> Just in case anyone is interested I thought I would post an update with
> what I actually purchased!
> After 'consulting' with many other people via the Net I went in almost
> exactly the opposite direction to what I originally planned! :)
> Case Lian Li PC-6070BW Plus Mid Tower
> Power Supply Thermaltake W0049RA, 680W, Auto Control
> Motherboard ASUS A8N-SLI, Socket 939
> CPU Athlon 64 X2 4800+, 2.4Ghz
> Hard Drives Seagate Barracuda ST3250824AS, 250GB, 8MB cache, SATA-2/300
> x 2
> DVD writer Pioneer DVR-110D, DVD 16R/16W/8RW
> DVD writer LG Electronics GSA-4167BBK, DVD 16R/16W/8RW, CD 48R/48W/32RW
> Memory Kingston ValueRAM 1GB x 2, DDR-SDRAM, DDR400
> Video card Leadtek GeForce PX7800GT, 256MB, DVI, HDTV
> Sound card Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS, PCI
> Keyboard Microsoft Digital Media
> Mouse Logitech G5 Laser mouse, USB
> Monitor DELL (Samsung) 2405FPW 24 inch widescreen LCD
> Speakers Logitech Z-5500 Digital, 4x62W Satellites, 69W Center, 188W Sub
> Woofer
> DV/Video capture/TV Tuner card Compro VideoMate DVB-T300
> I was unable to source the Western Digital 16MB cache SATA2 drives I
> wanted, but I have always been VERY happy with Seagate drives.
> Unbelievably I was unable to purchase a 'decent' DVD-ROM drive, so for an
> extra $25 I purchased a second DVD burner.
> Thanks to everyone for their advice. Now for the assembly...
> Actually I have another question... :)
> Will implementing RAID1 have a detrimental effect on my systems
> performance? I don't want any slowdowns when driving!
> --
> RocketMan
>>> Case Lian Li PC-6070BW Plus Mid Tower
>>> Power Supply Thermaltake W0049RA, 680W, Auto Control
>>> Motherboard ASUS P5WD2 Premium, Socket 775
>>> CPU Intel Pentium 4 670, 3.8GHz, 800MHz FSB
>>> Hard Drives Western Digital Caviar WD2500KS-SE16, 250GB, x 2
>>> DVD drive SONY or LG 16xDVD, 52xCD
>>> DVD writer Pioneer DVR-110D, DVD 16R/16W/8RW
>>> Memory Corsair Dual Channel 2x1GB, DDR2-SDRAM, 667MHz
>>> Video card Leadtek GeForce PX6600 GT, 128MB
>>> Sound card Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS, PCI
>>> Keyboard Microsoft Basic keyboard (only $16!)
>>> Mouse Logitech G5 Laser mouse, USB
>>> Monitor DELL (Samsung) 2405FPW 24 inch widescreen LCD (already
>>> purchased)
>>> Speakers Altec Lansing GT5051R, 5.1 Speaker System, 80W RMS
>>> DV/Video capture/TV Tuner card Compro VideoMate DVB-T300
>> The video card looks a bit underpowered to me considering the rest of the
>> system. I'd recommend stretching to a 6800 or ATI x800XL or faster -
>> especially now that the 7800 and x1900 have been released. Buying 2 HDDs
>> seems great in theory but the extra heat, noise and power consumption
>> rarely make the minor performance increase worthwhile for even a power
>> home user. A lot of people raid (stripe) 2 HDDs thinking they will cut
>> their game loading times in half but the performance gain is usually
>> around 20% or sometimes none at all. Having 2xHDDs is fantastic for
>> video editing though. Again you might be able save some money and gain
>> some performance by going the AMD X2 route. Don't be fooled by the AMDs
>> lack of support for DDR-2 RAM - they still outperform Intel's current
>> line-up by a very significant margin. So much so, that currently buying
>> an Intel based desktop system is regarded by most industry experts as
>> bordering on foolish. Intel's main focus is on mobile CPUs these days.
>> (Hope I don't sound like an AMD zealot - I've owned plenty of Intel PCs
>> over the years and they've been good too)
>> Hope that helps - looks like a great PC in the making. =)
