Gigabyte BRIX GB-XM1-3537 Core I7 2.0GHz Build

[jamjam]

Hi guys,

So i'm not great when it comes to this stuff so i thought i better just check that this build is all compatible with each other.

If you think there's something better for the similar costs please share!

Im getting the Gigabyte BRIX GB-XM1-3537 Core I7 2.0GHz and will be putting windows 7 64bit pro on it:

http://www.ebuyer.com/520040-gigaby...i-pc-core-i7-2-0-3-1ghz-16gb-2-x-gb-xm1-3537u

The msata ssd i want is this:

Plextor 256GB M5M SSD £150

http://www.ebuyer.com/480244-plextor-256gb-m5m-ssd-px-256m5m

The ram:

Corsair 16GB DDR3 1600MHz Laptop Memory £128

http://www.ebuyer.com/407265-corsair-16gb-ddr3-1600mhz-laptop-memory-cmso16gx3m2a1600c11

Thanks in advance

 

[mfenn]

Yes, that is all compatible, however the SSD and RAM and more expensive than they need to be. I'd go with the following instead:

Crucial M500 240GB £102
Patriot DDR3 1600 16GB £109

These parts will have indistinguishable performance for £67 less.

 

[jamjam]

Thanks mfenn for the quick response!

I notice with the crucial M500 the Sequential Write speed is: 250 MB/s compared to 430 for the plextor, what does this mean exactly and what bearing will it have? i will be putting this pc through quite alot of stain aswel

Thanks

 

[jamjam]

Also i will be using this PC more as a remote desktop (wont have any monitor plugged into this gigabyte) that i connect to from my main PC, at what resolution would this gigabyte run at without any monitor plugged into it at all.

My main PC runs 2560x1600, so can i set this gigabyte to run at the same resolution without any monitor plugged into it?

Thanks

 

[lehtv]

The M5M is considerably faster than the M500, but both are so ridiculously much faster than a regular hard drive so the M5M is not worth the +50% higher cost. Also the M500 is available for £93 from Amazon.co.uk.

A good middle ground between these two might be the Samsung 840 EVO 250GB for £117, it's closer to the Plextor in performance. I'd still buy the M500 though

 

[jamjam]

Thanks lehtv!

I just looked at the samsung 840 evo you suggested as the middle ground but this isnt an msata which i think this pc needs right?

Thanks

 

[Cerb]

+1 to Lehtv's post, in general. SSDs are getting fast enough that (a) you really need to be a professional user, already limited by older SSD speeds in what you do, to make use of the minor differences between newer SSDs at any capacity, and (b) they can all get limited by SATA 6Gbps, so we really need SATA Express to come out and proliferate.

I just looked at the samsung 840 evo you suggested as the middle ground but this isnt an msata which i think this pc needs right?

The linked ones, no, but there is an msata version. At Amazon.co.uk's prices, though, the M500 has it beat in value by quite a bit.

 

[lehtv]

Oh, right you need mSATA. Sorry, the M500 is £99 in that case as posted by Cerb

 

[jamjam]

Thanks guys!

Either of you know about this below?

Also i will be using this PC more as a remote desktop (wont have any monitor plugged into this gigabyte) that i connect to from my main PC, at what resolution would this gigabyte run at without any monitor plugged into it at all.

My main PC runs 2560x1600, so can i set this gigabyte to run at the same resolution without any monitor plugged into it?

Thanks

 

[mfenn]

Also i will be using this PC more as a remote desktop (wont have any monitor plugged into this gigabyte) that i connect to from my main PC, at what resolution would this gigabyte run at without any monitor plugged into it at all.

My main PC runs 2560x1600, so can i set this gigabyte to run at the same resolution without any monitor plugged into it?

Thanks

The resolution of the physical video output doesn't have any bearing on the resolution of a Remote Desktop display. You could be running the physical video output at 2560x1600 and remote desktop at 800x600 or vis versa and it wouldn't make a difference.

 

[jamjam]

hey,

do you know what is the max resolution i can run the gigabyte at without any monitor plugged in at all?

Thanks

 

[Torn Mind]

hey,

do you know what is the max resolution i can run the gigabyte at without any monitor plugged in at all?

Thanks

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772472(v=ws.10).aspx

Probably 4K video is the max resolution.

 

[jamjam]

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772472(v=ws.10).aspx

Probably 4K video is the max resolution.

Thanks Torn,

more looking at using teamviewer instead of windows remote access, any ideas on the resolution for that?

Thanks

 

[mfenn]

Thanks Torn,

more looking at using teamviewer instead of windows remote access, any ideas on the resolution for that?

Thanks

TeamViewer is for connecting to machines with monitors attached, it mirrors the display resolution. If there's no monitor attached, there will be no display to mirror. Remote Desktop is a better choice here because it is independent of the actual display.