Will build a new desktop

Can you guys give me some insights here, I'm looking at SSD disks and well they seem unreliable alot, many posts on Newegg under most about BSOD errors, them failing in a months time, so what do you think is it worth buying one?

I've made major changes here, my new list now is the following:

$109
LIAN LI Lancool First Knight Series PC-K59W Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112322

$119
Antec EarthWatts Platinum Series EA-650 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371056

$12.99
Antec TrueQuiet 120 120mm Case Fan
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835209050

$17.99
Antec TrueQuiet 140 Cooling Fan
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835209062

$119
AMD A8-3870K Unlocked Llano 3.0GHz Socket FM1 100W Quad-Core Desktop APU (CPU + GPU) with DirectX 11 Graphic AMD Radeon HD 6550D AD3870WNGXBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819106001

$129
GIGABYTE GA-A75-UD4H FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128515

$89
Crucial Ballistix 12GB (3 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model BLE3KIT4G3D1608DE1TX0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148503

The videocard would be the last component I buy so I can wait for whatever new chipset is out at the time + research more.

 

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It seems to me that a CPU/GPU combo would be a waste if you are going to buy a gaming video card. Why not buy a conventional quad core instead?

 

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SSD life depends on two things: bugs, and how much you write to them.

I have three Intel SSDs here, which have a 'wear indicator' in the SMART data, and even the oldest one from a couple of years back shows less than 2% wear. But that's in the netbook, where it isn't written to often. Other people who use SSDs for software development have said they have to replace them at least once a year, but the performance boost is well worth the couple of hundred dollars that costs.

The drive in the server has less than 1% wear, but the early firmware had a bug where, when you booted up, the SSD would randomly claim to be only an 8MB drive and you had to wipe it to get the full capacity back.

So personally I don't trust important data to SSDs yet. That all goes on the hard drive RAID in the server instead.

 

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Thanks, well i figured that the A75 was a newer chipset and performed better, or you suggest a 990fx?

I don't think I'll get an SSD, sounds kinda lame to me :/ idk will think on it

 

An SSD will dramatically reduce boot time and application startup, which is why we have them in the netbook and HTPC; they're turned off a lot and when we boot them we don't want to wait long. With hindsight, the server didn't really need one, but it boots from BIOS to Linux in less time than it takes to get through the BIOS startup sequence.

But unless you reboot a lot or do disk-intensive work, it won't make much difference. The really big wins are in applications like database servers which typically read and write a lot of small chunks from all over the disk on a regular basis. The SSD can be hundreds or possibly even thousands of times faster than a hard drive for that kind of use.

 

You would be better off using one SSD for the operating system, another One just big enough for you for your games drive so it won't cost so much to replace it every so often and a normal drive for your documents, music, backups etc which are changed quite frequently

 

I bought 520 bucks worth of PC shit, no videocard though. Have a look!

Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD1 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC 7mm Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148529

Scythe 2.5 Twin Mounter RC HDD/SSD mounting for up to two hard drives
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817984011

BIOSTAR TA75A+ FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138331

NZXT Source 210 Elite White Steel with painted interior ATX Mid Tower Computer Case w/ Black Front Trim
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146077

Kaybles Model DVI-DD-10MF 10 ft. Premium DVI Digital Dual-Link Extension Cable with Ferrites M/F M-F - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812576053

ENERMAX UC-12EB 120mm Case Fan Magnetic Bearing
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999099

Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model BLT2KIT4G3D1869DT2TXRG
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148555

AMD A8-3870K Unlocked Llano 3.0GHz Socket FM1 100W Quad-Core Desktop APU (CPU + GPU) with DirectX 11 Graphic AMD Radeon HD 6550D AD3870WNGXBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819106001

Rosewill HIVE Series HIVE-650 650W Continuous @40°C, 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified, Modular Design, Single +12V Rail, ATX12V v2.31/EPS12V v2.92, SLI Ready, CrossFire Ready, Active-PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182132

Just ordered

Will get high-end videocard later :S

 

I setup this thing right? I ran prime95 and went to work then came home and it was off :/

Soooooooo I mean I investigated, I believe the power went out or something cuz i left and it was flickering, but anyway it's all together now.......

So what you may ask am I doing? Well here's scores

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I was getting a pretty lame temp with the Coolmaster Hyper N520 I mean the others would never have fit into my case sooooo

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Then I added a side fan to the case, the magnetic one...... and the temp dropped 10C! I was like wtf? 10C from 50C to 40C with full loads on IGP and APU.......

Whatever man, it's medium-quiet, not loud as fuck but not low-quiet :X Anyways who woulda thought the side fan made such different? But it does directly blow over heatsink so idk :X

7 1000 rpm fans with magnetic bearings, 2 92mm on the heatsink, and the psu fan lol eek!

ok bye