darrenj1982 Posted January 28, 2016 Author Share Posted January 28, 2016 DOS76 said SSD is a must have upgrade (In my opinion) for every computer. If you don't install a lot of programs you could probably get away with 120GB which would be even cheaper (not maybe cheap enough to justify the loss of space though). Well Programs I have are kodi , my emulators , antivirus etc I never have a load , less than 15. I think the SSD is definately something i'll go towards the more you talk about it as looking at the prices now they seem relatively decent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Yeah a few years ago they were prohibitively expensive but since then the prices have started to drop (I got 2 480GB ones over Christmas for $150 per). Now I'm waiting for the PCIe SSD's to come down in price as they are supposedly much faster than the SATA III versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenj1982 Posted January 28, 2016 Author Share Posted January 28, 2016 DOS76 said Yeah a few years ago they were prohibitively expensive but since then the prices have started to drop (I got 2 480GB ones over Christmas for $150 per). Now I'm waiting for the PCIe SSD's to come down in price as they are supposedly much faster than the SATA III versions. Wow $150 that really is cheap ! We certainly cant beat them prices here in the UK right now lol. I'll probably turn to someone like yourself to help me build the dam thing when it comes around to it via skype or something as known my luck i'll blow the thing up lmao. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 No it really isn't that hard it can feel very overwhelming at first but you are basically just assembling it the documentation that comes with your board will tell you everything you need to know. I'm assuming this will be your first build just follow the directions especially the one about not popping of the cover that goes over the CPU slot I missed that one on my first build and then the board didn't work. I'm not sure if I did anything to it or if it was DOA but I haven't had any problems with boards other than the one that I made that mistake with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenj1982 Posted January 28, 2016 Author Share Posted January 28, 2016 DOS76 said No it really isn't that hard it can feel very overwhelming at first but you are basically just assembling it the documentation that comes with your board will tell you everything you need to know. I'm assuming this will be your first build just follow the directions especially the one about not popping of the cover that goes over the CPU slot I missed that one on my first build and then the board didn't work. I'm not sure if I did anything to it or if it was DOA but I haven't had any problems with boards other than the one that I made that mistake with. Thanks for the confidence lol i'll be honest I understand all the different parts it's only what wires go in what places I dont , so as long as there is some type of guidance in the instructions I should be be fine i believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I've only built with Asus boards and their documentation is good. Can't speak as to any other company's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 My MSI's documentation is also really good. Any upstanding motherboard manufacture will have pin layouts, dimm layouts, where your power draws, if there are any buttons what they do where and how. Yea SSD's are getting to be amazing now, the price difference might not be a big enough drop to go down from 250GB to 120GB, and it's not just programs that need to be installed, so having the extra space is probably a smarter idea if the price difference is not that high. Yea Derek, PCIe is super fast. I've seen HDD's hooked up through PCIe and they are blazing fast, SSD's should be more. I haven't checked if the price is coming down, but as far as I know you don't need a special drive, just the bracket which replaces the sata, and power like usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 My Dell Inspiron 660S has a mSATA connected through PCIe adapter card they actually have new drives though that have PCIe connectors built right into them I was reading about them last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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