3,500 to build a few pcs

[Stryker64]

also u can get family packs of windows 7 home ediot here packs of 3 for like £150

also if u went xp or vista wouldnt u save money ?

If you can find stores that still stock them probably.

 

[hmmblah]

also u can get family packs of windows 7 home ediot here packs of 3 for like £150

also if u went xp or vista wouldnt u save money ?

You can't use the family packs in your environment. It would be exactly the same as using pirated software.

 

[Stryker64]

AM3 setups then and with a 450 instead of a 460

Probably a 6850 if he wants to run games at 1080p

 

[shortie19]

I am happy to go along with what ur picking but atleast I know then i dont need windows server for the server pc also I will get of the site your pricing on

 

[Stryker64]

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 125W C3 (Socket AM3) Processor - Retail #39930 £ 94.99 £ 94.99

MSI 880GMA-E45 AMD® 880G (Socket AM3) DDR3 PCI-Express Micro-ATX Motherboard #40761 £ 63.82 £ 63.82

Sapphire HD6850 1GB GDDR5 Graphics Card #42289 £ 127.99 £ 127.99

Coolermaster Elite 342 Micro-ATX Case #42988 £ 23.33 £ 23.33

Corsair Builder Series 500CX Power Supply #42489 £ 39.10 £ 39.10

250GB Seagate Barracuda ST3250318AS 3.5" SATA II Hard Drive - 3yr Warranty

4GB Mushkin (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666 9-9-9-24 Silverline - 996768

£507.38 (Including VAT and Estimated Delivery)

Probably should get a slower processor in hind sight, since the graphics card will do like 95% of the work

 

[shortie19]

ok will that run all new games also is that the spec for the 4 gaming pcs what about server need atleast 5tb in raid if possible

 

[Stryker64]

RAID 1, 0 or 10?

Those are gaming rigs and should be able to run Far Cry 2 at 1920x1200 with 8xAA above ~40fps at all times, It should make mince meat of SC2, Black Ops etc.

 

[shortie19]

not sure whats ever is the best

 

[Stryker64]

not sure whats ever is the best

RAID 0 means double the performance, and all the hard drives are "combined" to form a super hard drive. RAID 0 is using 2 hard drives, with both copying the exact same thing, but with one blows up you still have backup, and RAID 10 is a combination of both.

 

[shortie19]

guese 10 would be good to have a backup of all the profiles etc btw the raid is only for the server

 

[shortie19]

also need good heatsinks for gamign pcs aswell?

 

[Stryker64]

also need good heatsinks for gamign pcs aswell?

Since you are running them a stock speeds no reason to get an aftermarket CPU cooler and for the RAM you might want to pay an extra 2 pounds for a faster one from Mushkin

 

[shortie19]

ok so which ram

 

[Stryker64]

Intel Core i3 540 3.06Ghz (Clarkdale) (Socket LGA1156) Processor - Retail #39241 £ 68.32 £ 68.32

4GB Mushkin (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 9-9-9-24 Silverline - 996946 #42413 £ 37.49 £ 37.49

2x 2TB Samsung HD204UI Spinpoint F4 SATA-II 3.5" Hard Drive #41535 £ 54.16 £ 108.32

1TB Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 3.5" SATA II Hard Drive #39369 £ 34.16 £ 34.16

MSI H55M-E23 Intel H55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 PCI-Express Motherboard #41961 £ 45.82 £ 45.82

Corsair Builder Series 430CX Power Supply #42487 £ 30.53 £ 30.53

Xigmatek Asgard Pure Black Edition Gaming Case #38515 £ 24.99 £ 24.99

Samsung TS-H353B 16x DVD ROM SATA (Black) #40058 £ 7.99 £ 7.99

£445.39 including VAT and Delivery,

You won't be able to do RAID 1 or 10 if you want to get 5 TB

 

[Stryker64]

ok so which ram

4GB Mushkin (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 9-9-9-24 Silverline - 996946

 

[Stryker64]

If you add 5 copies of Windows 7 Professional 64bit OEM, all systems, keyboard, mice and monitors I think it ends up at 3514 or something

 

[Tortuga]

RAID 0 means double the performance, and all the hard drives are "combined" to form a super hard drive. RAID 0 is using 2 hard drives, with both copying the exact same thing, but with one blows up you still have backup, and RAID 10 is a combination of both.

Actually RAID 0 is when you split the data being written/read over 2 or more drives. You're splitting the work load of the read and writes to 2 drives for faster times. So essentially half of each file are on separate drives. The downside of that is, if you lose one drive, you lose ALL the data on the other drive too because the data is split. Raid 1 will copy data to both drives, incase you lose a harddrive, you still have another one with the same data on it.

RAID 0 = Faster read and writes at the cost of safety.

RAID 1 = Improved safety, because your writing the same data to both disks. But no performance gain. Does not increase storage space.

EDIT* Zeals I think you had it, you just accidentally hit 0 instead of 1 now that I look at it lol

 

[Stryker64]

Actually RAID 0 is when you split the data being written/read over 2 or more drives. You're splitting the work load of the read and writes to 2 drives for faster times. So essentially half of each file are on separate drives. The downside of that is, if you lose one drive, you lose ALL the data on the other drive too because the data is split. Raid 1 will copy data to both drives, incase you lose a harddrive, you still have another one with the same data on it.

RAID 0 = Faster read and writes at the cost of safety.

RAID 1 = Improved safety, because your writing the same data to both disks. But no performance gain.

EDIT* Zeals I think you had it, you just accidentally hit 0 instead of 1 now that I look at it lol

I think you right, time for a nap xD

 

[shortie19]

sorry back was getting dinner well can u then change it so we can have raid 10 ?

 

[Stryker64]

sorry back was getting dinner well can u then change it so we can have raid 10 ?

Well RAID 10 you'll need 6x2TB HD and than turn them into RAID 10, but I'll need to check if onboard raid controllers can do raid 10