Recent content by mcurtin

I have various questions (about MB, GPU, memory, CPU coolers) as I near completion of gathering components for my new system which will be used as follows: high definition video editing (Sony Vegas I think) high end gaming (when son's come over) heavy net surfing management of large...

I assume you mean I should have posted this question in the specific thread for P5Q motherboards...and so I did just that now. Thank you.

Likely I will be buying ASUS P5Q MB, probably Deluxe and I want to use the RAID 1 (Mirroring feature) of the Drive Xpert hardware built into this MB. I know the HDDs (mine are WD 640 GB) have to be set up as "data disks". Does this mean I need to have a 3rd drive as the boot drive? I'd...

Likely I will be buying ASUS P5Q MB, probably Deluxe and I want to use the RAID 1 (Mirroring feature) of the Drive Xpert hardware built into this MB. I know the HDDs (mine are WD 640 GB) have to be set up as "data disks". Does this mean I need to have a 3rd drive as the boot drive? I'd...

I'm looking to gather components for a new build (an expert assembler/builder will actually do the build). PC is to be used for: high def video editing, surfing with multiple windows open, management of large digital photo database, and finally for occasional but high end video game playing...

How does one check on the revision of the monitor Dell 2407? Where can I read about probs with this monitor...can yoou refer me to a specific post or posts. Thanks

RE: your rig AM building very similar system...why do you "slip" and refer to it as a "pig"? Should I be worried? Thanks

Thanks to all for advice: Here's where I am now Intel E6600 Asus P5W DH Deluxe OCZ Platinum 2x1GB Latency 4 DDR800 PC 6400 (Got for $185 after rebate) *** Revised thinking on HDDs 2 x 150G Raptor 10,000 in Raid 0 (which is the default on the ASUS board and is plug and play) for OS...

Thank you both.

Are there high end 3-D, photo realistic, video-like games that require more than 2 GB system memory. What are they? How much recommended? Thanks

If my sons bring over their latest 3-D and almost video-like games will they be saying to me--why didn't you get more memory? I notice many of the systems seen on various forums have 2GB ram. Are there many (any) games out there that require 3 or 4GB ram? Thanks again

Thanks, this is the kind of practical info I was looking for.

Thanks for your timely response. 1. OK, will go for the 4 GB ram (over 3) 2. I'm probably going to do C2D 6400 or 6700 depending on (speed/$ ratio) 3. It was either that one or possibly nVidia 7950 GX 2; would Crossfiring two ATI 1950s or 1950 with one of the less expensive 1900s give...

Plan to do mainly video editing but also want as good as possible gaming system (budget $2500) but already have monitor. Also some hid def video editing. What will hold up throughput the most as far as hardware goes? I was planning to get 3-4 GB memory or should $ be put into betters GPU(s)...

The Nvidia website where they list supported MoBos does not specifically mention the ASUS P5W DH but they do say they support the Intel board which I believe uses the same chipset (Intel 975x). Can any others who use this combo verify that they are compatible? Thanks