New Computer

[tycho102]

Originally Posted by Steel_Tomb

RAM - 4GB (4x1GB) Corsair XMS2 Dominator, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-15, DHX

System Drives: 160 Gb Samsung HD160JJ SpinPoint P80 SATA300 7200 rpm 8MB Cache 8.9 ms NCQ

DVD Writer: NEC ND-5170A-0B Black x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer DVD-Writer OEM UK

As long as that's a 64bit OS, you're good for 4GB.

Get two 74GB Raptors and run them Raid0 (striped). Even a single 150GB Raptor will be significantly better. Barring that, get a Seagate instead -- 5 year waranty.

Go to http://www.speedlabs.org and see what the best writer currently is. Look for dual-layer write quality. Last time I bought a drive, it was the Pioneer 110 which could be reflashed to the 111L version (T@2 capability).



edit-- I guess speedlabs is down right now. It'll probably be back up pretty soon.