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All fine buddy. :good:

 

Share some pictures when you get the RIG.

 

 

On a 20" screen the card is just about holding up with current generation of games. Playing BioShock INFINITE at a stable 30 fps everything set to high.

 

I will go for an AMD HD8*** series or nVidia Maxwell once enough details are leaked.

 

Sure,,I went ahead and also ordered Samsung 840 120gb ssd from onlyssd.com. Plan is to put windows 8 in the ssd and windows xp in the another driver. I will not make dual boot, will change the booting preferences in bios whenever I want to use any of the os. I might also go for ubuntu (to try steam in linux) and a hackintosh (one of the perks of having a gigabyte motherboard).

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By the way, Alpha, if we were to pursue getting a third gen i3 processor, which laptops would you suggest ? Any particular model in mind ?

 

How good are Asus laptops in India ? I've heard quite a lot of good things from people in US about them :)

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By the way, Alpha, if we were to pursue getting a third gen i3 processor, which laptops would you suggest ? Any particular model in mind ?

 

These are the ones -- Intel Core i3 based laptops @flipkart.

 

Apart from one DELL model (running Linux), all laptops cross his budget and carry Windows7 not Windows8.

How good are Asus laptops in India ? I've heard quite a lot of good things from people in US about them :)

 

After sales is the only issue I have seen them stumble over, build quality and components wise they are very good.

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These are the ones -- Intel Core i3 based laptops @flipkart.

 

Apart from one DELL model (running Linux), all laptops cross his budget and carry Windows7 not Windows8.

 

After sales is the only issue I have seen them stumble over, build quality and components wise they are very good.

 

Thanx a lot for the help man. Really appreciate it :)

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I am planning to get samsung 840 120 gb ssd. I have one wd 620 and seagate 1gb hdd. I am planning to put windows 8 in the ssd and install windows xp in one of the hdd. I will maintain separate MBR for each the OS eg, I will remove all other HDDs while installing the OS. I will change Boot priority in bios whenever I want to change the OS. Now I was going through some SSD related tweaking and come accross the following thread -




This is what he is suggesting --


Step 1.

IN bios set to RAID mode (basically we are now using the RAID driver instead of the AHCI driver on a single drive. The RAID driver is more robust than the AHCI driver. There is no end user difference from using the AHCI driver other than massively increased performance and a 2 second longer boot because of the RAID BIOS. TRIM still works the same, tool boxes still work the same, firmware updates still work the same, secure erasing still works the same, etc.

Now your single drive can use the RAID driver and take advantage of a massive speed increase.)


Step 2

disable hot plugging to drive, disable all cstates, set sleep to S1


Step 3

OUT of bios pre-format whole drive as a secondary drive (with Windows 7) prior to installing not with the Windows Disc but in Windows, clean install Windows (if your image has not come from another ssd that has already been installed using these exact procedures) to the pre-formatted partition just hit next when installing and no separate boot partition will be created, also and this is very important only have the SSD installed on port 0 and no other Hard Disks hooked up during installation.


Step 4

After Windows installation: Install latest IRST driver for Intel systems or the equivalent for AMD. Disable page file, disable system protection, set power plan to high performance, set hdd to never power off, disable indexing on the drive, check both Windows caching options, disable hibernation by opening cmd prompt and type: "powercfg -h off" press enter then exit, set to never sleep in Windows, disable disk defragmenter service, shrink partition 20% after installation and leave 20% unallocated. Windows may not allow the shrinking of the partition in some cases if that is the case use this:


then finally run WEI and reboot. please note: by preventing the creation of the boot partition Windows Ultimate users will lose the bit locker function. If you wish to keep this function do not pre-format just format as usual with the windows dvd and follow all other steps. This will not affect performance in any way you will just have the hidden boot partition.


Why to leave 20% allocated space -- this is not a necessity it is good practice to leave some unallocated space around 20% if possible. The reason for this is the drive will maintain top performance a lot better because it has more space to do its internal maintenance. Another reason for this is the NAND will last MUCH longer. These are the reasons Enterprise SSD are over-provisioned 20% to 50% by the factory. Un-allocated space does the exact same thing for us consumers. This is why I recommend 20% over-provisioning (OP) of all SSD's. Look here:




Now my questions, If I use RAID mode, while installing Windows xp, I need to install the RAID driver , right ?? What about Windows 8, do I need to install any RAID driver ? Does enabling RAID will hamper in installing Ubuntu and hackintosh in separate HDD later on
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Now my questions, If I use RAID mode, while installing Windows xp, I need to install the RAID driver , right ?? What about Windows 8, do I need to install any RAID driver ? Does enabling RAID will hamper in installing Ubuntu and hackintosh in separate HDD later on

 

Before aiming for a RAID, you must make sure that your motherboard supports the same and whichever profile you want to implement. The RAID profiles must be supported by the motherboards North-Bridge / South-Bridge controller hub. Following are the profiles that are commonly used in home / enthusiast scenarios --

  • RAID 0 Striping -- requires minimum 2 hard-drives (equal size preferred)
  • RAID 1 Mirroring -- requires minimum 2 hard-drives (of same size)
  • RAID (0+1) -- requires a minimum of four hard-drives (of equal size)
  • RAID 5
  • JBOD -- minimum two hard-drives, size independent

Please note, RAID profiles apart from JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks) are biased towards hard-drives (SSD's / hybrid) of equal size.

 

In your case the GIGABYTE-B75M-D3H does not support any profile as far as I can gather from the product page.

