New Posts For Thread: High spec pchttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29303585/high-spec-pcAnyone bought one recently that could recommend a company? I'm thinking of spending towards a grand on one.Ok, thanks very much for that DStyle. Much appreciated.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29303585/high-spec-pc?post_id=522855879#522855879Ok, thanks very much for that DStyle. Much appreciated.Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:54:26 -0500the real concern with ssds is that after time, they will stop working. they also have a much higher off the shelf failure rate which may not manifest itself immediately. in addition, from time to time, destructive firmware updates may be required tohttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29303585/high-spec-pc?post_id=522854369#522854369the real concern with ssds is that after time, they will stop working. they also have a much higher off the shelf failure rate which may not manifest itself immediately. in addition, from time to time, destructive firmware updates may be required toFri, 10 Aug 2012 11:11:39 -0500Cheers Dstyle, that's great.I'll just add the SSDs and then reinstall everything. Is there any reason why I then need the old drives too? Suppose I buy a large SSD (500Gb) - wouldn't it just be easier to use that alone. I know it will be expensive, bhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29303585/high-spec-pc?post_id=522853607#522853607Cheers Dstyle, that's great.I'll just add the SSDs and then reinstall everything. Is there any reason why I then need the old drives too? Suppose I buy a large SSD (500Gb) - wouldn't it just be easier to use that alone. I know it will be expensive, bFri, 10 Aug 2012 10:52:37 -0500you can and it should make a monstrous difference.although i'm pretty sure it may not be as simple as just cloning your existing C drive. something to do with Windows 7 and AHCI which you would then need to do a registry hack on. plenty about it on thttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29303585/high-spec-pc?post_id=522853417#522853417you can and it should make a monstrous difference.although i'm pretty sure it may not be as simple as just cloning your existing C drive. something to do with Windows 7 and AHCI which you would then need to do a registry hack on. plenty about it on tFri, 10 Aug 2012 10:47:24 -0500No, both of them use regular HDDs.To be honest, I wasn't even aware of the advantages of SSDs until I just looked them up following your post.Can I just add them to my current PCs?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29303585/high-spec-pc?post_id=522853075#522853075No, both of them use regular HDDs.To be honest, I wasn't even aware of the advantages of SSDs until I just looked them up following your post.Can I just add them to my current PCs?Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:37:34 -0500bottleneck for opening apps is likely to be drive read rather than available memoryare you using an ssd on your new pc and not your old one.having just had to live with an old OS drive while i replaced my fecked up OCZ one with an intel one, the realhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29303585/high-spec-pc?post_id=522852281#522852281bottleneck for opening apps is likely to be drive read rather than available memoryare you using an ssd on your new pc and not your old one.having just had to live with an old OS drive while i replaced my fecked up OCZ one with an intel one, the realFri, 10 Aug 2012 10:09:36 -0500DStyle,I agree that 32Gb of RAM is overkill, but I do a LOT of multitasking (eg. 2 or 3 of my own programs, 5 web browsers, 2 instances of Visual Studio and Microsoft Excel/Word). I could be wrong, but I think that the fact that I have so much RAM, ahttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29303585/high-spec-pc?post_id=522852035#522852035DStyle,I agree that 32Gb of RAM is overkill, but I do a LOT of multitasking (eg. 2 or 3 of my own programs, 5 web browsers, 2 instances of Visual Studio and Microsoft Excel/Word). I could be wrong, but I think that the fact that I have so much RAM, aFri, 10 Aug 2012 09:59:06 -0500first of all, go down the custom built route, as others have suggested. the main reason is that its component based and you it gives you the greatest potential to upgrade and to repair. you could put it together yourself, it's really not hard at all,https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29303585/high-spec-pc?post_id=522850405#522850405first of all, go down the custom built route, as others have suggested. the main reason is that its component based and you it gives you the greatest potential to upgrade and to repair. you could put it together yourself, it's really not hard at all,Fri, 10 Aug 2012 09:02:23 -0500Thanks lads, I'll take a lookhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29303585/high-spec-pc?post_id=522846421#522846421Thanks lads, I'll take a lookFri, 10 Aug 2012 06:06:18 -0500I've used PC Specialist too and would highly recommend them.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29303585/high-spec-pc?post_id=522842735#522842735I've used PC Specialist too and would highly recommend them.Fri, 10 Aug 2012 00:41:55 -0500