RedM Posted October 28, 2008 Author Share Posted October 28, 2008 Then that is cheap, off the back of a lorry is it? Have any more? All above board. As long as I don't take the pee (changing my mind etc) I can choose whatever I want to make a gaming rig. It's a hell of an opportunity although, as ever, I'm struggling to justify the outlay even though it is greatly reduced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted October 28, 2008 Author Share Posted October 28, 2008 Sure you could spend more money for a SAS card, then pay a lot more for SAS discs. ...or you could just realise that your home PC is not a mission critical database server and just stick with onboard RAID and cheap SATA discs. Sure - and if that had been the class of solution that RedM had been after that's what I'd have suggested. As he was talking about using SSD's and the like it was clear that he was talking about somewhat higher classes of specification. As for Martin's budget, these things aren't in the realms of enterprise cost and use any more. They're cheap and being stuck into all sorts of small cheap computing devices. Woaah there lads. Don't fall out. TBH when it comes to HDD I could care less if a RAID thingummy loads a game level a few seconds faster than A N Other option. As long as it's pretty fast, I'll be happy and can possibly spend more money of GFX. I'm not even too bothered about having the 'best' sound card either! What caught my attention is that these drives are fast and that I can get something new and 'cool' very cheaply. Even more interesting to me is that they make no noise and draw a very VERY small amount of power. That's the tightwad in me right there. Also, it might be the way forward for my dream of an almost silent PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 Martin, If i were in your shoes i would definitely be going for the 250gb solid state HDD. Its the 'new' thing to have for gaming rigs at the moment, while saying within a reasonable budget. Should last years as there are no mechnical parts, might save on heat/power too. Going to cost a few pennies to do it right though. You will need a good graphics card, some fast RAM, a decent processor and some pretty good cooling to do it properly. What other specs are you thinking of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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