Hi all,
I've had a lot of problems with my computer lately and think it's the SSD, which is an OCZ Vertex 2. I'm about to replace it and would like your opinions.
It looks like the viable candidates are:
Crucial MX100 256GB (£76)...
Thanks for the help guys :)
It looks like I'm going to push this build back a bit though - especially now that I've found the cause of the problems I was having on my current PC. I'll let you know when it does happen though.
Thanks again,
Jez
Hi Cerb, please can you expand on "Win7 SP1 aligns new partitions to 1MB on pretty much any storage device"?
I would be installing an old version of windows 7 and then updating it with SP1 after the install.
Also..do you think I should consider windows 8?
I think I've fixed the problem. I changed my windows drive sata cable and mobo sata port (the ports are difficult to access so I had to just swap it to another one cable that was already plugged in). It's been running fine since then, no hanging or pausing at all. I remember a while ago I had...
Right...computer is hanging quite frequently tonight, every few minutes or less it seems. And now I'm getting this message up in itunes when it's just playing music:
"The itunes library file cannot be saved. The disk could not be read from or written to"
Hd Tune says health is fine on all...
Not quite there with the list yet, but I'll finish it soon and post it up.
Please can someone point me to some detailed threads for setting up a fresh installation of windows 7. I've done it loads of times but there are always things I forget (like AHCI) and I'd like to get it right first time...
Thanks ketchup.
I swapped the molex connection on my PSU last night to a different socket (modular PSU). No crashing/freezing last night or today so far. But the computer is hanging and pausing sometimes, even just from changing tab in firefox. I think this mess is possibly a combination of the...
Some great responses here, they're very appreciated.
I'm not going to go through everyone's posts, but I'm going to spend some time now speccing up the new build and post it up here.
I know I don't really need a new build with what I use my computer for but I need a new psu and potentially new...
It's not definite...but I might I have found the culprit!
I was rummaging around my case to see which fans were getting noisy (I'm thinking about changing them along with other upgrades), and I brushed the molex output going to my hard drives...I heard them stop spinning and then spin up again...
Hi sm,
I always make sure that my other hard drives are unplugged when installing windows.
Are you saying get rid of the vertex drive based on the performance graph or other reasons?
Thanks
Hi guys, thanks so much for your replies, you've given me a few things to think about and a lot of helpful information.
A few things I've learned then :) (also checklist for myself when buying)
1. Go for a Z97 chipset
2. Get a motherboard with a PCI slot at the bottom for my sound card
3. DDR3...
Funnily enough a friend of mine recently said he switched from firefox to chrome because firefox uses too much memory.
I sent this screenshot to him last night...but then I did have 35 tabs open whilst looking at computer parts!
Hi silicon, thanks for your help. I ran HD tune and have posted the benchmarks below.
All the drives show as OK on the health check. I ran the error check on the SSD and no errors were shown (all green blocks). I'll run the other two now, but when I was getting the problems they were not...
Hi all, my current computer is 7 years old and in need of a refresh.
My current build
Intel E8400 3Ghz dual core
Asus Rampage Formula (http://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/RAMPAGE_FORMULA/)
4GB DDR2 OCZ Reaper RAM
60GB Vertex 2 SSD
Plus HDDs for storage
Sapphire Radeon HD 7750 Ultimate...
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