Pc Spec Suggestions

[Rattus79]

Sure, the $$ value per Gig for an SSD is quite high when comparing to a magnetic medium, but I'm yet to get 200+ Megabyte per second transfer speeds from one either!

I have a 128 gig Samsung SSD, and I've found that almost everything on the PC is quicker now. Up until getting the SSD the biggest bottleneck was waiting for the HDD to catch up, and I didn't slouch on the HDD I got either! My boot times went from over a minute to under 10 seconds, hell, widoze doesn't even have time to complete the win 7 animation before it's up and running!

I suppose at this time, I'd better admit that I am a gamer, and I do like to play the occaisional FPS. Yes, I've played MW3 a couple of times.

Yes, the load times are significantly reduced on a game that is installed on an SSD.

The Key term here is Load Times. by having an SSD load times are significantly reduced. I'd much rather have the SSD then a faster processor. Processors can be made forced to go faster then they were intended. HDD's can not.

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eg, if you specify 8G ram, then make sure it's one 8Gb stick, not 2x4Gig sticks. Same with 16Gig ram, 2x8 may be a better long term prospect than will 4x4Gig sticks.

Good advice, but doesn't RAM still work in pairs?

[Dazz1]

Mate!..... if CaptureNX2 would run(natively) on Linux, I'd be there too(for the most part).

Id' rather not have to run an OS through another OS.

BTW, my kids enjoyed using Ubuntu a while back when I had it running on an old PC.
But back then they were new to PCs in general(about 6 and 8 yo).
But once they got their own Windows machines, they do actually prefer the Win environment over the more utilitarian Ubuntu method.

But it did run a whole heap faster on this old box, where Win7 struggled too much. WinXP 32 was fine on it tho.

Not to get too far off topic, but apparently some people are running CaptureNX2 using Wine. This is running the app natively, just that Wine supplies the libraries that work with linux instead of Windows.

Also, Ubuntu have radically changed their interface (now called Unity) in later versions. I think it's better than Win8 anyway

[dt86vyss]

You already have loads of advice... But my two cents... SSD is a must for Windows and Programs, this type of hard drive has been a god send to me! Made LightRoom and Photoshop miles faster! Also, an i7 CPU and loads of RAM like 8 - 16gb. unless you're video editing with heavy rendering, your graphics card is not too important, an everyday $89 cheapy will do just fine.

[AnnieP]

Thank you all for all your replies... I am going to have to sit down and go through it all, but it looks like plenty RAM and SSD for a start....

[AnnieP]

Thanks for all the replies! I took lots from what was suggested and had my computer built -

I love it! The spec I went for is :

Intel i7 3770 cpu
Intel DB75EN mainboard
16 gig Kingmax DDR3 ram
Gigabyte GTX 650 video card
Hard drives -
1 x Intel 240gig SSD
1 x Seagate 2 Terrabyte HDD
Thermaltake V4 case with 500w PSU
Windows 7 64 bit Pro
LG DVD Burner

Then I went all out and bought a Dell 27" UltraSharp Monitor!!

I am keeping the SSD just to run windows and save all programs to the 2TB internal drive.

I have two external WD Hard Drives 1 x 2TB and 1 x 3TB

LOVE IT All.

Annie

[Cage]

Well that lot should percolate nicely.