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Advice before placing my order... I'm really about to place an order this time :o)
Greetings, I have posted a few messages on this newsgroup in the past asking for advice on how to configure my dream computer. I have compiled all of the suggestions and feel like I have come up with a configuration that meets my needs, but isn't overboard. I want the system as an all around contender to be used as a Tivo and to play MP3's. The Cooler Master Stacker because it is extremely flexible and allows for the most expandablity of any other case I have seen. The ASUS P4C800-E DELUXE because it seems to strike the best balance between performance and stability. Plus ASUS is well know for making quality motherboards. The Antec 550W sower supply because I don't want to be short on power no matter what I decide to install in the future. The Intel Pentium 4/ 2.8C GHz because I don't game, but want to strike a balance between performance and cost. Kingston HyperX RAM because it was recommended to me by someone I trust. I want it to be fast, but I don't game, so I don't need the most powerful graphics card. I chose the ATI AIW RADEON 9700 PRO Video Card because it has DVI, which will allow me to hook it up to a HDTV. I chose to get the 74GB Raptor and the 250GB Hitachi as a backup and file storage drive. I will create a 75GB logical partion on the Hitachi to be solely used to back up the Raptor. The Raptor has a five year warranty and the Hitachi a three year warranty. Lite-On Black 52X32X52X16 Combo because I don't want to take the plunge with a DVD burner yet. When I do, I will still want two optical drives (one to copy from and the other to burn to). Now that you all know why I decided on this configuration, I would appreciate any input. Maybe I am missing something that I didn't think about before. I have been given some great ideas in this group. Here is a link to my configuration: http://secure.newegg.com/app/WishR.asp?ID=728465 Thanks, Jim |
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I chose to get the 74GB Raptor and the 250GB Hitachi as a backup and
file storage drive. I will create a 75GB logical partion on the Hitachi to be solely used to back up the Raptor. The Raptor has a five year warranty and the Hitachi a three year warranty. This is the only part is disagree with. Theres been a lot of raptors going bad recenty, if your looking at it for disk access performance, then get 2 identical 250Gb disks and run them on a RAID controller Hamman |
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Kingston HyperX RAM because it was recommended to me by someone I trust. I've bought only their ValueRAM, and it often comes with no-name chips. If HyperX doesn't have name brand chips on it, I wouldn't pay extra for it. Lite-On Black 52X32X52X16 Combo because I don't want to take the plunge with a DVD burner yet. When I do, I will still want two optical drives (one to copy from and the other to burn to). I haven't paid anything for my last 3-4 CD writers, net of rebates, and www.salescircular.com has informaton about local deals. I haven't seen any DVD writers selling for less than $50-60, after rebate, but the best buy right now may be the bare NEC ND-2500A (no software included) from www.newegg.com, $70-75, delivered (price varies by color and day of the week). The dual-layer version, ND-2510A, is available for about $92. Now that you all know why I decided on this configuration, I would appreciate any input. Maybe I am missing something that I didn't think about before. I have been given some great ideas in this group. Here is a link to my configuration: http://secure.newegg.com/app/WishR.asp?ID=728465 Thanks, Jim |
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The HyperX RAM may be overkill for your system. It is preferred by gamers
and overclockers but for normal day by day use you wont see any tangible performance difference. You might want to consider Kingston KVR400X64C3AK2 Value RAM for that motherboard. wrote in message ... Greetings, I have posted a few messages on this newsgroup in the past asking for advice on how to configure my dream computer. I have compiled all of the suggestions and feel like I have come up with a configuration that meets my needs, but isn't overboard. I want the system as an all around contender to be used as a Tivo and to play MP3's. The Cooler Master Stacker because it is extremely flexible and allows for the most expandablity of any other case I have seen. The ASUS P4C800-E DELUXE because it seems to strike the best balance between performance and stability. Plus ASUS is well know for making quality motherboards. The Antec 550W sower supply because I don't want to be short on power no matter what I decide to install in the future. The Intel Pentium 4/ 2.8C GHz because I don't game, but want to strike a balance between performance and cost. Kingston HyperX RAM because it was recommended to me by someone I trust. I want it to be fast, but I don't game, so I don't need the most powerful graphics card. I chose the ATI AIW RADEON 9700 PRO Video Card because it has DVI, which will allow me to hook it up to a HDTV. I chose to get the 74GB Raptor and the 250GB Hitachi as a backup and file storage drive. I will create a 75GB logical partion on the Hitachi to be solely used to back up the Raptor. The Raptor has a five year warranty and the Hitachi a three year warranty. Lite-On Black 52X32X52X16 Combo because I don't want to take the plunge with a DVD burner yet. When I do, I will still want two optical drives (one to copy from and the other to burn to). Now that you all know why I decided on this configuration, I would appreciate any input. Maybe I am missing something that I didn't think about before. I have been given some great ideas in this group. Here is a link to my configuration: http://secure.newegg.com/app/WishR.asp?ID=728465 Thanks, Jim |
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"Hamman" wrote in message ... I chose to get the 74GB Raptor and the 250GB Hitachi as a backup and file storage drive. I will create a 75GB logical partion on the Hitachi to be solely used to back up the Raptor. The Raptor has a five year warranty and the Hitachi a three year warranty. This is the only part is disagree with. Theres been a lot of raptors going bad recenty, if your looking at it for disk access performance, then get 2 identical 250Gb disks and run them on a RAID controller Hamman I gotta disagree with your disagreement. He said he wants backup. To increase performance, you'd have to be running the RAID mode to use both disks, instead of one being a mirror of the other. Thus you not only lose your backup, but you double your chances of losing your PRIMARY hard drives, as well. That's because if one drive fails, all the data is GONE on both drives. I'd suggest two cheap 7200RPM hard drives in the ~120GB range. Make these two IDE format and preferably 8MB buffer. RAID these two for maximum performance. Now buy a third hard drive that is SATA format, and buy as big of a hard drive as you can afford. NOW you've got the best of both worlds. Store your large files on the SATA drive. Frequently copy all your important data files over to the SATA drive, as well. The motherboard he chose should handle this setup quite well. -Dave |
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"Dave C." wrote in message ... "Hamman" wrote in message ... I chose to get the 74GB Raptor and the 250GB Hitachi as a backup and file storage drive. I will create a 75GB logical partion on the Hitachi to be solely used to back up the Raptor. The Raptor has a five year warranty and the Hitachi a three year warranty. This is the only part is disagree with. Theres been a lot of raptors going bad recenty, if your looking at it for disk access performance, then get 2 identical 250Gb disks and run them on a RAID controller Hamman I gotta disagree with your disagreement. He said he wants backup. To increase performance, you'd have to be running the RAID mode to use both disks, instead of one being a mirror of the other. Thus you not only lose your backup, but you double your chances of losing your PRIMARY hard drives, as well. That's because if one drive fails, all the data is GONE on both drives. I'd suggest two cheap 7200RPM hard drives in the ~120GB range. Make these two IDE format and preferably 8MB buffer. RAID these two for maximum performance. Now buy a third hard drive that is SATA format, and buy as big of a hard drive as you can afford. NOW you've got the best of both worlds. Store your large files on the SATA drive. Frequently copy all your important data files over to the SATA drive, as well. The motherboard he chose should handle this setup quite well. -Dave Argh, sorry, you're right. it was early hamman |
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I disagree with both of you. He said he was going to use a Raptor and back
it up to a partition on the 250GB disk. The raptor is high performance, if is gets backed up nightly (like with Acronis True Image) who cares if the Raptor fails-the data is safe. The original posters plan is good-however I would skip making a backup partition and just backup to a single image file. --Dan |
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