Ironing Out A Few Things....

[laffers]

Having just completed my first new build there are 1 or 2 niggling things. The specs of my new build are in my sig. the first problem I am having is with my IDE HDD cable. No matterwhich way around I daisy chain the IDE HDDs the cable always becomes twisted. Apart from looking ugly with a kink in it, I was wondering what the long term effects of having a ribbon cable like this and is there a cable out there that could deal with a problem like this? The second poser is audio based. What reasonably priced sound card should I go for? and is there an xFi card for under £100 ($180ish) that comes with a 5.25" bay controller?

[doctorgonzo]

You can get round IDE cables that do away with the twists and kinks. As long as it's not twisted too severely, though, there aren't any bad consequences when a flat IDE cable is twisted.

[Alaron]

Originally Posted by laffers I s there an xFi card for under £100 ($180ish) that comes with a 5.25" bay controller?

The Creative X-Fi Platinum comes with a front bay controller. Overclockers has it for £105 before VAT.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...ative_154.html