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On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 18:48:57 GMT, "J.C. Scott"
wrote: I looked quite extensively at other burners, Sony included, and the main reason I went with the one I did was because many reviewers have expressed they felt it was the fastest burner with the highest quality burns available. I did give serious consideration to NEC, though. LG seems to be a good unit. Do you know of an internal equivalent? -- Map of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy http://home.houston.rr.com/rkba/vrwc.html "Whatever crushes individuality is despotism." --John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty" |
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"Bob" wrote in message ... On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 22:19:28 GMT, "J.C. Scott" wrote: I'm hoping I made the right buying decisions here regarding a new system I plan on putting together, and any feedback or thoughts would be appreciated here. I basically had a $2000 budget, See how much that system would cost you at Directron in Houston. They will build it and burn it in for an extra $27, which is cheap insurance. http://www.directron.com/ Although you do have a few expensive parts in that system, I find it hard to believe it will cost you $2K at Directron. BTW, you shoudl consider a Zalman copper heat sink for that P4. My son has a 3.2GHz Prescott retail box and the cooler was not adequate. The Zalman 7700 will cool a rocket motor. I've also read from others that the stock fan wasn't sufficient in some cases. I've heard good things about Cooler Master, as well. After looking at the Zalman CNPS7700-CU on Newegg, the comments and specs look good to me. After looking at the photos and some of the comments, my only reservation is its size and whether it'll actually fit into the Intel 915PBL. Why buy separate sound and video cards when many Intel chipset motherboards have integrated sound and video on the board. I listen to a lot of music and do a fair amount of recording, and considering I've had no problem with the Audigy I've used for the last 3 years, I just trust the name and the product, to be honest. For actual recording I use a Firewire Audiophile 24/96 and haven't had any hassle using it in conjunction with the Audigy, and I've grown accustomed to some of the support software provided. Considering how economical an Audigy 2 ZS actually is though, I didn't feel like taking a chance on the support or software (if there is any) for the on-board sound being less than sufficient for my needs. In relation to on-board video, I highly doubt any Intel motherboard would run Battlefield 2 at an acceptable level, which will be a staple in my game playing repertoire. The X850XT seemed a fair choice considering I probably won't have to think about upgrading for a year or two. |
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"Bob" wrote in message ... On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 18:48:57 GMT, "J.C. Scott" wrote: I looked quite extensively at other burners, Sony included, and the main reason I went with the one I did was because many reviewers have expressed they felt it was the fastest burner with the highest quality burns available. I did give serious consideration to NEC, though. LG seems to be a good unit. Do you know of an internal equivalent? You may want to look at the LG GSA-4163B, which has received really, really good reviews. Here's a *very* extensive review on the unit: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/sto...gsa-4163b.html It's also listed for $47.99 at Directron vs. $51.99 at Newegg. |
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"Bob" wrote in message
... On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 17:04:04 GMT, kony wrote: Why buy separate sound and video cards when many Intel chipset motherboards have integrated sound and video on the board. Who would spend in the neighborhood of $2K then try to save $50 by using integrated video and sound? He should not have spent in the neighborhood of $2K in the first place. One of the ways to save would have been to buy a motherboard with on-board video. He wants to game! http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...1821806,00.asp -- Derek |
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On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 19:39:06 GMT, "J.C. Scott"
wrote: BTW, you shoudl consider a Zalman copper heat sink for that P4. My son has a 3.2GHz Prescott retail box and the cooler was not adequate. The Zalman 7700 will cool a rocket motor. I've also read from others that the stock fan wasn't sufficient in some cases. I've heard good things about Cooler Master, as well. The main difference is I can recommend the Zalman 7700 because my son has one and it keeps his CPU cool. He uses his machine for both DVD burning and for games. After looking at the Zalman CNPS7700-CU on Newegg, the comments and specs look good to me. After looking at the photos and some of the comments, my only reservation is its size and whether it'll actually fit into the Intel 915PBL. It fit my son's Abit motherboard with the P4. http://www.directron.com/abitis7.html http://www.directron.com/p432e.html http://www.directron.com/cnps7700cu.html Why buy separate sound and video cards when many Intel chipset motherboards have integrated sound and video on the board. I listen to a lot of music So do I and the on-board