Hi all,
I'm about to order the stuff to build my next machine. I'm way out of the loop on what the good boards and memory are these days. To give you an example of where I'm coming from, I'm currently running a shuttle an35 ultra with 1.5 gig of ddr, and an xp2500 overclocked to about 2.3 GHz. The videocard is a bfg 7800 gs, which is enough video power for me. Of course, it's an agp card.
Here's what I need to do: I know I must buy new memory, a new board, a new cpu, and hard drives. I may try a raid 0 system for the first time. I'd like to be able to continue using my two IDE hard drives as bulk storage, with windows being on the fast drives. Does anybody make a good board for the core2duo that has both ide and sata connections? Also, any chance of getting a board with both agp and pci-e connections for future video upgrades?
Memory-my understanding is that I won't have to push the memory too hard with the 4300 to get high clock speeds, since the multiplier is higher than some of the faster chips. Still, I'd like some memory recommendations.
CPU cooler-I have no idea there. I plan on pushing the cpu moderately hard, so I need to buy a cooler accordingly-open to suggestions there too.
Hard drives-what are some blazing fast drives (sata) to use for a raid 0 setup?
Case-I have a janky old koolance case that I'm no longer using the liquid cooling system in. I've had it since late 2000 or early 2001, so it's time to replace it. I was thinking I want to stick with a mid atx, though I'd consider a full size case since there will be a bunch of stuff crammed in there. It doesn't need to have a power supply, as I plan to buy one separately. I don't much care what the case looks like, I just want it to be sturdy and well made while not being hard to get into if I need to mess with the guts of the machine.
Sorry to cram all of this in the board section, but I couldn't see posting 5 different threads in a bunch of sections, each about one component.
I'm about to order the stuff to build my next machine. I'm way out of the loop on what the good boards and memory are these days. To give you an example of where I'm coming from, I'm currently running a shuttle an35 ultra with 1.5 gig of ddr, and an xp2500 overclocked to about 2.3 GHz. The videocard is a bfg 7800 gs, which is enough video power for me. Of course, it's an agp card.
Here's what I need to do: I know I must buy new memory, a new board, a new cpu, and hard drives. I may try a raid 0 system for the first time. I'd like to be able to continue using my two IDE hard drives as bulk storage, with windows being on the fast drives. Does anybody make a good board for the core2duo that has both ide and sata connections? Also, any chance of getting a board with both agp and pci-e connections for future video upgrades?
Memory-my understanding is that I won't have to push the memory too hard with the 4300 to get high clock speeds, since the multiplier is higher than some of the faster chips. Still, I'd like some memory recommendations.
CPU cooler-I have no idea there. I plan on pushing the cpu moderately hard, so I need to buy a cooler accordingly-open to suggestions there too.
Hard drives-what are some blazing fast drives (sata) to use for a raid 0 setup?
Case-I have a janky old koolance case that I'm no longer using the liquid cooling system in. I've had it since late 2000 or early 2001, so it's time to replace it. I was thinking I want to stick with a mid atx, though I'd consider a full size case since there will be a bunch of stuff crammed in there. It doesn't need to have a power supply, as I plan to buy one separately. I don't much care what the case looks like, I just want it to be sturdy and well made while not being hard to get into if I need to mess with the guts of the machine.
Sorry to cram all of this in the board section, but I couldn't see posting 5 different threads in a bunch of sections, each about one component.
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