Raaah
(
As said, I am
very thankful for all your help of you all, make no mistake about that. Its just here I am again, Saturday, 6000 tabs open and trying to find different hardware
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Originally Posted by vermaden
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Well, the thing is, I have always sworn by Seagate. I have some external USB-disks that were on sale and are non-Seagate; 1 Maxtor and 1 WD, and both perform way less than the Seagate disks in my PCs and in my LaCie external disks. But, then again, the Seagate-bug is definitely something I want to avoid, so, as much as it saddens me, that would mean exit Seagate. Btw, the 7200.12 you mentioned isn't guaranteed to not have the bug (according to the Seagate forum,
http://forums.seagate.com/stx/board/...thread.id=4933), so I think I better play safe.
So I was looking at the WD RE3 that Carpetsmoker recommended, but in the above drive tests you mention the RE's aren't really 'the fastest' ones. So this would be a tradeoff between speed and reliability (reliability being most important of course to me, but then again, reliability at the cost of an utterly slow HDD is also not ideal.
These WD Black editions, are these the so-called 'standard consumer disks' that Carpetsmoker talked about, which are 'less'?
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Originally Posted by vermaden
Old integrated soundcards were very bad generally, today's ones are very good, I use Integrated Intel HDA (from Intel Q35 motherboard) with my Pioneer A107 amplifier and Technics RP-F290 headphones and quality is very good for me, also attached speakers (to that Pioneer) do the job.
IMHO: Buy only your motherboard and if you will not be happy with it, then add a Creative card.
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I will take your word on it: the sound car is out :-)
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Originally Posted by vermaden
This is also rather old "tip", I have used mine old PATA DVD-RW (LG) for about 1.5 years, then gave it to my girlfriend and it still works without any problems, I currently use SATA DVD-RW (LG) drive which also works great.
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Again, I will take your word for it: the DVD-Rom player is out also :-)
Which LG drive do you have?
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Originally Posted by vermaden
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Yes, and here, and today, is the next problem (
)
I originally picked the Seasonic S12II 430W. Seasonic based on the recommendations in this thread, and the 430W was initial but I planned to change that to the 500W again based on your feedback.
But...(
):
1. On reading this on the Seasonic website:
http://www.seasonic.com/new/twevent20081002.htm
2. I asked the vendor if the S12II-500 they offered was a genuine retail S12II-500 or an OEM.
3. Next you know, this morning, both the S12II-500 and the S12II-430 are no longer on the website (
). Well, I guess, that's my answer to my question
4. Now 3 is not a problem per se, however, the remaining PSU's of Seasonic are quite expensive:
http://www.pcmegastore.nl/catalog/de...&filter_id=393
5. When I asked them to create an offer, they already recommend a different brand to me (OCZ), because they said 'cheaper and better'.
6. On checking that brand out I learned that Seasonic actually is an OEM for OCZ
sometimes, but then again, I've also learned that Seasonic makes to the specifications of OCZ, meaning Seasonic inside doesn't necessarily mean the same quality as original retail Seasonic itself.
So, here I am: the 'real' retail Seasonics remaining on the website suddenly are quite expensive, so I am thinking of moving away from Seasonic. That leaves me, again, with a search for another PSU. Of course, 80plus-certified, but then a good quality and not so expensive as Seasonic.
EDIT: A Corsair, one of these, would that be ok?
http://www.corsair.com/psufinder/res...se&vc_oc=False
Or a 550W here:
http://www.corsair.com/products/vx/default.aspx
Picking hardware is depressing
(How I long for the old days: can I have that 386SX16, yes, make it a monsterous machine, put in 4 MB of ram instead of 1
).