The Official PC building thread!

Would you just get a dvd burner to run everything?

 

For the price, that case does look pretty sweet. As for opticals, that's also a matter of opinion. Some people swear by Benq burners, but I thinkthey're rubbish. You're generally safe with LG, NEC, Plextor, Pioneer and Samsung, and for hard disks, Western Digital, Samsung and Seagate are the three I vote for.

Fans are important to have, but you ideally want to try and find quiet ones. I never knew how quiet PCs could be until I put some effort into getting a quiet one.

 

Ive read a few review that say not good constroction on case and a few that say good construciton. hmmm. Also Do you just use your burner for cds and everything?

 

With cases, they'll all survive, it's just some will be a bit more pleasant to build PCs in than others, the cheap ones tend to have sharp edges so be careful!
With opticals, the best solution is to get a supermulti (DVD writer that does +/-R and RW, RAM and Dual Layer) and a normal DVD-ROM. Cheap and effective solution. The total cost of my LG and ND-4570 was about £40.

 

Do you not what dual layer dvd burner is? I need that to burn my 360 games..

 

Most DVD burners now do dual layer discs, you need to buy DL discs for them, and they take a while to burn, but yes you will need them to burn many 360 games.

 

Don't want to interupt, heres a link to another cooler master case, nice for the price. Great air flow 120mm front and rear, only thing i didn't care for was sideways mounted HD's, can be modded and turned the other way easily...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119106

 

Oh I like that idea, but I guess it's another taste matter. My Lexa has those...

 

I find it helps airflow and (airflow based) noise if turned...not much, but noticable.

 

hmm, I can't hear my Cuda, but the Raptor 37GB is a real noisy beggar, but I suppose without loud fans to drown it out, it's going to seem louder...

 

Hey.. i know that emachines is a n Nvidia fann..
but the X1900XT is the best value compared to the 7900GTX for anything of the sort.. the pixel sharders help greatly with games like doom 3 FEAR, oblivion, and other games that use really high special efects. Nvidia has all those pipelines, but ati has the overall FLOW.. 16pipes and the pixel shader unites per pipe.. i think it has like 3 pixel shader units per pipeline..
so that and a 3800 should do you good.. if you are going to overclock the 3800 that is..

i have a sunbeam trio, and it works.... i like it.. but would not prefer it. so have fun waiting..
FIHSNERD

 

Yeah, The X1900XT also of course allows Anti-Aliasing and HDR at the same time, a 7900GTX or any nVidia for that matter will only allow you either. I typically don't use AA often, I just crank up the AF and set a high resolution, at 1920x1200 in the case of UT04 I'm not even sure it'll change anything, other than give a lower framerate.

 

but guys remember his got an 19' flat screen montior so its way overkill not unless his going to get a better montior.

emachine go with two drives a CD/DVD ROM drive for a reader then a DVD±R/RW CD-R/RW burner

http://www.plextor.com/english/products/product_dvdrw_drives.html

this being my top pick

http://www.plextor.com/english/products/716SA.htm

 

imho Plextors are overkill for most, they're just too much money for what they are. My LG GSA-4163 was great, I havent had much of a chance to test the NEC ND4570 yet but I know it reads CDs and DVDs fine...

 

Those are some pricy drives! I found some on newegg.
For burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827151118

For reader
I can't find a very good one? thats getting good reviews. Any sugestions?

 

Ignore the reviews, I've never heard of a single DVD-ROM drive be faulty in the history of all the people I know and all the PCs at school (and I was an admin assistant so I'd hear about it).

 

Ok so hows the burner I picked?

And is this a nice dvd rom?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/CustRatingReview.asp?Item=N82E16827135085

 

Good!

 

How about this dvd rom?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/CustRatingReview.asp?Item=N82E16827135085

 

That should be fine too, most readers are.