Originally posted by: mechBgon
Is it too much of the snack-break schtick, or something else? I'm open to constructive criticism
The ESD emphasis and the benchtesting page were the result of feedback from Forum members when I first began working on the site. Because the target audience is first-time builders, not experienced builders like yourself, it seemed like a good idea to cover the basic knowledge.
Hey Mech, didn't mean it was "annoying" in a bad sense
just the term "concept break" got really annoying after...well the first time it was used
I think if you omitted the whole "concept break" and "back to the action" headers/intros it would be much easier to read. Maybe instead of including all of the info on the main page incorporate "would you like to know more" links to go off onto the side topics?
Also I don't know if I necessarily agree with the criticisms of SATA over IDE, if anything I have bent and accidentially broken more ide pins than I can keep track of when a cable just doesn't want to come off easily and or you are working in a tight case...while SATA cables are smaller and use plastic heads I personally find installing the cables to be far simpler than IDEs, plus as you noted there are obvious beneifts to the thin small cable from a cooling standpoint.
The snail and the cheeta thing was to use a bostonian term, "wicked annoying"
but then again I am a minimalist and prefer manuals/guides to be direct and to the point so I guess it depends on the typical reader of the guide.
Overall a great guide though...
In reading through again I noticed your note on front USB ports and various cases...I recently ran into that with my new Epox board and my Lian Li case...I was too lazy to verify the pinout was the same and just plugged it in
luckily for me it turned out to be the same ...
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