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so i got everything up and running tonight with relatively few hiccups. i couldn't get the system to post with all 8 GB of ram, but it works fine with 4. i'm hoping if i update the bios it will work with all 8 gigs. the power button on my case was all janky, and in attempting to fix it, it...

I'm having problems getting the current drivers for my radeon 4870 working. Im running windows vista 64. It gives me this error message: "Setup was unable to find components that can be installed on your current hardware or software configuration. Please make sure you have the required hardware...

not terribly large. the biggest project i've worked on had 12 tracks and was about 6 minutes long. i just don't want to have any hiccups in anything, recording/gaming/etc. and you guys have all talked me out of spending money on DDR3 and what not, i feel like i have to splurge on something :P...

thanks guys saved me time & money!!! so my current understanding of raid is that it's really only useful if you're doing massive video editing...?

8mb, lol, it was late. I've heard that having a lot of memory is important for sound recording. and i don't really plan to OC much. and the memory is super cheap! i don't see any reason not to if the only drawback is in the OC'ing area. thanks for your help guys, i'm gonna order tonight!

nice.. i kinda liked the vendetta 2 better anyway. and that ram is so cheap, i might as well get 8 MB... booyaw.

im building a very similar PC and have been told that my corsair 620W would be more than enough

thanks for the inputs ;d I've decided to go with the asus P5Q mobo. here is my new egg wishlist. just waiting for the OK of some friends and [H]ard junkies! <3

dvorak! http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/procon.html

I want to run protools in windows vista. I was thinking of getting 2 hard drives in a raid 0 config, and then a 3rd drive for vista, all 3 of them being WD5000AAKS (500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s). Is this a solid plan? If so, what raid controller would you recommend? Thanks

Ya I was thinking it might be overkill too.. I might just get a 4870 then. Even that should be good for 2-3 years still right? The toughest choice is still the motherboard.

So I haven't built a PC in about 4 years and I'm not very up to date on current technology. I want to use this primarily for sound recording, but also for gaming. I have an external m-audio sound device that I will be running with protools. I also already have a monitor that I'd like to keep. My...