I'm looking at the quickly changing landscape of PC components in anticipation of building a new machine after the holidays. And yes I know I'm missing the MW2 launch, sigh. Ok so there's a couple issues I wanted to get advice on:
1. Processor - I'm thinking i7-920, but the i5 cores that came out are close in performance. So I'm looking for opinions on i7-920 vs i5-750 vs Phenom II X4
2. Graphics card- GeForce GTX 275 or Radeon 5850?
OR get 2 Radeon 5750 cards in Crossfire?
3. HDs : get a fast SATA or SSD for OS drive?
for mass storage I like WD at 1 or 1.5TB but whats the diff betwenn their black and green models, noticable?New PC build
hardware : by Greg — November 9th 2009, 04:36AMI'm looking at the quickly changing landscape of PC components in anticipation of building a new machine after the holidays. And yes I know I'm missing the MW2 launch, sigh. Ok so there's a couple issues I wanted to get advice on:
1. Processor - I'm thinking i7-920, but the i5 cores that came out are close in performance. So I'm looking for opinions on i7-920 vs i5-750 vs Phenom II X4
2. Graphics card- GeForce GTX 275 or Radeon 5850?
OR get 2 Radeon 5750 cards in Crossfire?
3. HDs : get a fast SATA or SSD for OS drive?
for mass storage I like WD at 1 or 1.5TB but whats the diff betwenn their black and green models, noticable?
Comments
For me, the jury's still out on which proc to get. I'll get back to you on that. Although [jro] is loving his i7 at the moment, they are quite pricey. Once we settle on a processor though, then begins the debate about which mobo to pick, then what size RAM. But for now, I'm going to hold off on making a choice on proc platforms.
graphics
I'd look at only going with one for now. I'm happy with my 5750, but 2 would be nice. I guess we'll just have to look at the review sites. Personally, I've been leaning towards Radeons for the past 2 generations. I used to be whole-hearted nVidia, but the ATI cards are nice.
HD
The WD marketing colors of "blue, "green" and "black" appear to be "professional", "eco" and "enthusiast". The specific traits are: Reliable/Cool/Quiet, Cooler/Quieter/Eco Friendly?, Fast/Feature-Rich. Personally, I'd probably pick "Green" for quiet/cool - and I'm sure the speed isn't a big percentage loss in performance compared the black.
As for SSD or spinning disk: that's a hard choice. SSD are a lot smaller for the price, but they do boot fast. It really depends on how much you leave your computer on versus shutdown/bootup. So, I'd probably stick with the old, tried and true spinning disk and wait another couple of cycles for the SSD prices to come down again.
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