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| Love Monkey |
Anyone know if i can run a UDMA 66 And UDMA 100 hard drive at the same time?
In the words of Ali G: "Give a man a compilation tape and he'll dance for a night. Teach a man to scratch, and he'll be dancing for generations!" |
| dr smiley |
sry dude i cant help ya but KEEP DANCIN
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| DJ Mouse |
i think you can,but if you ask me a hard drive's a hard drive lol
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"Don't frown when someone annoys you, it uses 42 muscles. Bitch-slap the fu©ker, it only uses 4"
DJ Mouse |
| Oli G |
I think you can
As long as you have a UDAM 100 controler.. or the udam 100 hdd will just run at 66
"ENERGISE"
\o/ <o/ \o> <o> /o\ _o/ \o_ |
| Love Monkey |
Cheers olighalebi, someone else said that too. I think i'll stick with just one UDMA 100 drive.
A lot of people say that you should have a single drive dedicated to audio. Does the abscence of apps/other data enhance performance?
In the words of Ali G: "Give a man a compilation tape and he'll dance for a night. Teach a man to scratch, and he'll be dancing for generations!" |
| DJ Mouse |
it all depends on your processor power and how much ram is on your system.
i got one drive for audio and one for everything else.
tip: you want as little as possible on your system tray (all the little icons by the clock) have as many programs as you like on the computer but disable any that come on the system tray unless you really need them
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"Don't frown when someone annoys you, it uses 42 muscles. Bitch-slap the fu©ker, it only uses 4"
DJ Mouse |
| Oli G |
well the less stuff you have read/writin to the drive...
the quicker it is
"ENERGISE"
\o/ <o/ \o> <o> /o\ _o/ \o_ |
| Annex |
*nods*
and of course important to keep her defragged constantly ;)
one option you might consider is a partition for just yer audio stuff...
currently on this comp i have a 40 gig (which turns out to be like 38)
but anyhoo! i have C: , D: , E: , F: lol... then my DVD and CDRW are M: and N: respectivly ;)
i was gettin frustrated with some instability issues i was having, and a buddy gave me this set up..... thus far it works well
C: primary logical drive NTFS (bout 2 gigs the idea being it's JUST your OS... the ONLY thing on it is your windows)
D: is 1.2 gigs... i have my I386 folder on there (off the iwndows CD so i don't haveta "please insert windows CD now"... my Temporary Internet folders... and my my page, uses that drive (page is your virtual memory, that's what ends up fragmenting your system, cuz it just grabs free bits of memory to use as a sort of 'ram'... doesn't clean up after itself though, so i keep all the defrag on D, and so it doesn't slow everything else down)
E: is 10 gigs... it's in FAT32.. it's where i install everything (fat32 cuz some proggies dutn like NTFS)
F: 24 gigs.. NTFS.. this is just storage.. this is where all my music goes, all my miscelanious pictures, text, everything that isnt' a program that runs etc :)
the beauty of this.... is if windows is buggering horribly and needs to be reinstalled.... you can format C: and everything else is still there, might not all work properly, but it's there so at least you can work with it :)
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potatoe :)
keep on smiling |
| silver |
I bought a seperate IDE controller for my second drive of UDMA 100
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you, me and hardcore forever. |
| Love Monkey |
Thanks people!
I'm thinkin of upgrading to the following.Are here any issues i should know about?Or can anyone suggest something better? I already have a delta 1010
Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz Boxed PC400
- Socket PGA478, 512kB "Northwood"
ATI RADEON 7500 64MB DDR AGP
IBM Deskstar 40GB IDE 7200RPM
- ATA/100 Hard Driv 120GXP /IC35L040AVVA07
DDR-DIMM PC2100 512MB DDR CL2.5
Generic Memory 184-P (for DDR-PC266mhz)
Asus P4B266 Mainboard for S478/P-4
I845D, ATA/100, ATX, Retail, USB2.0, DDR
In the words of Ali G: "Give a man a compilation tape and he'll dance for a night. Teach a man to scratch, and he'll be dancing for generations!" |
| Underloop |
Damn, now I'm jealous!!
