New Computer Build Suggestions?

[dlambert]

Originally Posted by ArmySoldier777

I remember back when regular HDD's were about $2 per 1GB too. Someday we'll get these SSD's just as cheap lol

I understand the Thailand floods have actually been very good for SSD's -- as prices on "old fashioned" drives skyrocketed, SSD's instantly became much more competitive. Add to this the performance boost of SATA 6GB/sec, which favors SSD's, and the natural adoption rate of these drives, and we're definitely moving in the right direction -- fast.

If you don't have one of these little gems yet, it's a great time to upgrade. It's a must if you're building a new box, and it might be enough to breath new life into a tired old PC if you need to keep one chugging along for a while yet.

[kirbinster]

No sure where you guys are getting your SSD prices, but they are high. Check out Microcenter.com. I have their latest "newspaper" of prices on my desk and I see 120gig SSD for $119.99, that's $1 per gig. I even see some of the new 6gig/sec ones at $139.99 for 120gig size.

[KurtM]

Originally Posted by ArmySoldier777

If you right click on My Computer and go into Properties and click on Windows Experience Index.......

Sounds like a Win 7 thing...? I'm running XP SP3.

MAN, you guys have me ready to stuff a SSD in this box and go another year ..... but I'm guessing my bottleneck will be 4 GB RAM? That's the limit on my MB.

Geeze, I can still remember when a 386 with 128 MB RAM was SMOKIN' HOT....

Heh, I still have my Atari computer ... didn't even have a HD at all, everything happened on the floppy.

[ArmySoldier777]

Originally Posted by KurtM

Sounds like a Win 7 thing...? I'm running XP SP3.

MAN, you guys have me ready to stuff a SSD in this box and go another year ..... but I'm guessing my bottleneck will be 4 GB RAM?

Geeze, I can still remember when a 386 with 128 MB RAM was SMOKIN' HOT....

Heh, I still have my Atari computer ... didn't even have a HD at all, everything happened on the floppy.

That and running XP lol. Yeah, a 20GB hard drive used to be huge too. Crazy how far things have gone. I've got a 2TB that's almost full.

[kirbinster]

Originally Posted by ArmySoldier777

That and running XP lol. Yeah, a 20GB hard drive used to be huge too. Crazy how far things have gone. I've got a 2TB that's almost full.

Funny you mention the 20gb drive. I remember my first computer where I paid an extra $500 to get a hard drive that was double the standard size. They told me I was crazy that I would never fill the standard size and why did I want to waste my money on the larger drive. That doubling took me from a 10 meg dive to a 20 meg drive, yes meg, not gig, not tb. No that was not $500 for a 20 meg drive, that was the upgrade charge to go from 10mb to 20mb. The year I believe was 1984.

[Doug Sundseth]

The first time I bought an IBM clone (my fourth computer, BTW), I decided to start with double floppy drives rather than buying a hard disk, because the $300 price of the 30MB hard disk was about the same as a CGA card, I couldn't afford both, and HGA with emulation software was too buggy.

Plus, "Get off of my lawn!"