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Deozaan:
Wanna share those final specs?
-Ath (February 16, 2011, 01:38 AM)
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Sure.

TL;DR version:

CPU: Core i5-760 Lynnfield 2.8GHz Quad Core.
GPU: GeForce GT 430 (Fermi).
RAM: 8 GB DDR3.
SSD: 64 GB for the OS.
HDD: 2 TB.


Full specs with important stuff in bold and link to full product details:

* Intel Core i5-760 Lynnfield 2.8GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80605I5760
* ASUS P7P55D-E LX LGA 1156 Intel P55 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
* 2x PNY Optima 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model MD4096SD3-1333
* ASUS ENGT430/DI/1GD3(LP) GeForce GT 430 (Fermi) 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Low Profile Ready Video ...
* A-DATA S596 Turbo AS596TB-64GM-C 2.5" 64GB SDD USB 2.0 & SATAII Internal / External Solid State Drive
* HITACHI Deskstar 5K3000 HDS5C3020ALA632 (0F12117) 2TB HDD SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
* Rosewill RX-C200P 2.5" SSD / HDD Plastic Mounting Kit for 3.5" Drive Bay
* LG DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model GH24NS50 - OEM
* Rosewill RV2-700 700W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V SLI Ready Power Supply
* Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top 140mm ...

She already has a mouse, keyboard, monitor, printer, and external media card reader that she'll use with this new machine. Did I forget anything?

f0dder:
Hm, never heard of A-DATA SSDs before - but iirc the controller used (JMF616) isn't überhot. What's the price diff between the A-DATA and an OCZ Vertex2? If you go SSD, you gotta pick a proper one, or you might as well stick with a mechanical drive.

Deozaan:
Hm, never heard of A-DATA SSDs before - but iirc the controller used (JMF616) isn't überhot. What's the price diff between the A-DATA and an OCZ Vertex2? If you go SSD, you gotta pick a proper one, or you might as well stick with a mechanical drive.
-f0dder (February 16, 2011, 03:04 AM)
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Aww carp.

Looks like the OCZ Vertex2 is about $15 more (before mail in rebate) but has 4 GB less.

But the write speed is significantly better. :tellme: 120MB/s on the A-DATA vs 275MB/s on the OCZ Vertex2.

EDIT: Hmm... It seems a lot of NewEgg reviews for the Vertex2 are saying the write speeds aren't nearly as fast as advertised.

f0dder:
DON'T worry about those über-high speeds, they're relatively irrelevant - since you only reach those levels when doing sequential reads and writes. Not super relevant for devices with small amounts of storage... and where SSDs (are supposed to) shine are for random scattered I/O. Problem with some of the cheaper SSDs is that they SUCK at scattered writes. I'd happily trade 50+ MB/s of sequential performance for better scattered I/O performance.

A big plus for OCZ is that, after anandtech bitched enough, they sacrificed sequential performance for better random I/O, even though it gave worse marketing numbers. I've got a 120gig Vertex2 in my laptop, and it's quite lovely :)

Also, for the PSU: I've never heard of Rosewill. But one thing about PSUs: stable voltages are craploads more important than wattage. Even my quadcore/8gig/GF460/2x10k-rpm-raptor drives doesn't go above ~275W under full CPU+GPU load.

Deozaan:
Also, for the PSU: I've never heard of Rosewill. But one thing about PSUs: stable voltages are craploads more important than wattage. Even my quadcore/8gig/GF460/2x10k-rpm-raptor drives doesn't go above ~275W under full CPU+GPU load.
-f0dder (February 16, 2011, 03:23 AM)
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How can you tell what PSUs will have stable voltages and which ones don't?

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