Recent content by fitz

Actually I read your RateMyRig post and liked it better than the one I was looking at :D

Need to mention another thing: I'm a backup freak so I'm thinking of configuring my HDDs in RAID 1. I know I won't get the performance as RAID 0, but it will save me time from doing manual backups & imaging. If a drive dies, it would be nice to be able to immediately use the other one until I...

I don't really need 4GB RAM, I was thinking it would help with video editing (which I won't really be doing that much of anyways) so I will go with 2GB RAM per your guys advice. Hammerhed, the X-Fi XtremeMusic card you suggested looks sick! It wasn't priced that much over the Z2. At Newegg...

I need a stable powerhouse system that will last many years and be able to handle any video editing, VCR/DVD rips, and games I throw at it. This is what I've come up with: ASUS A8N-SLI Premium nForce4 Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo / Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro / Arctic Silver 5 (2) ASUS...

Thanks for the replies. I had planned on going with the K8T890 but that nForce4 SLI looks badass! I did some more research like the fact the SLI supports SATA2. Here's what I think I'll go with: Asus A8N nForce4 SLI Athlon 64 3200+ (2) Crucial 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200 8T GeForce...

hey peeps I'm thinking out my upgrade and need your advice. I would like to go with SATA RAID 1 - 2x200GB (RAID 1 cuz I need backup). I want an ASUS mobo w/built-in SATA RAID + PCIE for AMD CPU What are your recommendations for this mobo/cpu combo?