Alright, the nForce4 is out of stock at Monarch PC. ETA for more to come in is December 28.
I'm pretty happy with what I've come up with so far, which now has a Western Digital Caviar SE 250 GB SATA 8MB (WD2500SD) and, once again, 1 GB RAM (512x2) OCZ DDR PC3200 400MHz ELS Revision 2.
But this screenshot keeps bothering me:
[url]http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/modules/gallery/oblivion/TES4MountainHorse[/url]
If I want my computer to last without upgrade until around 2007, when I'll probably have to buy one of those dual core chips or dual processor computers, will I want 2 GB of RAM now?
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by MT [/i]
[B]Alright, the nForce4 is out of stock at Monarch PC. ETA for more to come in is December 8.
I'm pretty happy with what I've come up with so far, which now has a Western Digital Caviar SE 250 GB SATA 8MB (WD2500SD) and, once again, 1 GB RAM (512x2) OCZ DDR PC3200 400MHz ELS Revision 2.
But this screenshot keeps bothering me:
[url]http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/modules/gallery/oblivion/TES4MountainHorse[/url]
If I want my computer to last without upgrade until around 2007, when I'll probably have to buy one of those dual core chips or dual processor computers, will I want 2 GB now? [/B][/QUOTE]
In regards to that Hard Drive choice.
A slower spinning hard drive will generate less heat, and likely last longer also. Access tolerances will be less for a slower drive also.
So the question is, how much is that drive to be used. Is it to be constantly written and read from for AV work or file server use, or is it going to be basically a chunk of virtual memory to store static images over long periods of time?
If the latter, a slower spinning drive with more room is your choice... ;)
Random ChaosActually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
An intersting thing JackN mentioned but didn't follow up the way I thought he would (since he used virtual memory as longterm storage, not extra ram the way windows treats it):
Virtual memory. If you have too little Ram your hard drive that holds your Virtual Memory will be under constant access. This shortens the drive life.
BTW - 1gig of ram should be plenty to avoid that problem ;)
Random ChaosActually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
I was wondering...
If you have an SLI mobo, then put on 2 Gigabyte SLI dual GPU cards, will SLI support the now 4 GPUs?
Well, I will likely use up that 250 GB, especially sometime in late 2006 (when I may need another hard drive) due to video editing, but for now it'll hold tons of digital pictures. So it's a keeper.
As for Gigabyte's 3D1, according to some guy's opinion here: [url]http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2004Dec/gee20041217028315.htm[/url]
...the answer is an unfortunate no.
I might've waited, otherwise.
Some people seem to think it'll work with Alienware's "video array," though, which is like nVidia's SLI, but without the limitation of having to have two of the same cards from the same manufacturer.
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I wouldn't keep faster spinning HDs as better choise for normal use considering their small capacity. (also they produce more heat)
BTW, here's some comparison data:
[url]http://www.storagereview.com/comparison.html[/url]
Alright, the nForce4 is out of stock at Monarch PC. ETA for more to come in is December 28.
I'm pretty happy with what I've come up with so far, which now has a Western Digital Caviar SE 250 GB SATA 8MB (WD2500SD) and, once again, 1 GB RAM (512x2) OCZ DDR PC3200 400MHz ELS Revision 2.
But this screenshot keeps bothering me:
[url]http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/modules/gallery/oblivion/TES4MountainHorse[/url]
If I want my computer to last without upgrade until around 2007, when I'll probably have to buy one of those dual core chips or dual processor computers, will I want 2 GB of RAM now?
[B]Alright, the nForce4 is out of stock at Monarch PC. ETA for more to come in is December 8.
I'm pretty happy with what I've come up with so far, which now has a Western Digital Caviar SE 250 GB SATA 8MB (WD2500SD) and, once again, 1 GB RAM (512x2) OCZ DDR PC3200 400MHz ELS Revision 2.
But this screenshot keeps bothering me:
[url]http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/modules/gallery/oblivion/TES4MountainHorse[/url]
If I want my computer to last without upgrade until around 2007, when I'll probably have to buy one of those dual core chips or dual processor computers, will I want 2 GB now? [/B][/QUOTE]
In regards to that Hard Drive choice.
A slower spinning hard drive will generate less heat, and likely last longer also. Access tolerances will be less for a slower drive also.
So the question is, how much is that drive to be used. Is it to be constantly written and read from for AV work or file server use, or is it going to be basically a chunk of virtual memory to store static images over long periods of time?
If the latter, a slower spinning drive with more room is your choice... ;)
Virtual memory. If you have too little Ram your hard drive that holds your Virtual Memory will be under constant access. This shortens the drive life.
BTW - 1gig of ram should be plenty to avoid that problem ;)
If you have an SLI mobo, then put on 2 Gigabyte SLI dual GPU cards, will SLI support the now 4 GPUs?
--RC
As for Gigabyte's 3D1, according to some guy's opinion here: [url]http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2004Dec/gee20041217028315.htm[/url]
...the answer is an unfortunate no.
I might've waited, otherwise.
Some people seem to think it'll work with Alienware's "video array," though, which is like nVidia's SLI, but without the limitation of having to have two of the same cards from the same manufacturer.
[url]http://www.alienware.com/ALX_pages/main_content.aspx[/url]
It seems someone has reviewed the 3D1: [url]http://www.ocworkbench.com/2004/gigabyte/GV-3D1/g1.htm[/url]