Shuttle SN95G5V3 Setup, what do you think?

[phil.tyler]

I am thinking of putting together the following:
Shuttle SN95G5V3
AMD Athlon 3200
Crucial PC3200 DDR 1024MB CL3 Kit (2 x 512MB)
Hitachi Deskstar 160GB IDE ATA133 (Or I might I might use a Samsung Spinpoint if available.)
Hitachi Deskstar 250GB SATA (Or Samsung again)
NEC DVD +-R/RW DL
Sapphire Technology Radeon 9250 256 MB AGP
M-Audio Delta 1010 PCI Sound card.

I am opting for an IDE system drive as there will no room for a floppy drive and I want to keep things simple.

As the SN95G5V3 has 2 IDE headers I was going to put the 160GB IDE hard drive on one IDE header as the system disc, and the NEC DVD drive on the other IDE header. (Is there a specific IDE header you should use for the system disc?)
Then I would add the 250GB SATA drive using one of the SATA headers.

The finished computer will be running Adobe Audition mainly, this is a sound recording/editing package, using the 250GB SATA drive for audio file storage and cache drive.

It is not intended to use this set-up for video work or gaming.

What do you think?

Phil

 

[RadCliffeX]

From personal experience i wouldnt recomend Samsung drives, they are loud, HOT, and are prone to quick deaths.


And i would go for the SATA drives anyways, just keep the Floppy drive and only connect/use it when you are installing windows, after that just disconnect it and store it somewhere.


Also im not sure about prices, but have you looked into a Qpack/Tforce board setup? It might save you some money and could hold a but more hardware. But will be slightly larger.

 

[Soymilk]

if ur capable of waiting until march, the sn21g5 is due to be released, same case but using a mobo w/ the c51 chipset (6150/430). its supposed to be the same price as the sn95g5 is now, so you'd save some money not needing to buy a video card (unless you already have that radeon). plus it should have the integrated HD audio that comes w/ the 430 southbridge, but not 100% sure.