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[ObserverStatus]

yeah, might want to plug my xbox into it when necessary.

[ObserverStatus]

what difference does that make?

[ObserverStatus]

 anyway, I'm shopping around trying to find a better GPU now, which of these would be better? (and if you know a better one I can get for $100 feel free to say)

bit.ly/zuToTu

[TheBlackBaron]

I would still suggest getting a 6850. They're about $150 right now, which can usually be knocked down a bit more, and I would expect that once Nvidia releases their new cards they'll drop to that $100 price point the cards you're looking at are at now.

[ObserverStatus]

TheBlackBaron wrote...

I would still suggest getting a 6850. They're about $150 right now, which can usually be knocked down a bit more, and I would expect that once Nvidia releases their new cards they'll drop to that $100 price point the cards you're looking at are at now.

I'm probably not going to get either, this is just a "if I were to buy this today" scenario, trying to learn how to shop for these, more than anything else.

[ObserverStatus]

Alright, here's an update on how this is shaping up, how does this look so far?  (Yes, I know I should hold out before getting the CPU and GPU, this is just hypothetical)

Hard Drive:
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAKX 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive 
Mother Board:
GIGABYTE GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard 
Processor:
Intel Core i3-2120 Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000  
Graphics:
HIS H675F1GD Radeon HD 6750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity 
Memory:
Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model 996770 

[ObserverStatus]

yeah, the 500 gb models have dropped $10 since the last time we discussed that, may as well I suppose

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

320 GB: real 290 GB
50 GB for Windows and its components for a year
50 GB for pictures, movies and music
190 GB for Games ...

Lets check some of my games:
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3: 13 GB
GTA 4: 15 GB
L.A.Noire: 19 GB
Mass Effect 2: 20 GB
Star Wars The Force Unleashed: 25 GB

Insufficient. Unless you want to play older games which averagely are 1 - 5 GB.

[Inquisitor Recon]

10,000 RPM minimum. I'll never go back to 7,200 RPM like some sort of peasant.

[ObserverStatus]

btw, if I buy a bare hard drive, what am I going to need to get it running?

[Inquisitor Recon]

bobobo878 wrote...
btw, if I buy a bare hard drive, what am I going to need to get it running?

Some sort of sacrifice to the dark gods. I'm sure you know the deal.

Besides for that, these days just make sure you have an extra SATA cable and a free SATA power cable. The latter shouldn't be a problem unless your computer is already loaded with HDDs and CD/DVD drives.

But I can never remember this stuff until I'm actually putting it together so don't take my word.

[ObserverStatus]

ReconTeam wrote...

bobobo878 wrote...
btw, if I buy a bare hard drive, what am I going to need to get it running?

Some sort of sacrifice to the dark gods. I'm sure you know the deal.
Besides for that, these days just make sure you have an extra SATA cable and a free SATA power cable. The latter shouldn't be a problem unless your computer is already loaded with HDDs and CD/DVD drives.
But I can never remember this stuff until I'm actually putting it together so don't take my word.

Well darn, I'll either have to go with the not bare version, or think of someone who I particularly dislike then.

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

SATA cables are those small red ones! They can be easily found, if you know the right place to buy.

But 1TB 7200RPM > 320GB 10000RPM

[ObserverStatus]

I'm just going to run Starcraft II, Diablo III and a few classics on it for now, my xbox can handle the rest.

[Inquisitor Recon]

I'm running two Western Digital 300GB 10,000 RPM drives. Only problem is that Steam places everything (and I have some large games on Steam) to the C drive. Would Steam games still work if I moved them to my E drive then set-up a directory junction?

[TheBlackBaron]

Motherboards will usually come with a few SATA cables. The one I bought came with two 6gb/s cables (unfortunately the 6gb/s ports are very poorly placed and I can't use them, but this mobo was never more than a stopgap anyways).

[TheBlackBaron]

ReconTeam wrote...

I'm running two Western Digital 300GB 10,000 RPM drives. Only problem is that Steam places everything (and I have some large games on Steam) to the C drive. Would Steam games still work if I moved them to my E drive then set-up a directory junction?

You can't just directly copy and paste them, but google "SteamTool". It's a program that lets you transfer them to another directory. 

[ObserverStatus]

 whoa, anyone think these guys are for real? toolscamera.co.uk/index.php

[ObserverStatus]

nvm, when I tried to check out, they wouldn't let me use credit and asked for my bank account number.

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

Ok then. So be it!