Re: DVDRW Drive recommendation...

On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 20:31:53 +0100 'Dr.H@l0nf1r£$'
posted stuff on uk.comp.homebuilt:

>I'm just a humble budget computer-builder; not an overclocker.
>:-

Sounds a bit like me except I **** the expense ;-)
I build my own to use quality components that I've always trusted.
So far, so good.........

On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 23:39:11 +0100, diy-er wrote:

> On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 20:31:53 +0100 'Dr.H@l0nf1r£$'
> posted stuff on uk.comp.homebuilt:
>
>>I'm just a humble budget computer-builder; not an overclocker.
>>:-
>
> Sounds a bit like me except I **** the expense ;-)
> I build my own to use quality components that I've always trusted.
> So far, so good.........

Yes, quality is v. important - the 2 that I've built are understressed and
on this one, rather than o/c, Cool'n'Quiet is enabled.
I'd have reliability over performance any day, so building in a bit of
spare capability cost a bit more but is worthwhile.
--
Peter.
You don't understand Newton's Third Law of Motion?
It's not rocket science, you know.

On Sun, 7 Oct 2007 09:13:19 +0100 'PeterC'
posted stuff on uk.comp.homebuilt:

>On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 23:39:11 +0100, diy-er wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 20:31:53 +0100 'Dr.H@l0nf1r£$'
>> posted stuff on uk.comp.homebuilt:
>>
>>>I'm just a humble budget computer-builder; not an overclocker.
>>>:-


>> Sounds a bit like me except I **** the expense ;-)
>> I build my own to use quality components that I've always trusted.
>> So far, so good.........


>Yes, quality is v. important - the 2 that I've built are understressed and
>on this one, rather than o/c, Cool'n'Quiet is enabled.
>I'd have reliability over performance any day, so building in a bit of
>spare capability cost a bit more but is worthwhile.

Exactly so. Years ago I bought a ready-made PC but the stuff inside
was cheap and unknown - not to mention the poor quality assembly -
that drove me to build my own and I've never looked back.
Three systems to my credit so far.

Current machine has been running for 2.5 years and last Easter, I
stripped out all the fans and lubricated them with graphite powder
and 3-in-1 oil in readiness for warmer summer days and it's been
running perfectly and quiet ever since.

On Sun, 7 Oct 2007 01:28:24 +0100 'Dr.H@l0nf1r£$'
posted stuff on uk.comp.homebuilt:

>diy-er wrote:
>> On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 20:31:53 +0100 'Dr.H@l0nf1r£$'
>> posted stuff on uk.comp.homebuilt:
>>
>>> I'm just a humble budget computer-builder; not an overclocker.
>>> :-
>>
>> Sounds a bit like me except I **** the expense ;-)
>> I build my own to use quality components that I've always trusted.
>> So far, so good.........
>
>I shop around. I just built that Athlon 64 x 2 4000+ Brisbane-cored machine
>using the first Seagate HDD I've ever used from brand new. It's a Barracuda,
>made in Taiwan; looks like quality and appears to be same; even with a 2MB
>cache it performs exceptionally well as a system drive, good price too from
>ebuyer.
>http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131271
>
>I bought a few new Via PCI RAID cards with eSATA cheap on ebay a few months
>ago, and I'm going to set up a RAID1 array using one of them on that machine
>with a pair of large disks when I get time. I got some excellent deals for
>new and secondhand parts on ebay; also a few rip-offs too.

I've never been near eBay but I hear of a mixed picture w/r/t
rip-offs etc. A friend of mine bought a new Intel processor several
years ago but it never arrived from the seller! Some are lucky,
others not.