What's on your hardware wish list ?

[Gmr_Chick]

This year (or what's left of it) I'd like to get the rest of my parts for my new rig -- Sapphire or Asus Strix RX580, Ryzen 5 1600X, 8GB HyperX 2666 DDR4 RAM, Win 10...but I also wouldn't mind getting a new keyboard and mouse and an SSD...maybe another 1TB HDD so I could try out RAID 0

 

[phill]

I'd like to get the hardware to finish of my X99 build that I started about 18 months ago.. But firstly I need some money and since I've just taken a pay cut of a third to get into my new IT role, I'm not sure it's going to happening anytime soon and then there's a few other bits and pieces that I'd like to get my grubby little mits on... Maybe in another 18 months maybe??

 

[Komshija]

I plan adding another 16 GB of RAM and definitely replacing PSU with something much better and quieter.

So my hardware wish list for the 2018 are:

• EVGA Supernova 650 G3 PSU (650W 80 Plus Gold)
  
• 2 x 8 GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3000 (F4-3000C15D-16GVGB

 

[King Banakon]

My my hardware wish list :

Core i5-8400 + motherboard + DDR4 16gb
new graphics card >> AMD Radeon RX 580 8gb ...

 

[micropage7]

triple monitor, raspberry

gosh, i need to put some brake on it

 

[Vario]

The big flaw in my system right now is the graphics card, but its getting harder to justify $300-400 on a new one as I have a few hobbies at once demanding my attention. Anyway, that would be it. I usually buy midrange, but with the mining bubble the midrange cards are now priced $50-100 more than before.

 

[Gmr_Chick]

I usually buy midrange, but with the mining bubble the midrange cards are now priced $50-100 more than before.

Luckily, although this is just an observation, prices seem to be leveling out compared to what they were just a couple months ago, particularly with the RX580 and RX570, at Newegg at least. Also, Newegg's stock of said cards is WAY better than it was. Unfortunately, prices on GTX 1060's seem to be going up. Of course, if you're planning on getting something like a 1080/ti, this observation is a bit of a moot point lol.

 

[Vario]

Luckily, although this is just an observation, prices seem to be leveling out compared to what they were just a couple months ago, particularly with the RX580 and RX570, at Newegg at least. Also, Newegg's stock of said cards is WAY better than it was. Unfortunately, prices on GTX 1060's seem to be going up. Of course, if you're planning on getting something like a 1080/ti, this observation is a bit of a moot point lol.

I wanted a 1070 but at this point 1.5 years after its launch I'd just get whatever is after that.

 

[Frag_Maniac]

There's lots of rumors of a 1070 Ti releasing soon, and my guess is there will be some price drops when it does.

 

[StrayKAT]

2tb hdd just isn't enough these days. I should get a 10tb and be done with HDDs for all time after that.

I may even switch to optane and drop my ssd boot drive.

 

[Liquid Cool]

I'm pretty darn happy with my current set up. Like StrayKAT, I'm struggling with storage space though. Might try to find a hard drive for more storage when I get a chance. Thought about maybe just adding another 300GB Velociraptor and putting them in Raid 1. My storage needs usually aren't very high....usually under 500GB's, but some of these games are getting HUGE as of late. I had to forego downloading three titles I wanted to play because together they we're over 130GB's....Shadows of Mordor 43.8 gigs? Come on..... Skyrim does everything quite well under 10?

Dual booting isn't helping either.....


Best,

Liquid Cool

 

[StrayKAT]

I'm pretty darn happy with my current set up. Like StrayKAT, I'm struggling with storage space though. Might try to find a hard drive for more storage when I get a chance. Thought about maybe just adding another 300GB Velociraptor and putting them in Raid 1. My storage needs usually aren't very high....usually under 500GB's, but some of these games are getting HUGE as of late. I had to forego downloading three titles I wanted to play because together they we're over 130GB's....Shadows of Mordor 43.8 gigs? Come on..... Skyrim does everything quite well under 10?

Dual booting isn't helping either.....


Best,

Liquid Cool

Yeah, I have a few of those big ones too. Many new games are 25GB+. Mordor, Doom, GTAV. I don't need all installed, but it's nice to have Doom and GTA installed longterm.

edit: Star Citizen will apparently be 100GB

 

[Liquid Cool]

My three were BioShock: Infinity, Wolfenstein: The New Order, and Shadow of Mordor. I was also looking to add the second Wolfenstein too, but ended that thought with a chuckle..... I kind of wanted to walk through them casually this winter. I've got a list together that I plan on plowing through....these are no longer on it. The only large ones I have loaded now are Witcher III and Fallout 4....the others will have to wait until I get more storage.

100GB's for a game. All I can say is thanks for letting me know so I don't purchase it accidentily.....

Best,

Liquid Cool

 

[StrayKAT]

My three were BioShock: Infinity, Wolfenstein: The New Order, and Shadow of Mordor. I was also looking to add the second Wolfenstein too, but ended that thought with a chuckle..... I kind of wanted to walk through them casually this winter. I've got a list together that I plan on plowing through....these are no longer on it. The only large ones I have loaded now are Witcher III and Fallout 4....the others will have to wait until I get more storage.

