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Re: New Gaming PC
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 8:35 am
by JaxDragon
Yes well, for people like me with only a 300w PSU and no 6-pin from power supply, the 220 is fantastic. I'm not about to remove my motherboard just to upgrade my PSU.
Re: New Gaming PC
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 12:24 pm
by dandymcgee
Bakkon wrote:I just installed Windows 7 32x with 4gb of RAM installed and I'm only given 3.5gb.
Trask wrote:I thought that first pic of ATA was an IDE connection?
(P)ATA == IDE
JaxDragon wrote:TheFinalFanatic wrote:The website states that the HDD is ATA, but is that the same as SATA?
Yes, I'm pretty sure they are the same thing.
No, they're not. ATA == PATA. PATA != SATA. Parallel != Serial.
I just want to emphasize this.
ATA is
not SATA.
ATA is synonymous with
IDE and
PATA.
ATA is
PATA is
IDE <- Old, slower, parallel standard
SATA is just
SATA <- New, faster, serial standard
Re: New Gaming PC
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 2:15 pm
by avansc
err.. id just like to comment on the whole 32 bit 3 GB limit. this is a little right and a lotta wrong.
yes, xp 32 bit has this issue(and some others). but there are many 32 bit MS os' that do not suffer from this, some of them can handle 128GB at 32 bit, and the 64 bit versions 2TB.
i think even as early as 2000 AS could support 8 GB at 32 bit, and 2000 DC at 32 GB.
Re: New Gaming PC
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 4:00 pm
by andrew
avansc wrote:err.. id just like to comment on the whole 32 bit 3 GB limit. this is a little right and a lotta wrong.
yes, xp 32 bit has this issue(and some others). but there are many 32 bit MS os' that do not suffer from this, some of them can handle 128GB at 32 bit, and the 64 bit versions 2TB.
i think even as early as 2000 AS could support 8 GB at 32 bit, and 2000 DC at 32 GB.
This seems to explain it pretty well.