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Firstly, 1.) What's the difference between S-ATA and IDE Hard Drives? I'm looking for a medium sized, quiet hard drive. It must be from a Canadian (perferably in Toronto) store. (e.g. www.canadacomputers.com or www.tigerdirect.ca). Thanks.

1. I'm interested in the Gigabyte 7900 card that you suggested, but I don't live in the US. Is there a Canadian store that sells the same model? 2. Also, I've changed my RAM to "Kingston ValueRAM DDR2-667 2GB Kit". Is this fine? 3. Lastly, Don't I need at least 450W to run a card...

In Particular, I've chosen "BFG GeForce 7900 GS OC nVidia GeForce 7900GS Chipset (525MHz) 256MB GDDR3 (1320MHz) PCI-Express Graphics Card 20 Pixel Shader Processor SLI-Ready". Good?

Thanks, Anything else? I've switched to 7900GS.

Are there any other helpful suggestions? Someone just told me that I don't need the 7900GT and could settle with 7900GS for my CAD purposes. Is this accurate?

Sorry, it is in CAN Dollars. (I sure hope so!). I've been told that there is no point in getting 800RAM if I don't plan to overclock. Is this accurate?

Hello! Here are the specs for my new computer. It'll be used as a home CAD computer (SolidWorks, CATIA, etc.) and watching films. Please give me any final suggestions and offers. Try to be as objective as possible. Video Card GF 7900GT $281.39 MB Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 $145.71...

Thank you for all the replies. I'm now considering the The Antec Solo or the Cooler Master Centurion 534. How do I determine what power my processor and video card require? I'm probably buying an e6600 and a good video card (7900 or a cheap fireGL), but I'm not sure how many watts I need.

Which higher end video card do you suggest? I've heard that Nvidia is better for CAD software. By the way, I'm not only using AutoCAD. Drafting probably doesn't require much power. Instead, I'm working with assemblies with SolidWorks and CATIA. Therefore, I think that power's important...

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Hi. Through suggestions on this forum, I've come down to some "final" choices for my ~$1750(Canadian) CAD workstation for my home. Please give me any final suggestions. I've come down to a few 'final' choices. Please correct me if you think that I've made a bad choice. Once again, it's...

I'm looking for a case under $100 (Canadian) that will be able to absorb much of the internal sound and keep itself quite cool. My cupboard that I use for the computer is partially enclosed, so my current case always has a problem with keeping cool. Therefore, I need something that can readily...

I've come down to a few 'final' choices. Please correct me if you think that I've made a bad choice. Once again, it's for home CAD design. Here are my choices: Video Card: GF 7900GT $305.99 $305.99 Motherboard: Intel 975X ATX $239.99 $239.99 Processor: E6600 $465.99 $465.99 RAM: 2x...

Unfortunately the 1400 is beyond my budget. Also, I could not find the FX 1000 anywhere! (I searched newegg, canadacomputers, and tigerdirect) I'm actually considering the FX 560 now. Is this a good choice fort he money?

Well the FX560 is within my budget, so I would be willing to get it instead of the v3300. Are there any benchmarks which compare these cards? Also, is there really a benefit in using a workstation card like the fx560 or the v3300 instead of game oriented cards (the 6xxx series)?