sweetooth6669
New Member
Hi guys,
I've been looking to buy a Quad-core recently and have been salivating over the i7 but the cost of them is too high for my tastes. I saw this barebones kit for $299 (w/ rebates). http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=4642574 I read another post that said it was pretty decent build for a small home computer and the last barebones I had works great.
Also, I am thinking about adding this Solid State HD; http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4364404&CatId=4147
to be my main hard drive (C), placing the OS and my programs on it and the one that comes with the barebones kit to be the second HD for media storage only (movies, mp3, etc).
Or the 30 GB equivalent just because of the lower price.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4364403&CatId=4147
So I have a few questions. One, with this barebones kit will I be able to use the SSD and if so, does someone know of a great guide/tutorial how to install SSD as the main drive and the HDD as the slave/second drive? Is it set up similar to other computer that have two HDDs (setup in bios)?
My second question is about the motherboard in the barebones. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=4603093 I want to use the HDMI output on it so that I can use my new big screen tv as the monitor sometimes. But the video card with the barebones http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=4128445 doesn't have the output. Am I correct in assuming that if I use the HDMI output that I will not be utilizing the better graphics in video card? I do apologize for the question, but I am not so knowledgeable on video cards versus other components of the computer.
My third question is do I need to upgrade the PSU if I add a SSD?
Thanks for any help in advance.
I've been looking to buy a Quad-core recently and have been salivating over the i7 but the cost of them is too high for my tastes. I saw this barebones kit for $299 (w/ rebates). http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=4642574 I read another post that said it was pretty decent build for a small home computer and the last barebones I had works great.
Also, I am thinking about adding this Solid State HD; http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4364404&CatId=4147
to be my main hard drive (C), placing the OS and my programs on it and the one that comes with the barebones kit to be the second HD for media storage only (movies, mp3, etc).
Or the 30 GB equivalent just because of the lower price.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4364403&CatId=4147
So I have a few questions. One, with this barebones kit will I be able to use the SSD and if so, does someone know of a great guide/tutorial how to install SSD as the main drive and the HDD as the slave/second drive? Is it set up similar to other computer that have two HDDs (setup in bios)?
My second question is about the motherboard in the barebones. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=4603093 I want to use the HDMI output on it so that I can use my new big screen tv as the monitor sometimes. But the video card with the barebones http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=4128445 doesn't have the output. Am I correct in assuming that if I use the HDMI output that I will not be utilizing the better graphics in video card? I do apologize for the question, but I am not so knowledgeable on video cards versus other components of the computer.
My third question is do I need to upgrade the PSU if I add a SSD?
Thanks for any help in advance.
