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Sure Would Appreciate Your Opinions of My NEW BUILD!
Hi,
I plan on ordering the following parts in a few days from Newegg. But before I do, was hoping to get some of your learned opinions of my product choice. Any suggestions for change? Thanks in advance. Aspire X-Superalien Blue Aluminum Server Case w/500W PS Retail Gigabyte nForce3 AMD Scoket 754 "GA-K8N Pro" Retail AMD Athlon 64 3200 Retail Thermaltake SILENT BOOST CPU Cooler All Copper Retail 2x Crucial 512MB DDR PC-3200 OEM (From Crucial) WD Raptor 74GB HD "WD749GD OEM ATI Radeon 9800Pro 128MB DDR Video Card Retail Plextor Black 8x DVD-RW "PX-708A/SW-BL"Retail MSI Black 16x DVD-Rom "MS-P8216S-707" OEM Creative Labs Audigy2 ZS PCI "SB0350" Retail MS Windows XP Pro Full Version OEM Thanks again, Carl |
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I know that the 74 gig raptor is fast but, personally i like more storage
right now i am about to get two 250 gig WD SATA HDs mybe if you don't want to go that big a second raptor would be great. -- Duck Tape Is Alot Like Star Wars. It Has Both A Dark Side And A Light Side. "Carl" wrote in message link.net... Hi, I plan on ordering the following parts in a few days from Newegg. But before I do, was hoping to get some of your learned opinions of my product choice. Any suggestions for change? Thanks in advance. Aspire X-Superalien Blue Aluminum Server Case w/500W PS Retail Gigabyte nForce3 AMD Scoket 754 "GA-K8N Pro" Retail AMD Athlon 64 3200 Retail Thermaltake SILENT BOOST CPU Cooler All Copper Retail 2x Crucial 512MB DDR PC-3200 OEM (From Crucial) WD Raptor 74GB HD "WD749GD OEM ATI Radeon 9800Pro 128MB DDR Video Card Retail Plextor Black 8x DVD-RW "PX-708A/SW-BL"Retail MSI Black 16x DVD-Rom "MS-P8216S-707" OEM Creative Labs Audigy2 ZS PCI "SB0350" Retail MS Windows XP Pro Full Version OEM Thanks again, Carl |
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Dan, are you going to run the two drives in Raid?
"Daniel P" wrote in message news:MGd1c.26228$aZ3.6827@fed1read04... I know that the 74 gig raptor is fast but, personally i like more storage right now i am about to get two 250 gig WD SATA HDs mybe if you don't want to go that big a second raptor would be great. -- Duck Tape Is Alot Like Star Wars. It Has Both A Dark Side And A Light Side. "Carl" wrote in message link.net... Hi, I plan on ordering the following parts in a few days from Newegg. But before I do, was hoping to get some of your learned opinions of my product choice. Any suggestions for change? Thanks in advance. Aspire X-Superalien Blue Aluminum Server Case w/500W PS Retail Gigabyte nForce3 AMD Scoket 754 "GA-K8N Pro" Retail AMD Athlon 64 3200 Retail Thermaltake SILENT BOOST CPU Cooler All Copper Retail 2x Crucial 512MB DDR PC-3200 OEM (From Crucial) WD Raptor 74GB HD "WD749GD OEM ATI Radeon 9800Pro 128MB DDR Video Card Retail Plextor Black 8x DVD-RW "PX-708A/SW-BL"Retail MSI Black 16x DVD-Rom "MS-P8216S-707" OEM Creative Labs Audigy2 ZS PCI "SB0350" Retail MS Windows XP Pro Full Version OEM Thanks again, Carl |
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The thing is i have never tried SATA before. The only hard drives i have
ever put together were ATA and Maxtor. -- Duck Tape Is Alot Like Star Wars. It Has Both A Dark Side And A Light Side. "Carl" wrote in message hlink.net... Dan, are you going to run the two drives in Raid? "Daniel P" wrote in message news:MGd1c.26228$aZ3.6827@fed1read04... I know that the 74 gig raptor is fast but, personally i like more storage right now i am about to get two 250 gig WD SATA HDs mybe if you don't want to go that big a second raptor would be great. -- Duck Tape Is Alot Like Star Wars. It Has Both A Dark Side And A Light Side. "Carl" wrote in message link.net... Hi, I plan on ordering the following parts in a few days from Newegg. But before I do, was hoping to get some of your learned opinions of my product choice. Any suggestions for change? Thanks in advance. Aspire X-Superalien Blue Aluminum Server Case w/500W PS Retail Gigabyte nForce3 AMD Scoket 754 "GA-K8N Pro" Retail AMD Athlon 64 3200 Retail Thermaltake SILENT BOOST CPU Cooler All Copper Retail 2x Crucial 512MB DDR PC-3200 OEM (From Crucial) WD Raptor 74GB HD "WD749GD OEM ATI Radeon 9800Pro 128MB DDR Video Card Retail Plextor Black 8x DVD-RW "PX-708A/SW-BL"Retail MSI Black 16x DVD-Rom "MS-P8216S-707" OEM Creative Labs Audigy2 ZS PCI "SB0350" Retail MS Windows XP Pro Full Version OEM Thanks again, Carl |
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Sounds great, but would grab a 256M 9800 if I where splashing out that
much on computer gear. It depends really on how long you wish to keep using the box, into 2005? If just for this year, 128M should be fine, but if your a hardcore gamer... Not sure about HL2 or Doom4, they might push it (not that they havn't pushed our patience already, waiting..) Minotaur (8* Carl wrote: Hi, I plan on ordering the following parts in a few days from Newegg. But before I do, was hoping to get some of your learned opinions of my product choice. Any suggestions for change? Thanks in advance. Aspire X-Superalien Blue Aluminum Server Case w/500W PS Retail Gigabyte nForce3 AMD Scoket 754 "GA-K8N Pro" Retail AMD Athlon 64 3200 Retail Thermaltake SILENT BOOST CPU Cooler All Copper Retail 2x Crucial 512MB DDR PC-3200 OEM (From Crucial) WD Raptor 74GB HD "WD749GD OEM ATI Radeon 9800Pro 128MB DDR Video Card Retail Plextor Black 8x DVD-RW "PX-708A/SW-BL"Retail MSI Black 16x DVD-Rom "MS-P8216S-707" OEM Creative Labs Audigy2 ZS PCI "SB0350" Retail MS Windows XP Pro Full Version OEM Thanks again, Carl |
