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Posted: November 01 2011 at 5:28pm

My thoughts on that SSD is for the price you will come out cheaper using your old drive and a new (smaller) SSD in raid 0. Put your OS and games on Small SSD and everything else on Giant cheap HDD. Then you can spend the money saved on vid card or processor.

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Posted: November 01 2011 at 9:25pm

90Gb SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233204

And then 2 HDDs in raid 1 for data protection.

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Posted: November 01 2011 at 11:45pm

much better choice IMO and u now have another 150 to sink into another part of the cpu

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Posted: November 02 2011 at 1:44am

Hey Erich I am using 132gb of my 480gb SSD but I have a hell of a lot of programs on it. I think 90 would be a minimum, 120 would be better. Love RAID 1, our NAS is set up as RAID 1 and we love it. I suggest you spend a little more for the HD and get the Enterprise class disks, with 5 year warranty. As I recall, Western Digital does not warrant their greens, blues, or blacks if they are part of a RAID. May want to check on that. I like the way you are thinking, though. I did hear the HD's are going up fast in price as the factories in Thailand are flooded so there is a shortage.

Oh forgot, yes, SATA III for your SSD, definitely.

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Posted: November 02 2011 at 5:19pm

No kidding, Cliff. I just looked at Newegg, and a drive my brother got for $150 (3 TB on sale) is now $400... I'm sitting tight. I just snagged that drive for 180 at Amazon, PM me for link to it if you want.

Also. HOLY sh*t, CLIFF! 480GB SSD!?!?!? Censored

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Posted: November 02 2011 at 7:16pm

Yeah, I saw the prices, wow. Luckily I have a spare 320Gb harddrive sitting around not getting used. Thats all I need for a data disk for now. Can upgrade to a 2-disk raid later on.

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Posted: November 02 2011 at 9:49pm

I don't think the SSD prices are going up as fast as the platter disks. Dan, I have a pair of 240gb ESATA III SSD's in RAID 0. This damn computer reboots in seconds even with all the software I have on it! I have 19 icons in the system tray... I know too many.... but RAM is cheap!

Erich I will look around this weekend but I might have a disk I can send you to backup to until prices come down.

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Posted: November 03 2011 at 4:09pm

I'm ok on the HDD. I forgot that I bought a new one for a computer for work that I am building. That build is on hold until I get a new motherboard and processor. So in the mean time, I have a Western Digital enterprise edition HDD at my disposal.

I'm just wondering if I should what on the SSD for a sale or purchase it now in case theres a run on SSDs.

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Posted: November 03 2011 at 4:44pm

I would bet on a run on SSD's, but how much the prices will change... ?? Wacko

I actually think that will be okay for this month, and I plan on keeping an eye open for a good deal. I'll share if / when. I'm thinking I want a 120GB or bigger, and I'm honestly hoping to snag one for under $150. I got my 60GB for 120 after rebate in March, 2010.

Call me paranoid, but until the technology is older, I'm considering only keeping SSD's as critical drives for 2.5 years tops, and really 2 years if I can manage it.

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Posted: November 04 2011 at 3:45pm

Still say wait.Your building old tech already.2600k a relic.6970/6950 relic.Intels new cpu q1 and god like

ATI

The latest word on the street is December 6.
http://www.dailytech.com/Nextgeneration+28nm+GPUs+Could+Be+45+Percent+Faster/article23158.htm

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Posted: November 04 2011 at 8:28pm

good lord, you would pay about 10k in british pounds for all that across here, prices in the uk are over double that of the usa not including the exchange rate which is double again! I am hoping god looks down on me and gives me a crappy quad core system some time in the future, not asking for much lord. ohhh let me find a q6000 quad processor on ebay for 99p soon!

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Posted: November 04 2011 at 10:08pm

Hey PF whatayadoin' to me man. I just built a 2600k machine on your reco and now you're tellin' me I gotta scrap it??

