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[NeoThoR]

Okay so I have an Asus CG1330.. and I'm looking to upgrade the HDD, graphics card and probably the power supply.

I'm currently trying to figure out if my motherboard supports SATA II or SATA III. If it's only SATA I am not updating the hard drive. If it's at least SATA II I'm going with the OCZ Vertex 2

I need to know if it's SATA or SATA II... can anyone tell me? I've googled searched everywhere.

Also, I need to know if I go with this graphics card http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814127682 if I Need to update my PSU.

[Stray Ion]

I think I remember trying to find specs for you before, and I couldn't find much. Asus CG1330-5 or Asus CG1330-7?

Probably the easiest way to see what you have is to get the information off your hard drive. just do a search for the model number and it should tell you the transfer speeds

[Stray Ion]

I would email MSI to find out the power requirements, and Bi**h at them for not having it listed.

What I did find is prebuilt systems that came with that card have either a 750w or 850w PSU, you only have a 400w. Chances are you are going to have to upgrade, but to what I have no clue.

When in doubt, contact the manufacturer.

Wish I could be more help with your Video Card

[NeoThoR]

This is the hard drive that came with it.. http://www.amazon.co...e/dp/B00272NHOK

and I have this as a "back up" or storage drive http://www.newegg.co...N82E16822136891

[NeoThoR]

It's a CG1330-07 btw.. I did some research and it turns out it's a
Asus M4A78LT-M


Now... here is the link http://www.asus.com/...D_AM3/M4A78LTM/

It says SATA 3GB/s... so is that just SATA or SATA 2?

SATA Should be 1.5GB and SATA II is 3.0GB, right?

Edited by NeoThoR, 04 July 2012 - 07:38 PM.

[Stray Ion]

3GB/s is Sata 2, you're correct. You can always use Sata 3 disks, but they will be limited to 3gbs instead of 6gbs.

Edited by Stray Ion, 04 July 2012 - 07:46 PM.

[NeoThoR]

Cool.. so I'm gonna update to a SATA 2 SSD.. plus probably this PSU http://www.newegg.co...D=1vy7zydf7iq9o

and this GPU http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814127682

Any objections?!

[NeoThoR]

EDIT: Actually I've been reading up on OCZ SSD... people seem to have a lot of problems.

[Necrodemus]

You are correct that your PC supports SATA II. The PSU that you've chosen should be enough to power the GPU you've selected without worry.

Edit: The SSD's that I've been using are Phoenix Pro 128's. I've had no issue with them having installed them in multiple builds. They aren't the latest/greatest and there are better $/GB options out there now, but I use them due to past experience.

Edited by Necrodemus, 04 July 2012 - 08:08 PM.

[Vulpesveritas]

I second that point in staying away from OCZ SSDs. I recommend a Crucial or Samsung one if you want reliability, and a Patriot or Corsair if you go Sandforce.

PSU wise, I recommend this if you can spare the extra $10: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16817182068

And if you have a bit more for your budget, I recommend this GPU, otherwise the one you picked is fine.: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814131466

Edited by Vulpesveritas, 04 July 2012 - 08:15 PM.

[LordDeathStrike]

Vulpesveritas, on 04 July 2012 - 08:14 PM, said:

I second that point in staying away from OCZ SSDs. I recommend a Crucial or Samsung one if you want reliability, and a Patriot or Corsair if you go Sandforce.

PSU wise, I recommend this if you can spare the extra $10: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16817182068

And if you have a bit more for your budget, I recommend this GPU, otherwise the one you picked is fine.: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814131466

intels 320 series ssds are the nicest sata 2 models around IMHO. they are warrentied 5 years and do not have sandforce so they dont have sand issues. theyre fast rock solid and reliable, and if it goes capute (less then a .1% chance according to intel) its got 5 years warrenty against it.

http://www.newegg.co...ssd+320&x=0&y=0 note the 120 gig is well under 200$ and the 160 gig is 240, very nice prices, i paid a bit over 200 for my 120 gig last year.

just remember, whatever ssd you pick up, disable sleep/hybernate/recycle bin and page fileing. you can use a recycle bin and page file but assign them to another drive. this gives you the max lifetime on the ssd.

[Scilya]

SATA drives are all backwards compatable, the funny thing is even SSD'S wont transfer at 6Gb and normal harddrives wont even saturate all of sata 2 connection unless you got a nice big raid array going on



and i have an OZC vertex 3 have for the past year or so and not had a problem with it,..

[NeoThoR]

I do not plan on spending over $100 on a HDD.. specially since I had a 3TB HDD already. I will just use that for storage.

Vulpesveritas, on 04 July 2012 - 08:14 PM, said:

PSU wise, I recommend this if you can spare the extra $10: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16817182068

Why? It's 50w less

Edited by NeoThoR, 04 July 2012 - 08:42 PM.

[LordDeathStrike]

NeoThoR, on 04 July 2012 - 08:44 PM, said:

I do not plan on spending over $100 on a HDD.. specially since I had a 3TB HDD already. I will just use that for storage.



Why? It's 50w less

just remember, with all types of ssd, anything under 100-120 gig mark, runs around only half as fast as the larger drives. as an example, the 40 gig intel 320 drive runs at exactly 50% of the speeds of the 120 gig 320 series. thats why the small ones arent popular.

[Vulpesveritas]

NeoThoR, on 04 July 2012 - 08:44 PM, said:

Why? It's 50w less

Difference of hardware quality,
Superflower > CWT
Difference in true wattage (the rosewill actually can deliver 70 more watts on the 12v rail, where the majority of your system components, including your CPU and GPU run off of.)
5% more energy efficient.

Also SSD: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820226236

Edited by Vulpesveritas, 04 July 2012 - 09:27 PM.

[Catamount]

Indeed, Vulpes is linking a superior PSU.

Claimed wattage is one of the least important aspects of a PSU these days. Ripple, efficiency, tightness of voltages, these are going to matter a lot more, not to mention that both those PSUs are probably capable of about the same actual, real-world output, the Capstone unit will just deliver it more cleanly.

[NeoThoR]

Thanks guys!

I use to know everything about hardware.. but I've been out of the loop for about 10 years now

[NeoThoR]

Vulpesveritas, on 04 July 2012 - 09:21 PM, said:

Also SSD: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820226236

What makes this one good? I was actually thinking about going with an Intel.. I guess they are made different and fail a lot less? But, dang, they are expensive. lol

[Vulpesveritas]

NeoThoR, on 05 July 2012 - 09:38 AM, said:

What makes this one good? I was actually thinking about going with an Intel.. I guess they are made different and fail a lot less? But, dang, they are expensive. lol

120GB from a good company, uses USA made RAM (Mushkin buys from Micron).
If you are looking at the price of an Intel SSD, you would be better off going with a Samung for the reliability of their drives vs the Sandforce controller. And unlike the Intel drives and every sandforce controlled SSD, they don't lose speed over time.

[NeoThoR]

Of course that PSU is out of stock

EDIT: I found this one http://www.newegg.co...N82E16817182262 and it looks to be the SAME ONE.. but it's in stock? I don't get it

EDIT #2: Now I see.. it's more expensive?


I know you all where saying the Mushkin was a good HDD.. but it's SATA III. My mobo only supports SATA II.. and I honestly do not see myself updating my mobo anytime soon.

So what's the best SSD with SATA II?

Edited by NeoThoR, 06 July 2012 - 03:08 PM.