TheMightyEthan Posted November 29, 2013 Report Share Posted November 29, 2013 No, I imagine the trend will be toward games that require that much RAM because they actually need it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 So its been some time coming but the steam sale really pushed it to the forefront. I need a bigger storage drive. Before I just nab a 7200 hdd, anyone know if hybrid drive would be worth the extra $30-50? looking at this one: http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Desktop-Solid-Hybrid-ST2000DX001/dp/B00EIQTKAS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1388440490&sr=8-1&keywords=2+tb+hybrid+drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 From what I've heard hybrid drives aren't really worth it for gaming but do provide some of the SSD benefits for everything else. Anyways, how many games do you like to keep installed at once? Do you really need a whole bunch? I find my data issues mostly come from tons of HD video. Games are a solid chunk of course but it doesn't really seem to change much since games get uninstalled once I'm done. Personally I just run a 5400 RPM drive with my games on it and load 2 games at a time onto my SSD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 well I actually have 2 storage drives right now, 2 500GB drives. One has video and pictures on it, the other has programs that I didn't want on the SSD, and steam. I tend to not move / delete games very often because the few times I have it's messed with my library to the point I've had to completely wipe and reinstall some games. And yes, googling has given me the impression that hybrid drives when not used for a main / boot drive doesn't offer many added benefits as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 Yeah, I tend to hoard my games on my drive because where I live storage is cheaper than bandwidth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 that and I'm a little paranoid about digital ownership. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted December 31, 2013 Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 ^Humble Store and GoG for you then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted December 31, 2013 Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 Actually, Steam for me for that reason (or any store with an account that lets me redownload things at my leisure). I'm a lot more confident in Valve's ability to keep track of my install files than I am in my own ability to do so. I don't want to pay for a limited-time download of an installer only to lose track of it or have my HDDs die or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted December 31, 2013 Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 >not having a RAID 6 setup >not backing up everything to the cloud >not having off-site tape backups >not printing out all of your installers in binary and storing them in a bomb shelter Step it up Ethan. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted December 31, 2013 Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 psh, Ethan probably even keeps his money in a bank. a bank! pshaw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted December 31, 2013 Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 >not printing out all of your installers in binary and storing them in a bomb shelter This one cracks me up. I actually do keep all that kind of thing backed up on multiple drives in my computer, but the whole thing could still be fried, or my house could burn down or something. I keep important documents/pictures/etc in a Google Drive folder, but there's not enough space for a whole lot of actual program installers or that kind of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baconrath Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 For the most part I like my case but for some reason every once in a while when I hit the power button just right the only things that really turn on is the fans and maybe a few lights on the board and video card. I don't know if this is user error (I know I'm just pressing a button, but still...) or a hardware issue. Have any of you experienced a similar issue and if so, how would I properly fix it when it happens and how can I prevent it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 It happens to me mostly when I move my computer around from say my place to my parents place. So for me personally, I think just unplugging all the cables does something with at least whatever juice the computer has left*. Also, my computer mostly will restart itself if it get caught in that loop so its a non-issue in my 2-3 years of using this computer. Sometimes though it will remain in that state in which I just flip the switch on the back, wait 10 seconds and turn it back on. Good to go. *So maybe its due to something with the PSU... I guess. -shudders- 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 http://blog.backblaze.com/2014/01/21/what-hard-drive-should-i-buy/ tl;dr buy Western Digital or Hitachi. Not enough numbers to say anything about Samsung or Toshiba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 I never considered anybody beyond Seagate or Western Digital. I guess I can add Hitachi to the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 I've had Hitachi drives before. Don't remember off the top of my head if I had any problems though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronixal Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Right then you nerds, its time to help me finally get a proper desktop PC. Basically my laptop is dying a slow death and seeing as I have my own place with a proper desk and everything, there's no need for me to have a laptop to ferry around so I'm looking at building my own pc. Or rather, pick the parts and have the folks at PC Specialist build it cos I don't trust myself to handle small, delicate and sensitive parts. I'm not looking for anything too fancy but the only provisos I would say is something that is going to play anything that is current now relatively well and will be capable of streaming at the same time. Also able to do some video editing and rendering would be nice but not necessary. My laptop already has a 240GB SSD so I'd like to put that in the new pc, if I can, though I'm sure it'd mean completely wiping the damn thing. So I'm guessing a second, huge HDD would be handy. So yeah, I have no idea about parts and specs so I'll leave that to you; you're looking at someone who still has the mindset of bigger numbers = better. Budget is fairly flexible. I'd like to be spending £500-600 but will stretch so £750+ for something particularly special, though I would be reluctant as I'm going to need to buy two monitors, keyboard, speakers, etc. Suggestions on those would be nice too. So, yeah, have at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baconrath Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 (edited) Don't be like that Baconrath jerk and have your cheap $40 power supply die during your burn-in test because budget lol Also, do you already have a copy of Windows 7 or 8? I had a budget similar to yours and my copy of Win 7 was the only thing that made me go over it. edit: just noticed thats a £ and not $ but still... Edited January 28, 2014 by Baconrath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronixal Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 (edited) Nah, I think I'd have to buy a copy. Bit of a pisser but at least it'd be mine. Also, fwiw, someone on twitter passed me this potential build. http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2J5e5 Edited January 28, 2014 by Chronixal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 My recent build was just a smidgen over £600, but I already had Win7 and HDDs and blu-ray drive (oh and monitors too I guess). In general I'd jam in a bunch of components that match your budget, double check they're compatible (Mainly gonna be the MoBo/CPU to check here) and then hit up Toms Hardware and co checking out benchmarks for those components and tweaking price:performance ratio of your build. One thing I saved pennies on was opting out of the OC-able CPU saving a pretty penny since I know I don't overclock. I would strongly recommend a Shadowplay capable Nvidia GPU(GTX 650+) by the way since I know you're quite into your streaming and stuff, having it built right into the GPU would likely be up your alley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 I think your SSD should work just fine. Hell it might work right off the bat with an OS in there. Don't quote me on that though. Either way you'll have to have that 1 TB storage drive. I think you might as well go for a 2 TB drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 See I expected to have to require to reformat but I slipped it in new PC and it booted up fine, just had to reactivate Windows. Oh and sit around for ages as it got all new drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 See I expected to have to require to reformat but I slipped it in new PC and it booted up fine, just had to reactivate Windows. Oh and sit around for ages as it got all new drivers. This is why I'd generally just say to start fresh. Shouldn't be an issue if you also have a HDD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 Been meaning to ask, though I keep forgetting because I don't use my desktop a whole bunch. Anti-virus: which one? I had Norton 360 on my laptop, but all the background performance crap would get in the way. I don't know if anything has changed, and it still gets recommendations. However, you've got a handful more options. One I've heard of is Bitdefender, but in stores I don't ever see it located with Norton, McAfee, Kaspersky, and AVG. I'm open to suggestions, even if it's "don't get one." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 Microsoft Security Essentials. It's free, updates through Windows Update and runs smoith as silk. It's also pretty simple to temporarily disable the real time scan for when you're doing things that might activate it. As for BitDefender I think that's another free one, hence not seeing it on shelves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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