I couldn't help myself...

Post by **deject** » July 5th, 2005, 9:22

http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/Wis ... ULTRASWANK!

would be nice though...

*rummages around for that spare $10,000*

Post by **deject** » July 5th, 2005, 9:24

yes, that's 2 $600 videocards and 6 hard drives. It's too bad the ASUS mobo doesn't support RAID 5, because that would be the ideal way to set up those 4 400GB drives.

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » July 5th, 2005, 9:48

Here, have some dual cheese instead

wyrd · Post by **wyrd** » July 5th, 2005, 9:49

do you really need 4 gig of ram?

Nickface · Post by **Nickface** » July 5th, 2005, 13:05

wyrd wrote:do you really need 4 gig of ram?

yes.

JamieChalm · Post by **JamieChalm** » July 5th, 2005, 16:17

I misread the page name. I thought it said Ultra Wank.

Either way, still requires 4 Gig of ram.

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » July 5th, 2005, 16:29

I'm gonna hijack this hardware related post with question time!!

I've just ordered a DVD burner and am now thinking about installation,
I currently have 2 Hard Drives on my 1st IDE channel and 1 CDR/DVD-ROM combo on my 2nd IDE channel.

So should I be lazy and just wack it on the same channel as my current DVD drive? OR would having 1 Hard drive and one DVD drive on each channel improve performance?

Hmm hmm, what is the answer?

Oh and in either case what should the master/slave jumper settings be?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » July 5th, 2005, 16:34

leave the hdds on one channel, other drives on the other.

and it always goes

motherboard | master | slave

Jinxx · Post by **Jinxx** » July 5th, 2005, 18:38

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:leave the hdds on one channel, other drives on the other.
and it always goes
motherboard | master | slave

This man speaks the truth

Post by **deject** » July 5th, 2005, 20:25

^ this.

I'm guessing that your current CD-RW/DVD-ROM is set to master, so just set the new drive to Slave on the second channel. Your performance won't change that much either way.

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » July 6th, 2005, 8:17

deject wrote:I'm guessing that your current CD-RW/DVD-ROM is set to master

Yep.

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:leave the hdds on one channel, other drives on the other.

Do this I will

Cheers guys!!