expensive case

[jsawicki]

probably. is 4.5 miliseconds a good speed?

[Cricket]

Originally Posted by jsawicki probably. is 4.5 miliseconds a good speed?

Yes...as you mentioned earlier, it's about half the seek time of most 7200 RPM hard drives...it's very fast.

Cricket

[KoMoDo]

mines 8.9, i think its fast.
the only thing i hate in this PC is the cd-burner and dvd-roms taking a hell of a long time to speed up, they shut down if they arent used for like 30 mins, so every 30 mins or so when i wanna open any big prog/play a game/open my comp it starts spinning and takes AT LEAST 5 seconds, any way i can do anything about this ? what do i need to look in optical drives in order to not have this problem ?

10x, (im not hijacking thread, it has somethin to do with it, he wanted quiet optical drives, so thats one thing to consider aswell)

KoMoDo

[jsawicki]

if im not mistaken, there is a program that keeps your hard drives running at a certain speed so they rev up fast. you can set the program so it doesnt do that if you keep your computer on while you sleep. im not sure but i think that they made a program for that.

[KoMoDo]

ok cool, if anyone knows anything like that, lemme know plz :-P
or better yet, tell me which drives are fast, cheap, and quiet, i dont MIND really sticking with lite-on cd-burners and stuff, itll be ok i guess :-P

10x,

KoMoDo

[Hi Ho]

or better yet, tell me which drives are fast, cheap, and quiet,

NEC, Pioneer, LG, and Asus drives are all fast, quiet, and relatively inexpensive. The Plextor and Pioneer drives I have are virtually silent.

[jsawicki]

pioneer makes good electronics. i have some of their speakers and recievers and they perform pretty well. in fact my dad has like a 30 year old reciver in the basement thats still running and im pretty sure its pioneer.