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Are there any problems in mixing ECC RDRAM with non-ECC RDRAM?

I have a fairly new perfectly stable (so far) Dell Precision Workstation 340 (P4/256MB 2GHz w/ 1GB of RDRAM 800) that I've set up to do NLE video and Photoshop type hobbies. I've used all of the available bays now and would like to add at least two and maybe four additional SCSI drives to the...

Thanks for the info Wolfsraider. I don't really trust too many benchmarks anyway -- especially if I don't know how they work, which is most of them. That said, I must admit that reading the suggested links reminded to the fact that my reported results are skewed against the SCSI because write...

Seems to me that you ought to consider the disk drive itself too, rather than just focusing on the interfaces (which seem to be fast enough??). As you probably know, SCSI drives are currently the fastest platter spinners -- spinning at 10,000 or even 15,000 RPM as compared to 5,400 0R 7,200 RPM...

Interesting to note that your profile appears to list your name. Goal number one for smart criminals is to hide thier identity.

I need a new/bigger/better case. I'm considering the Cooler Master ATC-201-SX or similar model. Is this worth spending $200 on? Are there any other full-tower cases I should consider instead?

Thanks for the advice --- I happened upon the 80GB WD hard drive at Comp USA (w/ rebate), it's 5400 RPM but I couldn't pass it up for that price. I've been worried about heat since the case is mid-tower size and completely full now, especially when I'm burning DVDs with my A03 burner. Thus...

I'm outgrowing my Dell Workstation 340 mid-tower case and would like to move everything (sans 250W power supply) to a full tower case (e.g., a Cooler Master ATC-201-SX or something similar). Before I purchase a new case and better power supply, however, I need to make sure that my motherboard...

I've just added a new 80 GB Western Digital IDE hard drive ($90) to my P4 Dell Workstation 340 that also includes a 18GB (boot) and 73GB Ultra160 SCSI hard drives. The IDE drive will only be used for storing video and other image data files. Seems to be working fine so far. I would like to...

Thanks for the advise -- It sounds (no pun intended) like I'd be fine and maybe better off with an added sound card. I'm leaning towards Audigy. Any three-speaker suggestions? I don't play games with this PC, so I don't think I need more than three speakers.

I'm going to set my son (age 13) up with some funding (about $400-600) to build a computer using some of my extra stuff (e.g., video card, audio card, HDs, monitor, speaker, etc.). He's never built a computer and I would like it to go as smoothly as possible. I would also like for the...

I've built a Dell workstation 340 (single P4) into a video NLE machine. I have Ultra160 SCSI hard drives that use an Adaptec PCI card and also a Matrox RT2500 PCI card. I'm currently just using the audio provided on the motherboard, but would like to add a better PCI audio card if it wouldn't...