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10-16-2005, 01:45 PM
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id like to know if this system will work together well and if not can you please point me in the right direction.
ABit AV8 AMD Athlon64 3200 Venice 1GB Kingston 400MHz DDR PC3200 DIMM 2x 120G Maxtor DMax+9 SATA150/7200 8MB (id like to raid these together, will i notice a big difference in performance?) Radeon 9550 am mostly using this for editing audio. cheers in advance 
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10-16-2005, 02:55 PM
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Hi mark santangelo,
Welcome to PC Mechanic !! RAID is not required for video editing, not to mention I'm not a fan of it due to the risk of data loss. If you go with RAID 5 to protect data, then you quad your price. Maxtors are my favorite drives, but I'd go with the Dia Max 10 series with 16MB cache. They are so fast that the give the famous Raptors a run for the money, even beating it in some benchmarks. The 300GB drive has been on sale for around $115 at Newegg a lot lately. You'll need the space over 120GB in a RAID config. I'm not knocking Abit, but they are geared toward OCers and are rumored to be a little finicky. I'd take a look at some Asus mobos, as they are known for stability and reliability, and are pretty fast, too. HTH TwoRails |
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10-22-2005, 11:47 AM
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thanks for the welcome loving all the info on this forum
also thanks for the info this is what am going to go with: CASE Alpine EZ Cool Midi Black EC-7104H CPU AMD Athlon64 3200 Venice OEM MOTHERBOARD Asus A8N-SLi nForce4 SLi MEMORY 1GB Kingston 400MHz DDR PC3200 DIMM HEATSINK & FAN AKASA Heatpipe 913 AMD64+FX55 HARD DRIVES 300GB Maxtor D/Max +10 SATA [16MB] CABLE (if it doesn’t comewith motherboard) Serial ATA Data Cable CD-RW Plextor PX-230A/T3B /32xReWrite 52xWrite 52xRead 2mb Buffer IDE internal BLACK MONITER 19" Digimate L-1918 TFT with DVI GRAPHICS CARD Asus GeForce 6600GT 128MB PCI-E hopefully have time in 2 weeks when i get back from my hoilday in mexico to buy and put this together. cant wait
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10-22-2005, 11:50 AM
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Nice selection!
Your motherboard will come with SATA cables, you don't need extra. I also don't see a Power Supply in your list - what model have you chosen? Freakitchen
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10-22-2005, 11:53 AM
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the case comes with one in it
here is the spec of the case: Manufacturer ARIA PC TECHNOLOGY 3½ Bays 2 External, 3 Internal 5¼ Bays 4 Dimensions 51 x 50 x 19 cm Expansion Slots 7 Fan Mounts 2 x 8cm Fans included No Format ATX PSU Included? Yes - 400W Type Custom modded case Weight 10 Kg Window No would i need an other one or will this one do? |
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10-22-2005, 11:58 AM
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10-22-2005, 12:09 PM
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PSUs that come with cases are nearly always of horrid quality. You'll need a quality unit that conforms to ATX2 standard (24 pin) for your motherboard.
Look for brands like Antec/Enermax/Tagen - 400w or above. The PSU sticky in the General Hardware forum contains a list of quality brands. Freakitchen |
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10-22-2005, 12:37 PM
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Looks pretty good, mark santangelo! I'm not familiar with that monitor brand, nor that PS brand. The case looks pretty nice. You may want to look at the PS sticky for some tips:
http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=101151 http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=131195 |
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10-22-2005, 06:18 PM
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If you aren't planning on adding a second video card in the future, you can save some cash by getting the non-sli version of that motherboard. If you are you will want to get to check that motherboard, video card and PSU are on the list at http://www.slizone.com/object/slizone_build.html
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