Recent content by SunziBingfa

Hello! At long last it's almost time to pull the trigger and place orders on this baby. Before I get to specific components let me say that there are four goals that I am balancing when choosing which parts to buy: 1) Longevity - I'd like this setup to last 3+ years, with an anticipated...

OK, best I can tell from reviewing forums here and other sites is that I should just find the lowest price for a Opty 165 and buy it. The sample sizes are way too small when looking at people's results to know if one batch or step is better or worse than another. Plus you have to add in the fact...

Quick update: I'm looking at the CPUID info from AMD website. Trying to make sense of it all. This may help out a lot.

Hello again! I've settled on getting an Opteron 165 for my new rig (starting from scratch). My concern now is doing whatever is possible to make sure the specific unit that I purchase has the highest OC potential. Do you have any information about how to do that? I understand that...

If you were designing a rig where you wanted to be confident that the main components (MB, RAM, Processor) would last 3 years before you needed to replace them, which components would you choose? This is my current dilemma. I am looking to build a system that will hopefully last at least 3...

OK, I've clarified my thinking on this. My ambivalence between the 150 and 73GB Raptor was due to my toying with the idea of getting two 73GB models and they setting them in RAID 1 for easy file backup (no more burning CDs for this purpose). But I'd rather not pass up the performance benefit...

Your comments and advice were very helpful! For me gaming performance, as well as general load/read/write/ times are more important than space considerations. While the Caviar 300GB is much cheaper per GB of space, it looks like the 73GB and 150GB Raptors have its number when it comes to...

Thanks for your responses! I think I have a better grasp of the distinction now. Besides Bob's link to Storage Review, this link: http://www23.tomshardware.com/storage.h...delx=33&model1=117&model2=124&chart=32 also should be very helpful in determining which drive to select.

I'm currently working on building a computer gaming rig, and doing it right this time with extensive research and planning. One question I can't find an answer to concerns hard drives: SATAII is faster than SATA in terms of data transfer. A 10k rpm is faster than a 7200 rpm in terms of...

I really appreciate all of the great advice. Thanks! I'll begin performing additional research on the cooling options you recommended. I was a little skeptical of what seemed to be premium pricing from Koolance. I like the idea of putting together a cooling system of my own, as it allows me...

Wow, this is my first of what likely will be many Anandtech forum posts!! I have a great deal of respect for the people who participate in these forums as a result of reading I've done here. Thank you all! Right now, I'm working on building a computer from the ground up. The computer will be...