What Next?

[Zulash]

My speccs are in my siggy, what do you reckon I get next? Im thinking another 2 gigs of ram or a faster HDD... current one is rather slow..

 

[iDenTiTy]

My speccs are in my siggy, what do you reckon I get next? Im thinking another 2 gigs of ram or a faster HDD... current one is rather slow..

Another Drive...

I have almost the EXACT same spec (only I have a P5NE-SLI and 17" Lcd), my machine is fine. A fast HDD is an absolute joy...

 

[feo]

Both.

RAM is dirt cheap and HDDs aren't too badly priced either. You'll see a nice increase in performance if you upgrade either of them but if have to choose, RAM first then HDD.

Just my opinion though..

 

[quik]

Here are my specs, what should I get next?

Q6600 @ 2.4Ghz * 4GB RAM * 74GB WD Raptor * Asus P5k MB * Vista 64 * NVidia Geforce 8800GT 512MB * Dell 3007WFPHC 30" Widescreen LCD Monitor @ 2560x1600 * G11 * MX Revolution

 

[raVid]

Here are my specs, what should I get next?

Q6600 @ 2.4Ghz * 4GB RAM * 74GB WD Raptor * Asus P5k MB * Vista 64 * NVidia Geforce 8800GT 512MB * Dell 3007WFPHC 30" Widescreen LCD Monitor @ 2560x1600 * G11 * MX Revolution

Get a mac

 

[quik]

New range of Raptor drives would definately make a HUGE difference to your machine, if you can afford it.

 

[d0b33]

New range of Raptor drives would definately make a HUGE difference to your machine, if you can afford it.

+1

Velociraptor is awesome I recommend it and I will be getting one too.

 

[ShockG]

get another 2GB of ram. Nevermind the velociraptor right now it'll cost you a fortune and the older 150 and 75GB raptors are nothing to shout about anynore

 

[d0b33]

get another 2GB of ram. Nevermind the velociraptor right now it'll cost you a fortune and the older 150 and 75GB raptors are nothing to shout about anynore

That's true the veloci should be around R3000 ($300 at newegg although realistically we will probably be paying around R5000 ) but adding a extra 2GB won't cost you more than R1000.

 

[Deenem]

Core2Duo E6420 @ 2.13GHz

Buy a few extra fans and start overclocking that thing, should go to 2.4GHz, maybe even 2.5 in winter.

 

[killadoob]

Here are my specs, what should I get next?

Q6600 @ 2.4Ghz * 4GB RAM * 74GB WD Raptor * Asus P5k MB * Vista 64 * NVidia Geforce 8800GT 512MB * Dell 3007WFPHC 30" Widescreen LCD Monitor @ 2560x1600 * G11 * MX Revolution

velociraptor 300gb

omw its fast

also you should overclock your q6600

i just installed and loaded the velociraptor on my machine and its faster than my old raptor raid, seems faster anyhow
it runs cooler and can barely hear it working

velociraptor FTW

if you buy direct the velociraptor is about 3k so i would imagine it would sell for about 3.8k

 

[eitai2001]

Here are my specs, what should I get next?

Q6600 @ 2.4Ghz * 4GB RAM * 74GB WD Raptor * Asus P5k MB * Vista 64 * NVidia Geforce 8800GT 512MB * Dell 3007WFPHC 30" Widescreen LCD Monitor @ 2560x1600 * G11 * MX Revolution

A 4870 ... or 2

 

[Zulash]

Here are my specs, what should I get next?

Q6600 @ 2.4Ghz * 4GB RAM * 74GB WD Raptor * Asus P5k MB * Vista 64 * NVidia Geforce 8800GT 512MB * Dell 3007WFPHC 30" Widescreen LCD Monitor @ 2560x1600 * G11 * MX Revolution

You jacked my Thread!!

 

[The_Techie]

First another 2GB of RAM, then another hard drive.

 

[Zulash]

whats a good clock speed on ram for vista aero and gaming?

 

[The_Techie]

whats a good clock speed on ram for vista aero and gaming?

DDR2-800 is a good bet I'd say

 

[Zulash]

@ what MHz?

 

[The_Techie]

@ what MHz?

Well, as the name implies DDR2-800 runs at 800MHz which should be good enough

If you want to overclock it higher, go ahead

 

[Zulash]

DOH.. feel like a retard

 

[iDenTiTy]

My E6420 is currently overclocked to 2.8 and only runs at 35°C under load...

Overclock that baby, get nice OCZ Ram (lifetime warranty), and later why not RAID0 velociraptors...



Then get 2x 4870 like eitai2001 said...