PC advice

[Lash_sumthin]

CPU 5.6
RAM 5.9
Aero Graphics 5.9
Gaming graphics 5.5
HD 5.9

I got the samsung spinpoint id recommend as far as u can distinguish between one and another.

[magicroundabout]

cheers Lash_sumthin,

i think next payday i'll invest in one.

Question.
i didn't have to format my harddrive when i connected my new motherboard. should i do so to give it a clean bill of health etc or just leave it???

[Lash_sumthin]

i personally wouldnt bother especially if u have any number of files on it and will be purchasing a new one in the near future. I don't believe it will give you much benefit IMO. If its not broke dont fix it...

[magicroundabout]

cool cheers

i'll defo get a new harddive though.

the difference in speed from my dell is amazing. well pleased  

[Simon Pieman]

Hmm do you really need an extra 0.6 vista points?

[magicroundabout]

will it not make a difference then?

my old harddrive is sata I not sata II

[Simon Pieman]

Get siSandra software to benchmark your current drive.

I have 2 500gb seagate barracudas set up in RAID 0 and they perform at 105mb/s

Although I've just read that those drives have a jumper on them that needs removing to get the faster SATA 2 rate as with the jumper it's only sata 1. I will investigate and if successful let you know the difference  

I did wonder why it was a low index reading. Thought in fact it was a rubbish sata controller on my motherboard.

[Simon Pieman]

Ok I'm being thick and reading the wrong result. The jumper had been removed already, I thought I had done that before  

My buffered read is 230mb/s, so the limitation of my motherboard is obvious.

[magicroundabout]

just downloading it now to check.

[magicroundabout]

my results

SiSoftware Sandra

Benchmark Results
Drive Index : 46.63MB/s
Results Interpretation : Higher index values are better.
Random Access Time : 23ms
Results Interpretation : Lower index values are better.

Windows Experience Index
Current Drive : 5.3
Results Interpretation : Higher index values are better.

Performance Test Status
Run ID : WDC WD2500JS-75NCB1 3.5" 250GB (SATA300, 7200rpm, NCQ, 8MB Cache)
Platform Compliance : Win32 x86
System Timer : 14.32MHz
Use Overlapped I/O : Yes
I/O Queue Depth : 4 request(s)
Block Size : 1MB

Volume Information
Capacity : 232.83GB

Detailed Benchmark Results
Speed at position 0% : 42.92MB/s (78%)
Speed at position 3% : 54.64MB/s (99%)
Speed at position 7% : 55.20MB/s (100%)
Speed at position 10% : 54.55MB/s (99%)
Speed at position 13% : 44.73MB/s (81%)
Speed at position 17% : 52.21MB/s (95%)
Speed at position 20% : 54.10MB/s (98%)
Speed at position 23% : 53.92MB/s (98%)
Speed at position 27% : 52.90MB/s (96%)
Speed at position 30% : 52.30MB/s (95%)
Speed at position 33% : 52.34MB/s (95%)
Speed at position 37% : 51.54MB/s (93%)
Speed at position 40% : 52.64MB/s (95%)
Speed at position 43% : 52.21MB/s (95%)
Speed at position 47% : 50.67MB/s (92%)
Speed at position 50% : 49.53MB/s (90%)
Speed at position 53% : 47.16MB/s (85%)
Speed at position 57% : 49.17MB/s (89%)
Speed at position 60% : 46.31MB/s (84%)
Speed at position 63% : 45.28MB/s (82%)
Speed at position 67% : 46.73MB/s (85%)
Speed at position 70% : 44.30MB/s (80%)
Speed at position 73% : 42.88MB/s (78%)
Speed at position 77% : 42.69MB/s (77%)
Speed at position 80% : 39.88MB/s (72%)
Speed at position 83% : 39.51MB/s (72%)
Speed at position 87% : 38.26MB/s (69%)
Speed at position 90% : 35.71MB/s (65%)
Speed at position 93% : 35.51MB/s (64%)
Speed at position 97% : 33.53MB/s (61%)
Speed at position 100% : 32.06MB/s (58%)
Random Access Time : 23ms
Full Stroke Access Time : 26ms

Physical Disk
Model : WDC WD2500JS-75NCB1
Version : 10.02E01
Serial Number : 2020202057202d4443574e41314b363838343637
Interface : SATA
Rotational Speed : 7200rpm
Removable Drive : No
Queueing On : Yes

Performance Tips
Notice 5008 : To change benchmarks, click Options.
Notice 5004 : Synthetic benchmark. May not tally with 'real-life' performance.
Notice 5006 : Only compare the results with ones obtained using the same version!
Tip 2 : Double-click tip or press Enter while a tip is selected for more information about the tip.

[Simon Pieman]

Do the file systems benchmark

[magicroundabout]

i take it, it takes whille to run?!!  :|

[Simon Pieman]

Yes it does

[magicroundabout]

here we go

SiSoftware Sandra

Benchmark Results
Drive Index : 47.85MB/s
Results Interpretation : Higher index values are better.
Random Access Time : 14ms
Results Interpretation : Lower index values are better.

Windows Experience Index
Current Drive : 5.3
Results Interpretation : Higher index values are better.

Performance Test Status
Run ID : WDC WD2500JS-75NCB1 3.5" 250GB (SATA300, 7200rpm, NCQ, 8MB Cache)
Platform Compliance : Win32 x86
System Timer : 14.32MHz
Operating System Disk Cache Used : No
Use Overlapped I/O : Yes
I/O Queue Depth : 4 request(s)
Test File Size : 3.25GB
File Fragments : 1
Block Size : 1MB

Detailed Benchmark Results
Buffered Read : 148.67MB/s
Sequential Read : 58.64MB/s
Random Read : 32.41MB/s
Buffered Write : 142.14MB/s
Sequential Write : 58.52MB/s
Random Write : 28.93MB/s
Random Access Time : 14ms

Drive
Drive Type : Hard Disk
Total Size : 232.82GB
Free Space : 156.45GB, 67%
Cluster Size : 4kB

Physical Disk
Model : WDC WD2500JS-75NCB1
Version : 10.02E01
Serial Number : 2020202057202d4443574e41314b363838343637
Interface : SATA
Rotational Speed : 7200rpm
Removable Drive : No
Queueing On : Yes

Performance Tips
Notice 5008 : To change benchmarks, click Options.
Notice 5004 : Synthetic benchmark. May not tally with 'real-life' performance.
Notice 5006 : Only compare the results with ones obtained using the same version!
Notice 5209 : Consider using the Removable Storage/Flash Benchmark for Flash devices.
Tip 5202 : Use cache on to measure Windows performance.
Tip 2 : Double-click tip or press Enter while a tip is selected for more information about the tip.

[magicroundabout]

going by your buffered read and mine i'd say my harddrive is slow.

so i think a faster one is needed