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Well, you don't mention what you want it for, but if you are intending
to use it as a door stop I'd suggest buying a house brick instead. Carl wrote: Hi, I plan on ordering the following parts in a few days from Newegg. But before I do, was hoping to get some of your learned opinions of my product choice. Any suggestions for change? Thanks in advance. Aspire X-Superalien Blue Aluminum Server Case w/500W PS Retail Gigabyte nForce3 AMD Scoket 754 "GA-K8N Pro" Retail AMD Athlon 64 3200 Retail Thermaltake SILENT BOOST CPU Cooler All Copper Retail 2x Crucial 512MB DDR PC-3200 OEM (From Crucial) WD Raptor 74GB HD "WD749GD OEM ATI Radeon 9800Pro 128MB DDR Video Card Retail Plextor Black 8x DVD-RW "PX-708A/SW-BL"Retail MSI Black 16x DVD-Rom "MS-P8216S-707" OEM Creative Labs Audigy2 ZS PCI "SB0350" Retail MS Windows XP Pro Full Version OEM Thanks again, Carl |
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On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 04:10:46 +0000, Carl wrote:
I plan on ordering the following parts in a few days from Newegg. But before I do, was hoping to get some of your learned opinions of my product choice. Any suggestions for change? Thanks in advance. Aspire X-Superalien Blue Aluminum Server Case w/500W PS Retail 500w is probably OK, but I'd get 600w minimum. Gigabyte nForce3 AMD Scoket 754 "GA-K8N Pro" Retail nf3-150 chipset sucks. Don't buy this board. No PCI/agp lock like the NF2 and HT only runs at 3/4 speed. 2x Crucial 512MB DDR PC-3200 OEM (From Crucial) This isn't fast enough. Get PC4000. MS Windows XP Pro Full Version OEM 64 bit Linux? No extra charge.:-) -- Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB) http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm |
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I'm running the GA K8NNXP motherboard and AMD64 3200+ processor- I'd do it a
little different if I could (I am going to replace my memory). The motherboard has a "best performance" option in the BIOS- it provides a moderate overclock from 2000 MHz to 2080 and steps the memory up to 416MHz. I'll be replacing the PC3200 Kingston HyperX with Corsair or Mushkin PC3500 as I suspect some instability with the memory (crashing in games, or exiting back to desktop). I run 2 36GB SATA Raptors in a RAID 0 config for my operating system and programs with a separate IDE harddrive partitioned for storage/backup/video editing and the swap file. Works well, and 72GB is plenty of room for the OS and programs. Having a few issues with the ATI Radeon 9800Pro, but I think it may be memory related. When getting crashed out of games, the error is often the ATI driver stuck in infinite loop and references relaxing the memory timings- hence the thoughts of replacing the memory. The 9800 Pro is a good choice, as the extra money for the XT version doesn't increase the performance proportionately. My Aquamark 3 scores are a little over 44000. I'm using the Plextor 708A and am very pleased with it. Using Nero 6 Ultimate and DVD X-Copy with no problems. Not a Creative Labs fan- went with a M-Audio Revolution 7.1 with Logitec Z-680's. Drivers and software interface very straight-forward, stable and effective. Good Luck, Fitz |
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Carl wrote: Hi, Hi Carl, after careful consideration it has been determined that you will need to forward your components to me for assembly and evaluation. I will promptly return them once they have been thoroughly evaluated (approximately two years). Thanks for your request. Product Evaluation Manager Roger |
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On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 08:26:55 GMT, Wes Newell
wrote: On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 04:10:46 +0000, Carl wrote: I plan on ordering the following parts in a few days from Newegg. But before I do, was hoping to get some of your learned opinions of my product choice. Any suggestions for change? Thanks in advance. Aspire X-Superalien Blue Aluminum Server Case w/500W PS Retail 500w is probably OK, but I'd get 600w minimum. Gigabyte nForce3 AMD Scoket 754 "GA-K8N Pro" Retail nf3-150 chipset sucks. Don't buy this board. No PCI/agp lock like the NF2 and HT only runs at 3/4 speed. 2x Crucial 512MB DDR PC-3200 OEM (From Crucial) This isn't fast enough. Get PC4000. MS Windows XP Pro Full Version OEM 64 bit Linux? No extra charge.:-) Posted in a.b.cd.i.linux - Xandros 2.0 Desktop - 2 cd set Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 06:32:05 -0500 BoroLad |
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