Enquiry for a new PC?

Yea solid state drive, they seem pritty good and cheap.

But i dont know what normal hard drive to buy?

Thanks for suggesting a great system to build.

However i would like to change the

for a dominator ram model.

I would like the model to contain the same 1600MHz speed, latency and space.

I have £100 to spend, can you recommend one?

Don't go posting the identical queries on multiple threads, especially those which are over 2 weeks old.

If you want a Dominator just search the websites to which my links point. I guess you can do that much.

Dominator is such a waste of money, that Gskill ripjaws great.

EDIT: I suppose I know nothing about euro prices, but Dominator is prolly still a lot more expensive.

Hmm...

Do you guys think i should buy two normal hard drives and raid them?
>Or do you think i should buy solid state drive and one hard drive?

Also what is a solid state drive used for? Can you use it like a normal hard drive?

SSD's use NAND based flash memory.similar,but not identical to using ram for storage except the Data remains on the drive when you power off your machine. they speed up load times but are a lot more expensive than a standard HDD. you use them like a HDD but probably put things like games and the items that load times are most important.

Do you mean, buying a ssd drive to install a operating system and the aplications i use most.

If this is true then how much storage would i need?

I am currently using 298GB out of 250GB= 46GB used

So if i am right i would need a 60GB ssd?

By the syntax of your math problem, it looks like you owe your computer 46GB of HDD space....:rolleyes:

That's entirely up to you and what,and how much you want to put on it
I have a 128 GB and that suits me. if your a big gamer, you might want a larger SSD although i suspect it will probably be $$$ driven. After 64GB the cost goes up exponentially.

Yeah...
Um...you will likely require a normal harddrive (don't you already have one?) to store docs and whatever else.
I'd just sink as much money as you see fit into an SSD, probably a 64gb one. Note that if it says like 50 or 60gb, its actually 64.

Hmm...

I want to buy one, but then something in the back of my mind says " £150 for a hard drive that only boost the performance by a bit" in my mind it seems like if a buy a formula 1 car and just ride around in it on normal roads. Not taking the car to a race track. Do you get what i am trying to say?

It's not per se, a "bit" of an increase, but it is still your choice.
My choice would be the ssd, but maybe i'm just greedy.

Ok heres my compononets :

Components:

Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz
Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 Intel P55A
G.Skill Trident 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz
HIS ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB
Corsair 450W VX Series PSU
Seagate Barracuda ST31000528AS 1TB
Solid state drive?

Cooling Fan:

The Corsair Hydro Series™ H50 CPU Cooler

All i need now is a case.
Can anyone recomend one that will fit all of these components?

Hi

Guys

I had a thought " instead of building a system, which i dont know how to, i thought why not just by one"

Heres the one i am thinking of buying:

http://www.techspot.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=61717&stc=1&d=1276871491

Heres the one i am thinking of building:

Components:

Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz - £162.14
Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 Intel P55A - £112.79
G.Skill Trident 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz - £93.99
HIS ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB - £124.54
Corsair 450W VX Series PSU - £53.44
Seagate Barracuda ST31000528AS 1TB - £50.51

Total: £591.53

Not worth it imo, stock cooler is fine.

That computer doesn't even have a graphics card; you'll get 100% better bang for buck by building it, though of course breaking something will cost you extra, unlikely though. Its not a difficult task.

Equivalent GSkill ripjaws series RAM is a little cheaper than the tridents on newegg, just a though, idk euro prices.

I can't help but notice you have the WD raptors and the OCZ vertex bookmarked.
The velociraptors are pushovers compared to any SSD, and even the vertex is not nearly as quick as the vertex2 or agility2

Because you get a crap graphics card, and low quality motherboard and power supply. And of course you're missing out on the satisfaction of putting your PC together...

I would ditch the water cooling and put the money towards an SSD. It seems like you don't have much on your HD so you can get a cheap, small SSD for ~£100 to run the operating system along with a larger regular hard drive for storage.

I think it's very apparent as to why you shouldn't buy that system. If you compare each component then you should easily reach that logical conclusion.

Ok guys i have taken into consideration everything you have said and scraped the water cooler.

Now do you think i should by a ssd hard drive?

The maximum capacity i have ever filled on a hard drive is 50GB.

So do you think i should by a 60GB ssd as i have a separate portable hard drive for my media. Or do you think i should get a bigger ssd?

Also do you guys think this NZXT M59 is a good case?
If it is will it fit all of these components:

Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz
Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 Intel P55A
G.Skill Trident 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz
HIS ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB
Corsair 450W VX Series PSU
Seagate Barracuda ST31000528AS 1TB

As mentioned before you only want the OS, and programs on the SSD, if you'd like me to make a wild guess about how much you're using...i'd be clueless.
Because SSD cost/gb is so high, you'd try and use it only for the files that will benefit most. Everything else you'd probably leave on a separate HDD, which you (I think mentioned that you already have, something about 320) may need.