Building a compooper. . .need some suggestions

[cwalker]

Why all the unnecessary specs ??

Do you just like typing ?

My personal opinion, 2 Raptors on a RAID 0 is nice.

If you want back-up, throw ina 250 GB 8 Meg Cache HD...

Go with the AMD 2500 XP
get everything thru newegg.com
save some money and use it towards getting a decent vid card, because if you arent using this for games then this is all overkill anyway ....


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[Insane3D]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

I really thought about the Raptor, but the added performance was something unnecessary considering the price jump. . .let me know if there is a better drive for the $$ out there.

If you want it quiet, then that's a good choice, the Seagate. If you want performance, I think the Western Digital Caviar SE drives are still the leaders.... the Seagate drives are also known for getting hotter than most other drives.

Actually, the Maxtor DM+9 SATA drives are faster than the WD's now AFAIK. The only faster drive is the Raptor. I would get a SATA 120GB Maxtor DM+9 over the Seagate since not only is it quiet and faster, but it comes with a 3 year warranty when the Seagate is only 1 IIRC.

 

[Insane3D]

Why all the unnecessary specs ??

Do you just like typing ?

He is copying and pasting the product descriptions from Newegg.

Go with the AMD 2500 XP

He is, please read the thread.

get everything thru newegg.com

He is getting everything through Newegg.

 

[cwalker]

Well its true I didnt read it thru, how could anyone, that would be ridiculous...

I mean who needs specs on a 1.44 MB floppy ?

Just remember;

integrated means inundated...

 

[t0mmyb0y]

Originally posted by: cwalker
Well its true I didnt read it thru, how could anyone, that would be ridiculous...

I mean who needs specs on a 1.44 MB floppy ?

Just remember;

integrated means inundated...

Um...what?

The Soundstorm Audio that is integrated is as good or better than the audigy card he wanted. And don't crap on his thread because he wants to be thorough. I would rather he be specific then say "I'm going with the $95 Radeon card" sheesh.


About your video card, it appears that a card like this one will do everything you want. For $40 bucks more its a lot more card:

SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9600 128MB 8X AGP DVI/TV RETAIL
Specifications:
Chipset:ATI RADEON 9600
Memory:128MB DDR
Bus:8X AGP
New SMARTSHADER 2.1 technology allows users to experience complex, movie-quality effects in next-generation 3D games and applications
Industry's only 4-pipeline graphics solution in its 2nd generation, providing twice the rendering power of any currently competing product.
First to fully support DirectX® 9.0 and the latest OpenGL® functionality
Ports:VGA + DVI + S-Video Out
Retail Box (See pictures for details) Model#: RADEON 9600 128M Special Free FedEx Saver Shipping
$132

I'm not sure really sure about the VIVO, but since your description says "(with VIVO Video in/Out adapter)" I'm assuming you can just buy this adapter for any card with S-Video?

Or maybe this card, since it says TV-Out:

POWERCOLOR ATI RADEON 9600 128MB DDR DVI+CRT+TV 8X AGP RETAIL
Specifications:
Chipset: ATI RADEON 9600 GPU
Memory: 128MB DDR
Bus:AGP 8X
Four parallel rendering pipelines process up to 1.6 billion pixels per second
128-bit full floating point precision enables billions of color variations to render the same lighting and effects as Hollywood studios
Ports: VGA + DVI + S-Video
Retail Box (With Software and cables, See pictures for details) Model#: R96-C3
HOT!!! PowerColor Tomb Raider Game Kit (Includes 8 titles total) ONLY $30 when purchased with any PowerColor product!!!
$135