As long as you are building a machine, I would suggest that you use three separate hard drives. put the OS on one, the programs on the second, and the data on the third. the first two can be 5 to 10 gig in size (you use the spare space for temp storage and print spooling). The third should be large. this is more efficient and will speed up data transfer (instead of having the head of one HD doing all the work, you have three HD's working independently). You should also have a back up (removable?) hard drive (or two) for long term data storage (just in case your main storage drive goes bad - it is hell when that happens).
you did not specify your bus speed/memory speed. there are new memory chips (very expensive) that work at 5 to 10 times the speed (data transfer) of the SDRAM s. figuers --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 3014
