Hi folks,
Like some users in the other thread, I treated myself to my first SSD and grabbed the Crucial MX100 256GB drive from Currys at £69.99.
I've done a fresh install of Win7 64bit and all appears to be fine but my MSI G41M-P28 Sata II mobo does not support AHCI. In the BIOS the Sata setting is set to Raid: IDE - is this going to cause me any problems as I'm reading mixed opinions when Googling?
It's a 775 mobo for my Core2 Duo E6850 (Conroe) CPU - I can't afford a complete new setup but might be able to buy something new in bits over the next few months. I'm not really up to date with my knowledge on current tech so was wondering if somebody could set me straight on a few things....
Current system:
Core 2 Duo E6850 3.00GHz (Conroe)
MSI G41M-P28 (MS-7592) Socket 775 LGA
8GB Corsair DDR 3 PC3-10700H (667 MHz) Ram
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS Graphic Card
I mainly use it for:
Running 2 screens
A little gaming
HTPC
Image and Video productivity (Photoshop, After Effects etc)
Web development and programming (Visual Studio)
1 or 2 concurrent VM's, but not all the time (VMWare Workstation)
I'd rather invest in a future proof architecture like a Haswell CPU and 1150 mobo. Preferably reuse the RAM. Graphics card definitely needs an overhaul. If the chipset is right then oboard graphics will do for a while as long as it'll run 2 screens at the same time (HDMI and DVI)
I'm also happy to start off with an equivalent powered setup that I can upgrade in time, but not a step back.
Can anyone recommend a setup please? I haven't got a clue what i3, i5 chips are same sort of performance, and not a scooby on graphics cards.
I might need at least 1 legacy IDE port, but could possibly stretch to a big sata HD upgrade if its a deal breaker.
I deffo want to stick with Intel CPU architecture but am happy to go with AMD graphics card if recommended.
Price, as always is going to be an issue but a few recommendations at different budgets would be great thanks..... over to the gurus
Like some users in the other thread, I treated myself to my first SSD and grabbed the Crucial MX100 256GB drive from Currys at £69.99.
I've done a fresh install of Win7 64bit and all appears to be fine but my MSI G41M-P28 Sata II mobo does not support AHCI. In the BIOS the Sata setting is set to Raid: IDE - is this going to cause me any problems as I'm reading mixed opinions when Googling?
It's a 775 mobo for my Core2 Duo E6850 (Conroe) CPU - I can't afford a complete new setup but might be able to buy something new in bits over the next few months. I'm not really up to date with my knowledge on current tech so was wondering if somebody could set me straight on a few things....
Current system:
Core 2 Duo E6850 3.00GHz (Conroe)
MSI G41M-P28 (MS-7592) Socket 775 LGA
8GB Corsair DDR 3 PC3-10700H (667 MHz) Ram
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS Graphic Card
I mainly use it for:
Running 2 screens
A little gaming
HTPC
Image and Video productivity (Photoshop, After Effects etc)
Web development and programming (Visual Studio)
1 or 2 concurrent VM's, but not all the time (VMWare Workstation)
I'd rather invest in a future proof architecture like a Haswell CPU and 1150 mobo. Preferably reuse the RAM. Graphics card definitely needs an overhaul. If the chipset is right then oboard graphics will do for a while as long as it'll run 2 screens at the same time (HDMI and DVI)
I'm also happy to start off with an equivalent powered setup that I can upgrade in time, but not a step back.
Can anyone recommend a setup please? I haven't got a clue what i3, i5 chips are same sort of performance, and not a scooby on graphics cards.
I might need at least 1 legacy IDE port, but could possibly stretch to a big sata HD upgrade if its a deal breaker.
I deffo want to stick with Intel CPU architecture but am happy to go with AMD graphics card if recommended.
Price, as always is going to be an issue but a few recommendations at different budgets would be great thanks..... over to the gurus