Who's our resident computer genius?

[MrBump]

Get alot of memory, that is a priority. Its the temporary storage / buffer between processing and permanent storage (hard drive). At least 6/8gb min, preferably 12/16gb. And if your budget can afford it get an SSD hard drive, its faaaar quicker than the old style. However big ssds are expensive. What you could do which will be cheaper is have two hard drives, a min of 128gb SSD with your windows on and then rip direct to this one. And a 2tb (or 1tb+) standard hard drive (try for 10,000rpm over 7,200rpm if poss). Once ripped to ssd, then transfer over to your (cheaper) main storage drive. Check specs for dvd rip software, if it recommends a graphics card, get a graphics card, even a half decent one is fine, rather than one built in to motherboard, if it doesn't say about a graphics card don't worry, a built-in one will be fine.

I don't rip dvds, but have been building my own computers for 20 years or so. Its easier than you think, choose all your gubbins and then choose your motherboard with the right connections / slots. If buying ready made, then its dead easy to add a hard drive, say if it only has, or doesn't have an ssd drive.

So to summarise you want min 6/8gb memory, pref. 12/16gb memory. Either a large ssd drive or else a 128gb plus ssd drive and a mahoosive standard hard drive. Any graphics card if required.

Ps. If you get a laptop, check the dvd drive speed as they can be slower than a desktops. Most desktops will be as fast as they can be, although worth a look as if one dvd drive reads at 52x and the other reads at 24x then the first one will obviously be more than twice as quick at reading and therefore ripping. Dvd drives are relatively cheap too, so probably your most economic upgrade if required.

Aaaaand breathe /emoticons/biggrin.png

 

[Dave B]

Netflix is good on android, tablet or pc

Get the app or browser tab called hola

It is a vpn

Open netflix with that and you can choose your country or origin ..i choose usa as it has thousands more films

 

[MrBump]

Diwrnach what do you need a 5k computer for? I'm assuming thats not including some fancy monitor and just the computer itself, that must be some high spec sh!t. I build myself a new one every few years and get a pretty decent one capable of running 3D programs and all sorts, usually for under £1500! (not incl..monitors) You got it in a gold plated diamond encrusted case or summin'?

 

[Diwrnach]

Diwrnach what do you need a 5k computer for? I'm assuming thats not including some fancy monitor and just the computer itself, that must be some high spec sh!t. I build myself a new one every few years and get a pretty decent one capable of running 3D programs and all sorts, usually for under £1500! (not incl..monitors) You got it in a gold plated diamond encrusted case or summin'?

I build a new pc every 5-8 years and when I rebuild it, it is still capable of playing the most modern games at max, I decided to go this route 2 PCs ago instead of building a new one every 2-3 years I build an absolute top of the range muts nuts one every 8. It comes to around the same money over the time and never need to upgrade it.

 

[Diwrnach]

Get alot of memory, that is a priority. Its the temporary storage / buffer between processing and permanent storage (hard drive). At least 6/8gb min, preferably 12/16gb. And if your budget can afford it get an SSD hard drive, its faaaar quicker than the old style. However big ssds are expensive. What you could do which will be cheaper is have two hard drives, a min of 128gb SSD with your windows on and then rip direct to this one. And a 2tb (or 1tb+) standard hard drive (try for 10,000rpm over 7,200rpm if poss). Once ripped to ssd, then transfer over to your (cheaper) main storage drive. Check specs for dvd rip software, if it recommends a graphics card, get a graphics card, even a half decent one is fine, rather than one built in to motherboard, if it doesn't say about a graphics card don't worry, a built-in one will be fine.
I don't rip dvds, but have been building my own computers for 20 years or so. Its easier than you think, choose all your gubbins and then choose your motherboard with the right connections / slots. If buying ready made, then its dead easy to add a hard drive, say if it only has, or doesn't have an ssd drive.

So to summarise you want min 6/8gb memory, pref. 12/16gb memory. Either a large ssd drive or else a 128gb plus ssd drive and a mahoosive standard hard drive. Any graphics card if required.

Ps. If you get a laptop, check the dvd drive speed as they can be slower than a desktops. Most desktops will be as fast as they can be, although worth a look as if one dvd drive reads at 52x and the other reads at 24x then the first one will obviously be more than twice as quick at reading and therefore ripping. Dvd drives are relatively cheap too, so probably your most economic upgrade if required.

