Final Phenom Specs

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Apr 22 2008, 12:48 pm (Edited on Apr 22 2008, 1:09 pm)
Case: Coolermaster Elite 330 Black Mid Tower Case

Processor: AMD Phenom 9550 Socket AM2+ 2.2GHz 4MB L2 Cache

Motherboard: ASUS M3A 770 Socket AM2+ 8 channel audio ATX(PCIE 2.0 supported)

PSU: 550 Watt Silent Fan PSU

RAM: Kingston 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Memory

HDD: Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB SATAII 8MB Cache [+ Existing IDE 250GB HDD + 160GB IDE HDD]

Optical Drive: Pioneer 112D IDE

Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 3650 512mb PCI-E 2.0

I have a question...Is it okay to have a Quad IDE Cable (Two for the IDE Hard drives, one for the DVD Drive and the remaining goes into the motherboard)?
Apr 22 2008, 2:46 pm
IDE cables are finicky. I won't pretend to be an expert, but as far as I can tell it goes something like this- if one device on a given IDE cable is reading/writing, then the other'll have to wait until it's done.

You'll have to design around it, coupling certain components with others to provide optimum speed for whatever you'll be doing. Or just use more IDE cables.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Integrated_Drive_Electronics#Two_devices_on_one_cable_-_spee d_impact

For more information.
Jun 20 2008, 6:59 pm
Go for a SATA optical drive...highly recommended....and for an HDD I can get.