Jet
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I'm starting to understand a little bit more on the hard drives. So, the western digital raptorX 10k hard drive be kind of a nice balance between cost and performance since it is 10k rather than 7.2k or 15k?
Jet, I forgot about a sound card. Will the computer have had no sound without it?
If I want 2 hard drives, should I just order 2 of the same one, or get a cheaper second hard drive. Or is it really not worth it?
You are correct about a 10k being a nice balance between 15k.
You would have had sound, but it just would have been integrated into the motherboard. With a sound card, you get great sound, not just good. Paired with those speakers and a ~24" monitor, you have a high quality home theater system.
If you wanted 2 hard drives, I would put this configuration:
1. Western Digital Raptor 10k 150GB (for main programs, you could bump it down to a 74GB if you are going to be adding another hard drive)
2. high capacity (ie. 500+GB) SATA/7200RPM/16MB cache hard drive (for storage, etc)