Aaaaand breathe /emoticons/biggrin.png

SSD are awesome, I have two large ones on mine, but I don't think it would slow down a DVD rip using a normal HDD as the DVD drive itself is the main bottleneck.

Not suggesting not to get one if budget allows mind, just don't think they are necessary for doing rips.

 

[peter rogers]

or else just use bit torrent and download anything in seconds

 

[Green Pro Clean Ltd]

or else just use bit torrent and download anything in seconds

Not only illegal in 99% of all cases but also you never know what the hell virus you are downloading on those, no thanks!

 

[peter rogers]

lol keep ur anti virus uptodate and ur cool been downloading for over 10 years lol nothing strange yet

 

[Green Pro Clean Ltd]

Nothing to do with keeping cool, I just disagree with the following three things:

1) Theft

2) Blatant Copyright Infringement

3) Supporting services used by pedos to share indecent stuff. IE Limewire, Frostwire, are just 2 examples both looking at massive ongoing investigations.

Using torrents to get stuff you have not paid for is just the same as shop lifting mate.

 

[peter rogers]

lol happily dont no what else i d do without it getting all my amercian tv shows months early and all new films in the cinema downloded and streamed to the telly and also my music

 

[Green Pro Clean Ltd]

lol happily dont no what else i d do without it getting all my amercian tv shows months early and all new films in the cinema downloded and streamed to the telly and also my music

Still does not change the fact that it is common theft mate, same as if you walked into HMV and stuffed a DVD up your jumper and walked out without paying!

Or are you going to justify theft by telling me that when you want a hard copy you do just go steal it from a shop?

 

[Green Pro Clean Ltd]

Trouble with Netflix, Prime and the likes is that you can watch everything modern in a month and the updates and new releases are VERY slow in coming out.

 

[peter rogers]

@Green why get a hard copy when u have a digital copy that takes up minimal space

 

[Green Pro Clean Ltd]

Dont change the fact that it is common theft Pete pure and simple. What else do you figure it is OK to steal or is it just your entertainment media?

 

[adamangler]

if you dont want to download torrents just stream putlocker is pretty good

 

[cheapncheerful]

I cant keep up with freeview never mind anything else...just taped roots....now that is going to take some time to digest...last saw it just out of school..

and I dont move off the chair all weekend..

where you lot get the time from I dont know..:rofl:

I have two gigs of music on my phone and by the time Ive heard it all.....its time to hear it again..

 

[MrBump]

Two large ssds, well theres a grand gone already :rofl: Your computer must be the whale's kahunas! :laugh:

I would save direct to an ssd as as ripping it will save quicker freeing memory, although if he had a decent amount of memory as the buffer it may not make too much difference, I'm not sure, I use mine for graphics but not ripped. If windows did want some more virtual memory though that would be quicker coming off an ssd. Not essential, but then what is really lol, its all cos we want quicker

I've been using ssds for years so its just normal for me now lol. I'm so impatient, I remember a few years ago when it took 20+ seconds to load windows from my old sata drive, then installed my ssd and saw it slice that to 8-10seconds and then after that if anyone else computer took longer than 10secs to load I wanted to thrlw it out of the window :laugh:

 

[cheapncheerful]

ohhhh you would love my lappy then mr bump....

yeh...I put it on and go and brew up and then make some food and watch the tele and eventually...I can use it ..for a while...and then something happens which I dont know what and it all freezes...and I freak out and nearly smash it ...MOST NIGHTS...:rofl:

yeh its the sons reject....I have most of his rejects...including his trainers...

 

[MrBump]

Laptops never last as long as desktops, I usually get 2-3 years out of mine. They do get sooo slooooow. Its mostly down to heat and dust. We rest them on our laps or on blankets/duvets and they overheat. And they collect dust more in their tighter spaces. If you can open it up and clean out all the dust collected on the fans and processor and such. (use a compressed air can for a quid or so to blow it clean). Then defragment your hard drive, leave it overnight it'll take aaaages, that organises your hard drive. All that will make it a bit quicker, but it'll never be like new again though /emoticons/sad.png

 

[TolishAPurd]

Id never steal anything else, but I'm happy downloading for free off the bay of pirates. Call it payback for years of being charged extortionate prices for cds.

 

[adamangler]

agreed, not done it for while but i when i use to be into music production i got all sort of software programs, vst plugins and stuff form pirate bay/demonoid. Now its a lot harder to get hold of gotta use the proxys. Not that i bother anymore