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Pccomputerdr
What do you think about this Combo?
ATI X800
Western Digital 74GB Serial ATA Hard Drive with 10,000RPM
AMD Athlon 64 3400+
ATI X800
Western Digital 74GB Serial ATA Hard Drive with 10,000RPM
AMD Athlon 64 3400+
J
Jay Michaels
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C
Cuzman
" What do you think about this Combo? ATI X800, Western Digital 74GB Serial
ATA Hard Drive with 10,000RPM, AMD Athlon 64 3400+ "
It's not going to work. You'll need a case, PSU, motherboard, RAM, CPU HSF,
cables, and some I/O and optical devices. ;o)
ATA Hard Drive with 10,000RPM, AMD Athlon 64 3400+ "
It's not going to work. You'll need a case, PSU, motherboard, RAM, CPU HSF,
cables, and some I/O and optical devices. ;o)
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Allan Sheely
Nice, and don't forget to add a gb of ram.
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Pccomputerdr
Nice, and don't forget to add a gb of ram.
You're right. I forgot to add one of the most important and significant
components of that combo, ASUS motherboard.
Here is my new list.
ATI X800
ASUS K8N-E DELUXE Motherboard
Western Digital 74GB Serial ATA Hard Drive with 10,000RPM
AMD Athlon 64 3400+
2GB of Ram
You're right. I forgot to add one of the most important and significant
components of that combo, ASUS motherboard.
Here is my new list.
ATI X800
ASUS K8N-E DELUXE Motherboard
Western Digital 74GB Serial ATA Hard Drive with 10,000RPM
AMD Athlon 64 3400+
2GB of Ram
K
korben dallas
I think you should buy it.
N
Noozer
Pccomputerdr said:
Not bad... but I'd consider getting two of the 34gig Raptors instead of a
single 74gig drive. Not to run in RAID, but having system files on a drive
separate from data does make a BIG difference to the snappiness of your
system.
J
Jim in Canada
Sounds excellent......DDR400? 
Pccomputerdr said:
T
torr7
Pccomputerdr said:
I think the hd capacity is too low
other wise it should be hot in both meanings of the word
torr
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Malc
Pccomputerdr said:
Why an AMD Athlon 64 3400+?
If you're on a budget then the 3000+ is half the price and not that much
slower. If you're a rich bastard then the FX-53 is unbeatable.
Malc
C
Chalky
Is SATA something new? My machine is a few years old--do you think it could
support the 10,000 rpm drive?
Chalky
support the 10,000 rpm drive?
Chalky
B
Ben Pope
Chalky said:
Yep. It's a new interface for hard drives. It's similar to USB in that
it's a serial connecton on a differential pair. the peak transfer rate
across this interface is currently 150MB/s, but don't expect that speed up
hard drives.
Yeah. You'll need a PCI SATA card (cheap enough if you can afford the drive
). This will obviously restrict your peak transfers to the weakest linkin the chain - the PCI bus at 133MB/s. Still, you can't sustain even
80Megs/s from the drive, so it shouldn't be an real issue. Having a SATA
controller built into the chipset is the best solution but is by no means
compulsory, and rarely noticeable... depending on what else is on the same
PCI bus.
The drive in question has a few advantages over regular ATA devices in that
it's 10k RPM, so latency is reduced. There are other advantages in the
controller such as tagged command queuing, but I doubt that'll do much for
you, unless you run a server with high I/O (in which case I would recommend
a chipset with built in SATA controller).
I have the WD360GD and it's pretty good, the WD740GD is even better. The
most noticeable aspect is seek time thats reduced... transfer rates are not
that dissimilar to current 7200RPM drives, but you can really notice the
reduced seek (if you know what you're looking for). It makes it feel
faster.
Ben
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How can I be down
You left out the Adaptec 2100s SCSI raid controller with 2 - 15,000rpm SCSI
72gb seagate drives striped.
72gb seagate drives striped.
D
Darthy
drool...
But ya know... for that kind of money, you can pay for 6 sessions with
a woman....
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Pccomputerdr
You left out the Adaptec 2100s SCSI raid controller with 2 - 15,000rpm SCSI
I am not into SCSI hard drives. SCSI hard drives are ridiculously expensive.
73GB Cheetah SCSI Hard Drive with 15000RPM is $650, you need a SCSI controller
card that costs another hundred dollars or so.
74GB Western Digital Serial ATA Hard Drive (Raptor) with 10000RPM is only $250,
and it doesn't require any controller card given the fact that all new
motherboard have ATA socket.
