Thanks guys. I am trying to educate myself on some of the latest processors and mobo's out there right now. I have decided to toss the old SCSI for the most standard format- SATA 2.0. I usually build a system that will last me for about 10 years, so I am looking at the new Intel core i7 CPU's...
Thank you Concillian. You have helped me with more than I expected. I had the wrong understanding of bandwidth and drive speed previously. My decision is much easier now- SATA it will be. Now to decide on a MB/CPU combo. I think that tcsenter is right- that in my case a dual core would be...
Thank you tcsenter. I appreciate your input very much. To answer your question about the SCSI drive, it is a single 73 GB Maxtor drive running at 10,000 RPM and uses a Tekram controller card that has a PCI-X (extended) interface. I bought it about 3 years ago because I wanted a very fast...
I would like to build a new system and already have some components including a rather expensive SCSI drive that uses the PCI-extended interface. I want my new system to be very fast at processing video so I can produce home movies easily. Also, I use the system for business and need it to...
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