-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am thinking about building a computer for gaming. So far I think it will consist of: 1. EVGA NVIDIA nForce 790i Ultra SLI - motherboard 2. Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.66GHz - CPU 3. XFX GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB - GPU 4. Corsair 2GB DDR3 1333 - Memory 5. WD 500GB 7200rpm 16mb cache SATA 3.0Gb/s - HDD 7. Pioneer DVD burner I am having a lot of trouble picking out a case for the computer. Does anyone have any suggestions? Also if anyone has any suggestions about a PSU to use please post them. In fact any suggestions are welcome. Thanks!
for the case, i would say just get something that fits all your stuff. for the PSU, i suggest Corsair products. like the 550VX or the corsair 520HX.
Why get a pioneer burner? Most Afterdawn members use Lite-on (best for the money) or Plexors (best). Lite-ons in general are better and cheaper than a pioneer.
That's actually the opposite to what I've found in the past. The build quality of CD burners seems to variable to make any judgements overall, even for Plextor. I'm about the only person at aD who likes LG burners and hates Benqs, because of the experience I've had with them. I don't think he should encounter any problems with the Pioneer drive. What I will say though is bin the 790i motherboard, it's completely unnecessary. Get a gigabyte P35 board for half the cost - better chipset, better reliability. Also go with DDR2 RAM, DDR3 isn't really any faster and a complete rip off. Dragnandy's right on the money with the PSUs though, for guaranteed performance I'd say the 620W HX.
Experiance drives all of us. I am not at all surprised with you liking the LG. They are a rising star. I have two Lite-ons and love them. I never user a Plexor because of the cost. I have had a Pioneer and a Nec but that was a long time ago. I haven't even looked at the media/burner forum in over a year or two.
At the time I got my LG GSA4163BA my friend had a Pioneer DVR109, no major negatives to either. I've also had an NEC ND-4570 which was fine but very loud. I had a 40x20x10 Benq drive a long time back that failed after a couple of weeks as did its warranty replacement. Thoroughly unimpressed.
What I like about my Lite-ons is I can take scratched CDs and DVDs that are so poor they skip or die on a good player then back them up and the copy runs fine.
That's primarily down to error correction, and I'm sure there's probably software to take on that role anyway.
That might be but I always figured the optics might be a bit better so the beam is better culminated. That would be way cheaper than to have error correction built into the unit. Software can help with the fix, I have video correcting software but not audio correcting software. The software can only touch up it will not make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Most of the correction comes from the burner. Both my NEC and Pioneer burners would make worse than originals. To be fair these were purchased eons ago. The Pioneer was purchased when 4x burners were affodable and the Nec was purchased when the 8X was affordable.
