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Mhm

Crucial C300 64gb for £46 delivered Razz

Only way I will ever buy a SSD, half price ;x

So are you going to use it like system drive? Or just for docs/music/games etc?

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Boot drive with main programs and a couple of main games, everything else will be on another drive Wink

Windows 7 install plus BFBC2 is around 25gb, so I should get all main programs and a maybe two more games on there :l I'm stripping down a Windows 7 Ultimate ISO to make it as small as possible too, just removing unnecessary features etc..

lolcano wrote:: Well, do something

Pushy!!!

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20 second boot times and faster game loading, why not at the right price? ;x

I'm gonna do some testing with games like Oblivion that are constantly loading as you are walking around the world, should help make games like that a little smoother Wink

I can't say I would complain about a faster boot. But I've always heard about how SSD's can only read/write so many times and then they fail.

Maybe I'm just a cheap SOB. Razz

Oh, btw I found a wallpaper I think you need. lol!

http://technology.desktopnexus.com/wallpaper/748445/

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That's just a rumor Smile

There has been tests done over at extreme systems, I can't remember the exact details or find the link right now but it would take around 10 years of constant non stop reading/writing before it would fail, you're far more likely to upgrade before it dies like with most pc components Wink

EDIT: I found the link Wink

Quote :: To summarize the thread linked above basically there where various SSD's
tested with bits of data constantly being written to them over and over
again. A lot of the tests he has conducted shows that SSD's begin to
fail at 200 Terabytes of writes. With the assumed average usage (or
writing) of 8-10Gb's on a hard drive a day, lets do some simple math:

1Tb = 1,000Gb
1,000GB x 200Tb = 200,000Gb
200,000Gb / 10Gb (daily usage) = 20,000 Days
20,000 Days / 365 Days = ~54 Years for complete failure

http://www.overclock.net/ssd/1103319-ssd-general-information-compilation.html

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?271063-SSD-Write-Endurance-25nm-Vs-34nm

So tbh, they are probably more reliable than a mechanical harddrive ;l

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trolololol

This just confirms most ebay users are complete retards

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280730445301

Check the current price out and the pictures, there is no PCB, it's just the cooler and retards are still bidding it up, it's worth like £10?

Someone is going to be disappointed...

ROFL

"Someone is going to be disappointed..." yeah hahahah

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People from OCN and other forums are just trolling it now, one guy just bid £1500, before that someone bid £1,337 Razz

EDIT:

lol current bid.. £9,999,999.99

Oh and btw, Got SSD all set up, You can tell the difference in speed slightly but tbh I would not pay full price for one unless I had money to waste :l

Boot times etc are better, full restart including post time on WD640 black was around 78 seconds, with the SSD it's 45 seconds. Time from windows loading screen untill all services and background thingies loaded with the WD640 was 29 seconds, with SSD 10 seconds :l

Everything feels a little quicker but £85 quicker? I think not Razz

I'm thinking about buying a fan/heatsink for my RAM but I'm not sure if its worth it...

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EDIT: I almost forgot to tell you, my quest for 1000MHz on my 5770 is a fail. I tried to over volt it but when I turn on MSI Kombustor to check stability the driver crashes.

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ram cooling is pretty much worthless ;x

Alsooo don't bother with kombustor, especially when overvolting, puts a stupid amount of stress on the card, same with Furmark, seen a few people kill cards that way, most people who hit 1ghz core only run it for benches, 3Dmark etc so no need for 100% stability but anyway, just use games for testing, might take longer but it's safer.

Hmm, I could use Far Cry 2's benchmark for that.

And I did notice that kombustor really pushes my gpu.

The hottest it gets while gaming is about 55C, and that's overclocked to 920/1220, but with kombustor I've seen it get all the way up to 66C. Shocked

I was thinking about getting a ram cooler just in case I want to overclock my i5. although tbh I prolly won't.

lolcano wrote:: Time from windows loading screen untill all services and background thingies loaded with the WD640 was 29 seconds, with SSD 10 seconds :l

Everything feels a little quicker but £85 quicker? I think not

omg omg omg I want a new SSD NOOOOOW!!! help

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and a ram cooler won't help with CPU overclocking ;x Probably wouldn't help memory overclocking either, unless you were doing suicide runs or something Wink

You should OC that i5 though, even if you just see how far you can take it on stock voltage first..

btw I just installed Oblivion onto the SSD, you know how when you are walking around in big areas sometimes it stutters etc while loading stuff coming into view or loading areas etc, well no stutter at all now, it's so smooooth Razz

I've had Oblivion installed on several different harddrives with different GPU's in the past and it's never felt like this :l Can't wait for Skyrim now ;x

lolcano wrote:: btw I just installed Oblivion onto the SSD, you know how when you are walking around in big areas sometimes it stutters etc while loading stuff coming into view or loading areas etc, well no stutter at all now, it's so smooooth I've had Oblivion installed on several different harddrives with different GPU's in the past and it's never felt like this :l Can't wait for Skyrim now ;x

Niiiice. And its just over two months for Skyrim, as long as they release it on time. sunny

I read on OCN that ATI cards run hot and judging from what people said my 5770 runs cold compared to everyone else. I'm not sure if its capable of getting hotter than 66C on stock voltage. Razz

As for my i5, I think I would be able to OC it pretty easy. When I installed my Hyper 212+ cooler my temps dropped like 10C at idle. And even under load I can't push the temps up very much. I'd melt the mobo before the cpu. lol!

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Yeah the mobo is your main worry ;l if anything, I would buy some little copper mosfett/VRM sinks for around the CPU area Wink

http://www.specialtech.co.uk/spshop/customer/Enzotech-Passive-Mosfet-Cooler-10-pack--MOS-C10-pid-13321.html

Something like these, but in the right size of course ;x

but srsly, OC that i5 naow D; can't do no harm seeing how far it will go at stock vcore, might manage 3.2ghz

I just hacked my Skydrive account and mapped it as a network drive. Razz

Only kinks are that you can't see how much room is on it and The upload/download speeds suck. But they always suck on Skydrive, so... Cool

Spoiler:

EDIT: I don't recommend trying it though. My computer flipped the fuck out when I tried to restart. Had to reboot in safe mode so I could disconnect Skydrive.

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Never use skydrive ;x Dropbox FTW ;x

Even sync it with your phone and access stuff from anywhere ;]

So I finally have the money to replace my HD 5770. Razz

http://www.amazon.com/Galaxy-GeForce-Battlefield-Graphics-56NGH6HS4IVZ/dp/B006J41VG8/

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Awesome

Have you ordered yet? New Nvidia cards are released very soon and prices may drop ;x

andandand I would recommend trying to get something with more than 1gb of vram, I really regret not getting something with more Sad

More vram? Shocked

Didn't know anything used more than a gig. I thought those 1.5/2gb cards were just a gimmick. lol

And no I haven't ordered it yet. I was planning on doing it soon though, before I spend all of me money Razz

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You'll start seeing 2gb become standard soon, even on mid range cards.

BF3 struggles with just 1gb, maxed out at least. Skyrim loves vram too, it's not so bad stock but once you start with all the high res texture mods etc.. I've had to stop installing texture mods and lower a lot of settings, otherwise my Skyrim would be looking better than Crysis Razz

But yeah.. If it's going to have to last you the next couple of years, I'd hold on for the new Nvidia GPU's, see how they are priced or hope the older cards drop in price. Or.. There is even ATI again ;x

andandand overclock your CPU Razz

lolcano wrote:: Or.. There is even ATI again ;x

D: never again!!!

Or at least not until I get pissed at Nvidia too Razz