I have:
DLT3C AMD 1800+ @ 200mhz fsb
ABIT NFS-7 v.2
1GB DDR 2:2:2:5 ram
ATI 9800 Pro 256
74 GB Raptor
500 GB WD drive
Windows XP SP2
I am perfectly happy with this setup for what I do, still seems pretty zippy to me even after so many years of service. With that said, I store a ton of my CDs on the large harddrive and over time they develop blips/pops. Is this normal? Over the past couple years, I have changed out the harddrive 3 times because I thought that the problem was caused by bad harddrive. The problem has not gone away. Additionally, this happened on my previous computer 6 years ago (palomino 1700+ on a soyo via KT266A board).
Finally, I play counterstrike source and avg. 30fps which at times dips into the 10s which is unplayable. I will only game at 1920x1080, no more, no less. I am interested in Starcraft 2, Call of Duty 4, (and similar games). I dont really care about Crysis or Gear of War.
I am more concerned about my music getting corrupted, are there tips on how to prevent this? When I back up the music to external, I usually just drag and drop and step away from 3-4 hrs. I think that over the years, dragging and dropping has caused errors to be implanted into my music files (when I have drag/dropped from several smaller harddrives onto my now "modern" large harddrive). If I were to use Norton Ghost, would that prevent this? (Obviously, I would have to re-rip all my files).
I'm willing to throw $600 ± $200 into this if it can be "guaranteed" to solve my main two problems. The 600$ would be chiefly for CPU, RAM, MOBO, CPU heatsink, PSU. I would pass my lossless files through digital into an external DAC.
GPU probably the ATI 3870 or nVidea 6800GT depending on availability.
Dual core/Multi core CPU =
Single core seems enough for me so far...?
I will be overclocking, but trying to maintain a system that emits less than 22dB/1m
Thanks for your help! Safely assume that anything I didn't mention, I have already thoroughly researched (case, peripherals, etc.)
DLT3C AMD 1800+ @ 200mhz fsb
ABIT NFS-7 v.2
1GB DDR 2:2:2:5 ram
ATI 9800 Pro 256
74 GB Raptor
500 GB WD drive
Windows XP SP2
I am perfectly happy with this setup for what I do, still seems pretty zippy to me even after so many years of service. With that said, I store a ton of my CDs on the large harddrive and over time they develop blips/pops. Is this normal? Over the past couple years, I have changed out the harddrive 3 times because I thought that the problem was caused by bad harddrive. The problem has not gone away. Additionally, this happened on my previous computer 6 years ago (palomino 1700+ on a soyo via KT266A board).
Finally, I play counterstrike source and avg. 30fps which at times dips into the 10s which is unplayable. I will only game at 1920x1080, no more, no less. I am interested in Starcraft 2, Call of Duty 4, (and similar games). I dont really care about Crysis or Gear of War.
I am more concerned about my music getting corrupted, are there tips on how to prevent this? When I back up the music to external, I usually just drag and drop and step away from 3-4 hrs. I think that over the years, dragging and dropping has caused errors to be implanted into my music files (when I have drag/dropped from several smaller harddrives onto my now "modern" large harddrive). If I were to use Norton Ghost, would that prevent this? (Obviously, I would have to re-rip all my files).
I'm willing to throw $600 ± $200 into this if it can be "guaranteed" to solve my main two problems. The 600$ would be chiefly for CPU, RAM, MOBO, CPU heatsink, PSU. I would pass my lossless files through digital into an external DAC.
GPU probably the ATI 3870 or nVidea 6800GT depending on availability.
Dual core/Multi core CPU =
Single core seems enough for me so far...?I will be overclocking, but trying to maintain a system that emits less than 22dB/1m
Thanks for your help! Safely assume that anything I didn't mention, I have already thoroughly researched (case, peripherals, etc.)
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