BleepingComputer.com: Computer Builds

I can't post mine at this time, but if your bored enough to I would be intrested in seeing what you guys would build. Wrather it be top quality or best bang for the buck.

Whatever my budget is would determine the quality of the build. But top quality is always win if you have the money for it.

I've got some time to waste so why not give it a shot.

High End

Case: COOLER MASTER COSMOS 1000 RC-1000-KSN1-GP - $199
Motherboard: EVGA E758-A1 3-Way SLI (x16/x16/x8) LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - $279
Graphics Card: ASUS EAH5870/G/2DIS/1GD5/A Radeon HD 5870 (Cypress XT) - ($379 per card, buy two for Crossfire) $759
Power Supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-1000HX 1000W - $239
CPU: Intel Core i7-975 Extreme Edition Bloomfield 3.33GHz - $974
RAM: OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 - ($129 per kit, buy two to max out the RAM) - $259
Hard Drive 1: Corsair P128 (CMFSSD-128GBG2D) 2.5" 128GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid state disk (SSD) - $349
Hard Drive 2: Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AADS 500GB - $49
Optical Drive: LITE-ON Black 4X Blu-ray Burner SATA Model DH-4B1S-08 - $199
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate OEM - $179
Aftermarket Heatsink: COOLER MASTER Intel Core i7 compatible V8 RR-UV8-XBU1-GP 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler - $60

Grand Total: $3,554.87


The More Reasonable System

Case: COOLER MASTER COSMOS 1000 RC-1000-KSN1-GP - $199
Motherboard: ASUS M4A78T-E AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - $129
Graphics Card: ASUS EAH5870/G/2DIS/1GD5/A Radeon HD 5870 (Cypress XT) - $379
Power Supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W - $119
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz - $245
RAM: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 - ($85 per kit, buy two to max out the RAM) $171
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AADS 500GB - $49
Optical Drive: Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black SATA Model AD-7240S-0B - $31
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64 - $99
Aftermarket Heatsink: Thermaltake CL-P0456 140mm CPU Cooler - $64

Grand Total: $1,493.90

What exactly does Corsair P128 (CMFSSD-128GBG2D) 2.5" 128GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid state disk (SSD) do? I have seen it around but am really confused on what exactly it is.

It's a solid-state disk. It serves the same purpose as a hard drive, but the loading times are much faster.

Alot faster.... what? Does it have any memory or does it just act as an amplifier?

Yes, there's storage. That one has 128GB.

Unlike a traditional hard drive, a SSD has no moving parts. A normal hard drive has platters inside that spin with heads moving across them to read data. This slows down data access. A solid state hard hard drive has no moving parts, containing data on non-volitile (which means data isn't erased when the system is powered off) memory chips. Because of this, data access is much faster. For instance, if an operating system is installed on a solid state drive, booting into it could take a few seconds compared to about a minute to get the desktop and actually beginning work. Also, becuase they have no moving parts, they don't wear out as quickly as traditional hard drives do. However, this reliability and speed is more expensive so people often choose to put only their operating system and one or two critical applications on a solid state drive.

Also, the size of the ssd, not many offer more than 128 gig.


Edit: Edited to remove unnecessary quote. ~ tg

Well, I know there's a 160GB version of my SSD. I got this the other day, took me 15 mins to install Vista. And about 7 seconds to load windows. It cost me £171 for this SSD, and honestly after using it; it was well worth it, the speed is truly amazing.

So it basically means that all applications and programs will load faster? Does that include loading screens in games and so on?

Yes, since access to the hard drive is faster with an SSD, loading times are faster. Working with the data, like in Photoshop might not be faster since rendering requires memory not hard drive space. On a side note, you can use SSD's in anything that accepts SATA, like a PlayStation 3.