About to Order Components for a New System!!!!

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AMD Athlon XP 1900+      
Gigabyte GA-7VTXH
PC2100 DDR SDRAM 512MB   
PC2100 DDR SDRAM 512MB   
Maxtor EIDE 80.0 GB         
Geforce 3 Ti500   
Creative Labs Audigy 5.1 Platinum   
Creative Labs Inspire 5.1
Windows XP Home Edition
Plextor 16x40x DVD-ROM Drive
Samsung 1.44MB Floppy Drive
Black Standard ATX Case (The Alienware a-51 Case)
3COM 56k V.90 Modem
 
Well, I've just bought a DVD Drive for my Comp for 179,- DM ('bout 80 US $) and I'm thinkin' bout buying a new HDD with 40 GB of Space. Sicne I got a DVD Drive I'm gonna copy movies, but this takes 'bout 8 - 10 GB ! So I need more space...

 - Alhexx
 
jari-> no, it just isnt plextor. i meant pioneer.

the whole thing costs about $1500
 
alhexx-> i have a Studio DC10 plus, and a 17 GB hd reserved ONLY for movies. (I didnt have a Digital Camcorder until around Febuary) I have yet to fill it up.
 
Well, like I said, I'll buy a new HDD the next time... :grin:

 - Alhexx
 
Actually Alhexx... I need to go out an get a 100 gig HD... My 30 gig HD is full... and I only have 2 full-length movies on it. (Office Space & The Fifth Element)

And I already have a Pioneer DVD burner. It's good, but the DVD Authoring software that comes with it is a total piece of crap. But it's better than nothing...

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heh heh . . . nice specs.

How's that Gigabyte board been rating?

(The only experience I've had with Gigabyte boards was a cheap $50 one my shop instructor picked up at a computer show for an older computer.)
 
Man, I won a 100G HD at the Lan party I go to (unreal tournament deathmatch), but I had to sell it to buy a new case/mb/and processor.  Could've used it to.

I'm planning on getting a notebook, and I was looking at one for college/gaming.  I looked at the HP N5475 (1 ghz amd, 30G hd, 8 mg video card, 256 ram, 56k 10/100 nic, dvd/cdrw).  Should I go for the 30G or go for the 900 mhz with a 20G?

Obviously I can burn what I need to on cd's, but I was wondering if it was worth the extra $400 for the 30G.
 
I don't need no 100GB - I'm not going to save the movies on my hard disk - I just need 'bout 10GB free space to copy the movie onto CD-Rs... that's all.

 - Alhexx
 
most movies dont fit on cdrs, do they? that means youll have to split them, and that takes a lot of hd space and time.
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yeah, most video conversions take a long time. It took me 3 1/2 hours to convert a 40 minute mpeg into one that was readable by a DVD/VCD player.
 
I was recompressing(Took me about 4 nights. :smile:

I dont like that idea, to have movie on more CDs. It is anoying to swap cds in middle of the film..
 
I have been copying Goldeneye last Saturday - for 9 hours!
But I was able to compress it onto 2 VCDs, so my DVD (standalone) player can read it.

 - Alhexx
 
damn! how long is goldeneye? I havent seen it in years, but i think its longer than 2 hours.....
 
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