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:	post by ArrowHead is watching you at 2007-06-27 14:08:08

I see so many no-no's in this thread I don't know where to start.

Pro-tools? Don't get Vista. Get XP. Furthermore, in my opinion, don't get pro-tools.

Niccolai - are you planning on getting memory? You list none.

Video card - getting a card because it has 512mb of memory is not the best idea. With a card, it's all about the GPU it uses, not the memory. You could have 900000000mb of memory, but if the GPU is going to bottleneck it will bottleneck

Cases with powersupplies included = dead power supply in a month, 9 times out of 10

Hard drive - Get a drive with 16mb cache, not 8. ESPECIALLY if you're planning on running pro-tools or other recording software. That cache effects read/write speed greatly.

Niccolai and MSD - Memory - never heard of Mushkin. Heard of OCZ, and I've heard decent things about them. However, Tiger Direct runs a sale on Corsair like every other month, and you could pick up 2 gig for around the same price. I have to say, it's the best memory I've ever used.

MSD - Memory again - that processor you are getting is awesome, I got the same one. However, it can handle up to 1000mhz. Why get 800mhz memory? Like I said, wait for the sale at Tiger and get the 1000mhz corsair if you can. Same money, and you avoid one potential bottleneck.

Also, and this may just be the intense jealousy talking, why run 2 8800's in sli? It's an awesome setup, but if it's the route you want to go wait a few more months. As these DX10 cards are coming out the 8800's have been dropping in price, and you'll probably be able to get a top end 8800 for under $300 a piece.

And yes, SLI mobos seem to all suck ass. The cards cover the fucking PCI slots, so they're pretty much useless. You're lucky to find a mobo that had one slot still open and usable.

And finally: LIGHTSCRIBE is NOT fucking WORTH IT! You can get a better, faster non-LS drive for the same money. Lightscribe is crap. 30 minutes to burn one single label. On DVD's, the labels come out so faded and blurry you need to burn it at LEAST 2-3 times to get one that looks decent. On top of that, the shit is buggy and sometimes will run the full 30 minutes without DOING anything. Add to that that the cheapest you'll find the damned DVD discs is about $1-2 a disc (a 25 pack spindel cost me $30, I've seen cheaper online, but at a rate of 3 bad discs out of 10 with the HP brand still not cheap enough).

Lighscribe is shit, get a printer that can print to disks instead. You can get printable DVD media for around 20-40 cents a disk, depending on the quality of discs you're willing to use. (crap for 20 cents, high quality TY discs for 40 cents.)

One more thing: look into that x-fi gamer sound card. From what I've heard, it's not worth the money. Read a few reviews first. You might be better off throwing a nice e-mu card or something more geared towards sound production in there for half the price.

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