upgrade advise

[skalragg]

ok, so ill be ordering my upgrades before monday,

just wondering peoples view on the following


ASUS P5Q PRO Turbo, P45, Socket-775
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=445214 or should i wait for http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=352402

the are nearly identical minus a few things

0r go for http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=362638 since its nvidia based

WD VelociRaptor 150GB
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=378747

raptor's worth getting? buffer is 16mb while 32mb on most 7200rpm hdd's will this make a difference,



and finally thinking of getting corsair 5-5-5-16 8500 ddr2 ram i understand all those numbers other than the 8500 , in comparison to 6400 version is it much faster,

cheers for yer help

[NA.Hornet]

Raptors are fecking ace!! Had one for many years now

[skalragg]

ok just ordered, upgrades/problem fixs I've gone for are

Samsung 23" LCD Syncmaster P2370
1920x1080, DVI, 50000:1, 2ms

ASUS P5Q PRO Turbo, P45, Socket-775
ATX, DDR2, GbLAN, Firewire, 2xPCI-Ex(2.0)16

WD VelociRaptor 150GB
10000RPM, SATA, 3 Gb/s, 16MB

Corsair TWIN2X PC8500 DDR2 4GB KIT CL5
Kit w/2x 2GB XMS2-8500 dimm's, CL5-5-5-15, 1066MHz

making my machine a little less 'wind up'

[Geordie Pigeon Owner]

Raptors are fecking ace!! Had one for many years now

aye. Raptors are definately worth the money

[JackCarter]

I have two of them raided. Excellent performance and still going strong.

[Sgt.King]

I have two of them raided. Excellent performance and still going strong.

You striped 10K drives ? - Why mate ?

[Geordie Pigeon Owner]

I have two of them raided. Excellent performance and still going strong.

You striped 10K drives ? - Why mate ?

I did the same. Even faster is the answer.

[Sgt.King]

Does it really make a difference mate ?

Are we talking solid state speed ?

[Geordie Pigeon Owner]

yes it really does.

wouldn't know as I've never used a solid state drive before. I'd guess not though.

It is a noticable increase on just a single raptor though.

[keveenjones]

You change motherboard with intel DP55KG and then change processor with latest intel i7 series. 4GB ram is sufficient for gaming purpose.

[jonnyj99]

Having tinkered with the PCI update, accessories and wireless Internet access, I wanted to upgrade my current motherboard allows faster processor.I currently Nvidia GeForce 9800GT 512MB 256bit RAM. I am running Leopard, and one station to another in Windows 7. I think that understanding is correct. ATI is cheaper, but I think Nvidia has more support in the future.