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Hi. I will be putting together a custom system and would like some advice
and feedback. I will be using an AMD 64 3000 on a the MSI K8T Neo2-F
motherboard with a 160 GB SATA hard drive 1 gig of memory (set for dual
channel) and an ATI All in wonder 9600 video card. I will be installing a
slipstreamed Windows XP Professional service pack 2. I've read some
confusing information about pressing F6 during Windows setup to install
third party raid drivers for drives over 160 GB. My hard drive came with a
disk format utility. Will I still need to press F6 during install or is
that only for versions of windows before service pack 2?
After I install Windows, what is generally the best order to install
software and drivers?
I'm trying to decide between using my old SoundBlaster live or the
motherboard's on board audio. I've read that using the onboard audio uses
the CPU. However, given my system specs, will this ever be noticeable?
I'm thinking about installing one of my old IDE hard drives to use as back
up. Will an IDE drive in any way slow down the SATA drive?
Any other suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
Hi. I will be putting together a custom system and would like some advice
and feedback. I will be using an AMD 64 3000 on a the MSI K8T Neo2-F
motherboard with a 160 GB SATA hard drive 1 gig of memory (set for dual
channel) and an ATI All in wonder 9600 video card. I will be installing a
slipstreamed Windows XP Professional service pack 2. I've read some
confusing information about pressing F6 during Windows setup to install
third party raid drivers for drives over 160 GB. My hard drive came with a
disk format utility. Will I still need to press F6 during install or is
that only for versions of windows before service pack 2?
After I install Windows, what is generally the best order to install
software and drivers?
I'm trying to decide between using my old SoundBlaster live or the
motherboard's on board audio. I've read that using the onboard audio uses
the CPU. However, given my system specs, will this ever be noticeable?
I'm thinking about installing one of my old IDE hard drives to use as back
up. Will an IDE drive in any way slow down the SATA drive?
Any other suggestions?
Thanks in advance.