new pc advice

Laffertytig · 10-06-07, 06:22 AM

well ive decided its time for an upgrade and this lot below is what ive came up with. im gonna be using an asrock motherboard as the base when i build it

DABSVAL, 550 PSU
PHILIPS 160W 5.1 speaker system
CRUCIAL 4GB 240dimm ddr2 SDRAM
SUMSUNG 320GB 7200RPM S300 8MB harddrive
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950PRO 512MB AGP DVI graphics card
AMD athlon 64x2 6000+ am2 3.00ghz
terrarec aureon 5.1 pci sound card

2 questions, 1st is about the hardrive. are samsung harddrives reliable, and are bigger hardrives more efficiant or are smaller ones better to have?

and whats the big difference between 5.1 sound cards/speakers and 7.1 systems? what would people recommend, is it reall worth the extra cash for 7.1?

thanks in advance

10-06-07, 06:22 AM	#1
Laffertytig Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 757 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	new pc advice well ive decided its time for an upgrade and this lot below is what ive came up with. im gonna be using an asrock motherboard as the base when i build it DABSVAL, 550 PSU PHILIPS 160W 5.1 speaker system CRUCIAL 4GB 240dimm ddr2 SDRAM SUMSUNG 320GB 7200RPM S300 8MB harddrive SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950PRO 512MB AGP DVI graphics card AMD athlon 64x2 6000+ am2 3.00ghz terrarec aureon 5.1 pci sound card 2 questions, 1st is about the hardrive. are samsung harddrives reliable, and are bigger hardrives more efficiant or are smaller ones better to have? and whats the big difference between 5.1 sound cards/speakers and 7.1 systems? what would people recommend, is it reall worth the extra cash for 7.1? thanks in advance