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Statik:
So I am able to start building a brand new PC, from the ground up, and Ive been looking at the following:
CPU: AMD Phenom 9850 (Black Edition)
Mobo: MSI K9A2 Platinum or ECS A780GM-A The ECS is about half the price of the MSI board, but I have no experience with ECS as a company anyone have any info on them? Good/Bad/Ugly?
-- Also, just the core in general; would I be better off going with a cheaper/different CPU/Mobo combination, or stick with the phenom and one of the few boards that supports it? (Im fairly partial to AMD, and I have read about their recent woes, mainly invoved with the previous Phenom launch, but Id still prefer an AMD CPU) Money is a concern, but not THAT much of a concern. (Meaning, Im not trying to break the bank, but I do have pretty good leeway on parts cost) is there anything anyone reccomends? This is going to be a gaming system, but also something that needs to run 3D programs (3D studio, bryce, w/e)
Ram: Lots.
Vid: BFG Nvidia 9800GTX - most of the 9800s were about the same price, and I have a good history with BFG.
I am however, looking into DVD burners, preferably SATA (to keep the wires down) But every review Im reading says that all the 20x DVD burners are stupidly loud. Can anyone confirm/deny this? Are they only loud while burning? If so, I can tolerate that, but if they are loud while just reading, thats a bit problematic.
Also, if anyone knows of an ATX (not micro) case thats fairly spacious inside for $100 or less, with good cooling, looks arent particularly important (id rather it look nice, but if its functional, thats primary focus)
and Im looking for:
Drives mounted with brackets (so they slide in and out), HDDs would preferably be mounted with the plug side towards the side panel)
Front USB ports, 2+
CompUSA had this case, I cant remember what it was called, or even what brand it was, but it had the power supply mounted on the BOTTOM of the case, and basically had all the different stuff segregated and removable. I think it was ~$125, if anyone knows wtf Im talking about, help me out.
Dimmukane:
I'd stick with the phenom and a board that supports it, that seems to be the socket that AMD is going to have the most support for in regards to their upcoming products.
est:
I don't know about the SATA burner. I got one at home and there's a few about here at work and they seem really very slow to react to anything. Not sure if that is just par for the course with all recent drives or a problem that is specific to SATA ones, but the wait between telling it to copy files from the drive and it spinning up properly really does seem ridiculous.
Statik:
The drive Ive been looking at (buying a computer is probably about 3 weeks away) is this.
Another question, as you have a SATA disc drive, I remember reading a while back (the place escapes me) of computers taking issue with a lack of a PATA CD/DVD drive (when booting from CD/DVD), that it couldnt read from the SATA drive at boot, was this an old issue, since resolved? minor issue related to certain mobos? Anyone know?
My current burner is a 5x(maybe?) single layer burner. Takes about 20 minutes from "start" to done burning, on a single layer disc. Even if the burner takes a minute or two to start up, and burns DL discs in 5 minutes, thats still a VAST improvement over what Ive got now.
brainwrinkle:
I built a system with only an SATA DVD drive a couple months ago and everything went smoothly. I don't think you should have any problems unless you have an odd disk setup in mind. I'm pretty sure the DVD Burners are mostly loud when burning as my 16X NEC is quiet except when burning.
I'm not sure what case you are describing, but I would recommend reading some review websites or just browsing the name brand cases at Newegg. Lian Li, Thermaltake, Antec, etc all have very nice cases under $100.
MSI is generally a better company as far as name brand goes. I'd look for reviews of each particular model, but if you can afford it almost always go with the better motherboard, as it has one of the largest impacts on the stability of your system.
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