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    Getting a new computer, here is the specs

    I am not sure what you are completely saying, but SATA Hard drives are just drives that are on a different cable (SATA cable) and they have a faster transfer rate (10,000 rpm). I think you are thinking about RAID, that setup allows you to dupilicate your main hard drive to your secondary one. :)
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    Getting a new computer, here is the specs

    can you show me some numbers, cause I think that 10,000 rpm is a lot faster than 7,200 rpm...
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    Getting a new computer, here is the specs

    thanks for your imput guys... I want the SATA Hard drive because I already have a 160 gb IDE HD, and SATA is just SOOO much faster than IDE... steve
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    Getting a new computer, here is the specs

    im lookin for speed here, I header the SATA Raptor Hard Drives are lightening fast... I see what you mean about downgrading to save money, but its not much cheaper...I myself just bought the Gforce 5600, 256 mb ram, ddr
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    Getting a new computer, here is the specs

    I see what you mean, but in 6 months from now, you'll say to yourself "in 6 more months it will be faster" - my rule of thumb is to double my processor speed when I want to upgrade... so 1.7 to 3.0 sounds good to me...
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    Getting a new computer, here is the specs

    well as of right now, im re-using some parts from my machine for my computer, but im also building a new computer for my friend. I was also thinkin of getting a 256 card for him as well, I got a GForce 5600 256 mb ram, and it wasn't a bad price. Actually mine was cheaper than the 128 mb one...
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    Getting a new computer, here is the specs

    ANTEC Performance Plus Case with 430W Power Supply, Model "PLUS1080AMG" Lite-On DVD-RW/+RW Drive, Model LDW-411S Beige bulk Arctic cooling 80mm CPU Cooler For Intel Socket 478 3.2GHz+, Model "ACSS4PL" Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB 10,000RPM SATA Hard Drive Corsair Value Select 184...
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    building a new system, need some opinions

    nice site, i guess workstations are not meant for dual processors... I wanted a dual processor because I really like the speed, whats a good processor to overclock?
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    building a new system, need some opinions

    yeah, I could understand that... are their any dual processor motherboards that are meant for worksation use. I could only find dual p3 motherbords, but they don't make the chips fast enough.. steve
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    building a new system, need some opinions

    I want to build a new machine, and I am looking at getting a dual xeon P4, or just a P4 3.0g processor. What do you guys think of the Xeons? this is what I was looking at: http://www.partspc.com/store/product1672.html Whats the pros and cons of a dual Xeon as compares to a Single P4...
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