04-17-2003, 09:51 AM | #51 | ||
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Yeah, I'm planning on getting the WD 120 GIG 8 meg cache. The 200 meg with the 8 meg cache is not priced correctly (megabite for megabite) so thats why I'm going with the 120.
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04-17-2003, 10:03 AM | #52 |
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I assume it is a 7200rpm ATA-133 drive that will be connected to an UltraATA card?
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04-17-2003, 10:08 AM | #53 |
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I believe that the motherboard I'm getting supports 133 without a card.
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04-17-2003, 10:16 AM | #54 |
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That was what I thought as well when I got my ASUS. I believe the MB has the 133 bus structure but you still have to have the card to make the connections. In my case, I have two HDs and instead of daisy-chaining, I connect each one separately to the UltraATA card to maximize throughput. Just recalling from memory from last summer.
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04-17-2003, 11:11 AM | #55 |
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So basically I need the card to even use the HDD? Or just to maximize it with the ATA-133 Capabilities?
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04-17-2003, 12:01 PM | #56 | |
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The model might be a couple of years old, but I have been very happy with my Viewsonic P95f. It's a 19 inch flatscreen Trinitron tube, can push a high resolution (max is 2048X1920), but looks best at 1280X1024 at 100Hz. As for DVD Burners, the best one, IMHO, is the Sony DRU-500AX. It burns any DVD format you can think of. Here's the specs for the new computer I just built: Asus P4S8X motherboard Pentium4 3.06Ghz 3 pieces of DDR 1GB 333MHZ Asus V8420 Deluxe Video Card (GeForce4 Ti4200) 3ware Escalade 8500-4 Serail ATA RAID controller 4 Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 Serial ATA 120GB HDDs Pioneer DVD-106S (DVD-ROM) Sony DRU-500AX SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Platinum Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop for Bluetooth Samsung 172B 17 inch LCD monitor It surfs the web quite well... |
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04-17-2003, 12:16 PM | #57 | |
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This is my experience and understanding. (You can use the HD without it obviously, but with the added performance benefits.) |
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04-17-2003, 02:05 PM | #58 |
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Cartman;
Holy crap!! What did that run you like 3500? thats an awsome machine though |
04-17-2003, 02:15 PM | #59 |
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You'd be surprised. Unlike the assembly manufacturers of low bid parts, putting together a custom PC with the best parts is significantly cheaper. For example, my custom PC from last summer was 40% cheaper than Gateway and Dell, and 60% cheaper than Alienware - all with better parts (particularly the MB).
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04-17-2003, 02:19 PM | #60 | |
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It was something in that range, but a little lower. Since I'm an American in Europe, I can get things tax-free, if I work the system right. Which I do quite often, since the VAT rate in Italy is 20%!!!! But I must confess, I don't only use the computer for entertainment. I do a lot of testing for work using VMWare, and it needs a lot of memory in order to run multiple sessions simultaneous. At least that's the story I told my boss, and I'm sticking to it!!! |
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04-17-2003, 02:28 PM | #61 |
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Well Guys, I finally priced this stuff out. All prices were from pricewatch.com. Most of this stuff is OEM stuff, I really don't need the directions or software that comes with the hardware.
System Board: ASUS A7N8X-DX DELUXE $113 Case: LANBOY w/ 350 W $100 Processor: AMD 2700 $178 Cooling Fan: Fan+Heatsink $15 Memory: Samsung (512x2) pc3200 $140 Hard Drive: WD 120 gig 8 meg cache $115 Video: All in Wonder 9700 pro 128 $350 DVD: Sony 16x DVD Silver $35 CD-RW: 48x16x48 Samsung $47 Sound : On board $0 Network: 10/100 - on board $0 Floppy: Generic $10 Keyboard: USB - Generic $15 Mouse: USB Logitech - Optical $12 CRT MONITOR: Viewsonic 19 inch fscreen $250 OS: Microsoft XP Pro - Full $207 Cables: Misc Floppy/HDD $30 IBUYPOWER.COM cost (mom & pop pc builder) = $2,131 MY BUILD COST = $1,708 I'll build it myself since I'm saving about $400 bucks. I feel that this is a pretty good deal. Sorry for the formatting on prices. |
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