Got some new toys!

Yup, I got some new hardware today.

A Microsoft MultiMedia keyboard (loving it). I don\'t think I can be blamed for buying a new keyboard - the old one was nearly 10 years old.

I also got a CD-RW drive (long needed). I bought the LiteOn 48/24/48 because LiteOn is cheap and reliable - and fast, of course.

Hopefully I should be able to buy a new PC next month. I was thinking something in the lines of:

P4 2.4 GHz (and then I\'ll OC it to ~3 GHz naturally )
512 mb PC3500
120 gb Seagate SATA 7200 RPM harddrive
Asus mobo
My new CD-RW
etc.

Can\'t wait.

congrats dude .
i would\'ve expected you to go with and AMD proc. but i guess u realised that AMD teh suck .
also great choice withthe cd-rw .

Nah, unlike some people (*cough* ) I can buy one brand and still think another brand is good as well.

I installed one of those CDR-W drives at work, they burn great. Plus the got that feature that stops it from burning out.

amd is teh suck

120 gb Seagate SATA 7200 RPM harddrive

I would hold back on that, seagate is shit and it\'s there first SATA, go look at the reviews on it, not impressive. Soon MAxtor and WD will be comming out with SATA hard drives, other wise get the standard  ATA and raid them.

Also are you using the vapochil to overclock the CPU, personally I have one and it\'s great.

Ehem... thanks for your concern, but I have read plenty reviews on the Seagate. And I wouldn\'t exactly say Seagate is shit... I\'m not buying it for the performance (not that it\'s exactly slow), but because of the ease of SATA.

As for overclocking - the standard in a box fan will do just fine in most cases if you get a C1 stepping. Which I am of course.

Sounds schweet.. Theres nothing like a new PC

"120 gb Seagate SATA 7200 RPM harddrive "

Supah.. Im thinking of getting a 120GB too.
How much will that Seagate cost ya?

Fast, around 1400-1500 DKR. At least that\'s the current price.

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Nice stuff, although u got the burner that i\'m getting. You already knew that

Hope u get your pc soon sammy, However a pc like that needs atleast a gf4

Ehem... thanks for your concern, but I have read plenty reviews on the Seagate

i UNDERSTAND, but remeber earily adopters pay the price, also I hear WD has a 10,000rpm SATA HD comming out.

Also regarding the issue of overclocking, you intend to overclock a 2.4 ghz P4 to 3.1 with a copper heatsink and fan(not advisible)

My overclocked CPU has 800mhz FSB with ddr 400(in a dual channel ram motherboard-granitbay) at 3.1-3.2 stable as F*CK.

At least water cool the thing????????????

Heh, I\'m not planning on water cooling (too much of a hassle IMO). I\'m just gonna OC whatever I can with the stock fan. 3 GHz shouldn\'t be out of reach, but 2.8 GHz or whatever will also be just fine. I can always get another fan if need be (and I don\'t think it will).

As far as the harddrive goes - I need it soon. If the WD is out by then and around the same price then I\'ll of course consider it. But so far the Seagate is my choice and it\'ll do just fine. It\'s fast, stable, easy and reliable. Oh, and very quiet.

As far as the harddrive goes - I need it soon. If the WD is out by then and around the same price then I\'ll of course consider it. But so far the Seagate is my choice and it\'ll do just fine. It\'s fast, stable, easy and reliable. Oh, and very quiet.
 

 

I hear ya, my friend is buying the SEAGATE as well, cause he just purchased the Gigabyte Granitbay mother board with SATA raid. Since Maxtor and WD have not come out with the SATA hard drives yet(Maxtor will be in the next month) he has no choice but to get the seagate. Anyhow I hope you enjoy your new upgrades, regarding the OC, I only made a big stink about it cause, I thought you wanted to get the FSB speed to 800mhz(which can only be done with liquid freon cooling aka..Vapochill) so that it could run syncronisivly with the ddr 400.

Anyhow make sure that use use Artic Silver 3 theremal paste.

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Originally posted by NVIDIA256


i UNDERSTAND, but remeber earily adopters pay the price, also I hear WD has a 10,000rpm SATA HD comming out.

Also regarding the issue of overclocking, you intend to overclock a 2.4 ghz P4 to 3.1 with a copper heatsink and fan(not advisible)

My overclocked CPU has 800mhz FSB with ddr 400(in a dual channel ram motherboard-granitbay) at 3.1-3.2 stable as F*CK.

At least water cool the thing????????????

Get a SLK800 sink, now that sink is probably one of the best sinks for overclocking, the price of it is high though, and you have to supply your own fan. If i was to overclock. I\'d be using that sink.. Watercooling imo isn\'t worth the money. Not yet anyway.

Soon enough it\'ll probably end up a standard. Cpus will end up needing better cooling then sinks/fans can supply. Unless they design better cores.

Watercooling imo isn\'t worth the money. Not yet anyway

A good water cooling system, setup properly; is 5 times more effective than the best copper heat sink. Plus water cooling systems look awesome, put the ink dye in and a neon light and you have a pimping system. Also liquid freon is the best cooling option avalible out there right now, my colleuge got his 2.4 ghz p4 up to 3.2ghz, My processor FSB has been overclocked to 800Mhz, you simply can\'t do that with a Copper heatsink or water cooling.