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Originally posted by Aeni View PostMake sure you have adequate ventilation and if at all possible, mount it on a rack rather than side mounting to the case of your CPU, because the bugger can run really hot (I think all SSDs have heat dissipation issues that you do not want to attach to the walls of your CPU case and shut off proper air flow around them)
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Originally posted by Caspian View PostYeah, once I get my house sold my budget won't be an issue, right now Im planning on grabbing a decent 1TB hdd that will end up being the storage drive when all this is said and done. Figure I'll upgrade to Windows 7 when I get the ssd. I know hdd brands fairly decently, but what about ssd's? I trust Samsung with tv's but do they make good ssd's?
If you can afford it, since prices have really come down on their PRO series, and their EVO as well.
Amazon.com: Samsung Electronics 840 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Single Unit Version Internal Solid State Drive MZ-7TE250BW: Computers & Accessories
** If at all possible, do not buy any 120gb versions of any SSDs out there, no matter how cheap they may appear, because it's still more expensive $/gb than the 240/250 versions of the same model. **Last edited by Aeni; 10-25-2013, 12:24 PM.
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Yeah, once I get my house sold my budget won't be an issue, right now Im planning on grabbing a decent 1TB hdd that will end up being the storage drive when all this is said and done. Figure I'll upgrade to Windows 7 when I get the ssd. I know hdd brands fairly decently, but what about ssd's? I trust Samsung with tv's but do they make good ssd's?
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Originally posted by Malacite View PostIf MMOs are that taxing on HDDs, what about SSDs? No moving parts, but won't it eat into the shelf life of the thing much more steeply?
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Originally posted by Caspian View PostWeird part is this is the same rig I used for raiding in WoW for a couple years, never happened before.
Thanks for the tip about checking the sleep mode, I'll look at it when I get a new hdd installed this weekend.
I'll look for the red series this weekend. I'm looking at a fairly inexpensive Seagate that Best Buy has (I don't want to wait on shipping and I rediscovered a couple gift cards I have for there the other day) but I'll check on something a little more robust since it will likely be relegated to storage once I get an ssd and a new version of Windows. (I knew Windows 8's UI was bad, didn't know how much it had changed since 8.1)
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If MMOs are that taxing on HDDs, what about SSDs? No moving parts, but won't it eat into the shelf life of the thing much more steeply?
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Originally posted by Firewind View PostI was just listing the Pros of Windows 8. Honestly very few applications even need that much RAM and even if you required it, you would have built a specialist computer for it anyway.
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Originally posted by Aeni View PostCaspian's problem isn't directly tied to FFXIV but I can see that it could be a result of just using your computer a lot more than you'd otherwise would have if you never played any kind of online game. The disk activity with many MMORPGs are really taxing, much more so than most other kinds of games, so the HDD will be accessed frequently. If you have power-saving mode enabled, this makes it even more stressful, as your HDD is constantly stopping, going, stopping, going over and over again. Either set your sleep mode to something like 30 minutes of disk inactivity or disable it entirely (I believe it's defaulted to 5 min but don't quote me on that)
You should also look into a more robust HDD and install Intel's Disk Monitoring software to be on top of the health of your drives as it's a lot accurate in predicting faults and failures. WD came out with NAS drives (Their Red series) and that might be more better suited for gaming than their other series, like the Blue, Green and Black. Not sure about other brands and their level of fault tolerance and robustness.
Thanks for the tip about checking the sleep mode, I'll look at it when I get a new hdd installed this weekend.
I'll look for the red series this weekend. I'm looking at a fairly inexpensive Seagate that Best Buy has (I don't want to wait on shipping and I rediscovered a couple gift cards I have for there the other day) but I'll check on something a little more robust since it will likely be relegated to storage once I get an ssd and a new version of Windows. (I knew Windows 8's UI was bad, didn't know how much it had changed since 8.1)
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Originally posted by Malacite View PostSo what? Generally speaking 12 GB is the most you'll ever need, unless you intend to stream & record live games like I do in which case the more the better (or if you do a lot of heavy video editing)
Besides, IIRC, Win 7 64-bit has a max of 32 GB RAM?
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Caspian's problem isn't directly tied to FFXIV but I can see that it could be a result of just using your computer a lot more than you'd otherwise would have if you never played any kind of online game. The disk activity with many MMORPGs are really taxing, much more so than most other kinds of games, so the HDD will be accessed frequently. If you have power-saving mode enabled, this makes it even more stressful, as your HDD is constantly stopping, going, stopping, going over and over again. Either set your sleep mode to something like 30 minutes of disk inactivity or disable it entirely (I believe it's defaulted to 5 min but don't quote me on that)
You should also look into a more robust HDD and install Intel's Disk Monitoring software to be on top of the health of your drives as it's a lot accurate in predicting faults and failures. WD came out with NAS drives (Their Red series) and that might be more better suited for gaming than their other series, like the Blue, Green and Black. Not sure about other brands and their level of fault tolerance and robustness.
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So what? Generally speaking 12 GB is the most you'll ever need, unless you intend to stream & record live games like I do in which case the more the better (or if you do a lot of heavy video editing)
Besides, IIRC, Win 7 64-bit has a max of 32 GB RAM?
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Windows 8 has no RAM limitations and has far better compatibility with Direct X 11.1. It's also slightly cheaper. The UI is garbage though.
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In which case you're a mad person and should just buy a tablet instead.
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Unless for some reason you LIKE using a Tablet UI on a desktop...
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There is absolutely no reason to subject yourself to Windows 8. Windows 7 is rock solid and a more user friendly experience. It'll also outlast Windows 8.
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