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Old Jul 6, 2003 | 12:20 PM
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this'll be for the living room. ill be adding a WAP and wireless nic for internet access.

http://secure.newegg.com/app/WishHis...VIEW&ID=351845
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Old Jul 6, 2003 | 12:30 PM
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http://www.computerhq.com/hardware/p...-id-30763.html

this will be better for the living room
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/produc...&MODEL=MEGA651

jus slap on a pci wireless lan card
but iono if you a AMD guy or not
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Old Jul 6, 2003 | 01:53 PM
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different hard drive.
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Old Jul 6, 2003 | 02:08 PM
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Originally posted by Black2000GSR
different hard drive.
please explain your reasoning
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Old Jul 6, 2003 | 02:11 PM
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That should be alright

but yes a bigger hard drive is a must, I prefer something from Maxtor or WD

and why? for all those DIVX movies on Kazaa
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Old Jul 6, 2003 | 02:12 PM
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Originally posted by spankaveli
please explain your reasoning
Can't you fit a regular 3.5" HD in that case?
You can get a bigger and faster HD for less.
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Old Jul 6, 2003 | 02:14 PM
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Originally posted by Black2000GSR
Can't you fit a regular 3.5" HD in that case?
You can get a bigger and faster HD for less.
yeah you can go down to circuit city and buy WD 120GB with 8mb cache for 110 after rebates, 160 before rebates
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Old Jul 6, 2003 | 02:29 PM
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Originally posted by Black2000GSR
Can't you fit a regular 3.5" HD in that case?
You can get a bigger and faster HD for less.
the only internal space is a 2.5" alot of mini-atx and all mini-itx cases only take laptop hard drives
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Old Jul 6, 2003 | 02:41 PM
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how bout an HD with 8MB cache and 7200 rpm ,.
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Old Jul 6, 2003 | 05:24 PM
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cant find any decent priced 7200rpm laptop hard drives
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