Quote Originally Posted by 'Sinkaitos',index.php?page=Thread&postID=144740#po st144740
Thanks for the quick reply.

well, how does a Maxtor Basics STM305004N1AAAS-RK 500GB Hard Drive - 7200, 16MB, Serial ATA-300, Retail look?and if so, would I need the SDD one? the reason i ask is it seems a bit complicated, and all that symlinking sounds confusing. if this hard drive is good enough the 500gb would be more then enough for the rougly 50gb for 5 directories, with a ton of room left over for other apps, not to mention its the exact same price (maybe a bit less).

and really, these are the only parts i would need to build my PC other then the sound card, and DVD/CD Burner correct?

for the DVD/CD Burner im thinking Sony DRU-V200S/BR DVD Rewritable Drive SATA - 20x DVD±R, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD+R DL, 12x DVD-R DL, 12x DVD-RAM, 16x DVD-ROM, 48x CD-R, 32x CD-RW, 48x CD-ROM, Black, its pretty cheap since i wont be using it a whole lot unless im installing my WoW, or some FPS.

as for the sound card, I have absolutely no clue. I dont want crappy sound but i dont wanna be spending $200 on one either. TurtleBeach 7.1/5.1 Audio Advantage SRM looks alright but its external and im looking for one that I can put inside.

after all that I think all i will need is a case (Correct me if im wrong) and then im on my way. :love:
hmmm maxtor....... i've had 4-5 different brands of hard drives and the only ones that i've seen fail were maxtors. i haven't looked at them lately (like in the past 3 years) but i seem to remember them having slightly slower seek times compared to pretty much any other HD. I've had good luck with Western Digital, Seagate, and Hitachi.

If you refer to my last post, I told you that you won't need 5 full WoW directories- if you symlink, all WoW directories put together should be well under 20GB. Believe me, it's worth the time and effort to figure out how to symlink them. I'm not an expert on it, but i was able to figure out how to use that powershell script in the post earlier, i'd be willing to help out when the time comes if you'd like.

as far as sound cards, i have a Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty or something like that, some long ass name, and I LOVE it.