 

I don't suggest you mix the various different size hard-drives into RAID as the final usable storage space will be dictated by the smallest hard-drive capacity making rest of the disk space redundant and inaccessible.

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Before aiming for a RAID, you must make sure that your motherboard supports the same and whichever profile you want to implement. The RAID profiles must be supported by the motherboards North-Bridge / South-Bridge controller hub. Following are the profiles that are commonly used in home / enthusiast scenarios --

  • RAID 0 Striping -- requires minimum 2 hard-drives (equal size preferred)
  • RAID 1 Mirroring -- requires minimum 2 hard-drives (of same size)
  • RAID (0+1) -- requires a minimum of four hard-drives (of equal size)
  • RAID 5
  • JBOD -- minimum two hard-drives, size independent

Please note, RAID profiles apart from JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks) are biased towards hard-drives (SSD's / hybrid) of equal size.

 

In your case the GIGABYTE-B75M-D3H does not support any profile as far as I can gather from the product page.

 

I don't suggest you mix the various different size hard-drives into RAID as the final usable storage space will be dictated by the smallest hard-drive capacity making rest of the disk space redundant and inaccessible.

 

 

thanks dude,,RAID is out of the windows,, AHCI it is..BTW, I heard that Windows xp does not support AHCI out of the box, do you have any in hand fix for this one - enabling AHCI and installing windows xp ?

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thanks dude,,RAID is out of the windows,, AHCI it is..BTW, I heard that Windows xp does not support AHCI out of the box, do you have any in hand fix for this one - enabling AHCI and installing windows xp ?

 

That is Windows software RAID, don't know how that functions. You will have to configure it from the Disk Management application.

 

About AHCI for Windows XP, check the following links and see if they come handy --

Hope this helps, Cheerio!

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That is Windows software RAID, don't know how that functions. You will have to configure it from the Disk Management application.

 

About AHCI for Windows XP, check the following links and see if they come handy --

Hope this helps, Cheerio!

 

Thanks for the information..I will need to slipstream the AHCI/Raid driver to the windows xp setup image and will boot up from pen drive.

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Any suggestions on reasonable full hd led monitors of a good brand?

 

You can check up the following --

  • DELL ST2220L ~8800/-
  • DELL S2240L ~9000/-
  • BenQ E2200HD ~8500/-
  • BenQ G2420HD ~12000/-
  • DELL ST2420L ~13000/-

Hope this helps, Cheerio!

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Hi Alpha -- I wish to build a gaming PC in a few months to come for next gen titles that would last me for 3 yrs and occasional gfx card upgrades and ram can keep me rolling further hitting that 1080p resolution mark with decent fps :bigyellowgrin:

 

So wanted to get an idea of how much investment are we looking at -- a ball park figure from your expertise.

 

No need for a breakup hw listing, though I'll require every thing barring speakers :(

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Hi Alpha -- I wish to build a gaming PC in a few months to come for next gen titles that would last me for 3 yrs and occasional gfx card upgrades and ram can keep me rolling further hitting that 1080p resolution mark with decent fps.

 

So wanted to get an idea of how much investment are we looking at -- a ball park figure from your expertise.

 

I would say, wait till later this year before purchasing anything in that case, we are talking off between ~60000/- -->90000/-, depending on the time and the components we zero down on.

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I would say, wait till later this year before purchasing anything in that case, we are talking off between ~60000/- -->90000/-, depending on the time and the components we zero down on.

Thanks :thumbsup: 60k hmmm :scratchchin::fear:

 

I have big backlog of games to get thru -- so that should keep me busy with consoles :)

 

But really wanna be organized and ready when Battlefield 4 is coming -- I hope there is time in that B)

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My HP 2005AX heats a lot. I'm just browsing the web and have my presentation open at the back and it's heating upto 84-90 degree. I don't think that's normal at all. I'm using Core Temp 1.0. It gets 90+ during gaming and yes, I'm using Deepcool X6 coolpad to keep it cool but the temperature is still high.

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My HP 2005AX heats a lot. I'm just browsing the web and have my presentation open at the back and it's heating upto 84-90 degree. I don't think that's normal at all. I'm using Core Temp 1.0. It gets 90+ during gaming and yes, I'm using Deepcool X6 coolpad to keep it cool but the temperature is still high.

 

How old is it?

 

Any signs of dust accumulation in the vents of the same?

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Usual problem. Alpha got it covered -- I generally have this issue on my 5 yr old XPS all I do is opening the back panel exposing the heat sink and clean the fan using cotton swaps and rubbing alcohol and blow air from mouth (unhealthy and bad for hw) through the vents to bring out any dust balls (they form like dirty cotton balls)

 

If its over 3yrs replacing thermal compound is also adivsable

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Usual problem. Alpha got it covered -- I generally have this issue on my 5 yr old XPS all I do is opening the back panel exposing the heat sink and clean the fan using cotton swaps and rubbing alcohol and blow air from mouth (unhealthy and bad for hw) through the vents to bring out any dust balls (they form like dirty cotton balls)

 

If its over 3yrs replacing thermal compound is also adivsable

 

Buy a Lens cleaner Air Blower, excellent for blowing our dust in PC/Laptop/keyboard.

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ALPHA17: My current WD 620 blue aaks is almost filled up (games).. I am looking for a 1gb hdd drive for games. I also have seagate baracuda 1gb which failed once and RMAed, using for data. I am not finding much of WD Blue 1tb drives, its only green one. I heard that Samsung HDD pretty good.What do you suggest ?

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