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miloshs · 06-16-09

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Originally Posted by TwoCables

Amen to that, man! I'm just hoping that my plan to wait 1-2 years works out. If not, then I guess I'll wait longer. hehe

After all, I want to be able to get a good 250GB Single-Level Cell SSD for less than $200 (because my VelociRaptor was $179.99 shipped).

But, how much will a VelociRaptor cost in 1-2 years?

An endless IT debate: "Should i buy now or wait until faster/better comes out?"

TwoCables · 06-16-09

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Originally Posted by miloshs

But, how much will a VelociRaptor cost in 1-2 years?

An endless IT debate: "Should i buy now or wait until faster/better comes out?"

But I plan on waiting until something faster or better comes out so that what I want right now becomes much more affordable. Or, in the case with these SSD's, I'm waiting for them to become so mainstream that they are much more affordable.

miloshs · 06-16-09

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Originally Posted by TwoCables

But I plan on waiting until something faster or better comes out so that what I want right now becomes much more affordable. Or, in the case with these SSD's, I'm waiting for them to become so mainstream that they are much more affordable.

I know mate, i was just kidding

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I'll wait until i actually feel comfortable about buying and SSD. Maybe thats it, if you don't feel sorry for the money then it's actually a good deal

TwoCables · 06-16-09

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Originally Posted by miloshs

I know mate, i was just kidding

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I'll wait until i actually feel comfortable about buying and SSD. Maybe thats it, if you don't feel sorry for the money then it's actually a good deal

Yeah, it would be nice to have that luxury.

smash_mouth01 · 06-16-09

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Originally Posted by miloshs

But, how much will a VelociRaptor cost in 1-2 years?

An endless IT debate: "Should i buy now or wait until faster/better comes out?"

great chatting point I'll bet you could get one for $90 AU in two years and a 250Gb SSD for $150 but yeah whats this about this ram drive ? can anyone elaborate on it a bit more for me. but all in all chasing supreme pc power is like a dog chasing cars once you have it you don't know what to do with it.
I mean processors these days abeit 64 bit will surve thaverage user for years but we still have the McDonalds computer companys force feeding the average user whom surfs the net does a bit of spreadsheeting and maybe a tiny bit of gaming over powered for their needs for rediculus prices, for eg: we here in AUS have a company called Dick Smith I don't know wether you guys do over in the states but they sell a Intell 2.2 Ghz core 2 duo,2 Gb ram,500Gb hdd,win vista home premium and they want like $ 1400-$1500.

Now any computer buff could make the same for $900 or a thousand but people are spoon fed this crap and then have the ordasity to play mr big jhonson and insult our intelligence and say I paid more so mines better game.

Anyway sorry I lost the plot ahhh thats the point I was trying to make

yeah by the time you buy and put a this super gear together you may be king of the hill for a day because there is allways gear being made better all the time. Also most of all this grouse gear you would bearly get full use of it before you're allready looking to the next upgrade. I mean like 64 bit enabled cpu's have been around for quite a few years allready and it wasn't till 2003 that we saw OS's taking it up and still software venders are hesitant in taking it up.

but as it's looking it's not going to be a huge issue the CPU speed as it is going to be about how much ram , as more and more programs are going to be able to be loaded into and ran from ram

so chase the exe gear as much as you like as no one is the winner except the hardware manufacturers. phew that was a bit of a mouthful

gotspeed · 06-16-09

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Originally Posted by T3h_Ch33z_Muncha

A cold boot is exactly that. When all the components are cold (room temp), as opposed to hot booting when the components are still hot from a previous session and haven't had time to cool down.

Well it's been proven RAM still retains data even after power is removed from it. I remember seeing somewhere a test where a pic of mona lisa was loaded into the RAM and they tested it after 5 min 10 min etc - most of the pic was still there. I think the reason was government data being stolen by someone taking the RAM and putting it in their own laptop/PC... it may have been at tomshardware if you want to try and find it.

the way they were talking about saving what was in ram was to remove it from the system and freeze it. it needs to be done quickly also as after 10-30 seconds its lost. it was a collage study i think that first uncovered it and they were trying to read the encryption keys to unencrypted a hard drive. when some one steals government data normally its b/c of someone in the chain that "loses" a laptop or it wasn't handled properly to get fixed.

my gf's mom got a laptop for a prize at work that was donated from the mayors sister and when she gave it to me to fix up it had records of all the luncheons and diners and fundraising they had done to get him elected. including personal family photos. you would be surprised what you see when people hand you a computer to fix. every thing from nude personal shots in there my pictures folder(not hidden or any thing) to documents on the desktop of bank statements and password lists and bank acc info. people don't think about it really.

doat · 06-16-09

what the hell are yall talking about?

gotspeed · 06-16-09

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Originally Posted by miloshs

Damn... when you count in that i need to get at least i5 platform by the end of the year, and now countig in DX11 gpu's... whole lotta money needed by the end of the year

All i can say is L. O. L.

just get a i7 920 motherboards are cheaper now ram is half the cost it was 6 months ago and you can overclock it to 3.2 like the 965 with a good cooler.

from what i heard every i7 is the same chip but they rate them for what temp they are and if they can run at the next clock rate up they lock them to that clock and sell them. so there is no difference from a 920 at 2.66 to a 965 at 3.2 other then the 920 will produce a little more heat at 3.2.