*goes back to his PIII 700*
Matthew aka Cyclone/Underloop
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"Wait a minute, thats not the Monsterometer, its the Frog Exagerator" |
| DJ STYLUS |
Well since we are all on bout wot systems we use..I start wiv mine in order worst to best....
Compaq Presario 5166
AMD K6-2 333Mhz
32 MB Ram
4.2 GB Hard Drive
32X Cd-Rom
Packard Bell
Intel Pentium III Processor 450Mhz
64 MB Ram
7.6 GB Hard Drive
Pioneer DVD Rom
Tiny Entertainment Plus
1200 Mhz Amd Athlon Processor
256 MB Ram
45 GB Hard Drive
Cheapy DVD Rom
Cheap (Crackly) Cd-Rewriter
Sub-Woofer Unit
Packard Bell - Silver Series Notebook
Intel Celeron 1200Mhz
256 Mb Ram
20 GB Hard Drive
DVD Rom
Windows XP
Time Monster XP2000+
Amd athlon XP 2000+ Processor
512 MB DDR PC2100 Ram memory
80GB Hard Drive
CD-Rewriter
LG DVD ROM
Windows XP
I Never upgrade my systems I just buy a new one....but i did upgrade my first comp (compaq pressario) With 3dfx voodoo 3 graphics...
I don't wanna see any of you walkin', U'd betta be runnin'. . . |
| DJ Mouse |
i'm on a celeron 566mhz
128mb sd-ram
2x 6gb drives
sb live 5.1 soundcard
cable modem (128k but soon upgrading to 512)
some crappy dvd rom
lite-on 12x10x32x cd burner
running windows 98se
that's pretty much it
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"Don't frown when someone annoys you, it uses 42 muscles. Bitch-slap the fu©ker, it only uses 4"
DJ Mouse |
| Annex |
hmmm
asus kt7-e motherboard
1.1 ghz duron
256megs of pc133
40gb HD
yamaha 8/4/24 cdrw (gonna send for warranty it seems to be producing a buttload of coasters lately)
16x dvd rom
set of 4+woofer altec lansing satelite speakers
running win2k (thinkin gonna try winxp again soon, as renegade doesn't seem to like win2k)
the real kick in the pants
sound blaster PCI 64.... peice of crap sound card, it literally makes my computer freeze from time to time, it's the worse POS ...
*still has yet to hear proper surround from his speakers*
mega - kick int he pants
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potatoe :)
keep on smiling |
| Love Monkey |
Listen peeps if there's one thing i know its that the soundblaster cards are *really* pants for music making. I strongly suggest you all get rid of them.
Damn computer music magazine....
In the words of Ali G: "Give a man a compilation tape and he'll dance for a night. Teach a man to scratch, and he'll be dancing for generations!" |
| milo |
pII 400 running win95 wOOp!
"It's all good..." |
| DJ Mouse |
they're real noisy i think,and general midi sucks
but at least there's the soundfonts which are pretty handy
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"Don't frown when someone annoys you, it uses 42 muscles. Bitch-slap the fu©ker, it only uses 4"
DJ Mouse |
| Lusive |
In response to the HDD question:
Yes you can run a ata100 and a 66 on the same computer.. but you have to put them on different IDE channels.. so put the 100 on primary and the 66 on secondary.
that way the ata100 drive will run as fast as possible and will only revert to ata66 when copying to or from the ata66 drive. if you have a cd drive put it on secondary aswell. try and keep only ata100's together..
remember putting anything thats not ata100 on the same channel (primary) will slow it down. remember also that cd drives are sometimes not even udma33 so try keep them away from your primary channel too.
As for soundblaster cards. They are decent cards if you get the right drivers for them.. anything below a sblive is definitely pants.. sblive or audigy can be really cheap and powerfull cards if you use the kX drivers. kX basically turns the sblive/audigy into a studio quiality card.. with low latency, and ACTUALLY uses its dsp capabilities. (it shits on the audigy drivers)
kx Drivers: http://www.kxproject.com
they are being improved all the time which is more than you can say about creativelabs' drivers.. *cough* wankers *cough*
| A good way to threaten somebody is to light a stick of dynamite. Then you call the guy and hold the burning fuse up to the phone. "Hear that?" you say. "That's dynamite, baby." -Jack Handy | |
| Soren |
OK, here's my suggestions:
"Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz Boxed PC400
- Socket PGA478, 512kB "Northwood""
That's good. But check out the new 2.26 GHz+ P4a's out perform the Athlons (a lot) and now support a 533mhz FSB.
