Power and case Question

**Bunni** · 03-30-10, 09:58 AM

Originally Posted by WileECyte

Originally Posted by Mr. White

Originally Posted by Bunni

liquid cooling is evil, unless you have deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep pockets

From what I've seen, if you want i7 liquid cooling won't work as all of the liquid cooling systems aren't compatible.

They should work fine. There are i7 blocks, which is all you need...

*hissssss* evvvvviiiiilll ._.

**DJ Ms. White** · 03-30-10, 10:01 AM

Originally Posted by WileECyte

Check out Anandtech's guide to SSDs. They've benchmarked a TON of SSDs and have comparison charts (ala Tom's for CPU/GPU).

Yeah, all of the good ones seem to be waaaaaay too pricey, and the affordable ones aren't better than a velociraptor.

**DJ Ms. White** · 03-30-10, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by Mr. White

Originally Posted by WileECyte

Check out Anandtech's guide to SSDs. They've benchmarked a TON of SSDs and have comparison charts (ala Tom's for CPU/GPU).

Yeah, all of the good ones seem to be waaaaaay too pricey, and the affordable ones aren't better than a velociraptor.

That being said, the 40 GB and 80 GB intel ssds leave the raptor in the dust for read time...hmmmm...

**WileECyte** · 03-30-10, 11:30 AM

Intel released some 'mainstream' drives now that are on the smallish side that are fairly affordable. Really only room for the OS and a few key apps (games).

**Alundil** · 03-30-10, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by Mr. White

Originally Posted by WileECyte

Check out Anandtech's guide to SSDs. They've benchmarked a TON of SSDs and have comparison charts (ala Tom's for CPU/GPU).

Yeah, all of the good ones seem to be waaaaaay too pricey, and the affordable ones aren't better than a velociraptor.

That being said, the 40 GB and 80 GB intel ssds leave the raptor in the dust for read time...hmmmm...

Random reads are where it's at and yeah the Intel SSDs are still king of hill in that regard. But, Kingston did release some smaller 40Gb drives using the same components as intel for less $$. As WileE said, enough room for the OS and a few frequently used apps.

**WileECyte** · 03-30-10, 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by Alundil

Random reads are where it's at and yeah the Intel SSDs are still king of hill in that regard. But, Kingston did release some smaller 40Gb drives using the same components as intel for less $$. As WileE said, enough room for the OS and a few frequently used apps.

Intel has some too. Not as high-performing as their previous offerings, but on par with the Kingston.