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Opinions on 120GB HDD, DVD writer and dual p3 motherboard
"Dr Joolz" wrote in message
... Hi guys, I have an Asus CUSL2 motherboard and a 80GB HDD, and am thinking of getting a 120GB HDD as a 2nd drive in the system, first of all does anyone know if the CUSL2 will take 200GB of storage altogether (or 120GB in 1 channel)? And what make do I go for? I've heard that IBM's 180GXP is a joke, and WD Cavaliar (or something like that) is noisy. So that kind of leaves me with Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 I think, the 80GB I have right now is a Maxtor D740X and I'm happy with it, the previous 2 IBMs have both developed bad sectors in less than 2 years and I'm utterly disgusted with their quality. So I suppose Maxtor is the one to go for? Or are there other suggestions? I'm also looking to buy a DVD writer, I heard the Sony "write everything" is good as it does write every format, but they seem pricy... I have about 150 quid to spend and I saw on ebay there are a lot of Pioneer DVR-105 for sale, are they any good? They say 15 mins a 4.7GB disc, surely sounds good! But is DVD-R going to be terminated in the future and will it play on normal DVD players? Finally, I need a dual s370 motherboard to replace my D6VAA that died weeks ago, I've been recommended the VP6 and CUV4X-D (or DLS), but have found nothing on ebay. Does anyone know any other good boards? and where to buy them? My old BX chipset based server has two 120GB IDE hard drives as well as 4 SCSI. I chose 5400 rpm Maxtors because the server is ON 24/7 and I was worried about 7200 rpms lasting under those conditions. I have the Sony DVD writer and so far its been perfect. Got it for 170 UKP from he http://www.blankdiscshop.co.uk/acata...Section__.html For dual CPU mobos check he http://www.2cpu.com/ http://www.2fastcpu.com/ |
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