Buyers remorse anyone?

[Pastore]

I just bought new components for a hardcore gaming system...

Shuttle SN41G2 (haven't bought this yet, waiting for it to get in stock)
Maxtor 20GB ATA133 HD (133MB/sec baby!)
FIC Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB
Crucial 512MB PC2700
Athlon XP2400

Grand total (after the shuttle I will soon purchase) $1,170

I'm seriously having buyers remorse, Rossman where are you! 🙁

 

[stebesplace]

be proud of the system which has been laid before you. . . have FUN!

 

[Viper GTS]

Buyer's remorse is a bitch.

I have purchased (and subsequently returned/sold within a week):

Laptop
2 LCD's
U160 SCSI controller
Seagate X15
P4 2.53

Etc, etc, etc.

Viper GTS

 

[Booster]

Rule no.1 : don't buy anything or you're going to have a buyer's remorse. At least I regret almost everything I buy. Heck, everything is so overpriced it's not even funny. It's a sheer highway robbery.

 

[radioouman]

Originally posted by: Beast1284
I just bought new components for a hardcore gaming system...

Shuttle SN41G2 (haven't bought this yet, waiting for it to get in stock)
Maxtor 20GB ATA133 HD (133MB/sec baby!)
FIC Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB
Crucial 512MB PC2700
Athlon XP2400

Grand total (after the shuttle I will soon purchase) $1,170

I'm seriously having buyers remorse, Rossman where are you! 🙁

Maxtor 20 gig??? I hope you got a good deal on that. Most 80 gig UDMA/100 drives will outperform that Maxtor. (So far, only extremely high performance drives can take advantage of anything greater than UDMA/100. The highest performance drives tend to be the largest drives.)

That's all....

 

[DaveSimmons]

Fear of buyer's remorse is keeping me from buying a Samsung 191T 19" LCD, especially since a nice 19" CRT is about $500 less.

<-- unlike Ray Parker is afraid of the ghost

 

[Pastore]

Originally posted by: radioouman

Originally posted by: Beast1284
I just bought new components for a hardcore gaming system...

Shuttle SN41G2 (haven't bought this yet, waiting for it to get in stock)
Maxtor 20GB ATA133 HD (133MB/sec baby!)
FIC Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB
Crucial 512MB PC2700
Athlon XP2400

Grand total (after the shuttle I will soon purchase) $1,170

I'm seriously having buyers remorse, Rossman where are you! 🙁

Maxtor 20 gig??? I hope you got a good deal on that. Most 80 gig UDMA/100 drives will outperform that Maxtor. (So far, only extremely high performance drives can take advantage of anything greater than UDMA/100. The highest performance drives tend to be the largest drives.)

That's all....

Well it was the only ATA133 drive I could find, and I wanted something fast, and relatively cheap because it's solely a gaming machine.

 

[Windogg]

I think he meant 120GB as in one of the new 120GB ATA133 8MB cache Maxtor.

Windogg

 

[ChurchOfSubgenius]

Originally posted by: radioouman

Originally posted by: Beast1284
I just bought new components for a hardcore gaming system...

Shuttle SN41G2 (haven't bought this yet, waiting for it to get in stock)
Maxtor 20GB ATA133 HD (133MB/sec baby!)
FIC Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB
Crucial 512MB PC2700
Athlon XP2400

Grand total (after the shuttle I will soon purchase) $1,170

I'm seriously having buyers remorse, Rossman where are you! 🙁

Maxtor 20 gig??? I hope you got a good deal on that. Most 80 gig UDMA/100 drives will outperform that Maxtor. (So far, only extremely high performance drives can take advantage of anything greater than UDMA/100. The highest performance drives tend to be the largest drives.)

That's all....

I agree, ATA133 is like putting a coaxial cable into a 56k modem, I would IMHO...buy two 20-40gb ATA 66 or ATA 100 and run them in RAID for real speed.

 

[optoman]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Fear of buyer's remorse is keeping me from buying a Samsung 191T 19" LCD, especially since a nice 19" CRT is about $500 less.

<-- unlike Ray Parker is afraid of the ghost

lol, thats funny.