100GB's for a game. All I can say is thanks for letting me know so I don't purchase it accidentily.....

Best,

Liquid Cool

Well, they're making a more single player oriented version as well, called Squadron 42. It will probably be smaller, but I doubt it'll be any smaller than these other big games (50gb). I have to try it, as I'm a Wing Commander fan and these are the creator's first games in years.

I'm not sure why Skyrim is so much smaller. I guess since it's a 2011 game, with fairly non-realistic textures, it slims it down a bit. They've upscaled the resolution in the HD pack and in SE, but not done much to enhance the detail or meshes. So maybe that's what still keeps the size down. I've also heard the audio is compressed, so that makes it smaller.

 

[Jetster]

A kick ass nas for all my stuff I've been aquireing for 20 years.

 

[Gmr_Chick]

edit: Star Citizen will apparently be 100GB

Holy sh*t

I'd like to get a nice big SSD to at least put all my Sims games on + all the mods I have for them (I have 1 GB of custom content/mods for Sims 3 alone lol; it's about the same for Sims 4), maybe something like 250 to 500GB, but they're expensive. Maybe someday

 

[Athlonite]

A new Mobo, Ram and CPU would be nice right now can't seem to pick which though RyZen or Threadripper

 

[cucker tarlson]

2tb hdd just isn't enough these days. I should get a 10tb and be done with HDDs for all time after that.

I may even switch to optane and drop my ssd boot drive.

I'd rather choose a dirt cheap 64GB SSD to cache your HDD with Intel Smart Response than an expensive 32GB optane. Optane has better speed but a 64GB SSD will store twice as much and cost half as much as 32GB Optane while it will still provide a decent boost to write/read speeds and access time. You can even use a larger SSD drive to cache your HDD, it'll create a 64GB cache partition and the rest will be available for you to use as a normal SSD. In my country for the price of a 32GB Optane you can buy a 850 EVO 250GB. No brainer. 64GB to speed up your HDD and still have +150GB SSD space available.

Here's how I set up mine

-2x256GB Raid0 SSDs (OS)
-512GB SSD (64GB cache for the 3TB HDD, over 400GB left)
-3TB HDD with 64GB cache from the 512GB SSD
+ a spare 1TB (2 partitions)

here are some results I found, apparently it works quite well.

 

[StrayKAT]

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I'd rather choose a dirt cheap 64GB SSD to cache your HDD with Intel Smart Response than an expensive 32GB optane. Optane has better speed but a 64GB SSD will store twice as much and cost half as much as 32GB Optane while it will still provide a decent boost to write/read speeds and access time. You can even use a larger SSD drive to cache your HDD, it'll create a 64GB cache partition and the rest will be available for you to use as a normal SSD.

I was gonna try that, but it seems I'd just have to pay extra anyways. Unless I'm misinformed? PrimoCache requires a $30 fee. I heard you can set up caching in IRST, but that doesn't even recognize my NVME drive. Is it because my OS is already installed on it?

 

[cucker tarlson]

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I was gonna try that, but it seems I'd just have to pay extra anyways. Unless I'm misinformed? PrimoCache requires a $30 fee. I heard you can set up caching in IRST, but that doesn't even recognize my NVME drive. Is it because my OS is already installed on it?

yes you need a spare ssd for caching, can't use the OS drive to cache a HDD.
Dunno about nvme, try the newest irst, maybe it got a fix or a patch or something....


BTW this is my cached 3TB HDD in ATTO. This is fire

 

[StrayKAT]

yes you need a spare ssd for caching, can't use the OS drive to cache a HDD.
Dunno about nvme, try the newest irst, maybe it got a fix or a patch or something....

I'll look into it when I install the new Windows update soon. Gonna put that on a HDD and format the nvme anyways. If it still doesn't work, I probably will go Optane. Even if I don't use it longterm myself, I may find a use for it elsewhere.

 

[Durvelle27]

AMD TR 1950X
G.Skill Trident Z 64GB(4x16GB)
ASRock X399 Tachi
EVGA K1NGPIN 1080Ti x4
Samsung 960 EVO 1TB SSD x4
Corsair 900D
EVGA 1600W T2

 

[cucker tarlson]

I'll look into it when I install the new Windows update soon. Gonna put that on a HDD and format the nvme anyways. If it still doesn't work, I probably will go Optane. Even if I don't use it longterm myself, I may find a use for it elsewhere.

Way I see it it's a nice extra, if you have 2 SSDs and a HDD in your system already it's almost free performance.

 

[PHaS3]

I need myself a Vega 56 (or 1070 failing that). Borrowing a 970 since my 970 died a fiery death. Fortunately its the identical model lol.

But omg do I need a new card :| like now :|

 

[Frag_Maniac]

I'd rather choose a dirt cheap 64GB SSD to cache your HDD with Intel Smart Response than an expensive 32GB optane. Optane has better speed but a 64GB SSD will store twice as much and cost half as much as 32GB Optane while it will still provide a decent boost to write/read speeds and access time. You can even use a larger SSD drive to cache your HDD, it'll create a 64GB cache partition and the rest will be available for you to use as a normal SSD.

You're far better off just getting at least a 512GB SSD and put a 40 GB or so partition on it for the OS. The larger SSDs always have denser, faster Nand.