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!Buying a Raptor 74gb hardrive!

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lancer45

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Im building a comp right now and all i have is the case (A-top alien) and psu(x-connect). Should I go ahead and get my hardrive(raptor 74) or are there other things I need first?
 
MOTHERBARD- dont know yet still waiting to see if Intel comes out w/ an sli. 2. MEMORY- 1gb dual channel. CPU-undecided (prescott 3.4 or AMD 64 3500+).
 
yeah, thats what I'm leaning towards. But would it be okay for me to get the raptor hardrive right now or wait till I save up enough to get everything for my system around march?
 
I would wait and see if the raptor is still in your budget . for video editting you will need 1934 fire wire if you are useing a
digitai camcorder. look at abit or asus boards for A64. they are stable.A64cpu is what you can afford.
mem 512 ddr3200 or 2x512 of ddr 3200. now you will need a videocard i would go with a 6600gt it will workon the new games.
this is what i would get first.
 
Honestly don't even bother with the Intel at this point. They aren't a bad chip but the A64/FX is just better IMO. Order up a Abit or ASUS Via chipset mobo (they are great, people bash them though) and just get a good HD like a Hitachi 250gb 7200rpm or a Seagate 200gb 7200rpm

The Raptor isn't going to make that much difference I don't think, plus it is expensive
 
i will be doing a lot of file transfers so I need a hard drive thats fast with low seek times. Will probably get like a 160 gb to store all my mp3's, albums, video, etc. and install windows and all other critical files on the raptor.
 
Originally posted by: lancer45
i will be doing a lot of file transfers so I need a hard drive thats fast with low seek times. Will probably get like a 160 gb to store all my mp3's, albums, video, etc. and install windows and all other critical files on the raptor.
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The seek time on the Seagayte and the Tachi Deathstar are low. They are more than fast enough for doing file transfers. I'd save my money, well I did save my money and didn't get a raptor. There are some benchmarks that show advantage but is isn't enough to make it work it and it is only in certain things.
 
why dont you wait and get around march and get some nice NF4, with SATAII and a seagate 7200.8 you can get for about the same price of the raptor, 250 or 300 gb SATAII drives
 
That Seagate Andres recommended would be excellent. Seagate has a few large size offerings 200/300/400 I believe. Like I mentioned the Hitachi drives are excellent and the cost is nice. They offer a variety of sizes too. 250/400 offhand I know of. I bought two of the 250's.

And yes the X-connect with work fine, that is what I have.
 
Guys, don't blindly follow the masses. AMD64 is a superior CPU to Intel, yes, but for music and video encoding or CPU-intensive calculations (see SuperPI), Intel outperforms its competitor. For what he's said his rig is going to do, I'd suggest an Intel 3.0GHz or higher Prescott CPU, 512MB of Dual-Channel DDR2 RAM, a 925X chipset LGA775 motherboard, an ATI X850XT PE from Buy.com for about $460 shipped (ATI outperforms NVIDIA due to its sheer power in any benchmark that doesn't have "Doom 3" in the title). ATI will come out with SLI for ATI cards within the next few months, so go ATI instead of NVIDIA. For a sound card, I recommend Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum if you need inputs. I am a Creative Labs fan, so there may be other comparable or better sound cards out there, but I don't have experience with them, so if you have something else in mind, by all means. Your PSU ought to be a quality name-brand product -- same goes for the case. Both are a matter of brand and aesthetic preference. 120mm fans are quieter than 80mm fans while producing the same cooling output if quietness is your cup of tea. Alternatively, you can use a fan controller from Vantec, Zalman, or Cooler Master to name a few brands. The NEC ND-3500A is a good choice for an optical drive if you plan on burning double-layer media. I'd suggest a WD Raptor or two in RAID 0 for insane performance coupled with a Maxtor DiamondMax 10 200GB, 250GB, or 300GB SATA Hard Drive with a 16MB cache for storage. You can skip the Raptors if you're strapped for cash. Floppy disk is optional, though I would suggest it (necessary for enabling RAID on your hard drives and c'mon, it's $10). Oh, and you're gonna want Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Grease. Good heatsinks for your CPU include the Thermalright XP-90 or XP-120 or a Zalman Copper or Copper/Aluminium heatsink. Don't cheese on the heatsink, though, 'cause Prescotts run hot!

Your use for the computer is almost the only advantageous sector that Intel has, and Intel pwnz AMD in encoding, so if that's the bulk of your intent with the PC, then go for it. Additionally, PCI-e is readily available for Intel CPUs.

Good luck.
 
Hmm... I wonder if 15k raptors will be out soon? Or will they be for SAS only? Either way I am getting an LSI SAS controller when one becomes avalable again.
 
Originally posted by: lancer45
yeah, thats what I'm leaning towards. But would it be okay for me to get the raptor hardrive right now or wait till I save up enough to get everything for my system around march?
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Why are you wasting everyone's time if you're not building until March? You don't suppose pricing and model choices might change between now and then, do you?
 
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