DVD drive LG GH22NP21įast DVD writers are pretty much generic these days, and there's no real argument for spending any more. They're rising especially quickly in the US (it's a different, but similar, drive in the $ link). Hard drive prices have shot through the roof over the last week, doubling as a result of flooding in Thailand. £173.99 (opens in new tab) / $219.82 (opens in new tab)Ī good low cost card that'll get you gaming at decent framerates on a single monitor. Grab it quick, just in case it's a misprint. RAM Crucial Ballistic SportĮight gigabytes of fast 1600MHz DDR3 for £50. ![]() £81.98 (opens in new tab) / $99.99 (opens in new tab)Īn awesome Z68 board, comes with mSATA connectors for mini SSDs and Intel's caching technology. What's in the Rig? CPU Intel Core i5 2500KĪn unlocked Sandy Bridge quad core, capable of all the top end features but hyperthreading. It's not quite as fast as using an SSD by itself – there's a bit of software overhead that slows down performance – but it's close enough for all practical purposes. Still – if you're on a budget, picking up an mSATA drive to go with this motherboard will deliver results. ![]() ![]() Even though it connects to a regular SATA port, you can still use it for SRT caching, and it just seems to make more sense to me. A basic 30GB mSATA drive costs around £40, but I'd rather spend £80 on a drive that's more than twice the size and much, much faster. The economics don't quite add up for me, mind.
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