Whats my rig missing (sub £100)

[JN]

I was looking at my rig yesterday and couldn't really think of anything more i could get for it to improve the performance or looks.

A few bits i was debating over are:

Dual Layer DVD-RW - I've only got a single layer one, but tbh it really doesnt bother me in the slightest having ro dvdshrink my dvd's.

Fan Controller - Would look nice, but it would be far too messy for me to put all my fans thru it, and to be honest i cant be bothered.

Larger Hard Disk - My 120gb disk is totally full and my 80gb USB2 disk is almost full too - maybe i should invest in a 250/300gb hard disk? Maybe one of those Hitachi SATA-II ones?

Other Moddin Stuff - Any Ideas? (nothing that would require drilling the case tho )

Can u think of anything that my rig is missing that would cost sub £100?

 

[FragTek]

I can think of a giant one u need

SX window applique!!!! *hint hint*

 

[balilu]

I can think of a giant one u need

SX window applique!!!! *hint hint*

yeah that would be great

 

[bloodthirst]

personally i would go with another Hard disk but thats just me

 

[JN]

Yeah i really gotta pull my finger out my arse and get us some stickers etc

 

[enVias]

Yeah i really gotta pull my finger out my arse and get us some stickers etc

Your finger's up your arse?

 

[JN]

Your finger's up your arse?

Here..sniff...

Anyway, back on topic...whats missing

 

[JN]

Is it worth going from Audigy to Audigy2?

 

[FragTek]

Is it worth going from Audigy to Audigy2?

Highly doubtful... But wtf do I know, I use onboard audio lol

 

[JN]

Highly doubtful... But wtf do I know, I use onboard audio lol

The only reason i would i because it doesnt look like SB are going to be releasing 64bit drivers for the Audigy1 anytime soon

 

[FragTek]

The only reason i would i because it doesnt look like SB are going to be releasing 64bit drivers for the Audigy1 anytime soon

Guess u just answered ur own question then Time to upgrade my friend!

 

[balilu]

not true XMS i have an Audigy and im running windows xp 64 bit with 64 bit drivers. and it's running great

 

[JN]

not true XMS i have an Audigy and im running windows xp 64 bit with 64 bit drivers. and it's running great

Really?

I took a look at the creative site and it said that the drivers were due for release at the end of the year or sommit like that?

Gimme linkage

 

[balilu]

check out www.planetamd64.com you have to register but it's free.

there is also this preview site at Creative but i never found the way to download the drivers but they do exist and there is also the release notes

http://preview.creativelabs.com/default.aspx

P.S. The drivers will expire on 16th August but creative is supposed to release another driver by that time which could be an official release

 

[JN]

check out www.planetamd64.com you have to register but it's free.

there is also this preview site at Creative but i never found the way to download the drivers but they do exist and there is also the release notes

http://preview.creativelabs.com/default.aspx

P.S. The drivers will expire on 16th August but creative is supposed to release another driver by that time which could be an official release

Nice cheers.

Hows the rest of ur rig running under 64-bit? Any probs?

 

[balilu]

it's like using a normal windows xp 32 bit Only thing im missing is Daemon Tools havent released a 64 bit version and the 32 bit version doesn't work. But im currently using another program called Filedisk which isn't that bad. and also daemon tools is supposedly to be released soon ( HOPE SO )

EDIT: jus checked it says in two weeks it will release beta ( to opne public i think )

 

[FarFarAway]

I would go for the HDD and maybe a fan controller mate. You need the HDD space and my Hitachi's are now flying in RAID 0!

 

[JN]

I would go for the HDD and maybe a fan controller mate. You need the HDD space and my Hitachi's are now flying in RAID 0!

Nice, any chance you could do a hdtach bench of em? I wanna see how they compare to raptors in raid0 - coz i was *considering* swapping my 2x36gb raptors for 2x 160gb Hitachi's.

 

[FarFarAway]

Nice, any chance you could do a hdtach bench of em? I wanna see how they compare to raptors in raid0 - coz i was *considering* swapping my 2x36gb raptors for 2x 160gb Hitachi's.

I'll see what I can do