Because SCSI drives require different initialization at boot-up, there is a
significant delay to boot up the Operating system. Performance-wise, in my own
experience with Cheetah SCSI drive with 15000RPM, I didn't feel any faster
performance of the hard drive when compared to regular IDE hard drive with
7200RPM. At the time, I was using Windows 98 as my operating system, and some
say Windows 98 doesn't utilize SCSI drives. Maybe my negative and
unsatisfactory experience with Cheetah SCSI drive with 15000RPM might be due to
the limitations of the operating system. I mean, other than playing games and
doing daily stuff on the computer, I am not using any other programs that take
advantage of the features of the SCSI drive. Maybe that's why I didn't feel any
difference performance-wise. I don't know...!?!
With this new Western Digital Serial ATA hard drive at 10000RPM, I don't think
it is all that appealing to get a SCSI hard drive with a big price tag.
I am not into SCSI hard drives. SCSI hard drives are ridiculously expensive.
73GB Cheetah SCSI Hard Drive with 15000RPM is $650, you need a SCSI controller
card that costs another hundred dollars or so.
74GB Western Digital Serial ATA Hard Drive (Raptor) with 10000RPM is only $250,
and it doesn't require any controller card given the fact that all new
motherboard have ATA socket.
Because SCSI drives require different initialization at boot-up, there is a
significant delay to boot up the Operating system. Performance-wise, in my own
experience with Cheetah SCSI drive with 15000RPM, I didn't feel any faster
performance of the hard drive when compared to regular IDE hard drive with
7200RPM. At the time, I was using Windows 98 as my operating system, and some
say Windows 98 doesn't utilize SCSI drives. Maybe my negative and
unsatisfactory experience with Cheetah SCSI drive with 15000RPM might be due to
the limitations of the operating system. I mean, other than playing games and
doing daily stuff on the computer, I am not using any other programs that take
advantage of the features of the SCSI drive. Maybe that's why I didn't feel any
difference performance-wise. I don't know...!?!
With this new Western Digital Serial ATA hard drive at 10000RPM, I don't think
it is all that appealing to get a SCSI hard drive with a big price tag.
D
Dark Avenger
Should work...should work!
The WD Raptors are SCSI disks with a SATA connection so they are
definitly more trustable then IDE disks....
H
How can I be down
My thing with SCSI is that I trust it more and I can have 4 drives internal
and 4 external. When I used to go to LAN party's I could be playing a game
and not notice when somebody was copying stuff off my shared drives. I have
also had fewer problems with burning at high speeds. here is what I'm
running until there is a full release of XP 64bit and the X800 are out. This
box is used for gaming and video capture. My laptop is for browsing the web.
Video= Radeon 9800 pro
Memory= 1gb PC3200 400mhz
SCSI Raid controller= AAA-131u2w raid
drives= 2 - 36gb 15,000rpm cheetahs Raid 0
SCSI drive controller= 29160
Drives= 4 - 18.2gb 10,000rpm in an external drive cage Raid 5
Processor= AMD 2600+ Barton 333mhz
Motherboard= Giga-byte GA-7N400 Pro2 NVIDIA nForce(tm)2 Ultra 400 this
board kick ass Highly recommended
Onboard= 10/100/1000 NIC - 6 channel sound
CD/DVD= SCSI yamaha Burner, SCSI pioneer DVD reader, and Liteon IDE Liteon
4x DVD + and - burner
and 4 external. When I used to go to LAN party's I could be playing a game
and not notice when somebody was copying stuff off my shared drives. I have
also had fewer problems with burning at high speeds. here is what I'm
running until there is a full release of XP 64bit and the X800 are out. This
box is used for gaming and video capture. My laptop is for browsing the web.
Video= Radeon 9800 pro
Memory= 1gb PC3200 400mhz
SCSI Raid controller= AAA-131u2w raid
drives= 2 - 36gb 15,000rpm cheetahs Raid 0
SCSI drive controller= 29160
Drives= 4 - 18.2gb 10,000rpm in an external drive cage Raid 5
Processor= AMD 2600+ Barton 333mhz
Motherboard= Giga-byte GA-7N400 Pro2 NVIDIA nForce(tm)2 Ultra 400 this
board kick ass Highly recommended
Onboard= 10/100/1000 NIC - 6 channel sound
CD/DVD= SCSI yamaha Burner, SCSI pioneer DVD reader, and Liteon IDE Liteon
4x DVD + and - burner
S
Slug
2gb is nice but not necessary. I doubt you will see much difference in
performance between 1gb and 2gb. But if you have the bucks go for it.