1300
2 x Noctua NF-P14 FLX
2 x Noctua NF-S12B-FLX

Dell 2407WFP
Logitech Illuminated Keyboard
Razer Lachesis mouse

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[3X0]

Quote:

Originally Posted by stang /img/forum/go_quote.gif Haha i7 is a lot better than C2Q that's for sure. I went from X38 with q6600 at 3.2ghz to X58 with i7 920 at 4.2ghz and i got quite a large leap in fps when I used GTX 285 SLI. Overkill would be two 5970, two 5870 is fine. I am personally gonna get two 5850 because they can be overclocked to beat a 5870 easily. Yes, you can overclock the 5870s, but apparently they don't OC as well, thus the 5850 a better choice. 4870X2 is a pretty good card, but in my eyes, it is very, very old and I hate having old computer hardware, mainly graphics cards I need to keep up to date with technology

i7 is okay for multi-GPU setups (CFX, SLi, GTX 295, HD 5970, HD 4870x2, et alia), but as an upgrade from C2Q it's useless for single-GPU. Unless you only play SupCom.

I just built a new i7-930 + HD 5850 system and it's only noticeably faster at movie editing. Gaming is like 0% difference at 1080P coming from the 5850 + my stock Q9550. And this is in BFBC2 which is a little more CPU-heavy than GPU-heavy.

 

[hasanyuceer]

Hard Modded Dell 6400

Core 2 Duo 2.13Ghz 4mb cache (T7400)
30Gb Ocz Vertex SSD + 120Gb Toshiba HDD (Yes, two disks in laptop)
4 Gb Ram
9 Cell battery (~4 hours)
Ati X1400

Also painted dark bronze and UV Green and lightened the DELL logo on LCD cover..

 

[stang]

Well I did have a multi gpu setup and I had the cash so why not keep up to date? I am confused right now though. Because I already have one Intel X25-M 80gb (was going to use for a comp for my mum) I could get another for approx $260 for RAID 0, since that isn't going to be built for a while and SSD prices are dropping. Then with my b-day money+money I have now, I could most likely afford a second ati 5850

But if I went with one Intel X25-M 160gb, it means I could easily add another down the road and have a total of 320gb, which would be more than enough for all my data. 160gb will be enough until X-mas or so this year, but after that, I will need more storage and want to go all out SSD and never use a hdd again. I can afford the 160gb now and for bday get approx $300, but I am still short approx $120 for the 160gb

I BADLY need to sell my Qinpu A-3 amp I see.

What I really need to do is two Intel X25-M 160gb RAID 0. Two ATI 5850 as of now is not needed, as Crysis 2 is not out yet

 

[Nebby]

You will lose TRIM with RAID though

 

[stang]

Is TRIM really worth it though?

 

[3X0]

Quote:

Originally Posted by stang /img/forum/go_quote.gif Is TRIM really worth it though?

Just google that to find the answer.

In short, yes, absolutely. Nothing is worth forgoing TRIM for any kind of serious SSD usage.

The 160GB G2 is amazing. Benches a little faster than the 80GB, too.

 

[stang]

I was debating whether it was worth it or not. One 120gb SSD is no way near enough. I need either 2 Intel X25-m 80gb, two OCZ Vertex 120gb or onw Intel X25-M 160gb. In several months, I expect to have saved up for another 160gb.

It will all boil down to availability at my price range tbh.

 

[Nebby]

You can always use symlinks to redirect folders to a storage drive for the programs that don't need the speed

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3X0 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Just google that to find the answer. In short, yes, absolutely. Nothing is worth forgoing TRIM for any kind of serious SSD usage. The 160GB G2 is amazing. Benches a little faster than the 80GB, too.

It would make sense since the 160gb is essentially two 80gb's in raid 0 on the inside.

 

[stang]

Not really. The 80gb write speed is 70mb/s, while the 160gb is 100mb/s. That really doesn't matter in the real world though. Access times and the 4k read and write times are very important though

 

[TheAudioDude]

Here is my HTPC (the parts should be arriving this week):

AMD Athlon II X2 245 2.9GHz Dual Core
Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H uATX Mobo
G.Skill DDR2-1000 2x2GB
ATI Radeon HD 5450
Lian-Li PC-V351B Case
Antec EarthWatts 380W PSU
LG Blu-Ray/HD-DVD reader/DVD burner

 

[Nebby]

Quote:

Originally Posted by stang /img/forum/go_quote.gif Not really. The 80gb write speed is 70mb/s, while the 160gb is 100mb/s. That really doesn't matter in the real world though. Access times and the 4k read and write times are very important though

That's why I said "essentially"

Intel also seems to be apparently artificially capping the write speeds if benchmarks are anything to go by. Understandable though, since I can see wanting to differentiate their different product levels.

I agree though, the access times and the small read/write speed are their main benefits.