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I agree - pci-E.
re: ATI cards- I'd spend $20-$50 more and get a current gen 2600 card. That will give you a technology margin for future media you might want to manage like hidef video (dvd/pvr). The 2600pro is adequate, but for a little more you can get the XT with hardware decoding which eases cpu duty. I just picked up this XT with the $28 rebate.
re: ATI cards- I'd spend $20-$50 more and get a current gen 2600 card. That will give you a technology margin for future media you might want to manage like hidef video (dvd/pvr). The 2600pro is adequate, but for a little more you can get the XT with hardware decoding which eases cpu duty. I just picked up this XT with the $28 rebate.
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So with a PCI-E card and an external HD I should be good to go. Is there anything im missing?
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Well what would be best for storage. I want to be able to store any movies/music I download
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And hard drive. I like seagate, at least they used to be good. It changes every 3 or 4 years. I dont know who is good now.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148137
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Get the biggest drive you can afford. Even you strip out all the junk from your movies, it doesn't take long for a collection (~4gb each) to fill up a drive. I got two 1tb external hitachi SATA (I see a sata port in your pic) drives for my work NAS at $200/ea. I got a 500gb last year and it filled up with movies and tv damn quick.
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Is the sata port the white port on the bottom right of the pic?
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I will have to look.. I pretty much had it stripped down for low power consumption. I use it for internet movie streaming, and as a media server for my PS3/house. I will include only the OS 80GB HD.. not the big boy HD in it.
AMD Low power Athalon Mobile I forgot clock speed
512 Ram
80 GB HD
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http://www.digilinkcomputers.com/pro...roducts_id=935
AMD Low power Athalon Mobile I forgot clock speed
512 Ram
80 GB HD
This case:
http://www.digilinkcomputers.com/pro...roducts_id=935
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Need Help Please
Ok so I bought this video card- http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16814161178 as recommended by m2cupcar. I need help now. I installed it last night and now I have no sound. Someone please help me.
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what do you mean? I plugged the wire into the output if thats what your asking.
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