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DATH O.B.CTeam Member Joined: June 04 2004 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 1167	Posted: November 01 2011 at 5:28pm
	My thoughts on that SSD is for the price you will come out cheaper using your old drive and a new (smaller) SSD in raid 0. Put your OS and games on Small SSD and everything else on Giant cheap HDD. Then you can spend the money saved on vid card or processor.
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Ice Man O.B.C Team Member Joined: June 03 2004 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 3029	Posted: November 01 2011 at 9:25pm
	90Gb SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233204 And then 2 HDDs in raid 1 for data protection.
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DATH O.B.CTeam Member Joined: June 04 2004 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 1167	Posted: November 01 2011 at 11:45pm
	much better choice IMO and u now have another 150 to sink into another part of the cpu
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Hagar O.B.CTeam Member Joined: June 04 2004 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 1622	Posted: November 02 2011 at 1:44am
	Hey Erich I am using 132gb of my 480gb SSD but I have a hell of a lot of programs on it. I think 90 would be a minimum, 120 would be better. Love RAID 1, our NAS is set up as RAID 1 and we love it. I suggest you spend a little more for the HD and get the Enterprise class disks, with 5 year warranty. As I recall, Western Digital does not warrant their greens, blues, or blacks if they are part of a RAID. May want to check on that. I like the way you are thinking, though. I did hear the HD's are going up fast in price as the factories in Thailand are flooded so there is a shortage. Oh forgot, yes, SATA III for your SSD, definitely. Edited by Hagar - November 02 2011 at 1:44am

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Dantheman5187 O.B.CTeam Member Married to my best friend. Joined: June 05 2004 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 1699	Posted: November 02 2011 at 5:19pm
	No kidding, Cliff. I just looked at Newegg, and a drive my brother got for $150 (3 TB on sale) is now $400... I'm sitting tight. I just snagged that drive for 180 at Amazon, PM me for link to it if you want. Also. HOLY sh*t, CLIFF! 480GB SSD!?!?!?
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Ice Man O.B.C Team Member Joined: June 03 2004 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 3029	Posted: November 02 2011 at 7:16pm
	Yeah, I saw the prices, wow. Luckily I have a spare 320Gb harddrive sitting around not getting used. Thats all I need for a data disk for now. Can upgrade to a 2-disk raid later on.
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Hagar O.B.CTeam Member Joined: June 04 2004 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 1622	Posted: November 02 2011 at 9:49pm
	I don't think the SSD prices are going up as fast as the platter disks. Dan, I have a pair of 240gb ESATA III SSD's in RAID 0. This damn computer reboots in seconds even with all the software I have on it! I have 19 icons in the system tray... I know too many.... but RAM is cheap! Erich I will look around this weekend but I might have a disk I can send you to backup to until prices come down.

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Ice Man O.B.C Team Member Joined: June 03 2004 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 3029	Posted: November 03 2011 at 4:09pm
	I'm ok on the HDD. I forgot that I bought a new one for a computer for work that I am building. That build is on hold until I get a new motherboard and processor. So in the mean time, I have a Western Digital enterprise edition HDD at my disposal. I'm just wondering if I should what on the SSD for a sale or purchase it now in case theres a run on SSDs.
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Dantheman5187 O.B.CTeam Member Married to my best friend. Joined: June 05 2004 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 1699	Posted: November 03 2011 at 4:44pm
	I would bet on a run on SSD's, but how much the prices will change... ?? I actually think that will be okay for this month, and I plan on keeping an eye open for a good deal. I'll share if / when. I'm thinking I want a 120GB or bigger, and I'm honestly hoping to snag one for under $150. I got my 60GB for 120 after rebate in March, 2010. Call me paranoid, but until the technology is older, I'm considering only keeping SSD's as critical drives for 2.5 years tops, and really 2 years if I can manage it.
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X O.B.C Member Forum Stalker Communist Pinko Joined: September 29 2008 Location: Zimbabwe Online Status: Offline Posts: 3453	Posted: November 04 2011 at 3:45pm
	Still say wait.Your building old tech already.2600k a relic.6970/6950 relic.Intels new cpu q1 and god like ATI The latest word on the street is December 6. http://www.dailytech.com/Nextgeneration+28nm+GPUs+Could+Be+45+Percent+Faster/article23158.htm
	The microphone explodes, shattering the molds Either drop tha hits like de la O or get tha f**k off tha commode Wit tha sure shot, sure ta make tha bodies drop Bulls on parade!
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vorlon O.B.CTeam Member Joined: February 08 2006 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1285	Posted: November 04 2011 at 8:28pm
	good lord, you would pay about 10k in british pounds for all that across here, prices in the uk are over double that of the usa not including the exchange rate which is double again! I am hoping god looks down on me and gives me a crappy quad core system some time in the future, not asking for much lord. ohhh let me find a q6000 quad processor on ebay for 99p soon!
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Hagar O.B.CTeam Member Joined: June 04 2004 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 1622	Posted: November 04 2011 at 10:08pm
	Hey PF whatayadoin' to me man. I just built a 2600k machine on your reco and now you're tellin' me I gotta scrap it??

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