Will This Work...

[madmatt]

You should buy at least a DVD-ROM over a standard CD-ROM drive. That way you can copy DVD's without using a cached method.

When you are ready to purchase the flat panels and/or the Logitech diNovo message me. I might be able to help you out.

 

[Not Bman]

I'm getting the cd/dvd burner, and I put a normal cdrom, because I'm not sure about the DVD/CD Rom combo drives, I haven't heard much about them.

 

[Not Bman]

Or wait, Can a DVD ROM read normal cd's too?

 

[madmatt]

DVD/CD combo drives work just as well. CD 48X read, 8X DVD read.

 

[Not Bman]

Alright, Plextor must have a good one eh.

 

[madmatt]

No, they only sell CD-RW and DVD+/-RW drives. That's why I bought two 716A's (I'm one of those people that things must match).

 

[Not Bman]

I'm going with a Lite-On DVD/CD Rom drive.

 

[kcnychief]

I have this drive, works well and reads DVD's at 16x:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827101131

Not to sound harsh, but if you didn't know that a DVD-ROM can read CD's, are you sure you feel comfortable building such an expensive system? I know it's a learning experience if you haven't before, but you may want to be careful....

 

[Not Bman]

It's not that I didn't know it, I just wasen't 100% sure you know.

 

[madmatt]

It's all good B, that's why you ask questions.

 

[kcnychief]

Yeah I wasn't trying to be a critic or anything, and as Matt said asking questions is always good going forward too

 

[Aprox]

I want to bring up the X-Fi thing again, the X-Fi Fatality is a waste of money. All it has is 64mb of on board ram that creative calls x-ram. In theory its supposed to improve performance, but games have to exclusivly be coded to use it. So far only one game does use it and that is BF2. There is no performance difference between the base model and the gaming model. The front panel is retarded, there are pci bracket solutions that cost less and are more convient. So I still say get the base model and if you need the I/O panel, then look into a pci bracket solution.

http://www.ihda.co.kr/skin/A/goods/productView.php?goo_code=030000006243

 

[madmatt]

I concure. Save the money and go with the base product. The front panel is useless unless you are into audio/video. It'll be a year before games start utilizing the X-Ram (if they ever do) and by then you will be ready to buy the latest and greatest.

 

[kcnychief]

Also, ZipZoomFly has it for only 94.99 after rebates.

Rebate is good until 03/01/06 though, not sure if you can buy it right now...

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=290236http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=290236&affiliate=pricegrabber

That is a pretty good price, I may get one for myself.

 

[iceman7311]

Maybe im crazy but why would you buy an expensive sli motherboard and get a graphics card that does not support sli.I would either recomend changing your graphics card to a nvidia or getting a less expensive non sli motherboard.

 

[Not Bman]

I have researched, and that motherboard has everything I need which most otherones dont, and the sli is the only extra thing. The price isn't that bad I think.

If you guys are saying that the basic product, wont wreck my gaming experience then I guess I should go with that one.

 

[iceman7311]

do you have your heart set on ATI?

 

[Not Bman]

I used to be a big Nvidia fan, but I wanted to switch over and see what's the big about ATI, and yea.

 

[iceman7311]

have you looked at cross fire boards?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136165


this one is $100 dollars less then the asus one and i has all hte same features.

 

[Not Bman]

No I never did, to be honest, I don't really trust anything but ASUS....