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Hey guys how this setup? For multitasking a bit and streaming full hd video.

M/B: MSI 880GMA-E45 AM3 AMD 880G+SB850: R949
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3.4GHz AM3 125W Quad-Core : R1614
RAM: Corsair Value Select 2x2GB DDR3-1333: R595
HDD: 500GB Seagate 7200RPM SATA 500GB: R379
SATA: Samsung SH-S223C, 22x, SATA: R182
Case: CoolerMaster RC-370: R363
PSU:Corsair CX430: R476

R4558 incl vat

Prices from wootware, great service:) my budget is under 5k for the setup


Any guys have the following? trying to decide between the two?
Microsoft Wireless Desktop 800 or Logitech MK250 Wireless Desktop

Screen : Hisense V68 FULL HD LCD 32" : R4200.
 
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Nice price for what you get. I would probably lean towards the Logitech Wireless Desktop (I find they have quite good range)

Can't really give more advise, 'cos you are not specific about what multitasking you want to do.
 
I'm obviously missing something, but wheres the GPU? Surely that would be important?
 
Pada said:
Sysem: the GPU is integrated in the motherboard...
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Yip, and not a bad onboard GPU either (HD4250) .. only if you intent to just watch movies only and don't game too hard :)

Personally for that setup I don't know if the CPU really fits in... one could easily save R600 bucks and go for an Athlon 4x or 3x.. , but if the system is needed for video rendering etc... then the 965 is probably better.
 
I'd say that it would be worth while to spend that tiny bit extra on the X6 1055T for video rendering.
The X4 965 is also power hungry (it uses way more power than the 1055T).
 
Another 500GB for 500GB x 2 in RAID 0. Drop one 2GB stick, unless you're planning on gaming. I multitask a lot, and especially like multi-tabbing in Firefox, and my RAM usage is 50%-80%. If you plan on video editing, then 4GB may benefit you. In any case, for such a fast system, your HDD would be the bottleneck, so I recommend RAID 0.
 
MiyagiDono: 2x 500GB HDD's in RAID 0 is pointless. Either go for an SSD or SSD's in RAID 0.

For his kind of PC use, I will stick with that rig. I really thought that the X6 1055T would give better performance/watt than the X4 965, so I guess the X4 965 would be more than good enough seeing that his budget is limited :)
 
Well he said he's streaming full HD video's and those files are massive. SSD is fast but you're limited by disk space and price. SSD in RAID 0 is simply overkill and totally unnecessary, unless you got money to burn. I think I read on a review once that SSD in RAID 0 almost maxes out the SATA2 bus. Normal people don't need such speeds.
 
MiyagiDono said:
Well he said he's streaming full HD video's and those files are massive. SSD is fast but you're limited by disk space and price. SSD in RAID 0 is simply overkill and totally unnecessary, unless you got money to burn. I think I read on a review once that SSD in RAID 0 almost maxes out the SATA2 bus. Normal people don't need such speeds.
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A normal hard drive streams full HD vids perfectly. No need for RAID. After all - a single HDD plays a full HD vid perfectly without stutter.
 
Not almost :) 2x SSD in RAID 0 will most definitely max out SATA 2! The motherboard that he listed above supports SATA3.

You'll only need faster speeds than 1x 500GB SATA HDD when you're working with 720p/1080p videos in RAW format, but then you'll need a couple of TB's HDD space.
 
No no no, the RAID 0 setup is for the multitasking, not the streaming. I suggested HDD's over SSD since full hd files will fill up a SSD in no time. Multitasking means opening many programs often. With a single HDD if you open more than one program at the same time, your HDD slows your PC down severely, but 2 HDD's in RAID 0 is much faster. Of course SSD also has the benefit of not failing as easily as HDD's.

w.r.t. the 2GB of ram, I run XP and 2GB of ram is fine for me. That's just my 2 cents.
 
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No no no, the RAID 0 setup is for the multitasking, not the streaming. I suggested HDD's over SSD since full hd files will fill up a SSD in no time. Multitasking means opening many programs often. With a single HDD if you open more than one program at the same time, your HDD slows your PC down severely, but 2 HDD's in RAID 0 is much faster. Of course SSD also has the benefit of not failing as easily as HDD's.

w.r.t. the 2GB of ram, I run XP and 2GB of ram is fine for me. That's just my 2 cents.
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Your answer to multitasking is to RAID some hard drives :wtf: Usually the answer to that is more memory...
 
We're now starting to move completely off topic here...

If you're concerned about launch times of multiple applications, then you should get a SSD, simply because their random access times are so much lower than that of mechanical hard drives.
Multi-tasking is usually associated with large quantities of RAM, like Archer said. It usually helps to have multiple CPU cores/threads too.
You really don't have to have a fast hard drive to do proper multi-tasking.
 
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No no no, the RAID 0 setup is for the multitasking, not the streaming. I suggested HDD's over SSD since full hd files will fill up a SSD in no time. Multitasking means opening many programs often. With a single HDD if you open more than one program at the same time, your HDD slows your PC down severely, but 2 HDD's in RAID 0 is much faster. Of course SSD also has the benefit of not failing as easily as HDD's.

w.r.t. the 2GB of ram, I run XP and 2GB of ram is fine for me. That's just my 2 cents.
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Yeah because RAID 0 is going to benifit him much more for multitasking than an extra 2GB of ram would ;)

See username :P
 
When I spend money I try to get the highest bang for the buck. If people have money to burn, then that's their ding. Personally I would buy 2GB of ram, then check to see if it's sufficient for me, before upgrading. But other people are lazy and don't wanna upgrade again and again and again, if you catch my drift. I believe in optimizing everything I do, and optimizing takes time and patience, but it saves money and teaches you plenty.

If money isn't an issue then I highly recommend you get a 32GB or 64GB SSD for your system drive (i.e. C drive) and a 1TB SATA HDD for storage. Likewise, if you're lazy and don't wanna worry about your PC later, then buy 4-8GB of ram. Better safe than short, right?
 
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