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| Thread ID: 121796 | 2011-11-14 04:48:00 | Proposed PC Build - Comments and Suggestions? | Caleb Watson (16566) | Press F1 |
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| 1243435 | 2011-11-15 07:13:00 | They may run some games now but their life at the top is short. I can understand that... I got my laptop nearly three years ago and the graphics card is dyeing, the fan is catching on the case, the screen backlight is failing, the hard drive is slowly losing random data and the battery is dead weight. Haha Thanks |
Caleb Watson (16566) | ||
| 1243436 | 2011-11-15 17:42:00 | Like I know that laptops are generally worse but why? Is it the lack of space for air and upgrades? Or.... Airflow as you say. You can't upgrade them, as you say. The parts are more expensive. And for the cost the specs are way lower. They are easier to break. They are designed for portability - not gaming. My desktop hasn't been replaced in years and years. It just changes every now and then, the oldest part at present would be the optical drive, the newest would be GPU and case. The major change is when I change motherboard - cause it's motherboard, CPU and usually RAM at once. Other than that, bits get changed now and then....so it's always evolving and it's a cheaper way than throwing it and starting from scratch. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1243437 | 2011-11-15 19:00:00 | Just be prepared for a very large computer. Full towers are beasts. | HarKon (15926) | ||
| 1243438 | 2011-11-16 11:22:00 | What are your opinions on SSD's, if I got a 40GB one for my OS and possibly Microsoft Office would I notice a difference? I think I would if everything was on one, but i can't afford anything bigger than a 120GB and if I was going to get one I would prefer a 40GB just for my OS, but is it worth the $170? Just be prepared for a very large computer. Full towers are beasts. Yea, I just read the specs. It weighs 11KG empty, haha. |
Caleb Watson (16566) | ||
| 1243439 | 2011-11-16 20:44:00 | SSDs are great but it's a quality of life choice as it doesn't allow you to do anything except load/ launch windows and any installed apps faster. Myself I would struggle to manage with a 40 for an OS drive, although my 120G is about half full and that includes WoW @ approx 28Gig (after deleting all the old patch data) so I guess my windows install is around the 30G mark with windows 7 64 bit and a minimal set of programs. All my games except WoW are on a 1TB WD black drive | dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1243440 | 2011-11-16 20:46:00 | You will get a greatly increased boot time. I'd recommend them if you played lots of online games that usually have large load times. Basically all it will do is increase the load time of anything installed onto it. If you were using it for microsoft office I doubt it will make much difference, on a modern computer office loads basically instantly anyway. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1243441 | 2011-11-16 20:46:00 | Yea, that's what I was thinking. So there really isn't any point in a 40GB, because all it will do is boot the system faster? |
Caleb Watson (16566) | ||
| 1243442 | 2011-11-16 23:02:00 | Personally I would get at least 60GB just so you have some room. That's not to say 40GB isn't enough but depends on how big your windows files get. Whether you get one really is up to you. If you want your computer to boot faster and open some programs fast then by all means get one. They are great and I have not regretted buying mine. |
HarKon (15926) | ||
| 1243443 | 2011-11-17 00:57:00 | I would say 40GB is too small to be useful. I've got an 80GB Intel X25 (was worth $599 when I bought it!) :horrified which is *just* big enough for Windows 7, video editing software and a few other bits and bobs | wratterus (105) | ||
| 1243444 | 2011-11-17 01:26:00 | OK, thanks everyone! I think if I have the money I'll get an 80GB or 120GB one for Windows and whatever else I decide. If not I won't bother. |
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