About to order these components. What do you think?

[konichiwa]

Well I hate to do this considering there's been about 10 of this type of thread in the last couple of days, but, here 'goes anyway.

I'm gonna order:

• p3 700E from OnVia - $215 shipped, after rebates/Pointclick
• Asus CUSL2 from Atacom - $185 shipped, ETA 7/21
• The only thing I haven't decided on yet is the Hard Drive. I was looking at a 20-30gig IBM ata/100, what do you think? Where's the best place to get this hard drive?

Thanks for input!

<Edit>OnVia has the IBM 30gig ata/100 RETAIL for about $160 shipped after rebates. This looks like a nice deal...What do you think?</Edit>

 

[Burn]

Looks good man...

As for the hard drive I would get an IBM 75GXP 30gb. Try http://www.allstarshop.com they have them for $178.

 

[konichiwa]

But if I'm going to buy a Solano board with onboard ata/100 wouldn't it be stupid to not buy an ata/100 drive?

 

[zippy]

Looks good to me!

 

[konichiwa]

Oh yeah, forgot. Cooler. Should I buy the Alpha FC-PGA mega HS/fan combo from 2Cool, or the Golden Orb?

 

[Burn]

I thought that the IBM's were ata100. Even my Maxtor DiamondMax has a firmware update for ata100

 

[konichiwa]

Oh you're right, that is an ata/100. But it's a bare drive, whereas the one at OnVia is Retail. For a HD, I think it might be worth the warantee...

I think this is the same drive...

OnVia: <<30GB EIDE Ultra ATA/100 LP Deskstar 7200rpm 75GXP - RETAIL>>

AllStarShop: <<IBM Deskstar 75GXP DTLA-307030 30GB ATA/100 Hard Drive (BARE)>>

It's actually LESS from Onvia, shipped, for the retail drive, then it is from AllStarShop, not including shipping, for a bare drive. I'll go with OnVia.

 

[ricochet72]

Hard Drives Northwest (http://www.hdnw.com) has a free shipping promotion and is selling the 30gig UDMA/100 for $199.95, I just picked up a 47 gig from them yesterday and they had both in stock at the time. They're a reputable dealer based in Washington State. I notice you can get them for as low as $175ish at pricewatch - but im not familiar with the vendors, or their freight charges.

 

[konichiwa]

I'll look there, but I wouldn't EVER buy from Pricewatch.
I have before, and (most) of those vendor's are sleazy and they play the &quot;I'll-give-you-a-stick-of-pc100-for-$.50-a-meg-and-then-charge-you-$34-for-UPS-Ground&quot; game.

 

[ricochet72]

I heard http://GamersDepot.com is doing a Hard Drive Roundup this week, you may want to see what they come up with before buying - though I personally dig the IBM's.

 

[konichiwa]

Thanks. I'll look at the review when it comes out, that is...unless my itch gets too strong and I whip out the plastic tonight.

I like the IBMs too, I've had several WDs (which are exactly the same as IBMs) and several IBMs, and they've all been very, very nice. But, the Maxtor Plus40/45 or whatever they're called have treated me quite well too.

 

[ghetto buck]

For the cooling I would go with a golden orb because their a lot quieter according to Anand's newest roundup. Give it a read http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.html?i=1279

 

[Ulysses]

1. Go with the IBM Deskstar 75GXP. See
http:// [url]http://www.storagereview.com/welcome.pl/http://www.storagereview.com/articles/leaderboard.html [/url]

2. Be sure to get a cB0 P3 - it would be a shame not to with such a nice platform. I'm sure you know what I'm referring to, but see:
http:// http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=27&amp;threadid=196333

 

[konichiwa]

Most people who've ordered from Onvia have gotten cB0. They have a 30-day money back guarantee also, so if I don't get one the first time I'll just return it and talk to a CS rep and see if I can choose the warehouse I get it from like a couple people from that thread did.

 

[Burn]

Hey, if it is cheaper at Onvia.com for a retail box drive, then get that...lol Wowser, that is a good price for that drive.

 

[konichiwa]

Bump! Any more opinions?

 

[konichiwa]

Just ordered! Can't wait...got my CUSL2 from fs/ft for $170 shipped. In the mail tomorrow! Woo-hoo!