ratdude's main rig mayhem

**toastygoodness** · 01-08-2011, 12:26 AM

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looks pretty cool to me.... though i'm not sure if you want two optical drives, you can probably get something else that fits that slot. hard drive looks good. maybe if you get ram, get the same speed, since it can run in x-channel. it might be cheaper too. Does your mobo support pwm (system fan has 4-pin)?

**ratdude747** · 01-08-2011, 01:18 AM

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the slot is optical only:

the board has 2 pwm fan ports

**c_hegge** · 01-08-2011, 04:53 AM

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If you were in Oz, you could have my spare 92mm PWM fan from my TX3, but shipping would be a real killer to the US.

**Th3_uN1Qu3** · 01-08-2011, 05:45 AM

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I'd get rid of the 1GB stick and get a matched pair, size and brand are your choice. Much less headache that way.

**ratdude747** · 01-08-2011, 06:45 AM

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Originally posted by Th3_uN1Qu3

I'd get rid of the 1GB stick and get a matched pair, size and brand are your choice. Much less headache that way.

that was the plan. 2x 1gb matched, corsair goes bye-bye.

**AudioCraZ** · 01-11-2011, 08:39 AM

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Lots and lots of neon lights!!!!! They increase power 10 fold!!!!

Seriously, sounds great. Wow, and old LS120 drive! Haven't used mine in years. Was an awesome drive, and I loved the quick format of floppies for boot disks back in the day.

**NxB** · 01-11-2011, 11:04 AM

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Haven't used a floppy in years. It was always completely unreliable.

**Th3_uN1Qu3** · 01-11-2011, 11:12 AM

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Originally posted by NxB

Haven't used a floppy in years. It was always completely unreliable.

I still use one, mine's been pretty reliable. Certainly saves the hassle of wiping everything off a flash drive to make it bootable, then putting all the stuff back on and figuring out 2 minutes later that you need that bootable program again.

**kc8adu** · 01-11-2011, 08:10 PM

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tell me about it!
finding good drives and disks when i need them if fun.esp the micro floppy used in the swi stuff.those are always bad in m2,m3 boxes./hijack.
i may have some matched ddr2 800 sticks if you need them.

Originally posted by NxB

Haven't used a floppy in years. It was always completely unreliable.

**ratdude747** · 01-11-2011, 09:18 PM

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well, my 1gb I have now came from you... have anything? if so pm me a price.

**ratdude747** · 01-12-2011, 07:15 PM

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well well well...

i found on newegg samsung lightscribe burners for $17 a pop. are samsung drives ok?

i also found that for $17 i can buy an identical memory module to what i have... so i can get 2gb for $17.

nothing has been ordered yet... any last minute input?

**mockingbird** · 01-12-2011, 07:22 PM

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No, Samsung drives don't last for more than a few months.

**toastygoodness** · 01-12-2011, 07:22 PM

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they're not the best.... but i guess for $17 it aint too bad.

for $2 more you can get LiteOn: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106333 or LG: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827136178.

apparently ppl really like this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106335 tho i'm still using old liteons. not ihas model yet.

**weirdlookinguy** · 01-12-2011, 07:22 PM

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I've heard bad things about Samsung drives. Their hard drives are junk, why trust their opticals?

Go with Sony/NEC Optiarc. I have one for about a year and it cost me $29. I should have bought two - its been a good drive.

**weirdlookinguy** · 01-12-2011, 07:27 PM

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827118040

That's the one I have and it's been great so far. I go through about a 100-pack of CD-Rs a year and slightly fewer DVD-Rs, so my drive gets a fair amount of use.

EDIT: By the way, LightScribe is kinda cool but the media is expensive. My dad got lucky and picked up a 50-pack of LightScribe DVD+R for $10 because of a pricing error at Fry's. They are not usually anywhere near that cheap.

**ratdude747** · 01-12-2011, 07:49 PM

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ok... it means only one optical but whatever... i might save up for blue ray later...

fan:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835186034

card reader:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820223103

hard drive:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136113

memory:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820146580

i am also getting more ram for may laptop as 512mb ain't cutting it... my laptop is sooo slow running gnome 3. I think i will get a couple of these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145506

comments?

**kc8adu** · 01-12-2011, 08:34 PM

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iirc i have a 2gb kit 2x1gb ocz kit here you can get.
as for the opticals i have a few samsungs i installed several years back in a machine shop.
used every day and a nasty environment.
still going.
certain batches/models give the bad press while the vast majority are fine.the sony optiarcs i have around here are 16.99 newegg blowouts.they also had spotty reviews.
bought 50 of them and sold all but 6 which i still have 2 years later.not one dud.these all went to folks who would have let me know if these died.

**ratdude747** · 01-12-2011, 09:33 PM

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ok... i was wanting lightscribe for at least 1 drive... all of my samsungs have been fine but they are old as %^&*! newest is a white ATA dvd-rom... so is the conclusing that the $17 samsung w/ lightscribe is good quality or s***can quality?

I heard newer lite-on and LG were junk... any truth to that?

i found another fix for only one SATA optical... my ide cable reaches the lower doored drive bay so i popped in a lite-on combo drive i have sitting around... with the idea that it would someday be swapped for blue ray.

does the fan look ok? it has a "fluid dynamic bearing"... it appears to be the only 92mm fan with pwm... if I am paying $10 for a fan i want to make sure it is a decent one...

**mockingbird** · 01-12-2011, 09:37 PM

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I've heard bad things about Samsung drives. Their hard drives are junk, why trust their opticals?

Their old IDE hard drives are some of the quietest around. Slow, but quiet. Their new F4 series is supposed to be pretty good. Their hard drives are are not all terrible.

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