Okay, I'm ordering all the parts for my new recording PC off newegg and I have a couple questions for anybody who can help.
1. The motherboard is the Intel DP35DPM. I can get it for a little over a $100 or for about $50 with open box. Should I stick with the open box to save money or would I be better off just getting the retail version to make sure I get everything I need? This will be the first pc I've fully put together, so I don't really want to be missing parts.... Also, I think this motherboard comes with two texas instruments firewire ports, but I'm having trouble confirming it... is that true?
2. I can't decide between the seagate 320gb hard drives (2 of them) or the seagate 500gb hard drives (2 of them). It only costs $40 more to get two 500gb drives... but I've read the bigger drives get pretty hot and such, so I'm thinking they might not be as fast and might be a little less reliable... so, should I just not bother and get the 320gb drives or go ahead and get more space for an extra 40 bucks?
Here's the specs:
Case: Antec Sonata III w/500W PSU
CPU: Core 2 Quad Q6600
CPU Cooling: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
RAM: Corsair XMS2 4GB(2x2GB) PC6400
System HDD: Seagate 320GB/16MB/7200RPM-SATA 3GB
Project HDD: Seagate 320GB/16MB/7200RPM-SATA 3GB
ODD: LITE-ON DVD/RW - 20x8x8x - Lightscribe Technology
VGA: Gigabyte GeForce 8600GT PCI-E 256MB GDDR3 Dual DVI / HDTV
Motherboard: Intel DP35DPM
OS: Windows XP Home 32
Help me out if you can. Thanks...
1. The motherboard is the Intel DP35DPM. I can get it for a little over a $100 or for about $50 with open box. Should I stick with the open box to save money or would I be better off just getting the retail version to make sure I get everything I need? This will be the first pc I've fully put together, so I don't really want to be missing parts.... Also, I think this motherboard comes with two texas instruments firewire ports, but I'm having trouble confirming it... is that true?
2. I can't decide between the seagate 320gb hard drives (2 of them) or the seagate 500gb hard drives (2 of them). It only costs $40 more to get two 500gb drives... but I've read the bigger drives get pretty hot and such, so I'm thinking they might not be as fast and might be a little less reliable... so, should I just not bother and get the 320gb drives or go ahead and get more space for an extra 40 bucks?
Here's the specs:
Case: Antec Sonata III w/500W PSU
CPU: Core 2 Quad Q6600
CPU Cooling: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
RAM: Corsair XMS2 4GB(2x2GB) PC6400
System HDD: Seagate 320GB/16MB/7200RPM-SATA 3GB
Project HDD: Seagate 320GB/16MB/7200RPM-SATA 3GB
ODD: LITE-ON DVD/RW - 20x8x8x - Lightscribe Technology
VGA: Gigabyte GeForce 8600GT PCI-E 256MB GDDR3 Dual DVI / HDTV
Motherboard: Intel DP35DPM
OS: Windows XP Home 32
Help me out if you can. Thanks...