07-03-2004, 06:51 PM
Greetings Lurkers!
I am about to start building myself a new pc and would like to know a little about the hardware I am considering. First off, I have always used IDE hard drives and would like to know the diferences between IDE and SATA. The SATA drive I am considering is OEM and says it requires and additional power adapter. What does this mean? Secondly the motherboard I am getting (ABIT NF7-S v2) has onboard SATA/RAID. Is this some type of controller? And if so is it wise to use the onboard controller? Thats about all I have to ask at the moment. For those of you curious as to the systems specs they are as follows:
ABIT NF7-S v2 motherboard
AMD Athlon XP 3000+ (400mhz fsb)
Volcano 12 HSF
512mb (2x256) Kingston Hyper-X PC3200
Seagate 80GB (either SATA or IDE haven't decided)
ATI Radeon 9800pro
52x CD-ROM (may also get a CD-RW)
17" CRT monitor
420watt PSU (comes with the RAIDMAX case)
3 80mm case fans
I will use the onboard audio as I really have no need for a fancy sound card. The setup I currently use takes advantage of the on board audio and it sounds great. (of course the stereo system I have hooked to it is the main reason :P )
Nomad25055 :D
I am about to start building myself a new pc and would like to know a little about the hardware I am considering. First off, I have always used IDE hard drives and would like to know the diferences between IDE and SATA. The SATA drive I am considering is OEM and says it requires and additional power adapter. What does this mean? Secondly the motherboard I am getting (ABIT NF7-S v2) has onboard SATA/RAID. Is this some type of controller? And if so is it wise to use the onboard controller? Thats about all I have to ask at the moment. For those of you curious as to the systems specs they are as follows:
ABIT NF7-S v2 motherboard
AMD Athlon XP 3000+ (400mhz fsb)
Volcano 12 HSF
512mb (2x256) Kingston Hyper-X PC3200
Seagate 80GB (either SATA or IDE haven't decided)
ATI Radeon 9800pro
52x CD-ROM (may also get a CD-RW)
17" CRT monitor
420watt PSU (comes with the RAIDMAX case)
3 80mm case fans
I will use the onboard audio as I really have no need for a fancy sound card. The setup I currently use takes advantage of the on board audio and it sounds great. (of course the stereo system I have hooked to it is the main reason :P )
Nomad25055 :D
R.I.P. Pete! I can't believe you're gone. 