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I want to build a fairly serious gaming rig/htpc capable of 1080p gaming and video.
I cannot make up my mind on anything except the case. Silverstone ml03b.
My requirements are at least 2tb of storage. Full 1080p video/gaming via hdmi.
This will be run on win 7.
My budget is around 700 dollars.
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I have a question on storage. I've got my eye on WD caviar greens for all my media.
But for the OS what benefits does an ssd give me?
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32Gb SSD for windows 7 to game with is too small. Of course it will fit but nothing else will
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I have a silverstone gd05 and you can only put 2 internal drive on it, but if you're willing to go without s cd/dvd/bd drive, you can also use that space for a 3rd drive.
Yes, you can put the OS and XBMC on the SSD and all the other on the green drive.
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Thanks for all the suggestions from everyone. I decided to not to an ssd. I'd much rather just use that money towards 2 caviar greens.
I am pretty sure I'm going to do an i5 2500 (not k) which will allow me to shave some money off the build.
I have a random question though if you guys can answer. How does this rig stand up next to an amd a8 with a 6670 in dual graphics mode.
I ask because that route is a bit cheaper. Thanks again for all the help guys.
I've convinced the wife to give me an upper budget of 750 dollars. But I forgot to factor in a 100 dollar copy of win 7. So now looking at that is it still possible to do a fairly beefy gaming htpc for closer to 700 with 2 2tb caviar greens. I can do a regular dvd drive and am willing to do intel or amd. Thanks in advance for the tips.
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i5-2500k definitely is stronger then the AMD A8-3850 APU...