I need help picking parts

[thaibert]

I've been putting together a theoretical system for over a week now, and I have run into a problem:
Do I go with an SSD and a 560 ti or a 570 and no SSD?
EDIT: The SSD will be used as a boot drive.


Also, specs if anyone should need them:

GIGABYTE G1.Sniper M3
Intel Core i5 3570k
Kingston Kingston 8GB DDR3 1600MHz HyperX LoVo
Corsair CMPSU-HXEU

[madef224]

Go with the SSD irregardless of the video card you choose.

[dosbox]

The 570 will run some games faster. The SSD will improve performance of everything. Boot times? Faster. Program loads? Faster. Search? Faster.

[SgtPinback]

you could, downgrade the board to the non-sniper version GA-Z77MX-D3H to help the costs, or go for the 560ti-448 w/ the SSD, still be a kickin' system...

then again the sniper is a really nice board - tough call...

[fincher234]

[QUOTE=thaibert;31301646]I've been putting together a theoretical system for over a week now, and I have run into a problem:
Do I go with an SSD and a 560 ti or a 570 and no SSD?
EDIT: The SSD will be used as a boot drive.

What are the key games involved and at what resolution?

[thaibert]

@Madef: If I go with the 570, it'll exceed my budget by a great bit. To anyone saying that SSDs are actually cheap now, not in Denmark.

@fincher: Skyrim, GTA IV, Magicka, Duke Nukem Forever and other, less intensive games @ 1440x900, although I want to upgrade to a 1920x1080 monitor in the near future.

[caveman26]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/OCZ-AGT3-25S...0557234&sr=8-1
OCZ AGT3-25SAT3-120G Agility 3 120GB SATA III 2.5 inch SSD
£74.99
92.96 euro
99 euros inc del

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/cust...odeId=11072981

[thaibert]

As I said, it'll exceed my budget.

[mandrake77]

SSD rules.

[SHSPVR]

Originally Posted by caveman26

http://www.amazon.co.uk/OCZ-AGT3-25S...0557234&sr=8-1
OCZ AGT3-25SAT3-120G Agility 3 120GB SATA III 2.5 inch SSD
£74.99
92.96 euro
99 euros inc del

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/cust...odeId=11072981

What are you off your rocker OCZ only a foul buy's there stuff
Just look on OCZ support forum and Newegg
I think I pay a bit more for Corsair SSD
Why the high end power supply?.
You could save some momey with Corsair CMPSU-650TXV2 unless you plan on Cross or SLi

SgtPinback yes he could down to GA-Z77MX-D3H but the G1.Sniper M3 come with Sound Blaster Recon3D on board.

If I was you I would stick with the GeForce GTX 570 or new Radeon HD 7850

[borg_7_of_9]

Originally Posted by SHSPVR

What are you off your rocker OCZ only a foul buy's there stuff
Just look on OCZ support forum and Newegg
I think I pay a bit more for Corsair SSD
Why the high end power supply?.
You could save some momey with Corsair CMPSU-650TXV2 unless you plan on Cross or SLi

SgtPinback yes he could down to GA-Z77MX-D3H but the G1.Sniper M3 come with Sound Blaster Recon3D on board.

If I was you I would stick with the GeForce GTX 570 or new Radeon HD 7850

Nothing really wrong with OCZ's SSD's sure there where some teething problems esp with older hardware but FWIW my Agility 3 has never missed a beat on my I7 Z68 based rig.. FWIW it was one of the first drives with FW 1.05 IIRC

[fincher234]

Originally Posted by thaibert

@Madef: If I go with the 570, it'll exceed my budget by a great bit. To anyone saying that SSDs are actually cheap now, not in Denmark.

@fincher: Skyrim, GTA IV, Magicka, Duke Nukem Forever and other, less intensive games @ 1440x900, although I want to upgrade to a 1920x1080 monitor in the near future.

For the games mentioned other than skyrim I think the 560ti would be fine. For skyrim, and especially as you want to up your resolution in the near future, I would go with the 570. So if skyrim isn't that important and you really wanted an ssd go with the 560ti. I would lean toward the 570 unless you really had your heart set on an ssd.

[SHSPVR]

Originally Posted by borg_7_of_9

Nothing really wrong with OCZ's SSD's sure there where some teething problems esp with older hardware but FWIW my Agility 3 has never missed a beat on my I7 Z68 based rig.. FWIW it was one of the first drives with FW 1.05 IIRC

You been lucky but there min other that don't fell that way I'm one of them after the BS with there memory stick with 3+ RMA and still didn't work which I end up going back to Corsair.
That not what I see which is customer reviews 5egg at or below 60% which my book is not very good at all the other like Corsair customer reviews is like 75% with intel leading the pack at 78% heck I perf to see min of 80/85% and angine look on OCZ own forum is full of people ♥♥♥♥♥ing there SSD here.

[caveman26]

http://forum.corsair.com/v3/forumdisplay.php?f=188
corsair forum full of problems

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/fo...scussion-forum
ocz forum

you can goto any ssd forum and they will be full of ppl with problems you can not use reviews from newegg and forums to base your ssd review

all ssd's have gotten alot better as they have ironed out the bugs i have an ocz vertex 2 and have never had a problem

[madef224]

@Madef: If I go with the 570, it'll exceed my budget by a great bit. To anyone saying that SSDs are actually cheap now, not in Denmark.

It is of course your choice, But after looking at a couple of benchmarks for both cards, (the 570 performs a little better, but runs warmer and uses more power)plus knowing the performance increase you'll get with an SSD vs a mechanical drive, My choice would be the 560Ti + SSD. Then again, I'm not a hardcore gamer playing across 3 monitors.