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Title: Processor and harddrive Question ?
Post by: beakersloco on March 20, 2007, 02:27:17 AM

Im  looking to do my next upgrade from 6.1 to 7.1 and have a couple of hardware questions. I did use the search so please dont respond with use the search as some of my questions are looking for an opinion based on other peoples experience .

I plan to do some testing before the upgrade but I need to buy drives and want to know is it really worth it going from ide to sata drives ?

 The system is for personal use (email,some ftp,webserver,network services, file storage)and will initially be a single drive install but  I want to  eventually have  a raid setup.  Can a 2nd  drive be added at anytime after the initial install or will it require a new install ?


For what ever reason all I seem to see people running are intel processors and that is all I have run so far as I have used pre-manufactored systems so far. I intend to use an Amd xp1800 then I intend to upgrade the processor in a few months. Should I expect any problems or issues using an amd cpu  ?
I am just concerned since I dont see many people using them.

Title: Processor and harddrive Question ?
Post by: crazybob on March 20, 2007, 02:47:19 AM

All I use is AMD processors (about 12 boxes so far). The one you have selected should work well for what you have in mind.
On the SATA question. I have used them, mostly WD. The main issue I have with WD though is using sme7admin. Hddtemp does not work with a lot of the WD SATA drives. You also should use the jumper to make it a Type I as apposed to Type II.