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post #21 of 45
10/17/09 at 1:38pm
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Originally Posted by NWGuru View Post
SSD FTW! lol!
OK SSD in RAID0. Now you sell Turmoil on the benifits.
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post #22 of 45
10/17/09 at 3:16pm
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OK SSD in RAID0. Now you sell Turmoil on the benifits.
I'll just post my benchmarks when I get it. That should convince him.
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post #23 of 45
10/17/09 at 3:22pm
Performance numbers would sell anybody. Only thing is cost numbers scare a lot of us then add the reduced space and us cheap old men get scared. We ask for a Valium and just nod off to avoid the stress.

Edit: Are you going to short stroke your SSD's when you get? Defrag right away then every week or two.

That was my SSD humor. I hope the newbies know I am joking.
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post #24 of 45
10/17/09 at 5:31pm
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Yeah, no way am I doing SSD with Raid 0, if I were to spend that kind of money, I might as well just buy th Qx9300 from HP and call it a day haha
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post #25 of 45
10/17/09 at 5:34pm
SSD with RAID 0 would be crazy.
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post #26 of 45
10/17/09 at 5:54pm
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Yeah, no way am I doing SSD with Raid 0, if I were to spend that kind of money, I might as well just buy th Qx9300 from HP and call it a day haha
Slowest part of your PC will be your hdd. Don't need to get raid, just one will do.
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post #27 of 45
10/17/09 at 8:28pm
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So you are saying I am better off keeping my P8600 and getting an SSD drive than upgrading my processor to the Qx9300 and getting Raid O with regular drives?
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post #28 of 45
10/17/09 at 8:36pm
I am debating picking up a second samsung 256 Gb SSD drive and going Raid as well
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post #29 of 45
10/17/09 at 11:12pm
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So you are saying I am better off keeping my P8600 and getting an SSD drive than upgrading my processor to the Qx9300 and getting Raid O with regular drives?
Yes but depends on your usage.
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post #30 of 45
10/17/09 at 11:56pm
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Yes but depends on your usage.
Gaming...
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post #31 of 45
10/18/09 at 5:39am
... then definitively faster drive is what you need ... :-)

cheers ...
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post #32 of 45
10/18/09 at 7:47am
If the specific goal was gaming I would say get the best GPUs you can afford but if your deciding between a proc or hdd upgrade then my vote would be upgrade the proc.
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post #33 of 45
10/18/09 at 1:29pm
Turmoil NW and I agree on a lot. His last statement about HDD/SSD vs CPU? I think if you get a CPU of a certain level far below a QX9300. I favor a fast Dual Core for real world. HDD/SSD becomes much more important.

Back to HDD/SSD. SSD will give you almost RAID0 transfer. It will crush in RA, but they cost a lot and are smaller. That is the dilemma. What to chose?

To get basic on you. If your CPU loads a train car with dirt and you are the fastest dirt loader? Well if you rely on that dirt being brought to you (HDD/SSD)? You really can't go any faster than what is given to you? Correct?

That is why HDD/SSD is so important. Most CPU's can out pace HDD so faster is better.

GPU is an entire sub system it has it's own memory and processor. Like a computer within a computer. You need to buy the best at point of sale as said.

Anyway Jim Beam is typing for me so if I am wrong blame him.
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post #34 of 45
10/18/09 at 3:40pm
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post #35 of 45
10/19/09 at 7:47pm
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Well, I decided that I am not gonna fidget with my processor as far as replacing it. I dont need the extra speed and honestly, I don't want to blow more money on the computer right now. This way, my Raid 0 is also covered by extended warranty for the next 3 years . What I WILL do though is:

1. (Already Purchased) 4 gigs of HyperX Kingston memory cas 7
2. OC the processor to 2.8 to 3ghz depending on stability
3. Purchase http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136458
for the Raid 0 and order the hard drive caddy from Dell/Alienware
4. Upgrade to Windows 7 ASAP

I think doing the above should get me more than enough speed to do what I want to do. My question, though, is: Can I buy just 1 hard drive and match it with whatever is in my M17X, or do I need to buy two completley new hard drives to accomplish my Raid 0?

... and as far as graphics card, I have no choice, I am getting the Dual 260m GTXs which should hopefully pump out enough juice for what I want to do.
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post #36 of 45
10/19/09 at 8:15pm
my M17x came with the caddy and screws for the second hard drive in the second drive bay, so your should as well one would presume
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post #37 of 45
10/19/09 at 8:39pm
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my M17x came with the caddy and screws for the second hard drive in the second drive bay, so your should as well one would presume
That would be good news. I heard this might be happneing now. I'll have to check it and see when I get mine. I wonder if I should just buy the hard drive directly from Dell so it can be under warranty..
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post #38 of 45
10/19/09 at 10:13pm
well new drives come with tier own warranty (typically 3 years)

IMO dell charges too much (for the most part) for Drives, Memory Etc
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post #39 of 45
10/20/09 at 1:11am
I dont know how any of you cant justify a SSD over an old HDD if some of you will dish out 500 for a CPU or GPU upgrade then 200 for SSDs make perfect sense.
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post #40 of 45
10/20/09 at 1:16am
Turmoil yes that HDD looks good for your RAID, brands do not need to be the same to work.

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Originally Posted by Yoob@NBF View Post
I dont know how any of you cant justify a SSD over an old HDD if some of you will dish out 500 for a CPU or GPU upgrade then 200 for SSDs make perfect sense.
I see your point as HDD/SSD has greater improvement for most real world than CPU. But do keep in mind SSD's still suffer from space issues for many. They just are not very big.
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