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but everything I ever buy is overkill, lol.

well have i got a new car for you.....

I can finally work on models with out the PC freezing every 2 mins when you click on a pixel

previously the 3d work was around 50K poly now working on 200-300K poly models

which look sooo much better when doing 19,000 X 10,000 renders :cheers:

Edited by Whiplash

hi all.just wondering what you all use as a media player on ur PC?

i use VLC, love the layout and most things about it. the issue i have is it freezes over the lan, and also on my desktop... i have used the googleizer and tried the things suggested there, increasing the buffer helped a lot, but i still get the freezes :)

in the past i was a big fan of media player classic, but i find the playlist a bit clunky so i have been persisting with VLC.

does anyone out there use anything else that is worth a shot?

...::edit::...

my os is win 7 ultimate

Downloading VB 2010 Express at the moment (http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads...10-Visual-Basic). I remember using this years ago, I'm willing to have another play around with it to see what it can do.

Carl give ZPlayer a try ..... I use if for watching DivX movie/tv dls and it works a treat. Seems to handle different file types and codes better when doing fullscreen than all other apps I have tried. I also use the CCCP ffdshow/codec pack - has always been great.

guys I've got an old Benq laptop that does pretty much everything that I need for work.

Except for a little more speed, I'd be happy to stick with it for another year or 2.

Thing is, it has an IDE HDD (not a SATA) so going to an SSD to improve performance is pretty much out of the equation.

Anyone here ever configured an SSD into an IDE connection?

guys I've got an old Benq laptop that does pretty much everything that I need for work.

Except for a little more speed, I'd be happy to stick with it for another year or 2.

Thing is, it has an IDE HDD (not a SATA) so going to an SSD to improve performance is pretty much out of the equation.

Anyone here ever configured an SSD into an IDE connection?

Depends on if you have 1.8 or 2.5" PATA drive;

http://www.solidstatecentral.com.au/store/...8b79bfa4f8f3fc6

http://www.solidstatecentral.com.au/store/...8b79bfa4f8f3fc6

I've bought runcore SSD"s off these blokes before and used them as upgraded drives in EEE's. Work very well.

-D

The transfer rate of IDE wont give you any decent performance with a SSD over the normal drive. But if you are keen on the SSD idea still, you could use an IDE to Compact Flash converter.

this is what I'm worried about........if the controller is the limiting factor then it's probably pointless spending $300 - $400 to gain little if any speed at all......better off puting it towards another laptop maybe.

This is what's in it now:

WD1600BEVE Scorpion Blue

160Gb 8 Mb cache 5400rpm 2.5" PATA

this is what I'm worried about........if the controller is the limiting factor then it's probably pointless spending $300 - $400 to gain little if any speed at all......better off puting it towards another laptop maybe.

This is what's in it now:

WD1600BEVE Scorpion Blue

160Gb 8 Mb cache 5400rpm 2.5" PATA

the transfer rate will be a sustained rate rather than a variable rate and there will be no seek or write latency

you'll notice the difference. put it this way, ATA supports up to 133mhz bandwidth, SATA is 150... SATAII 300... etc

diff between sata1 and ide is not much at all - esp since your drive is a 5400rpm its slow as dogs balls...

the other benefit is the wd probably runs 5watts when seeking and reading, the ssd will be about 0.1watt peak. You'll save a fair bit of battery with an SSD..

-D

you reckon the extra minimal performance difference is worth the dosh though?

Wish I had some figures or comparisons between my drive and an SSD on an EIDE controller

for the price? frankly no.

buy a new laptop with an ssd already in it, if you want the bang for buck

however ssds will speed up ur system, including outdated ide buses

-D

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