~$800 PC build - Verify/Advice? (Trying to snag these deals)
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Is the [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153125]PSU[/url] good enough, does it have enough connectors for the [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130688]video card[/url]? Is there anything I can get better at around the same price? Anything missing?
Advice would be much appreciated!
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It seems the SSD is heavily oriented towards Windows 7 with software fluff...? I don't see why I couldn't just install 8 onto it and then use the HD for storage, but I'm not certain either. Any advice on that?
the PSU has more than enough connectors, but why are you getting extra SATA cables? it'd fairly typical for motherboards to come with more than enough of them. Mine came with 6, and it wasn't an especially good mobo. I don't actually know because there's no ink to it, and I don't want to find out, but based on that picture, I don't know if there's a CPU heatsink/fan included in the box. I'm sure there probably is, but just make sure before you buy. Everything else looks fine to me.
I'm glad the PSU is good enough, I'm getting extra SATA cables just in case, when I built my friend's, the board came with two of them which was just enough. I'm getting an SSD as well, and I don't think it comes with one, so I'm just getting more to be safe.
I checked the CPU's product page and it says it comes with a heatsink, so I'm thinking it'll come with one. Odd how they did that for the image though.
I also swapped out the SSD for an OCZ Onyx. Thanks for the help!
Honestly I'd just drop the SSD and get a faster HDD. The Greens are notoriously slow, and with such a small SSD pretty much everything is gonna be on it. Yeah, booting up will be slower, but overall performance will probably be better. The PSU is good enough, it would seem. I'm generally not a fan of Thermaltake, but reviews (from professionals) seem to imply that they got their act together with that line-up.
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;38604096]Honestly I'd just drop the SSD and get a faster HDD. The Greens are notoriously slow, and with such a small SSD pretty much everything is gonna be on it. Yeah, booting up will be slower, but overall performance will probably be better. The PSU is good enough, it would seem. I'm generally not a fan of Thermaltake, but reviews (from professionals) seem to imply that they got their act together with that line-up.[/QUOTE]
actually I heard (I think it was on LinusTechTips's live stream) that the green drives got a firmware or software update that increases the speed by like 50%. but it might be worth it to get a faster one.
[QUOTE=Sigs367;38604532]actually I heard (I think it was on LinusTechTips's live stream) that the green drives got a firmware or software update that increases the speed by like 50%. but it might be worth it to get a faster one.[/QUOTE]
I might not be up to date on that, then. Still, I'd recommend either getting a "proper" SSD or a proper HDD. Not a compromise.
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