ok, so the lower number will be better, right? and I didn't see anything on that site for an H97 board, so would you recommend another board or will it be good enough? also, since you mentioned the boot time is only about 10 seconds less, I can definitely wait for an SSD, I might however look more into SSHDs.
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As I indicated Z97 / H97 data isn't available yet. Problem is not many are sold so most boards won't make the minimum number of units sold to qualify as "statistically valid data"
A SSHD boots 0.9 seconds slower than a SSD
A HD boots 5.6 seconds slower than a SSD
If 0.9 seconds makes some significant change in your user experience, you should get one.
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Funny story....I had an employee who wanted me to buy an SSD for his machine because it would increase his productivity. So I told him to do a cost benefit analysis. This was back when they were $300.
Here's what I got 3 days later. He estimated that he would save "10 minutes a day" waiting for his computer so he gave me
10 minutes x 220 work days per year = 36.7 hours x $50 an hour = $1,833 per year.
Here's what I gave back:
5.6 seconds savings boot time x 220 work days = 0.34 hours x $50/hr x 3 years = $51 versus $300 purchase cost.
But..... in the 3 days in which he took to present his case, I observed his daily routine.
1. Arrive in office, turn on PC, take off jacket.
2. Go to coffee machine, make pot of coffee
3. Arrive at desk with coffee about 5-7 minutes later.
We than had the app open discussion.
Word processor = 1.1 seconds
Spreadsheet = 0.9 seconds
And the file open discussion
less than above
but ...... as with most if us when handed a paper document marked up for editing .... he (as I do) would open the file and then eyeball what changes were made....file was open loooong before he was ready to put fingers to KB.
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Same w/ gaming.... with a 120 GB SSD, you have 111.8 GB or actual file space and after setting aside the recommended 15%$ you down to 95GB .... set aside the typical 60 - 80GB footprint most **casual** windows users have after 6 months and you might fit 1 or 2 modern games on there. The SSHD handles moving the current game you are playing automatically to the SSD portion. Of course if getting good benchmarks is ya goal, then there's nothing like an SSD.
Here's a typical $1350 build, $1050 w/ single card .... once past those thresholds, it's time to talk about overclocking and SSDs
PCPartPicker part list /
Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($226.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($136.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($58.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($319.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($319.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($105.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1368.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-14 18:00 EDT-0400
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