Where would you install your Games? ( SSD or HDD )

[Aquinus]

One Samsung 840 EVO 1TB for games is enough for me.

I get that, but those are expensive. You already have a 250GB SSD and you can buy say a 1TB WD Black for 70-80 USD and use a caching SSD. My point is that it costs a lot less but gives you a bit of the best of both worlds. Not everyone has the money to dump into a 500+ USD SSD. I know I certainly don't. In fact I can think of many other things I would rather spend 500 USD on.

Even on your own machine, I would rather get a GTX 980 instead of a 1TB SSD. I personally think it's wasteful spending.

 

[FireFox]

Better? Im curious, how you quantify better? Why is a Sammy 850 'better' than a 840 EVO?

Check here:
http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Samsung-850-Pro-256GB-vs-Samsung-840-Evo-250GB/2385vs1594

 

[FireFox]

If you can afford it... all games and programs that have heavy random drive access should go on the SSDs. Documents, movies and other vids, music, and even installers can go on a regular HDD

That's the way I use to do.

 

[EarthDog]

That shows speed... which you said wasn't why above...

Is not for upgrade to something faster but something better.

 

[Aquinus]

That shows speed... which you said wasn't why above...

Yeah, I remember something about reliability being important unless I misunderstood the post...

Is not for upgrade to something faster but something better.

 

[FireFox]

That shows speed... which you said wasn't why above...

Maybe I am just obsessed with SSDS

 

[FireFox]

Yeah, I remember something about reliability being important unless I misunderstood the post...

You didn't, maybe I just should test the 850 and after that I can give you a concrete opinion about it.

 

[FireFox]

Even on your own machine, I would rather get a GTX 980 instead of a 1TB SSD. I personally think it's wasteful spending.

I totally agree with you.
I am trying to sell my 770s in order to buy 2 powerful GPUs

Edit: I paid 400€ per each card and are not older than 5 months, so maybe I could still get a money for it.

 

[EarthDog]

You didn't, maybe I just should test the 850 and after that I can give you a concrete opinion about it.

With respect, Id prefer hearing about it from a review site. You just said one thing, then balked. I think the link you posted says quite enough already on it honestly....

the 256GB Samsung 850 Pro is the fastest consumer SSD we have seen to date. Thanks to Samsung's new 3D V-NAND the 850 Pro has lower power consumption and better performance, albeit marginally, than both the 840 Evo and 840 Pro. Looking at the peak lab performance figures for the840 and 850 Pros shows that the effective performance improvement is only 5% whereas the850 Pro beats the 840 Evo by 16%. All of these drives effectively saturate SATA 3.0 making it near impossible to distinguish between them in day-to-day use. At current prices the 256GB 850 Pro is prohibitively expensive, prices need to drop by 15% before it approaches the 840 Pro from a value perspective. Samsung may release a value orientated 850 Evo soon, but for now "most" users are better off with the 840 Pro.

I am trying to sell my 770s in order to buy 2 powerful GPUs

For a single 2560x1440 monitor? I take it you are the 60FPS+ minimum kind of guy...

 

[FireFox]

With respect, Id prefer hearing about it from a review site. You just said one thing, then balked. I think the link you posted says quite enough already on it honestly....




For a single 2560x1440 monitor? I take it you are the 60FPS+ minimum kind of guy...

If I get 2 news gpus I will definitely get one more monitor, I could order today 2 new gpus but who guarantees me that I will sell my 770s?

 

[rtwjunkie]

If I get 2 news gpus I will definitely get one more monitor, I could order today 2 new gpus but who guarantees me that I will sell my 770s?

I can't guarrantee how long to sell your 770's but you WILL sell them. Check out all the sold listings on ebay, over 500 of them worldwide. Many people are sitting below that level and would LOVE that kind of upgrade!

 

[Aquinus]

For a single 2560x1440 monitor? I take it you are the 60FPS+ minimum kind of guy...

Asus PG278Q ROG is a 144hz display, it's not like it's limited by 60fps, however the gain is marginal (IMHO), I'll give you that.

 

[FireFox]

I can't guarrantee how long to sell your 770's

that would not be the only problem, in addition to that there is the fact that my Graphics Cards are Watercooled and i paid 100€ per each Waterblock, no everybody likes to Watercool their components, whith that said i have to find who wants to
buy the Graphics Cards with the Waterblock included.

