Possible budget gaming PC build?

[TechnoMan]

Chaps,

Sorry to butt in on the post, but was wondering what your experience are with SATA HDD's? I've always used Western Digital WD10EARS 1TB but have found issues with at least 3. I was thinking of trying Samsung next...what are your thoughts?

I get my gear from www.allneeds.com.au ... perhaps they just went through a bad patch?

Golden

I have 4 Samsung F4 2TB Drives and haven't run into a problem yet. I've only had them for a few months so far though.

 

[Fumz]

The Samsung F series have been amazingly good (fast, reliable) drives. I love my F3. The new (small) 320GB F4's are very fast for a mechanical drive.

Samsung Spinpoint F4 320Gb Hard Drive Review

 

[A Guy]

The Samsung F series have been amazingly good (fast, reliable) drives. I love my F3. The new (small) 320GB F4's are very fast for a mechanical drive.

Samsung Spinpoint F4 320Gb Hard Drive Review

I have 2 Seagate 7200.12 500GB drives, and no problem yet

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB Reviews

Samsung Spinpoint F4 Reviews

A Guy

 

[Wishmaster]

Chaps,

Sorry to butt in on the post, but was wondering what your experience are with SATA HDD's? I've always used Western Digital WD10EARS 1TB but have found issues with at least 3. I was thinking of trying Samsung next...what are your thoughts?

I get my gear from www.allneeds.com.au ... perhaps they just went through a bad patch?

Golden

I cant speak personally about that particular model but I have several WD HDs across 3 machines and they have always been very reliable.

All of mine are the AAKS models though.

In fact, WD are typically all I buy.

 

[smarteyeball]

Either one that is closer and has stock.

To answer smarteyeball, no i probably won't be doing crossfire stuff until wayyyyyy down the track, so it would be easier to just get the minimum until later.

Stick with your current proposed build - enjoy it and then upgrade if/when you feel the time is right

Overall, you wont be disappointed

Chaps,

Sorry to butt in on the post, but was wondering what your experience are with SATA HDD's? I've always used Western Digital WD10EARS 1TB but have found issues with at least 3. I was thinking of trying Samsung next...what are your thoughts?

I get my gear from www.allneeds.com.au ... perhaps they just went through a bad patch?

Golden

I just removed a 2 TB WD EADS (green) from my machine because it was adding 40+ secs to my boot time. It also ran pretty damn warm in comparison to my Seagate 7200.12 and Samsung F1's. (ironic considering it was supposed to be a 'slow green' drive )

My two Sammys are now 2years old and haven't skipped a beat. They are also the coolest running drives I've ever had.

By all accounts the F3/F4's are even better. I wouldn't hesitate using them.

 

[Golden]

I just removed a 2 TB WD EADS (green) from my machine because it was adding 40+ secs to my boot time. It also ran pretty damn warm in comparison to my Seagate 7200.12 and Samsung F1's. (ironic considering it was supposed to be a 'slow green' drive )

My two Sammys are now 2years old and haven't skipped a beat. They are also the coolest running drives I've ever had.

By all accounts the F3/F4's are even better. I wouldn't hesitate using them.

Hell! That's exactly my experience with my WD's - I'm convinced we are getting dodgy builds down under. I'll give the F3's or F4's a twirl - thanks.

 

[LiquidSnak]

I have been told by quite a few others to steer clear of the WD green line. AAJS (8MB cache blue), AAKS (16MB cache blue) and AALS (32MB cache black) drives have never given me a problem.

I have 2 AAJS drives that are pushing 3 or 4 years now, and one AAKS about a year old.

 

[mickey megabyte]

the samsung f3's are great - can't speak about any of the other drives mentioned.

(a new ocz ssd should be arriving sometime today party, and my f3 will be relegated to a storage drive, and i expect years more service out of it in that role.)

 

[ratman]

Thanks so far, I have finalised all the stuff needed but remembered that I will need something like a wireless network card. Any suggestions?

 

[LiquidSnak]

I picked up an ASUS wireless card, and I am pleased.

 

[mickey megabyte]

ideally for a gaming pc, i would go for a wired connection. faster, more reliable, less interference, maybe less ping...

but maybe your location precludes such an option.

 

[ratman]

I picked up an ASUS wireless card, and I am pleased.

Was it a simple slot-into-the-motherboard type card? If you know what i mean...

And to answer mickey megabyte, 'my location precludes such an option'

 

[TechnoMan]

Thanks so far, I have finalised all the stuff needed but remembered that I will need something like a wireless network card. Any suggestions?

Any cheap wireless PCI card would do

 

[ratman]

Thanks so far, I have finalised all the stuff needed but remembered that I will need something like a wireless network card. Any suggestions?

Any cheap wireless PCI card would do

How about an Asus PCI-G31 Wireless 11b/g?
Asus PCI-G31 Wireless 11b/g for $22 @ NetPlus - Cheapest Computers - Perth Western Australia

 

[TechnoMan]

Thanks so far, I have finalised all the stuff needed but remembered that I will need something like a wireless network card. Any suggestions?

Any cheap wireless PCI card would do

How about an Asus PCI-G31 Wireless 11b/g?
Asus PCI-G31 Wireless 11b/g for $22 @ NetPlus - Cheapest Computers - Perth Western Australia

Good enough. You probably won't find any benefit from using a Wireless n anyway

 

[ratman]

Any cheap wireless PCI card would do

How about an Asus PCI-G31 Wireless 11b/g?
Asus PCI-G31 Wireless 11b/g for $22 @ NetPlus - Cheapest Computers - Perth Western Australia

Good enough. You probably won't find any benefit from using a Wireless n anyway

Yeah, my router doesn't do Wireless n, so g should be alright.

 

[Fumz]

How about an Asus PCI-G31 Wireless 11b/g?
Asus PCI-G31 Wireless 11b/g for $22 @ NetPlus - Cheapest Computers - Perth Western Australia

Good enough. You probably won't find any benefit from using a Wireless n anyway

Yeah, my router doesn't do Wireless n, so g should be alright.

You're not considering this for gaming are you? There's no location you can't string CAT5 to...

 

[ratman]

Good enough. You probably won't find any benefit from using a Wireless n anyway

Yeah, my router doesn't do Wireless n, so g should be alright.

You're not considering this for gaming are you?

No, I probably won't be doing online gaming too much. This will just be for internet browsing and stuff. I will drag a cable out to my computer if I was to do online gaming.

 

[LiquidSnak]

Yup, that one looks good. I don't like getting "any old ______," as brand name X stands behind their product, while "china brand 4,000,000" probably won't as much.

 

[ratman]

I'd like to say a huge thanks to all people who helped out in the deciding of what to use. I just got the parts and finished building it today and it was a success! Everything went smoothly!

Thanks everyone!!!