SindarRanger Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Im building a comp from scratch and i have two questions: 1. Can a CD/DVD drive that is ATAPI/E-IDE interface be used on a motherboard that supports only PATA and SATA? 2. Can a 3.0 Gb/s HDD be used with a motherboard that supports 1.5 Gb/s? Backwards compatibility right? High Council Leader of the Champions - TTK Clan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wooden_fire Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 1. Yes 2. Yes RSN :: Wooden_Fire Time Zone :: GMT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SindarRanger Posted July 17, 2006 Author Share Posted July 17, 2006 thx now all i gotta do is order the parts and build it High Council Leader of the Champions - TTK Clan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superdumb6 Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 Dude search around for the case first cuz there some pretty sweet ones. Also, look into pc mods, you can make your comp totally own. And also, be careful about the memory cuz I always thought it can cause overheating if you go past the motherboards recomended amount. Also, to be safe, get a decent liquid cooling system. Thank you everybody for rising up against macroing!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart_G Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 Ignore the above posters advice. He doesnt know what he is talking about and the things he has suggested are just stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunaboy692004 Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 by 'a decent liquid cooling system' do you mean silent? Normal liquid cooling are not silent, and are infact Very noisy. I personally stay away from liquid cooling just because if something goes wrong, and it leaks onto your mother board, well, you know what will happen. Current Goals80/80 Fletching60/75 Woodcutting97/100 Combat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwisatz Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 Dude search around for the case first cuz there some pretty sweet ones. Also, look into pc mods, you can make your comp totally own. And also, be careful about the memory cuz I always thought it can cause overheating if you go past the motherboards recomended amount. Also, to be safe, get a decent liquid cooling system. Yes, totally own at the expense of messing up a case or two because you've never done it before. Also, memory doesn't cause the motherboard to overheat, and it's not "recommended," it's "supported." Going over the amount will make it not POST. Liquid cooling is, as another poster mentioned, noisy because it still has to circulate the liquid somehow...and that how is with a fan. And if anything spills your computer is RUINED, unless it's off and/or a nonconductive liquid. Either way unless you're doing hardcore overclocking it is most definently not worth the trouble. To the thread starter: If you post your budget, needs and country then I'm sure many posters will be more than willing to get you off on the right foot. handed me TWO tissues to clear up. I was like "i'm going to need a few more paper towels than that luv" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albosky Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 Liquid cooling is by NO means loud. My p4 gaming system is water cooled and you cant hear a thing. Sound control is a benefit of liquid cooling as you can use a few slower smaller fans on an aluminum radiator as opposed to one huge fast and noisy fan on a small heatsink. As for spillage, build it right and you will never experience any leaking. I like to fart silently but deadly in movie theatersArd Choille says (11:41 PM):I wouldn't dare tell you what to do m'dear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwisatz Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 Liquid cooling is by NO means loud. My p4 gaming system is water cooled and you cant hear a thing. Sound control is a benefit of liquid cooling as you can use a few slower smaller fans on an aluminum radiator as opposed to one huge fast and noisy fan on a small heatsink. As for spillage, build it right and you will never experience any leaking. The liquid-cooled system I saw was just as loud as my gaming machine, which uses 25dBa fans. And although it won't leak "if you build it right," that's not to say that something won't come loose during transport, wear out over time, or that some other freak accident won't occur. People do stuff "right" all the time, but due to many uncontrollable circumstances shizzat always happens. Case in point - although decent liquid cooling might be quieter (according to you; in my experience the difference is negligible and it is still audible) it costs a lot (~$80 USD) more for a decent setup as opposed to, say, some Vantec Tornadoes and a fan controller. Additionally, larger fans make less noise for the amount of air they move and are a better choice; in that respect buying a case with 120mm fans will help noise a LOT. At this point the only thing in my case that makes any real kind of noise is the 40mm fan on the Albatron 7800GT. handed me TWO tissues to clear up. I was like "i'm going to need a few more paper towels than that luv" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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