Moonwraith
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Hi all,
Some of you may remember me from way back when - I must apologise in advance, as this will seem cheeky (not posting for so long and then coming back to ask for help), but as a rule of thumb I've never built a computer without consulting you guys first.
So, I've been toying with buying a new PC for a while now, but last time I built one I had a lot more time to actually play games so spent a nice whack of money on it, and it's lasted almost 4 years.. which I'm happy with, until I did something stupid.
I decided that I wanted to wipe my windows drive and start again, I normally clean down my PC at least every year, but I've been lazy, very lazy. So after 4 years I try to move some stuff around, without the means or patience to backup (stupid stupid stupid) - I know, I say, I'll create some space... split my main harddrive into two partitions and then move everything I want to keep into the new partition and wipe the original! Yeah, great idea - after an hour or so of moving around data to create the partitions, reaching a mighty 34% complete my PC decided that was the point where it'd simply give the **** up. Yes, my computer decided to just stop at 34%. And of course when turning it back on there's the amazingly heartstopping click, click, click, click.. steady as life ticking by. Oh, dear. The drive is now inaccessible, and it makes me sad.
SO first question: Any advice on fixing a clicker?
Second question: Is losing 4 years of data and having to crack open a PC to replace a harddrive enough of an excuse to just build a new one? Please note, I'm balancing performance and economy.
If so, could you please sanity check the following:
Re-use the following items:
1 x Antec 900 case with Fans
1 x Antec Quattro 1000 Modular PSU
1 x Asus Xonar D2X PCI-E
Then purchase the following:
1 x Asus M5A97 PRO AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard
1 x AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 980 Black Edition "140W Edition" 3.70GHz (Socket AM3)
2 x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6850 Cyclone Power Edition 1024MB GDDR5
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler
1 x Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (CSSD-F120GB3-BK)
1 x 2.5" to 3.5" SSD Adaptor Plate
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache
So, any thoughts?
I'm in two minds over crossfire 6850 over one 6950/6970, but technically two are cheaper and seem to perform better. And I no longer have the heart to say "I'll add another card in the future", once this is built, it's built.
The other thought is, for 40 quid more - do I stretch to the top of the 6 cores? or do I wait a week and spend 100 quid more to get the top of the 8 core ones? If I'm not completely out of touch with technology, no one's really utilising these cores properly for gaming yet anyway, right?? :dead:
That's enough from me - any input would be _massively_ appreciated, as it always has been in the past.
-Wraith
Some of you may remember me from way back when - I must apologise in advance, as this will seem cheeky (not posting for so long and then coming back to ask for help), but as a rule of thumb I've never built a computer without consulting you guys first.
So, I've been toying with buying a new PC for a while now, but last time I built one I had a lot more time to actually play games so spent a nice whack of money on it, and it's lasted almost 4 years.. which I'm happy with, until I did something stupid.
I decided that I wanted to wipe my windows drive and start again, I normally clean down my PC at least every year, but I've been lazy, very lazy. So after 4 years I try to move some stuff around, without the means or patience to backup (stupid stupid stupid) - I know, I say, I'll create some space... split my main harddrive into two partitions and then move everything I want to keep into the new partition and wipe the original! Yeah, great idea - after an hour or so of moving around data to create the partitions, reaching a mighty 34% complete my PC decided that was the point where it'd simply give the **** up. Yes, my computer decided to just stop at 34%. And of course when turning it back on there's the amazingly heartstopping click, click, click, click.. steady as life ticking by. Oh, dear. The drive is now inaccessible, and it makes me sad.
SO first question: Any advice on fixing a clicker?
Second question: Is losing 4 years of data and having to crack open a PC to replace a harddrive enough of an excuse to just build a new one? Please note, I'm balancing performance and economy.
If so, could you please sanity check the following:
Re-use the following items:
1 x Antec 900 case with Fans
1 x Antec Quattro 1000 Modular PSU
1 x Asus Xonar D2X PCI-E
Then purchase the following:
1 x Asus M5A97 PRO AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard
1 x AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 980 Black Edition "140W Edition" 3.70GHz (Socket AM3)
2 x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6850 Cyclone Power Edition 1024MB GDDR5
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler
1 x Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (CSSD-F120GB3-BK)
1 x 2.5" to 3.5" SSD Adaptor Plate
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache
So, any thoughts?
I'm in two minds over crossfire 6850 over one 6950/6970, but technically two are cheaper and seem to perform better. And I no longer have the heart to say "I'll add another card in the future", once this is built, it's built.
The other thought is, for 40 quid more - do I stretch to the top of the 6 cores? or do I wait a week and spend 100 quid more to get the top of the 8 core ones? If I'm not completely out of touch with technology, no one's really utilising these cores properly for gaming yet anyway, right?? :dead:
That's enough from me - any input would be _massively_ appreciated, as it always has been in the past.
-Wraith
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