metadigital Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 Saitek keyboard? I do like the Logitec M5 laser mouse ... where you get red one from? :drool: OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
Setzer Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 That is a ferocious game-eating machine! No, wait GAME-EATING MACHINE!!!11!H/\x0rRzzzZ!11 And truly deserves its emboldened status. Except for the keyboard ... what happened there? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ...what's wrong with the Saitek Eclipse keyboard???...matches the black/blue led theme o' me machine an' she's easy ta type on...dunna need 30 extra buttons I's'll ne'er use; keepin' it simple an' perty... ...WHO LUVS YA, BABY!!... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Exact same KB I use and I love mine.
Setzer Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 By the way, my new 74GB Raptor drive flies. The map load times on Battlefield 2 now take less time than the client verification. It's small, but prior to this I was using one 8 and one 12 gig drive. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I noticed a significant improvement upgrading from a SATA 7200 drive. My Seagate 160gb drive was my primary and when I got the Raptor I just slaved it and now use it as storage. Load times on all my games have been cut down. It's a great drive and Size hasn't really been an issue for me since I mainly just use it for my apps and games.
metadigital Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 Your using a 10k rpm disk for storage? OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
Arkendale Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 Compaq Evo N800v Laptop Moblie Intel Pentium 4 - M, 1.80GHz 256MB RAM ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 Toshiba 40GB Hard Drive Maxtor 250GB External Hard Drive I wish I had a better computer, it's really slow and can't play alot of the new games.
Spider Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 What's the noise like? Do you crank up the 5.1 / use earphones to blot out the aeroplane-take-off-in-a-hurrcane noise? Or is it not too bad? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I don't think it's too bad. The HD working has never bothered me when playing games and I'm with speakers, not headphones. When not playing games, the load on the HD is fairly minor, so then it's really a non-issue imo.
metadigital Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 Here's the conclusion from the latest Custom PC, reviewing the new 150GB Raptor X (with the kewl window): ... Western Digital had to do something radical to make the Raptor king of S-ATA disks again, and the company has delivered. However, the Raptor X can't compete with the 7,200rpm disks on price. At OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
metadigital Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 This is the drive they recommend, based on relative cost (per GB), speed and noise: Samsung SpinPoint P120S SP2504C [Custom PC] COMPANY: Samsung PRICE: OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
mkreku Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 Far Cry level loading 50.5 [Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 (250GB) = 52] Oh great. The bolded drive is the one I use! Nice of them to use it as the bad example Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish!
Sargallath Abraxium Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 Saitek keyboard? I do like the Logitec M5 laser mouse ... where you get red one from? :drool: <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ...it ain't the cordless lazer mouse, jus' the MX510...still works fer what I needs it fer, though... ...WHO LUVS YA, BABY!!... A long, long time ago, but I can still remember, How the Trolling used to make me smile. And I knew if I had my chance, I could egg on a few Trolls to "dance", And maybe we'd be happy for a while. But then Krackhead left and so did Klown; Volo and Turnip were banned, Mystake got run out o' town. Bad news on the Front Page, BIOweenia said goodbye in a heated rage. I can't remember if I cried When I heard that TORN was recently fried, But sadness touched me deep inside, The day...Black Isle died. For tarna, Visc, an' the rest o' the ol' Islanders that fell along the way
metadigital Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 Yep, I know, the G5 is on my "to buy" list ... OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
J.E. Sawyer Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 Your using a 10k rpm disk for storage? I use a 160 gig external Firewire drive for storage of documents/images. I use the Raptor for applications/games. If my Windows/game hard drive bites it, big deal. I can always re-install applications. RE: NOISE It's pretty quiet. Unless you have bat ears, I guess. Seriously though, my digital cable box makes more noise doing nothing than my tower does while playing games. twitter tyme
