Well, as you've seen by now this isn't the case. The OP clings to the belief that he needs all these PCI slots because he thinks the onboard equivalents don't work as well. I'm not sure where he got that idea, but I doubt we'll be changing his mind in our lifetimes. Since the only card he would actually be putting in these slots is a sound card, it still makes no sense to need more than one or two PCI slots.
Another camp fears that all the onboard devices will fail at some point and they will need PCI slots to use to prevent having to replace the mobo. They haven't actually had this experience, but their overwhelming *fear* of it happening will probably guide their choices for many years to come. Again, they apparently haven't actually counted how many PCI slots would be needed to replace all the broken onboard devices. One I think (audio), although there are USB audio solutions also. Hitachi drives are currently the best drives on the market. They're built to higher specs, that's why they cost a bit more. They may be overkill for most people. If you had a bad experience with one then it's probably no great loss as you have many other viable choices for average systems. On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 1:20 AM, mike <xha...@gmail.com> wrote: > This sounds like someone who had a nightmare experience once and isn't going > to allow it to happen again. I don't want to put words in Christopher's > mouth...just what I was thinking. Same reason I won't buy Hitachi drives > even if they are half the price and twice the warranty. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