audio is suffiicent for me. I never really like Creative products - their tech department sucks. In relation to on-board video, I highly doubt any Intel motherboard would run Battlefield 2 at an acceptable level, which will be a staple in my game playing repertoire. The X850XT seemed a fair choice considering I probably won't have to think about upgrading for a year or two. My son uses the MSI 128MB GeForce4 MX440 AGP Video Card. I really don't know what games he plays but I have seen him running Half Life or its latest incarnation. But then I do not believe that's very demanding since we ran it on ordinary desktops at work. -- Map of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy http://home.houston.rr.com/rkba/vrwc.html "Whatever crushes individuality is despotism." --John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty" |
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On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 19:47:34 GMT, "J.C. Scott"
wrote: You may want to look at the LG GSA-4163B, which has received really, really good reviews. Here's a *very* extensive review on the unit: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/sto...gsa-4163b.html It's also listed for $47.99 at Directron vs. $51.99 at Newegg. Thanks for the heads up. -- Map of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy http://home.houston.rr.com/rkba/vrwc.html "Whatever crushes individuality is despotism." --John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty" |
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On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 19:39:06 GMT, "J.C. Scott"
wrote: I've also read from others that the stock fan wasn't sufficient in some cases. I forgot to mention that my son also has 3 Panaflow 80mm fans on his case, one in the front blowing in, one on the side blowing out and one in the back blowing out - in addition to the fan in the PSU. http://www.directron.com/80l1a.html So his case was plenty cool, as measured using Everest. The retail box cooler is inadequate for high-stress use with that CPU. The Zalman 7700 may be overkill but it has worked well for my son and that includes in the heat of the summer day in Houston, where it is 100F on the north side of my house every day. -- Map of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy http://home.houston.rr.com/rkba/vrwc.html "Whatever crushes individuality is despotism." --John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty" |
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"Bob" wrote in message
... On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 19:39:06 GMT, "J.C. Scott" wrote: BTW, you shoudl consider a Zalman copper heat sink for that P4. My son has a 3.2GHz Prescott retail box and the cooler was not adequate. The Zalman 7700 will cool a rocket motor. I've also read from others that the stock fan wasn't sufficient in some cases. I've heard good things about Cooler Master, as well. The main difference is I can recommend the Zalman 7700 because my son has one and it keeps his CPU cool. He uses his machine for both DVD burning and for games. After looking at the Zalman CNPS7700-CU on Newegg, the comments and specs look good to me. After looking at the photos and some of the comments, my only reservation is its size and whether it'll actually fit into the Intel 915PBL. It fit my son's Abit motherboard with the P4. http://www.directron.com/abitis7.html http://www.directron.com/p432e.html http://www.directron.com/cnps7700cu.html Why buy separate sound and video cards when many Intel chipset motherboards have integrated sound and video on the board. I listen to a lot of music So do I and the on-board audio is suffiicent for me. I never really like Creative products - their tech department sucks. For casual listening, on-board sound would be perfectly suitable I'd imagine, but as a user who does do some audio production, I'm interested in relieving the stress of any extra processing that might be required of the motherboard due to having to take on the load of processing the sound internally. Also, there's the issue of compatibility related to audio production software, which I use quite a lot of, including Sequoia, Cubase and Wavelab, among others. Also, for critical listening, I wouldn't trust on-board sound to meet the demand. In relation to on-board video, I highly doubt any Intel motherboard would run Battlefield 2 at an acceptable level, which will be a staple in my game playing repertoire. The X850XT seemed a fair choice considering I probably won't have to think about upgrading for a year or two. My son uses the MSI 128MB GeForce4 MX440 AGP Video Card. I really don't know what games he plays but I have seen him running Half Life or its latest incarnation. But then I do not believe that's very demanding since we ran it on ordinary desktops at work. I have a GeForce 4 Ti4600. It's not up to the task of playing Battlefield 2, and it's a far better card, performance wise, than the MX440. I mean, I can understand investing in a low-end card, or even using on-board video, if games weren't a primary interest, but in my case they are. Again, if you're not into games then there's no point in investing in a high-end card, but if you really want to enjoy a lot of the games that will be coming out with all the bells and whistles turned on in the game, a low-end graphics card won't be suitable, unfortunately. |
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