metadigital Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 You're using a 10k rpm disk for storage? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I use a 160 gig external Firewire drive for storage of documents/images. I use the Raptor for applications/games. If my Windows/game hard drive bites it, big deal. I can always re-install applications. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah, I was asking Setzer (see highlight): By the way, my new 74GB Raptor drive flies. The map load times on Battlefield 2 now take less time than the client verification. It's small, but prior to this I was using one 8 and one 12 gig drive. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I noticed a significant improvement upgrading from a SATA 7200 drive. My Seagate 160gb drive was my primary and when I got the Raptor I just slaved it and now use it as storage. Load times on all my games have been cut down. It's a great drive and Size hasn't really been an issue for me since I mainly just use it for my apps and games. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> RE: NOISE It's pretty quiet. Unless you have bat ears, I guess. Seriously though, my digital cable box makes more noise doing nothing than my tower does while playing games. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I am just asking because every review mentions it, and my experience with 10k rpm drives were Compaq SCSII-extra wide RAID arrays, and they were quiet loud. Actually, I'm pretty deaf (too many nightclubs when I was younger?) so I doubt if I would notice it anyway. OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
Bokishi Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 You get more zip if the raptor is your primary hd. Current 3DMark
Setzer Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 You're using a 10k rpm disk for storage? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I use a 160 gig external Firewire drive for storage of documents/images. I use the Raptor for applications/games. If my Windows/game hard drive bites it, big deal. I can always re-install applications. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah, I was asking Setzer (see highlight): By the way, my new 74GB Raptor drive flies. The map load times on Battlefield 2 now take less time than the client verification. It's small, but prior to this I was using one 8 and one 12 gig drive. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I noticed a significant improvement upgrading from a SATA 7200 drive. My Seagate 160gb drive was my primary and when I got the Raptor I just slaved it and now use it as storage. Load times on all my games have been cut down. It's a great drive and Size hasn't really been an issue for me since I mainly just use it for my apps and games. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> <{POST_SNAPBACK}> No, I'm not using my Raptor as storage. Re-read what I said -- I replaced my primary drive -- the 160gb Seagate -- with the Raptor and now use the Seagate as my storage drive.
metadigital Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 Ah, it was your poor use of the third person reflexive pronoun which confused me; you meant to say: My Seagate 160GB drive was my primary; I just slaved it and now use it as storage, since I got the Raptor. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
Setzer Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 Ah, it was your poor use of the third person reflexive pronoun which confused me; you meant to say:My Seagate 160GB drive was my primary; I just slaved it and now use it as storage, since I got the Raptor. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Whatever works for you.
LoneWolf16 Posted February 26, 2006 Posted February 26, 2006 Pictures speak louder than words. I had thought that some of nature's journeymen had made men and not made them well, for they imitated humanity so abominably. - Book of Counted Sorrows 'Cause I won't know the man that kills me and I don't know these men I kill but we all wind up on the same side 'cause ain't none of us doin' god's will. - Everlast
Bokishi Posted February 26, 2006 Posted February 26, 2006 Pictures speak louder than words. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I got one of those, but my third drive bay has a X-Fi console in it, and my light is red. Current 3DMark
Sargallath Abraxium Posted February 26, 2006 Posted February 26, 2006 Pictures speak louder than words. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ...pleeze tell me that ain't a Dell... ...WHO LUVS YA, BABY!!... A long, long time ago, but I can still remember, How the Trolling used to make me smile. And I knew if I had my chance, I could egg on a few Trolls to "dance", And maybe we'd be happy for a while. But then Krackhead left and so did Klown; Volo and Turnip were banned, Mystake got run out o' town. Bad news on the Front Page, BIOweenia said goodbye in a heated rage. I can't remember if I cried When I heard that TORN was recently fried, But sadness touched me deep inside, The day...Black Isle died. For tarna, Visc, an' the rest o' the ol' Islanders that fell along the way
Gabrielle Posted February 26, 2006 Posted February 26, 2006 Yep, I know, the G5 is on my "to buy" list ... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What a nice looking mouse.
LoneWolf16 Posted February 26, 2006 Posted February 26, 2006 Pictures speak louder than words. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ...pleeze tell me that ain't a Dell... ...WHO LUVS YA, BABY!!... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What Bok said. I'm dumb...I know... Runs like a dream though. I had thought that some of nature's journeymen had made men and not made them well, for they imitated humanity so abominably. - Book of Counted Sorrows 'Cause I won't know the man that kills me and I don't know these men I kill but we all wind up on the same side 'cause ain't none of us doin' god's will. - Everlast
Gabrielle Posted February 26, 2006 Posted February 26, 2006 Dells good, what the hell you talking about?
Diamond Posted February 26, 2006 Posted February 26, 2006 (edited) Yep, I know, the G5 is on my "to buy" list ... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What a nice looking mouse. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> All my friends have got that. How can you spend that much on a mouse? Edited February 26, 2006 by Diamond
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