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Why? Do they fail a lot? And do you mean in price or name brand?
Never had a power supply fail. I think I decided on this one:
Rosewill Green Series RG630-S12 630W Continuous @40°C,80 PLUS Certified, Single 12V Rail, Active PFC "Compatible with Core i7,i5" Power Supply - Newegg.com
On the other hand I'm pretty sure I'll only buy video cards with a lifetime warranty. Had an EVGA Nvida card that I had to RMA no joke 5-7 times. Ended up selling it on ebay when they sent me a new one.
Cheap PSU's don't deliver stable voltage, and not as much of it as advertised, and I've had a power supply that failed and fried my motherboard. Besides known brand, like Corsair, parts aren't that much more expensive anyway.
If you had to rma a card that much something on your system is killing the graphics card.
I think the card was over heating and killing it. They suggested I get a new power supply, got a corsair 650w (this was a couple years ago). They also sent me cards that didn't work immediately a couple times. Some lasted a couple months and then died. Even after the PSU upgrade I think I went through 1-2 more before I sold the new one they sent me without touching it.
Here is what I got so far. Might change a few things around. The video card only has 1 DVI port and I want to use 2 monitors... so I need to figure that out.
The HD and Monitor seem like really good deals.
CPU: $195
Intel i5 4440
Newegg.com - Intel Core i5-4440 Haswell 3.1GHz (3.3GHz Turbo) LGA 1150 84W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4600 BX80646I54440
BX80646I54440 Intel Core i5 Processor i5-4440 3.1GHz 5.0GT/s 6MB LGA 1150 CPU, Retail - Intel Core i5 & i3 - SuperBiiz.com
MOBO: $38
Newegg.com - MSI H81M-P33 LGA 1150 Intel H81 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Video Card: $108
PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Video Card (AX7870 2GBD5-M2DH)
$108 after $30 rebate
RAM: $48
Newegg.com - Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model TLD38G1600HC9DC01
Monitor: $100
Dell 24" LED HD Monitor E2414H - Best Buy
PSU: $25
Rosewill Green Series RG630-S12 630W Continuous @40°C,80 PLUS Certified, Single 12V Rail, Active PFC "Compatible with Core i7,i5" Power Supply - Newegg.com
HD 3TB: $80
Toshiba 3TB 7200RPM 3.5in Internal SATA Hard Drive $79.99AR w/ V.me Checkout
Toshiba 3TB Internal Hard Disk Drive - 3.5 Form Factor, SATA III 6 Gb/s, 7,200 RPM, 64MB Buffer (HDKPC08) at TigerDirect.com
The HD and Monitor seem like really good deals.
CPU: $195
Intel i5 4440
Newegg.com - Intel Core i5-4440 Haswell 3.1GHz (3.3GHz Turbo) LGA 1150 84W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4600 BX80646I54440
BX80646I54440 Intel Core i5 Processor i5-4440 3.1GHz 5.0GT/s 6MB LGA 1150 CPU, Retail - Intel Core i5 & i3 - SuperBiiz.com
MOBO: $38
Newegg.com - MSI H81M-P33 LGA 1150 Intel H81 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Video Card: $108
PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Video Card (AX7870 2GBD5-M2DH)
$108 after $30 rebate
RAM: $48
Newegg.com - Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model TLD38G1600HC9DC01
Monitor: $100
Dell 24" LED HD Monitor E2414H - Best Buy
PSU: $25
Rosewill Green Series RG630-S12 630W Continuous @40°C,80 PLUS Certified, Single 12V Rail, Active PFC "Compatible with Core i7,i5" Power Supply - Newegg.com
HD 3TB: $80
Toshiba 3TB 7200RPM 3.5in Internal SATA Hard Drive $79.99AR w/ V.me Checkout
Toshiba 3TB Internal Hard Disk Drive - 3.5 Form Factor, SATA III 6 Gb/s, 7,200 RPM, 64MB Buffer (HDKPC08) at TigerDirect.com
Too expensive for the benefits imo. Would like to have one, but think I would rather have like 2-3 TB of space.
This is a huge mistake. Buy a small ssd 60gb and put your programs on it and then buy a 1 or 2 tb (non toshiba) hd. This will have more impact on performance than any other piece you add
I second te better PSU
Idk, hundred bucks for 10-12 second startup and pretty much instant launch of most software seems fair
I tried this a couple of years ago with a WD Rapter drive. Made it the boot drive and put a few main programs on it.
The problem was stuff likes to auto install on the main drive, sometimes I forget and install stuff there (you have to do custom install every single time and create a new directory UGH), and my browsers stored all their stuff on the main drive. So it was constantly running out of space. It was so annoying, so now I usually get cheap 1TB+ drives.
So programs didnt auto install to your boot drive? Did I read that right? Sounds like you had something else going on. To be honest I have not had a single issue with an Ssd. It takes boot time to a couple seconds. And programs like photoshop load instantly. Also solved a lot of performance issues with browsers. I think it was seo_mike that I last recommend an ssd, maybe he can chime in.
Buy the Ssd. Iyou won't be disappointed. Like I said it will give you the most bang for your buck over any core component.
No, they would auto install to the fast/small/main/boot drive. That was the problem because then it would run out of space. Not saying that there is anything wrong with SSDs (besides price) just that with Windows you have to go out of your way to manage the main and 2nd drive to be sure that the main SSD doesn't constantly fill up.
The drive I had wasn't SS though, it was like a faster disc hd. Never had a SSD.
I'll look more into the SSDs before I buy, but for these reasons will probably end up getting cheap TB disc hds.