http://techbuyersguru.com/1000-gaming-productivity-pc-build So you more or less kind of followed this guide except the part that everyone has been pointing out would make the biggest difference.
Actually, he's not right. But I was sick of being petty about it, so I just asked him how old he was. Some other things he didn't mention. 1. 4k video requires (from direct tv) a 4k genie box, which is I believe around $200, plus a $100 installation fee (my numbers may be a little off), but it's about that cost. In addition you need at least a premiere package or above to get this. 2. A 4k tv can't run Microsoft office. 3. With a 4k tv you can't browser the web and watch tv at the same time on the same screen. For example, watching a rockets game and posting on clutchfans. I didn't mention any of those things because why argue with a kid, or somebody who is extremely dense. Literally, the only thing he said that was right is that monitor have a better lag time. Of course they do, that's why they're monitors. In addition, the only way I'm going to get 4k resolution on a monitor is to buy a monitor with 4k. I'm not paying a premium for it, I'm paying what it cost for it. But this thread was all about chiding me for not being a gamer and not caring about ssds. lol
I knew somebody was going to say that. But I am reasonable as you might see in my OKC thunder thread. When people got me over a barrel I do concede, wave the white flag, but this guy keeps arguing.
LOL, you got pretty hostile, pretty quick. Let me help you, since you are struggling quite a bit on this one. Basically, your rig is about to show the world it is on Rudy Gay's level, IE very expensive, and flat out bad. No I am right, and you are an idiot. I didn't want to outright say it, because I am actually a decent human being, and I wanted to help save you money, but since you are an ******* in addition to being an idiot, **** it, who cares. Which is irrelevant, because your monitor is not playing any content from Direct TV, thus provides no advantage to the monitor over a TV. If you had Direct TV, had the premiere package, and were saving the money on the genie box and installation, you might have a case, but for the record, I wasn't considering Direct TV offerings in my argument, because you said you were simply streaming / netflixing. A 4k TV can run office, but not very well. But if you bought a 4k monitor for excel, then just LOL Right, but you can't stream Rockets games or watch TV in 4k. If more screen real estate was your goal you should have gotten a dual monitor setup, or just a standard widescreen 1080, for 1/3 the cost. You didn't mention any of those things because you are trying to not make yourself look stupid, but you are not doing a good job. You are, you paying for stuff you don't need. No, I was trying to figure out what the heck you were doing, because what you did makes no sense. I could care less if you were a gamer or not. I can see now you did in fact not know what you were doing. Now I am chiding you for being stupid, which you deserve, especially after being an ass for no reason.
im pretty happy with my set up, but that idea of an SSD is tempting, i think i just need more space and HDD is cheaper. Most of my 1TB space is taken up in 24bit/96k FLAC albums and i end up having to delete games and movies as soon as i finish them so as to not take up too much space, but im not so sure i'd care to build a library of movies and games(movies are so readily available fro stream and i never play games multiple times or online). Would it be better to have a smaller size SSD run WIndows 10 and then have several 1TB or more HDD's as my main storage? Any recommendations and black friday sales?
Yes, having a small ssd run Windows is the ideal usage for it, and your main storage would be your hdd. I think the main thing about an hdd in that type of setup would be having backups in case you lose your drive. You might want to consider going for an external wd my book, instead of more internal hdds to help you plan for situations when you lose a drive. windows 10 has file history which you can setup for stuff like this.
The typical setup is a 120GB or 240GB SSD as an OS disk + critical system applications, anything that spends time a considerable amount of time caching everything to RAM on load. And then a 1TB HDD for everything that won't benefit from an SSD necessarily. Personally I have a 250GB OS SSD/500GB HDD/250GB Games SSD setup. reddit.com/r/buildapcsales is a good website to check from time to time for deals on PC parts.
Yeah, that's true. So i need an SSD for WIndows, use my current 1TB HDD for strictly games and movies and photos, and p*rn etc. Then buy a WD external 2 to 4 TB for a massive lossless music library. Best places to check out? Flash new egg?
www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales SSDs last a while so it's always good not to cheap out. Samsung's SSDs are the best in the market and have the best R&D behind their products, Sandisk is not bad as a medium-budget option, I've heard mixed things about Intel. Crucial is apparently a very solid low budget brand as well. OCZ has mixed reviews as a low budget.
https://slickdeals.net/f/9435103-25...-state-drive-60-more-w-visa-checkout-free-s-h $60 for a well-rated Samsung SSD. There's no reason not to have one SSD in your computer nowadays. Unless you're unbelievably dense.
I'm just saying, i'm not really having a problem running WIndows on a HD, i can't imagine just how much faster it will be with an SSD. What will increase? Folders and applications open faster? Faster boot up? It's not like it takes forever to do those things for me right now.. I think i can wait for this type of upgrade. I'd rather be on the look out for deals with speakers and audio gear.
SSDs will make you boot faster than a traditional HDD, so if that's important to you then it will help. As far as making windows snapper, you might and might not get a marginal increase there. You aren't going to get faster than snappy, no matter what people tell you. SSDs are better than traditional drives when you are playing games and you are really loading down your system. It makes games run smoother. Since day to day activities, such as creating files, browsing the internet aren't very taxing on the system, I doubt you will see a lot of different there. You could buy another hdd, raid it, then buy an external drive wd mybook, and then you would have the peace of mind that if you delete something or if your hdd crashes, you have a backup. Google drive, and Onedrive will keep your stuff offline, but they aren't making backup copies of them, they are only protecting you in the invent that your hd crashes, you'll have a copy on an offline location. If you yourself delete a file by mistake, it's gone from google. If your fine gets corrupt, google drive will only have that corrupted file version. WD mybook + Windows 10 File history solves that, as you can set your google drive to get a fresh copy stored on the mybook. Problem solved.
Caesar, you'd probably want to put the games you play the most on the SSD as well. Load times are much better
