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Old 03-01-2008, 02:28 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by daisymtc View Post
HDD: Some ppl comment WD is not good... I personally use Seagate instead.

Thermal compound: Arctic cooling Mx-2 is better than AS5

DVD burner: Why not going for SATA interface?

RAM: Why not going for CL4?

Soundcard: not sure if it worth to go for a lower end sound card...
HDD: I strongly disagree. I've had more Seagates fail on me than WD's. I still have a 1996 version of their Caviar series... runs fine.

TP: Agreed...

SC: Motherboards already carry a pretty good one. My $70 motherboard had 7 channel sound if I'm not mistaken.
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