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Originally posted by: Baked
I'd switch out the evil Audigy 4 and put in a Chaintech AV-710. And get the NEC ND-3500A for the DVD burner. If you're near a CompUSA, you might still be able to pick up the Antec P160 case. It uses two 120mm fans for ventilation. It doesn't come with a power supply though, so pick-up one of these from the list. http://www.anandtech.com/guide...c.aspx?i=2282&p=10
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Or a Sonata, or Antec 3700BQE to reduce the noise. 🙂

 
Would the following:

MB: Asus A8N-SLI deluxe mb
CPU: AMD 3500+ winchester core

be better than

MB: Asus A8V-Deluxe K8T800
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 Socket 939 3200+

thoughts comments?



 
yes, the K8T800 is an older chipset that has AGP not PCIe

The A8N-SLI has PCIe, but do you really need SLI??
 
Originally posted by: Mattax
SOUND CARD: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro PCI Sound Card Overkill? An A2 ZS should be fine, or an AV710 if you're simply looking for better music quality.
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My computer room is set up for 7.1. Already have wiring installed.

Do you have a 7.1 speaker system and audio card that will work?
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Save $125 and get Audigy 3 zs, it is the same exact card and exactly the same as Audigy4 but uses a slightly differant DAC. The differance is a SN ratio improvement of 3db (correct me) or so.
 
Originally posted by: Mattax
Not obsessed with SEAGATE. I have been compiling information for the last half month and the SEAGATE HDD were the recommended drive overall. Other than the Western Digital 74 GB RAPTOR drive.

I do not plan on overclocking but I want a great gaming computer. I also need plenty of RAM for photoshop editing. I will also be doing VIDEO CAPTURE and DVD BURNING.
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Get at least one Raptor, for your games and OS.
 
Originally posted by: Googer
Originally posted by: Mattax
Not obsessed with SEAGATE. I have been compiling information for the last half month and the SEAGATE HDD were the recommended drive overall. Other than the Western Digital 74 GB RAPTOR drive.

I do not plan on overclocking but I want a great gaming computer. I also need plenty of RAM for photoshop editing. I will also be doing VIDEO CAPTURE and DVD BURNING.
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Get at least one Raptor, for your games and OS.
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some people aren't comofotable with the reliability of raptors and also the $$

EDIT: OS, not games

you wont get any more FPS in games, it runs off of ram

probably photoshop CS . . .
 
How so, raptors have a 1 million MTBF! If you know anything about scsi, the Raptor design is based off WD's old SCSI Line. SCSI was designed for 24-7 reliablity and so were the Enterprise grade Raptors.
 
Originally posted by: Googer
How so, raptors have a 1 million MTBF! If you know anything about scsi, the Raptor design is based off WD's old SCSI Line. SCSI was designed for 24-7 reliablity and so were the Enterprise grade Raptors.
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I've seen many Raptors get RMA'd on other forums . . .
 
plus, why pay $180 for a 74GB drive?!?!

save some more $$, get a 250GB or 300GB maxtor 16mb cache SATA!
 
Originally posted by: Amol
Originally posted by: Googer
How so, raptors have a 1 million MTBF! If you know anything about scsi, the Raptor design is based off WD's old SCSI Line. SCSI was designed for 24-7 reliablity and so were the Enterprise grade Raptors.
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I've seen many Raptors get RMA'd on other forums . . .
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Well that happens with almost any product. Some failure is expected; And at least they have better than deathstar 75gxp reliabilty.
 
Originally posted by: Googer
Originally posted by: Amol
Originally posted by: Googer
How so, raptors have a 1 million MTBF! If you know anything about scsi, the Raptor design is based off WD's old SCSI Line. SCSI was designed for 24-7 reliablity and so were the Enterprise grade Raptors.
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I've seen many Raptors get RMA'd on other forums . . .
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Well that happens with almost any product. Some failure is expected; And at least they have better than deathstar 75gxp reliabilty.
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no, i've seen A LOT of problems
 
Originally posted by: Amol
plus, why pay $180 for a 74GB drive?!?!

save some more $$, get a 250GB or 300GB maxtor 16mb cache SATA!
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SATA stinks if it is not naitve and if we are thinking of the same drive here, the maxtor 16mb 300-400gb is not native SATA.



Sh*t Happens:
I have had a new maxtor fail
I have had a Samsung that was less than a year old fail. (quiet, cheap and avarage performer)

Failure is a fact of life.

Do you have any links or credible resourses doubting the reliabilty of WD Raptor? No forums or threads please.
 
Originally posted by: Mattax
SLI is a nicety but not necessary. Although it is the NForce4 and not VIA. Which is better?
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they are about equal, In your case i would go with VIA
 
Since you don't care about SLI go with either one. There are some nice VIA based motherboards out there.
 
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