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Ilander · 04-04-2006, 01:13 AM

Hmm...my impressions...it would be nice to have a 500W power supply...the new graphics cards need them, pretty much!

Also, I'm not sure I'm in favor of the 250 Gb, 74 Gb combo, for storage...especially when you could get two more 250s for the price of the 74...and I have my doubts as to whether the 10K drives really offer an appreciable performance change versus the 7.2K ones...but Hive knows better than I do!

Your motherboard even has native RAID support...which is faster than a 10K drive any day, though I have heard some people say dedicated cards are much better for RAID arrays...

I think I'm gonna give a big check mark to everything else...incidentally, how much of a power user are you, T-D-C? What all do you plan to use this computer for?

04-04-2006, 01:13 AM	#14
Ilander 20th Level Warrior Join Date: December 28, 2003 Location: Kentucky Age: 39 Posts: 2,820	Hmm...my impressions...it would be nice to have a 500W power supply...the new graphics cards need them, pretty much! Also, I'm not sure I'm in favor of the 250 Gb, 74 Gb combo, for storage...especially when you could get two more 250s for the price of the 74...and I have my doubts as to whether the 10K drives really offer an appreciable performance change versus the 7.2K ones...but Hive knows better than I do! Your motherboard even has native RAID support...which is faster than a 10K drive any day, though I have heard some people say dedicated cards are much better for RAID arrays... I think I'm gonna give a big check mark to everything else...incidentally, how much of a power user are you, T-D-C? What all do you plan to use this computer for? __________________ Is that what you really want to say?