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HDD Questions
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Liltone
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12. January 2006 @ 10:16 |
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Im plannin on buildin a gaming machine, but i gotta know sumthin, instead of buyin a new hard drive, can i just use this one? is it possible to just plug this one up to it n use it?.. cuz im sayin, mine is 160GB, thats aight for now, if i could i'd use this one it til i get me the 250GB SATA i want.
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12. January 2006 @ 11:20 |
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If it still works you can use it. Sata is faster data rate but what you have will work fine. Drive RPM's are probably more important if you want a gaming rig so maybe buy the fastest (about 10,000 RPM at the moment methinks) you can when it is time to buy.
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ScubaBud
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12. January 2006 @ 13:11 |
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YES you can.
Both spindle speed and cache size are important.
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Liltone
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13. January 2006 @ 08:10 |
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yeah my 160GB works, its 7200RPM... so is the SATA i want, but about them 10,000RPMs idk... they cost alot, ive seen one once, it was like 74GB and it costed alot im like waaaat? then i read it said 10,000... u know any website that sells em for a fair price, and oh yeah.. about the cache...i dont even know wat that word means, is it better when it has a higher or lower number cache?..well thanx for the post, im hopin to see a reply soon.. i have to hurry n decide wat i want on the pc ima build..
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SypherTek
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13. January 2006 @ 08:15 |
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if what your planning is keeping your windows installation on the hard drive than that wont work. the hard drive will work in the machine but you wont be able to boot from it until you reinstall windows
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ScubaBud
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13. January 2006 @ 08:58 |
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SpecificationsModel
Brand Western Digital
Series Raptor
Model WD1500ADFD
Performance
Capacity 150GB
Cache 16MB < Higher is better
RPM 10,000 RPM
Average Seek Time 4.6ms <Lower is better
Average Latency 2.99ms <Lower is better
Interface Serial ATA150
Physical Spec
Form Factor 3.5"
$299.99 <Lower is much much better <G>
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Liltone
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13. January 2006 @ 09:16 |
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aight thanx now i can make sure i always choose one thats good.
n yeah i posted a thread bout the computer i wanna build u should take a look..gimme some advice, oh n no, im not plannin on takin windows with me, i aint even thought about it, i jus wanna save money..
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Liltone
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13. January 2006 @ 09:21 |
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how ever, this reminds me...i got some questions about buildin a PC and i need the "know hows"...any threads on any of this stuff? like "how to not end up fryin the motherboard"
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13. January 2006 @ 09:44 |
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My 74gig Raptor kicks serious ass! Well worth it, if you want a serious gaming machine. If you hook up 2, then you will get quite a leap in an already fast machine!
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Liltone
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13. January 2006 @ 10:22 |
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u kno any website where i can get one of them 10,000RPMs for cheap?.. and another thing, does it depend on ur mother board, to as how many HDDs u can put on ur computer? or does the motherboard have nuttin to do with it, im soon to own a ASUS A8N-SLI premium ATX AMD Mobo and im wonderin if i can put up to 3 HDDs on it
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13. January 2006 @ 11:30 |
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Liltone
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13. January 2006 @ 16:08 |
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well.. i got another question, im thinkin if i should open up another thread but i like havin only 2 threads open, that way im not lost... i dont understand the whole RAID thing, i dont even know wat raid means... see the thing is that i dont understand big words cuz its too complex for my vocabulary, so can sumbody explainificate the whole raid topic for me lol
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13. January 2006 @ 18:16 |
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Riad is basically where you have to drives and the system see's it as one big whole drive. So then data is read or wrote [striped] across the two drives. So since ya using two drives at once then you system would speed up quite a bit. Google for it. There is a couple different raid set up's.:>
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Liltone
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13. January 2006 @ 19:50 |
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oh aight thnx, i still need to know sumthing tho, do i need to buy a 16x graphics card for a 16x PCIe slot, or can i use a 8x graphics card on the 16x PCIe slot?
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13. January 2006 @ 20:12 |
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No there is no such thing as a 8x pci x card. The only card is 8x agp which is totally different from pci x.:>
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Liltone
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13. January 2006 @ 20:33 |
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yeah i know, i jus figured dis, i was lookin at an AGP card, my mistake.. ay can u explain to me wat vivo is? im lookin at a 6600GT with "vivo"...
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