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[lighthse]

planning my system for upgrade

amd 1.4ghz 266mhz
either msi k7 master(amd760) or gigabyte dx(amd760)
2x 256mb PC2100 CL2.5 Crucial ram
Enlight 300w psu
Swiftech 370 or maybe Alpha pal6035
Maxtor 60+ 7200rpm ata100 30gig
Western digital 7200rpm ata66 15.3gig
Sblive value
Creative 3d blaster tnt2 ultra
Sony 52x cdrom ide
Iomega 250mb internal ide
3com PCI eternet card



am i rite to connect it this way?
ide...
primary master: maxtor ata100
primary slave: western digital ata66
secondary master: sony 52x cdrom
secondary slave: iomega internal 250mb zipdrive

then what if i intend to get a cdrw internal ide drive...how should i connect??

will it help if i get a pci ide card? btw how this card works and how should i connect them? any good cards to recommend?
thanks!

 

[AndyHui]

Is this a gaming machine? You are REALLY holding back the system with a TNT2 Ultra. You should at least get something like a GeForce 2 Ultra if not a GeForce 3 to really take advantage of the system.

 

[Ryan]

I know. A new video card would REALLY help you out a lot. Radeons are nice

 

[thorin]

primary master: maxtor ata100
primary slave: iomega internal 250mb zipdrive
secondary master: western digital ata66
secondary slave: sony 52x cdrom

You want both your HDs to be masters for best access. And since your main HD is probably going to be used in conjunction with your CDROM for games you want them on seperate channels.

Thorin

 

[lighthse]

mainly using it for programming and digital graphics editing...
i don't intend to upgrade my graphics card yet...not enough cash..heehee



<< Is this a gaming machine? You are REALLY holding back the system with a TNT2 Ultra. You should at least get something like a GeForce 2 Ultra if not a GeForce 3 to really take advantage of the system. >>

 

[lighthse]

<< primary master: maxtor ata100
primary slave: iomega internal 250mb zipdrive
secondary master: western digital ata66
secondary slave: sony 52x cdrom

You want both your HDs to be masters for best access. And since your main HD is probably going to be used in conjunction with your CDROM for games you want them on seperate channels.

Thorin >>



if i'm getting a promise ata100 pci ide card...so that i can use more ide devices....
how should i connect them?

 

[Duvie]

1) I question the future effectiveness of that 300watt PS when you start adding mor devices like cd-rw...I would go 350watt, but you may be fine though. Just trying to head off future power problmes which sometimes are tough to diagnois.

2)hopefully you avoid many of the issues ppl have been having with zip drives and southbridge chipset...do some research to see if ppl have figured out some of the issues. i dunno all about it I just remember seeing many threads about it.

3)If you get a pci card put your harddrives on its 2 ide channels then the cd-rom as pri master and zip as sec. master until you get cd-rw when you should put that as sec. master and zip drive as pri. slave.

 

[V]

I suggest a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card. The sound is great What speakers are you getting?

 

[NelsonMuntz]

<<
if i'm getting a promise ata100 pci ide card...so that i can use more ide devices....
how should i connect them? >>


Nobody likes to answer your root question, huh? My advice is if you get a PCI IDE card to attach more devices is to attach the hard drives to the card and keep everything else on the mobo IDEs. Maybe Maxtor - Primary Master on card, WD - Secondary Master on card, Burner - Primary Master on mobo, DVD or CD-ROM - Secondary Master on mobo, and Internal Zip - Secondary Slave on mobo. Key is to keep the Burner on a separate channel from whatever you are burning from so that you can maximize the data transfer.

 

[thorin]

I agree with NelsonMuntz

Thorin