 

[GhostRyder]

that would not be the only problem, in addition to that there is the fact that my Graphics Cards are Watercooled and i paid 100€ per each Waterblock, no everybody likes to Watercool their components, whith that said i have to find who wants to
buy the Graphics Cards with the Waterblock included.

The only problem is with the recent price of the GTX 970, it kind of ruined the value of all video cards because of how low its priced. You will likely be able to get 200 for the cards and up to 75 for the blocks each based on used prices I see which would at least get you going for a pair of 970's and then some waterblocks to go with them.

 

[FireFox]

which would at least get you going for a pair of 970's

i would skip the 970 and get a pair of EVGA GF GTX 980 SC ACX 2.0 4GB DDR5 but as i said just if i sell the 770.

 

[GhostRyder]

i would skip the 970 and get a pair of EVGA GF GTX 980 SC ACX 2.0 4GB DDR5 but as i said just if i sell the 770.

I would encourage you to wait personally overall because though you would get a nice performance bump its not going to be as much as I think would be worthwhile overall. My advice would be to hold off until the next series and get one of those because at this point you are going to take a loss on the cards not matter what and the value already took its biggest leap. The performance difference might feel nice at first but I think your cards have plenty of life left especially because they are 4gb models. If you wait I am sure that around Q3 2015 there will be a new card (GTX 1080 or whatever they decide to name it) which you will really feel the difference in performance. The 980 is not really that great a value right now and the performance is not much of a jump from the GTX 780ti overall and while it would be a decent step up from your GTX 770, I think it would be better for you to wait with your current setup (Heck maybe bump the clocks on your cards a bit).

That is just my opinion of course.

Also if nothing else I would say wait at least until February because the R9 390X will probably come out which could drive prices down or give you some more options.

 

[FireFox]

If you wait I am sure that around Q3 2015 there will be a new card (GTX 1080 or whatever they decide to name it

thanks a lot for the advice, i will wait untill the new GTX series.

 

[FireFox]

I would encourage you to wait personally overall because though you would get a nice performance bump its not going to be as much as I think would be worthwhile overall. My advice would be to hold off until the next series and get one of those because at this point you are going to take a loss on the cards not matter what and the value already took its biggest leap. The performance difference might feel nice at first but I think your cards have plenty of life left especially because they are 4gb models. If you wait I am sure that around Q3 2015 there will be a new card (GTX 1080 or whatever they decide to name it) which you will really feel the difference in performance. The 980 is not really that great a value right now and the performance is not much of a jump from the GTX 780ti overall and while it would be a decent step up from your GTX 770, I think it would be better for you to wait with your current setup (Heck maybe bump the clocks on your cards a bit).

That is just my opinion of course.

Also if nothing else I would say wait at least until February because the R9 390X will probably come out which could drive prices down or give you some more options.

If the rumor is correct, there might be a GTX Titan II on its way coming to market sometime during the first half of 2015.

 

[GhostRyder]

If the rumor is correct, there might be a GTX Titan II on its way coming to market sometime during the first half of 2015.

Probably but that is a poor choice to look forward to in my opinion as its probably going to cost upwards of 1K+, if your waiting on the fully unlock Maxwell chip that will not be outrageously priced then its not going to be until the end of Q3 2015. Though it will be a good representation of where the performance will lie so you can make a good assumption of what your purchase will be in the future and how much of a difference it will make. Most likely there will be a GTX 1080 (Something like that name but its unconfirmed, I hope its that name because that would be an awesome name) with 1 or 2 SMU's disabled that will performance around 10% less than the Titan II for like ~$700.

 

[FireFox]

Probably but that is a poor choice to look forward to in my opinion as its probably going to cost upwards of 1K+, if your waiting on the fully unlock Maxwell chip that will not be outrageously priced then its not going to be until the end of Q3 2015. Though it will be a good representation of where the performance will lie so you can make a good assumption of what your purchase will be in the future and how much of a difference it will make. Most likely there will be a GTX 1080 (Something like that name but its unconfirmed, I hope its that name because that would be an awesome name) with 1 or 2 SMU's disabled that will performance around 10% less than the Titan II for like ~$700.

Thanks once again,
I have to be patient and that's why I won't upgrade my Machine until then.