"ATI RADEON 7500 64MB DDR AGP"
If you want super performance and can spend about $200 on a video card get a Geforce4. Any of the Ti4200 cards w/128MB are good.
"IBM Deskstar 40GB IDE 7200RPM
- ATA/100 Hard Driv 120GXP /IC35L040AVVA07"
Stay away from the Deskstar series. They suck. I had one, it blew up. The overal customer satisfaction rating on the Deskstars on Cnet is around 45% right now, which makes them one of the worst rated product lines of all time. Plus mine blew up :( You have been warned :) Get a Seagate Barracuda, or if you have a little extra cash get a Western Digital WD1200JB they are the best harddrives (IDE at least) on the market. Although IDE is moving to serial soon so....
"Asus P4B266 Mainboard for S478/P-4
I845D, ATA/100, ATX, Retail, USB2.0, DDR"
Get a P4T533-C. Also by Asus. It supports the 533 Mhz FSB for your processor and supports RDRAM PC1066 RIMM's. The new 533 MHZ RDRAM just smashes the DDR-DIMM's. It's about 40% "faster" than PC2700 RAM.
"DDR-DIMM PC2100 512MB DDR CL2.5
Generic Memory 184-P (for DDR-PC266mhz)"
If you really want DDR DIMM's get PC2700 CL2 RAM. It should be coming out right about now. And if you you still plan on getting PC2100 chips get CL2 not CL2.5. I forget exactly what CL (CAS) stands for, but basically it's the latency in the RAM so CL2 has 20% less latency (lag) than CL2.5 basically making it about 20% faster. However PC2100 runs at 7.5NS and PC2700 runs at 5-6 NS so it's got faster access and better bus tranfers :)
"POI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
EDIT: I wanted this message to say "edited on xx/xx/xxxx so I am editing it :)
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| zilv3r |
Here's my monster of a machine :D
Intel Dual Boot Mother Board
AMD Althlon 1.7gig Processors x 2 overclocked at 2gig each giving me 4gig processing power
512 SDRAM x 2
RAID Card
4 x 80gig Western Digital Hard Drives
Ge Force 4 Ti 4600 Graphics Card
Sonic Fury Sound Card
Pinnacle TV Capture Card With TV In/Out Port
Netgear Network Interface Card
Conexant 56k Modem With Built in Fax(Not In Use)
USB Hub (Series 2 USB)
Panasonic 3 1/2 Inch Floppy Drive
52x Speed CD Rom Drive
x16 Speed DVD Drive
32x28x52 Speed CD RE Writer
4 x 80mill Fans
2 x 120mill Fans
Canon BCJ 1000 Printer (Bubble jet printer)
Intel Server Base Unit Case (Moddified to fit all the extra fans)
Why all the pressure to sum up my life, my religion, my whole world in one line? |
| Soren |
Nice, but before you blow the cash on a Dual processor unit make sure the software you are planning on using supports dual proccessing or you are just wasting money.
Also, the new Maxtor hard drives are actually the best around for running Raid arrays so you might wanna check them out. I think the model # is D740X or something like that.
And check out Lian Li cases at: www.coolerguys.com they are what all the "hardcore" tweakers use. They are all aluminum which makes them lighter, stronger, and cooler. Plus they have a bunch that are modded with side view panels and 4-6 fans including side and top fans. They are quite simply the best cases you can get. The Lian Li PC-65 Custom Version 2 being the best for most people. It comes with 5 fans stock i think and is just about the coolest case you can get.
And at the same sight check out the CPU coolers if you are gonna overclock. The ThermalTake Volcano 7+ was benchmarked the best cooler available at any price, but they are like $50 each....
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