 

[CurtCold]

Originally posted by: Beast1284

Originally posted by: radioouman

Originally posted by: Beast1284
I just bought new components for a hardcore gaming system...

Shuttle SN41G2 (haven't bought this yet, waiting for it to get in stock)
Maxtor 20GB ATA133 HD (133MB/sec baby!)
FIC Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB
Crucial 512MB PC2700
Athlon XP2400

Grand total (after the shuttle I will soon purchase) $1,170

I'm seriously having buyers remorse, Rossman where are you! 🙁

Maxtor 20 gig??? I hope you got a good deal on that. Most 80 gig UDMA/100 drives will outperform that Maxtor. (So far, only extremely high performance drives can take advantage of anything greater than UDMA/100. The highest performance drives tend to be the largest drives.)

That's all....

Well it was the only ATA133 drive I could find, and I wanted something fast, and relatively cheap because it's solely a gaming machine.

133 is fluff. Unless it's recent hardware that I'm not aware of, your not going to be able to take advantage of 133. Last I checked the price diff, between 20-60GB HD's is chump change. A fast 7200rpm drive will be just as good or better than 133. Looks like Maxtor snagged you with there scheme. 😉

 

[Pastore]

Originally posted by: CurtCold

Originally posted by: Beast1284

Originally posted by: radioouman

Originally posted by: Beast1284
I just bought new components for a hardcore gaming system...

Shuttle SN41G2 (haven't bought this yet, waiting for it to get in stock)
Maxtor 20GB ATA133 HD (133MB/sec baby!)
FIC Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB
Crucial 512MB PC2700
Athlon XP2400

Grand total (after the shuttle I will soon purchase) $1,170

I'm seriously having buyers remorse, Rossman where are you! 🙁

Maxtor 20 gig??? I hope you got a good deal on that. Most 80 gig UDMA/100 drives will outperform that Maxtor. (So far, only extremely high performance drives can take advantage of anything greater than UDMA/100. The highest performance drives tend to be the largest drives.)

That's all....

Well it was the only ATA133 drive I could find, and I wanted something fast, and relatively cheap because it's solely a gaming machine.

133 is fluff. Unless it's recent hardware that I'm not aware of, your not going to be able to take advantage of 133. Last I checked the price diff, between 20-60GB HD's is chump change. A fast 7200rpm drive will be just as good or better than 133. Looks like Maxtor snagged you with there scheme. 😉

It is 7200 RPM, and I'm not using my only PCI slot in my SN41G2 for a RAID card.

 

[slag]

Funny, ALL of the reports and benchmarks I have read (a whole 4 of them) have shown substantial speed increases from ata 100 to ata133.

 

[JellyBaby]

Buyer's remorse happens when you buy something you don't need, pay way too much, or buy at what you perceive might be the wrong time.

I haven't had this feeling in a long time because I'm aware of the above and go out of my way to prevent remorse! 🙂

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Anyone who frequents the hot deals forum knows not of this "buyer's remorse" of which you speak 😀

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Beast1284
I just bought new components for a hardcore gaming system...

Shuttle SN41G2 (haven't bought this yet, waiting for it to get in stock)
Maxtor 20GB ATA133 HD (133MB/sec baby!)
FIC Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB
Crucial 512MB PC2700
Athlon XP2400

Grand total (after the shuttle I will soon purchase) $1,170

I'm seriously having buyers remorse, Rossman where are you! 🙁

You're not going to get anywhere close to 133MB/s.

 

[CraigRT]

hahah, ATA/133 hype sucked someone in again.. 😛
the 8MB cache WD SE drives perform alot better and are only ATA/100.

as the others have said, ATA/133 is too advanced for current hardware to utilize...

 

[bleeb]

quit wasting your money on computer parts... 4 computers is enough already!~

 

[vi edit]

Eh. You could spend 50% less and get 90% of the performance.

But that's just me.

<---- doesn't buy top-o-dee-line because it's a waste of money.

 

[Analog]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Buyer's remorse is a bitch.

I have purchased (and subsequently returned/sold within a week):

Laptop
2 LCD's
U160 SCSI controller
Seagate X15
P4 2.53

Etc, etc, etc.

Viper GTS

 

[NorthRiver]

You got ripped!