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Prices still dropping. - Hard Drives
« on: 23 June 2010, 17:29:43 »
http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/newsletter?productId=39322&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Samsung+HD203WI+2TB+Spinpoint+F3+EcoGreen+3.5%22+SATA+II+Hard+Drive&utm_campaign=newsletter230610

Allthough only on superdeal - oneper customer it shows hard drivr prices are strill dropping.

Plus SSD are getting cheaper, I bought an SSD 64GB drive but no cache to try for loading windows OS and see what the temperature difference was inside my case as was impressed apart from one problem, I couldnt load the larde file on a Command an Conquer game (Guessing dur to no cache)

This one has 128mb of cache. :y

The one below is now half the price of what it was when I bought mine.  Allthough as TB has mentioned they have no proven reliability I dont have a problem with that as I only use them to load the windows system, all items saved are in My Duocuments that I allways have stored on a seperate drive.


http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Hard+Drives+%28SSD%29/Crucial+RealSSD+C300+64GB+2.5%22+SATA+6Gb%2Fs+Solid+State+Hard+Drive+?productId=40695
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Re: Prices still dropping. - Hard Drives
« Reply #1 on: 23 June 2010, 20:01:31 »
Hmm.  Was getting tempted to build a new desktop today. This isn't helping me resist. ::)

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« Reply #2 on: 23 June 2010, 21:16:09 »
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Hmm.  Was getting tempted to build a new desktop today. This isn't helping me resist. ::)

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So.....

If you WERE to build a new desktop, what components would be in your 'must get' list in order to make it all work, from m/board, through processor/memory and drives/vid cards and the like??

Sorry for the potential highjack, its the way the GenDiss goes sometimes....  :-[   ;D
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Re: Prices still dropping. - Hard Drives
« Reply #3 on: 23 June 2010, 21:19:50 »
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Hmm.  Was getting tempted to build a new desktop today. This isn't helping me resist. ::)

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So.....

If you WERE to build a new desktop, what components would be in your 'must get' list in order to make it all work, from m/board, through processor/memory and drives/vid cards and the like??

Sorry for the potential highjack, its the way the GenDiss goes sometimes....  :-[   ;D

Thinking of building a media centre at last B?
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« Reply #4 on: 23 June 2010, 21:30:46 »
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Hmm.  Was getting tempted to build a new desktop today. This isn't helping me resist. ::)

Kevin

So.....

If you WERE to build a new desktop, what components would be in your 'must get' list in order to make it all work, from m/board, through processor/memory and drives/vid cards and the like??

Sorry for the potential highjack, its the way the GenDiss goes sometimes....  :-[   ;D

Thinking of building a media centre at last B?
Actually got 3 redundant desktop units here, still working, but need to perhaps cannibalise them into something and end up with a fair end unit for main PC use....  May also splash the cash and get a shiney new one for t'interweb and the world and use the others like Frankensteins apprentice....  ;D
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Re: Prices still dropping. - Hard Drives
« Reply #5 on: 23 June 2010, 22:30:26 »
Well, my "media centre" (actually only audio running a Squeezebox server and a few other odds and sods) is currently as follows:

Intel D201GLY2 mini-ITX m/b (60-odd quid including CPU)
1GB RAM
WD 10EADS 1TB Green HDD
Some cheapo case.

Not as impressed as I was with the previous VIA EPIA mini-itx setup which had half the power consumption and would stay up for years at a time. This one has more clout but barely adequate cooling and tends to throw its' toys in this weather. :( Wondering if an Atom m/b would be better, or even going back to the EPIA. Or bodge a better heatsink onto the chipset.

Not sure about a desktop. Haven't bought any PC hardware (bar the netbook I'm currently typing on) for many years and kind-of got by with hand-me-downs as my speed requirements have been modest.

Now getting into processing digital photos and a few other new requirements and everything's got a bit pedestrian. ;D

So.. desktop shopping list..

I tend to buy slightly below the silly priced end of the market but something that will be grunty enough to last a while. (current desktop must be nearly 10 years old :-[ )

Thinking about an LGA 1156 socket M/B and maybe an i5 750 CPU. 4GB RAM. Not really fussed about graphics as I don't do games but a dual-head display would be nice. 1TB hard drive. Lob Ubuntu on it and it'll do me nicely. :y

That's for my needs, though. For just surfing the web and e-mail you can get away with something modest.

Here's something from Skruntie's link: http://www.aria.co.uk/Systems/Home+Range/Atom/Gladiator+Proteus+Atom+Green+PC+-+No+Operating+System+?productId=40097. PC for 120 quid. More than adequate as an internet workstation. Might groan a bit when it comes to watching video but if that's only the odd youtube clip, so what?

On the other hand, if, unlike me, you want gaming capability, the graphics side needs more consideration, obviously.

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