Help refine my next mega build. Cost reduction or feature suggestions.

[modestninja]

Actually, I don't even see a single degree of difference when curing period was respected in the following review: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.p...k=view&id=150&Itemid=62&limit=1&limitstart=12. If you have another proving otherwise, it would be most welcome as I was planning to use AS5 or Shin-Etsu MicroSi G751 as well.


Regards,

If there's not a cooling advantage, why bother with the drawbacks of AS5? I'd go with any of the Aluminum Oxide/Zinc Oxide pastes on that page over AS5 because there's no curing time and you don't have to worry about it shorting something out if it gets in the wrong place... In terms of application, I've used OCZ Freeze, MX2, TIM Consultants T-C Grease 0098, Shin-Etsu MicroSi G751 and AS5 and none of them were difficult to apply. I got about the same temperatures for all of them on my 920 except for the AS5 which was warmer because I didn't allow it the 200 hours to cure.

 

[heyheybooboo]

USB 3.0 is not catching on at all.......it probably will never catch on..

Just taking a quick look at average HDD, (not SSDs) transfer rates being around say 110 MB/s is there any need for USB3? From a quick look it seems that USB2 should be able to sustain 100-200 MB/s without any problems. That should more than handle most external HDDs (not SDDs) right? Assuming nothing else is on the bus at the same time of course.

Max 'theoretical' USB2 is 48 Mb/s --- actually best peaks around 44Mb/s with multiple devices, and in practice most likely 35Mb/s with a single device.

Here is a recent 'real world' test at Legit Reviews of a USB3 'RAIDDrive' thumb drive.

Actual 2X increase in transfer rate with a 1stGen USB3 product (which looks pretty good to me).





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[alyarb]

I prefer eSATA. USB3 will not catch on until it's in every southbridge but that will not stop some interesting devices from coming out (maybe they will finally make a fast thumb drive).

 

[pjkenned]

Really dumb question, but what are you using this for?

 

[Locut0s]

Really dumb question, but what are you using this for?

Not dumb at all. Answer..... a bit of everything. Real answer..... hardware is a hobby of mine and I like building fast computers.

What I'll be using it for:

Gaming ( 2560x1600 rez gaming because that's the native rez of my monitor, but not a lot of FPS games)

Web browsing

Image editing and manipulation (I have a 14MP camera)

Web page creation

Programming

Music

HD video watching and maybe some encoding

Perhaps some 3D CGI. It used to be a big hobby of mine but I haven't done any CGI work in years, would love to get back to it. Not that my current computer is stopping me from doing it though.

A little but of everything else.

 

[Shilohen]

Not dumb at all. Answer..... a bit of everything. Real answer..... hardware is a hobby of mine and I like building fast computers.

What I'll be using it for:

Gaming ( 2560x1600 rez gaming because that's the native rez of my monitor, but not a lot of FPS games)

Web browsing

Image editing and manipulation (I have a 14MP camera)

Web page creation

Programming

Music

HD video watching and maybe some encoding

Perhaps some 3D CGI. It used to be a big hobby of mine but I haven't done any CGI work in years, would love to get back to it. Not that my current computer is stopping me from doing it though.

A little but of everything else.

Quite [OT], but if you like programming and web page creation, I suggest you get a degree in IT of some form so that minimum wages never again come to haunt you.

 

[VirtualLarry]

USB 3.0 is not catching on at all.......it probably will never catch on..

It just came out a week or two ago, why do you say that? I've heard tell of external USB 3.0 HDs, but those are about the only things that will benefit from USB3 over USB2.