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  1. Umm I DEFINITELY know this is wrong just from my upgrade in cards on this computer. and the GPU usage
  2. Nobody here that knows about HDD and motherboards and can help with the questions I posted on the last page?
  3. Ok so given the information that I have been given.. The SSD is not going to make a difference in gaming performance for me. And I would rather not take the risk of the SSD. Perhaps I will wait until the future to go with an SSD. I can always decide to scrap the HDD I put my OS on later for an SSD if I want. Prices will probably be lower for the more respectable and reliable brands and given the technology won't be as new... perhaps prices will drop on a nice big one. SO I am going to go with the two HDD drive idea. One for the OS... and one for the rest. To Malastare, or anyone else who wishes to chime in: You recommended a 1TB and a 2TB Both with 32MB caches, with the OS on the 2TB. The 2TB drive this company offers actually has 64MB cache. Is that ok or is there some reason to go with 32 MB instead? Here is what they offer: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD, or 2TB x 2 (2TB Capacity) Raid 1 High Performance with Data Security Note: The cache was not listed on the Raid 1. Now... is the second one actually 2 drives? Both being 1TB each? Or what exactly is it? Also... what about just going with two 2TB 64mb 7200rpm drives? I was thinking about going with two of the FIRST HDD listed above. Is there some reason NOT to get two of the 2 TB drives? Besides someone saying it could be a waste of money? I mean I do have a lot of music and I think both of them being 2TB 7200RPM drives would be a good idea... unless that would slow things down for some reason. Again, thank you everyone for all the help. I am VERY close to having my build. When I am finished with my choices, I will post them up for everyone to have final opinions on!
  4. So much different info you come across on the web. Ok so the definite is that everyone says if you use a SSD for one drive and a HDD drive for the other... use the SSD for the OS and the HD for hard files, pics, media. But on this forum I heard a couple of people say not to put this game on the SSD drive. I believe someone went as far to say that it could even kill the SSD. I am reading that on MOST games the SSD will only speed up load times. HOWEVER...I am reading on MMOG it is different.. with the environment changing so much and other things that most other games do not have... the games like this one WILL run faster on a SSD. What I am concerned about... and why I was going to get TWO HDD's instead of one HDD and one SSD, was because of the lifespan concerns of the SSD. Now... if the SSD would NOT improve the performance of this game... I really do not think it would be worth trading the lifespan of the SSD for the speedup on Windows, and the load time only of a game. I'm really at a crossroads here. P.S. Believe it or not.. one of the HDD's I was going to put in the PC: 600GB Gaming Western Digital VelociRaptor 10,000RPM SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache WD6000HLHX , costs ONE dollar MORE than this SSD drive: 120 GB Intel 510 Series SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 450MB/s Read & 210MB/s Write and 114 dollars MORE than THIS SSD drive: 120 GB Intel 510 Series SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 450MB/s Read & 210MB/s Write I thought the SSD's were supposed to be much more expensive? And what about the SSD running THIS game faster than a HDD.. Yes? No? Running a game on the SSD damaging it or making the life much shorter? And the lifespan of the SSD being less and failure rates being a good big higher? I REALLY don't know what to do!!!!!!!!
  5. I went to Tom's Hardware and it seems they think SSD's are NOT the best drives right now, and that they have much higher failure rates and do not last as long. And that as time goes on after 2yrs.. the failure rates go much higher. Also from what I am reading the SSD's do NOT make your games run any faster or better, they just make load times a little shorter in between action. Look at this article by them: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-reliability-failure-rate,2923.html I'd still like to know... Why can't I replace that first HD with a regular HD and not use a SSD? Thus having a regular HD for the HD and a different regular HD as the Data Hard drive? (Two regular HDD's and not a SDD) Is there some reason why this cannot be done? I was wanting to use a 600GB Gaming Western Digital VelociRaptor 10,000RPM SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache WD6000HLHX for the OS HD and also use it to put this game on perhaps... or should I use this HD as the Data HD, and make the 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD the OS Hard drive (Running only the OS on it), and run the games on the 600GB Gaming Western Digital?
  6. That's weird. I called the place selling these and they said it would be fine to swap the first hard drive from a SSD drive to one that is not SSD, and have them both as non SSD drives with one used as the OS drive. Why could I not do this? I was not asking if I should use the SSD for games and the Regular HD for the OS. I was asking about getting rid of having the SSD all together and having TWO regular HD's instead of one SDD and one regular HD.
  7. Hey everyone... Is there any need to Overclock a Intel® Core™ i7-3930K Six-Core 3.20 GHz 12MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011? The place I am buying my PC from has an option where they will overclock it 30% from the factory as long as you make sure all other parts are OC Certified by them. I was just wondering if you guys think there would be any need to overclock this CPU within the next couple of years. Also... could them overclocking it 30% make it's life shorter or mess it up? I guess what I am asking is should i order it overclocked or not? I know I could take it to a shop in the future if i needed it overclocked but if it would be wise to get it out of the way and go ahead and do it then i will. And they do this for free. Opinions?
