Asking for desktop PC advice - again
Generally speaking, I would consider an ASUS board or an ABIT board over most other competitors. ASRock is a newer mobo company with less reputation on the line. I really don't know much about specific motherboards any more, it's been forever since I bought one, but certain companies almost always have high-quality products.
Buddy, I have 4 7200's in mine, and they make no more racket than the video card fan. Modern HDDs are dead silent, even when being accessed.Ivo wrote:I hear 2 7200rpm HDD in the same case make a bit of a racket... I originally thought about doing that with 2 HDDs, but just 1 seems to be a cheaper option (by a good bit). I suppose the 2nd drive is meant to be a cheap, not so fast one that is large and the other one a fast, small one?Mozgus wrote:Also, I suggest getting two hard drives instead of one. First drive is for windows and all installed games and software. 2nd drive is for your documents, downloads, music, and page file and everything else. Getting that page file off your main drive makes a big difference, and keeping your documents and such off that drive makes it much easier to keep your installed games defragmented.
To Marurun: Is that mobo not good? I was thinking of an Asus board:
http://www.asus.com.tw/products4.aspx?m ... 3=534&l4=0
That one perhaps. It's not much more expensive than the Asrock one, is it actually better though?
Ivo.