Gaming PC

[Ghost02]

How do u use more than 2 tb anyways ?

 

[The_Techie]

How do u use more than 2 tb anyways ?

Video editing, it takes a lot of space. And I save a few complete hard drive backups of the other computers on my network.

 

[Ghost02]

Which network do u run ?

 

[The_Techie]

Which network do u run ?

A little home network, nothing much.

 

[Ghost02]

When should ddr3 be more popular ?

 

[The_Techie]

When should ddr3 be more popular ?

Once the prices start dropping, right now the performance increase just doesn't justify the massive price difference...

 

[acidrain]

^^^ as he said... ddr3 is crazy expensive rather stick with ddr2 1066

 

[Ghost02]

Shouldn't my m-board then have ddr3 support ?

 

[HavocXphere]

How do u use more than 2 tb anyways ?

LANs with the right people

 

[The_Techie]

Shouldn't my m-board then have ddr3 support ?

You'll pay more for a motherboard that has DDR3 support, but then you'll pay a lot more for DDR3 modules. I say rather wait before adopting DDR3.

 

[Ghost02]

But then i should rather wait b4 buying a pc so i can buy it when the new technology is in. I also hear that new 600gb/sec hd's are coming out compared to the 300gb/sec we have now

 

[The_Techie]

But then i should rather wait b4 buying a pc so i can buy it when the new technology is in. I also hear that new 600gb/sec hd's are coming out compared to the 300gb/sec we have now

You'll keep waiting and never buy a new PC

And I highly doubt that you'll even notice the move from 3Gbit/s to 6Gbit/s, as most hard drives can't even come close to that with sustained throughput...

 

[acidrain]

By the time the "new technology" is in... it would have already become old technology... unless you have 1000's to spend every few months, you will always be behind

 

[.Froot.]

You'll pay more for a motherboard that has DDR3 support, but then you'll pay a lot more for DDR3 modules. I say rather wait before adopting DDR3.

+1. A DDR3 mainboard would cost ~R2000 where the same motherboard with only DDR2 would cost R1400. That's R600 better spent on something else. Such as upgrading the CPU/RAM/ whatever.
Currently DDR3 RAM also costs abour 1.6-2.0x the price of DDR2 and only has about 10-15% increase, if that much, in performance.

 

[Ghost02]

So which is better 800 or 1066

 

[acidrain]

Depends what u have money to spend on... 1066 is still a bit pricy compared to 800: i.e.
2GB Kingston ddr800 R406.77
compared to
1GB Kingston ddr1066 R466.56

Performance chart: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR2_SDRAM

 

[.Froot.]

Currently you won't really see a performance difference, if you have a broader range of performance components and the FSB of the CPU increases, then you will start seeing a difference.

 

[Ghost02]

Ok so after all these different opinions what components should i buy for best overall performance

 

[Ghost02]

Ok so after all these different opinions what components should i buy for best overall performance for R12000-R13000.

 

[Re83L]

Again : Look at my first post, it's pretty much the best value for money you can buy ATM.

PS : Why buy the zones pc if almost everything's gonna be replaced?

Well : You get a :
Q9300,
250GB HDD
DVD-RW
and 2GB DDR800 RAM
and Motherboard

Oh, and it's only the case and PSU that get's replaced, and I guess zones charge you something like R250 for the two in that build.
So basically you'll save around R3000-R4000 if you don't buy another HDD.