  8. Ok so the two PC's I am looking at come with the following HDs: Hard Drive: * 60 GB OCZ Agility 3 SATA III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 525MB/s Read & 475MB/s Write (Single Drive) Data Hard Drive: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive) The other one has the following: Hard Drive: 120 GB Intel 520 Series SATA-III 6.0Gb/s - 550 MB/s Read & 520 MB/s Write (This does not say SSD but it is listed under the SSD drive category when you go the to page that lists the HD choices for this build experiement so I'm assuming it is in fact an SSD drive. Data Hard Drive: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive) So it seems both of the first Hard Drives, (Not the data HD's for the PC's), are SSD drives. Could I swap either of those drives for lets say a: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD, or a 600GB Gaming Western Digital VelociRaptor 10,000RPM SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache WD6000HLHX (Single Drive).... WITHOUT having to do anything else to the PC's? Like I said I have never done this before so I dont know if you have to have an SSD with the other drives on these PC's to match something or it does not matter. Also... would upgrading those HD's make a need for a different power supply or more fans? Thanks
  9. Well since my monitor is a 60hz looks like i will be upgrading it along with the PC. Can anyone tell me if this monitor is a TRUE 120hz monitor and if it seems to be a good one? 27" ASUS VG Series VG278H Black 2ms HDMI Widescreen LED Backlight LCD 3D 120Hz Monitor 300 cd/m2 ASCR 50,000,000:1 w/ 3D Glasses & Speakers http://www.excaliberpc.com/610699/asus-vg278h-27-3d-ready-led.html#TabSpecification Review seems good.... http://alatest.com/topbar/41565549/-1/?ref=http%3A%2F%2Falatest.com%2Freviews%2Fmonitor-reviews%2Fasus-vg278h%2Fpo3-155364129%2C29%2F
  10. Is this true? And let's hear from the people that are having the rates above 60... are your monitors above 60hz? PS.. i cant even FIND where it says what hz mine is running at. I checked the web for the specs. maybe I'm overlooking? I Have a Samsung S27A550H Digital
  11. Question... what if i went with the last one like you said... • Intel® Core™ i7-2600K Processor • 8GB PC1600 Corsair Vengeance • 2 x NVIDIA GTX580 1.5GB Video • Asus Z68 USB3 & SATA3 MB • OCZ 120GB SATA3 SSD • 2TB SATA3 7200 RPM HD • LG 12X Blu-Ray Rewriter Then changed the processor to the i7-3930K when I was customizing it. Would there be any other changes I would need to make because of upgrading the processor? Then in the future I could upgrade the ram. Also.. how does that GTX 580 compare to the video cards in the other PC's i listed?
  12. Well, I was not just buying the PC for THIS game. I need to clarify that. I mean as far as use for TODAY... for this game. But I wanted something that will run the games well that come 2yrs down the road as well. The reason I asked which of those for this game is just for the current usage of the PC. So..with that in mind.. Which would you choose? The PC's are within about 300 dollars of each other.
  13. Which PC would you go with for this game? Rate in order and why.. (yes I'm shopping and need help) • Intel® Core™ i7-3820 Processor • 16GB PC1600 Corsair Vengeance • AMD HD 7950 3GB Video • Gigabyte X79 USB3 & SATA3 MB • OCZ 60GB SATA3 SSD • 2TB SATA3 7200 RPM HD • LG 12X Blu-Ray Rewriter • Intel® Core™ i7-3930K Processor • 8GB PC1600 Corsair Vengeance • NVIDIA GTX570 1.2GB Video • Gigabyte X79 USB3 & SATA3 MB • Intel 120GB SSD • 2TB SATA3 7200 RPM HD • LG 12X Blu-Ray Combo Drive • Intel® Core™ i7-2600K Processor • 8GB PC1600 Corsair Vengeance • 2 x NVIDIA GTX580 1.5GB Video • Asus Z68 USB3 & SATA3 MB • OCZ 120GB SATA3 SSD • 2TB SATA3 7200 RPM HD • LG 12X Blu-Ray Rewriter
  14. Again peeps I would REALLY appreciate some help. I am going to replace this PC. I've been thinking about it for a while, and the horrible FPS, and not being able to pvp in the lvl 50 areas of this game, as well as not being able to win a one on one duel because the damn competition is skipping on me or ALWAYS seems to be faster than me made up my mind. I'm NOT building my own. I really need help shopping. Im looking here: http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/category/intel_pc/ My price range is anywhere from 1.5-2k. Now if you notice they have PC's in a VERY close price range to each other here that are running different video cards. It seems the main ones in my range are these: AMD HD 7950 3GB Video, AMD HD 7970 3GB Video, NVIDIA GTX560Ti 2GB, or NVIDIA GTX570 1.2G 2 x NVIDIA GTX580 1.5GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 3GB 16X PCIe Video Card I need to know both which one of these video cards is the best and would run this game the best... and which of these PC's would be the best to go with this game based on its other build configurations. I play this game more than any so I would like the PC to be suited to running it the best. Also if you know of a better site with better prices I would of course be interested. I have just heard good things about this place. Thanks and again I REALLY need and would appreciate the help!
  15. AMD HD 7950 3GB Video, AMD HD 7970 3GB Video, NVIDIA GTX560Ti 2GB, or NVIDIA GTX570 1.2G? Which one and why? Rank em if ya want. I'm looking at prebuilt Gaming PC's on http://www.cyberpowerpc.com ... and the PC's I am looking at all are VERY close in price but with these differences in video cards. (They also have other component differences of the PC's of course). No clue if I am going to buy from this place or not. I may end up going to a local shop and having a local shop build me one. But... Need to know if this website's prices are good in comparison to other pre built systems. I also need to know if these systems (the ones in that price range)..will run this game as smooth as you really possibly can. My price range is about 1.3-1.7k
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