My new system is coming together slowly. Many thanks to those that have offered helpful advice.
I've settled on a Gigabyte 8KNXT, a 3.2 P4, 1 gig of DDR400 memory, and a Gigabyte Radeon 9600SE video card.
The 8KNXT comes with 3 HD controllers: 1-ATA 100 (IDE Channels 1 & 2), 1- ATA 133 (IDE channels 3 & 4), and 1-4-port SATA.
I plan to install an 80 gig HD as master on IDE 1 and a DVD burner as master on IDE 2. The 80 gig HD would be partitioned 20 gigs for OS and 60 gigs for Apps.
I also plan to install two aditional 160 gig (or larger if the budget permits) HD's for capture and rendering. The question is: would it be better to install these drives as masters on IDE 3 and IDE 4 (ATA 133) or use the SATA controller (and SATA drives) instead? I assume that LBA 48 is enabled in the 8KNXT BIOS for IDE channels 3 & 4 so that the 137 gig limit would not be problem with either the ATA 133 or SATA configuration
Any and all suggestions are welcome.
Thanks
Jan
I've settled on a Gigabyte 8KNXT, a 3.2 P4, 1 gig of DDR400 memory, and a Gigabyte Radeon 9600SE video card.
The 8KNXT comes with 3 HD controllers: 1-ATA 100 (IDE Channels 1 & 2), 1- ATA 133 (IDE channels 3 & 4), and 1-4-port SATA.
I plan to install an 80 gig HD as master on IDE 1 and a DVD burner as master on IDE 2. The 80 gig HD would be partitioned 20 gigs for OS and 60 gigs for Apps.
I also plan to install two aditional 160 gig (or larger if the budget permits) HD's for capture and rendering. The question is: would it be better to install these drives as masters on IDE 3 and IDE 4 (ATA 133) or use the SATA controller (and SATA drives) instead? I assume that LBA 48 is enabled in the 8KNXT BIOS for IDE channels 3 & 4 so that the 137 gig limit would not be problem with either the ATA 133 or SATA configuration
Any and all suggestions are welcome.
Thanks
Jan