Just right JC, agreed on every subject, with some more : *SCSI is better, faster, smarter and more expensive than IDE and adaptec are the best for some 10 years.... the more cache\buffering you get the best and more money spent..... *IDE has a maximum of 4 devices unless you put some on USB> it could be an issue if you are going to have a CD-burner, a DVD player, a ZIP drive and a couple of HD for example *double HD setups are specially good since you can use one for booting and the other for storage, this situation is specially pleasant when of the drives fail and/or you need to reformat just one of them and not the only HD you have... you can always make it a twin system... *load as muach memory as you can 3*256 is a good shot *MB can be important if you want to use a sound and/or a video card... sometimes it4s a good pratice to spend some cash on them rather than going for onboard solutions... *at last but not at least go for a cable or better connection, remeber wireless connection mean less security, your neighbours can plug into your network even without your permission/knowledge.... *like someone once said, a plextor is a plextor in the same way as the who is the who.... *win XP can let you down with some of freeware you need to burn besides the scanners problem... I still remeber uncle bill showing off how good his win95 was and went into demonstrating how he could easily scan and alas.... it did not work!!!!! now some 7 years later and with less gates @ presentations, the talking still remains the same.... lol..... but then we all hope one day soon it will all be solved so you can experience it to its full extent... pay now and get it some time later when everyone outside MS can have time to develope hard+soft for XP....(i don4t like this line of thought but i see that4s what the sheep can do except for making some noise now and again...) all the best, keep on surfin4.... orion@bhz, brazil
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Glen Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 9:07 PM Subject: Re: [etree] Building a download/burning computer > Here are a few tips: > > 1) Using an all-SCSI system (HD, CDROM, CDR) used to be the best way to go, > but nowadays the IDE stuff is perfectly acceptable. However, SCSI is pretty > nice =) (yet more expensive) > > 2) Get a Plextor CDROM for great DAE with EAC. > > 3) Get a Plextor CDR, as you've said. It really doesn't matter what > model..get a fast one though =) > > 4) Get a ton of RAM. If you're going to be doing any music editing, alot of > RAM is essential. Go for 512mb. > > 5) If you're a windows person, use Win2K or WinXP. Both are MUCH better at > memory management/usage than the win9X series. WinXP even has native built > in support for burning data CDs through windows explorer. > > 6) Get a huge, 7200rpm Hard Drive. > > 7) The MB doesn't really have much bearing on burning/downloading. I'd > recommend an MSI motherboard if you're building the computer, especially if > you aren't a master at building computers. MSI boards are cheap, extremely > stable, and very easy to set up. Of course there are tons and tons of other > perfectly good motherboards you could use. > > 8) If you do decide to go with a SCSI HD, CDROM, and CDR, get an adaptec > SCSI controller card. > > If you're going to use an AMD processor, a great forum site is > www.amdmb.com. > > > Jeremy > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Glen Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > My computer is about 4 yrs. old now, and I've been thinking about building > > one with the specific goal of having a very good machine to do shn and > music > > work on. Does anyone of know of either 1)a discussion forum for this kind > > of info? i.e. a place to discuss soundcards, cd burners, mother boards, > etc. > > or 2) has anybody here recently built such a creature and have advise on > > what to get? > > I don't convert DATs to cdrs so don't need a digital input soundcard but > > want a nice one for editing waves and playing shns. I'm assuming I'll get > a > > Plextor burner (does it matter what model) but what about the cd-rom brand > > used for EAC? I've search the web for such a forum but with no luck; I > > think others could benefit if someone could post a link. Thanks. > > Glen > > _______________________________________________ > etree.org etree mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://mail.etree.org/mailman/listinfo/etree > > Need help? Ask <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ etree.org etree mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://mail.etree.org/mailman/listinfo/etree Need help? Ask <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
