New computer...

nakedpeanut said:
I'm holding off on buying an ssd until I can find a good 256GB one at a reasonable price.. Like <R2500...
I also don't wanna bother with the different install paths
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Yeah.. exactly my thought.. But might get it just to play around with..

I hear it's really fast and silent?
 
It vastly increases the speed of all your computer operations. So apps open faster, windows boots faster etc etc. everything is way more responsive. No need to wait for seek times or spin up times.
 
kasterkai: think as an SSD as a flash drive. Since it has no moving parts, like hard drives do, it's completely silent.
Like Synaesthesia said: it would improve the speed of basically anything that you store on it / load from it, so it's definitely not just limited to your Windows startup time.
 
Synaesthesia said:
It vastly increases the speed of all your computer operations. So apps open faster, windows boots faster etc etc. everything is way more responsive. No need to wait for seek times or spin up times.
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Woa.. I see.. that's sounds really nice.. no wonder it's so expensive.. :P
 
Pada said:
kasterkai: think as an SSD as a flash drive. Since it has no moving parts, like hard drives do, it's completely silent.
Like Synaesthesia said: it would improve the speed of basically anything that you store on it / load from it, so it's definitely not just limited to your Windows startup time.
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I see..

But if I install games on the other HDD, the second one.. will it also increase that speed? Or will it slow it down as it needs to get it from the second HDD?
 
Scooby_Doo said:
IMO, I don't think you need an upgrade, but if you must get more ram and a better graphics card.
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+1 Scooby snack! I completely agree with scooby on this one. You're just going to waste money getting a i7 now, the i3 is more than capable, wait at least another year then do a proper job with your upgrade. Rather future proof now, get a good gfx card, bump up your psu and just grab another 2gb stick ram.
 
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S1lv3r H4wK said:
+1 Scooby snack! I completely agree with scooby on this one. You're just going to waste money getting a i7 now, the i3 is more than capable, wait at least another year then do a proper job with your upgrade. Rather future proof now, get a good gfx card, bump up your psu and just grab another 2gb stick ram.
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I see..

but even if I can get them at a really good price?
 
kaisterkai said:
I see..

but even if I can get them at a really good price?
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In terms of gaming performance, it's not worth it, even if you get the CPU at a really good price.

However, if you're doing lots of work that has multi-threaded support, then it might be worth it for you to upgrade.
But I'm getting more of a feeling that you just want to upgrade for the kicks of it and not that you actually need it.

The guys at www.Carbonite.co.za has an acronym for this: CUD (compulsive upgrade disorder)
 
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Pada said:
In terms of gaming performance, it's not worth it, even if you get the CPU at a really good price.

However, if you're doing lots of work that has multi-threaded support, then it might be worth it for you to upgrade.
But I'm getting more of a feeling that you just want to upgrade for the kicks of it and not that you actually need it.

The guys at www.Carbonite.co.za has an acronym for this: CUD (compulsive upgrade disorder)
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True...

I don't really need it.. Just want it, cause it's cheap... maybe I should just leave it...

But will getting a i5 still do a great job? Cause I want to upgrade this once, and don't upgrade majorl-y in like 3 /4 years except for ram and GPU that is...

Will it be worth it?
 
S1lv3r H4wK said:
+1 Scooby snack! I completely agree with scooby on this one. You're just going to waste money getting a i7 now, the i3 is more than capable, wait at least another year then do a proper job with your upgrade. Rather future proof now, get a good gfx card, bump up your psu and just grab another 2gb stick ram.
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:D I wonder if some one really made a Scooby snack.
 
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