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Hello!
I have had a ton of fun with my PC gaming and Photoshop alike. But, all my buds are switching to SSD's and RAID'd SSD's. I have a single 60GB SSD installed already, refurbished model, was really only bought to test the water. Must say I've been missing out... So! I'm thinking of;
A) Going for one SSD
or
B) Going dual SSD and going in RAID 0
I have a budget of $300 bucks (USD) and was looking at these drives at my local Fry's:
256GB 2X http://www.frys.com/product/7899309 for a total of around 200 after tax, leaving me some room to get some extra RAM so my server for Minecraft and TS3 can run a little better.
or
240GB 1X http://www.frys.com/product/7944800 for a total of $180 after tax leaving room for the RAM.
And I already have the black Corsair 2x4GB 1600Mhz RAM sticks so I was going to get these blue ones for looks, my fan lights are also blue, as well as MoBo accents.
RAM 2x4GB http://www.frys.com/product/6552683
My current specs are... (Roughly)
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Rib7
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Rib7/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Rib7/benchmarks/
CPU: AMD FX-8120 3.1GHz 8-Core Processor ($139.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($148.98 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($107.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Other: SSD ($25.00) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233124
Other: MoBo ($90.00) http://www.amazon.com/MSI-990XA-GD55-DDR3-SATA-Motherboard/dp/B005VULSXM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1392122265&sr=8-1&keywords=msi+990xa-gd55
Other: GPU ($440.00) http://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Radeon-GDDR5-Graphics-7970PE53G/dp/B006UACSZ4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1392122686&sr=8-1&keywords=7970+ghz+diamond
Total: $1103.91
Thanks for any help/advice in advance!
I have had a ton of fun with my PC gaming and Photoshop alike. But, all my buds are switching to SSD's and RAID'd SSD's. I have a single 60GB SSD installed already, refurbished model, was really only bought to test the water. Must say I've been missing out... So! I'm thinking of;
A) Going for one SSD
or
B) Going dual SSD and going in RAID 0
I have a budget of $300 bucks (USD) and was looking at these drives at my local Fry's:
256GB 2X http://www.frys.com/product/7899309 for a total of around 200 after tax, leaving me some room to get some extra RAM so my server for Minecraft and TS3 can run a little better.
or
240GB 1X http://www.frys.com/product/7944800 for a total of $180 after tax leaving room for the RAM.
And I already have the black Corsair 2x4GB 1600Mhz RAM sticks so I was going to get these blue ones for looks, my fan lights are also blue, as well as MoBo accents.
RAM 2x4GB http://www.frys.com/product/6552683
My current specs are... (Roughly)
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Rib7
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Rib7/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Rib7/benchmarks/
CPU: AMD FX-8120 3.1GHz 8-Core Processor ($139.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($148.98 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($107.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Other: SSD ($25.00) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233124
Other: MoBo ($90.00) http://www.amazon.com/MSI-990XA-GD55-DDR3-SATA-Motherboard/dp/B005VULSXM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1392122265&sr=8-1&keywords=msi+990xa-gd55
Other: GPU ($440.00) http://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Radeon-GDDR5-Graphics-7970PE53G/dp/B006UACSZ4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1392122686&sr=8-1&keywords=7970+ghz+diamond
Total: $1103.91
Thanks for any help/advice in advance!
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