10-27-2003, 03:57 PM
Hey GRITSY.
You can NEVER have too much memory. Stack it with as much as you can afford. Just find out what type
of memory that bigass motherboard supports and get the fastest available. Those Deskstar harddrives
are a little lackluster (alot of those for sale are refurbs). You want a dependable storage device so you don't
have to do the switch-a-roo again like we had to do with your old hard-drive. Maxtor, Western Digital (definately
gone downhill the last 2 years) and Seagate are the orders I would pick. I believe alot of those DeskStar drives are
actually Seagate drives.
Those neon round cables are probably your IDE cables to connect your storage devices to the motherboard. They make them
round instead of flat ribbons to better the airflow inside the case. Plus they look cooler.
You can get good memory at www.memory.com and your harddrive at www.pricewatch.com. Make sure the HD is at LEAST 7200RPM. Alot
of the BIG ASS DRIVES are only 5200RPM speed, hence the cheaper price.
You can NEVER have too much memory. Stack it with as much as you can afford. Just find out what type
of memory that bigass motherboard supports and get the fastest available. Those Deskstar harddrives
are a little lackluster (alot of those for sale are refurbs). You want a dependable storage device so you don't
have to do the switch-a-roo again like we had to do with your old hard-drive. Maxtor, Western Digital (definately
gone downhill the last 2 years) and Seagate are the orders I would pick. I believe alot of those DeskStar drives are
actually Seagate drives.
Those neon round cables are probably your IDE cables to connect your storage devices to the motherboard. They make them
round instead of flat ribbons to better the airflow inside the case. Plus they look cooler.
You can get good memory at www.memory.com and your harddrive at www.pricewatch.com. Make sure the HD is at LEAST 7200RPM. Alot
of the BIG ASS DRIVES are only 5200RPM speed, hence the cheaper price.