Ok, so I'm building a computer before I head off to college. I have most of the parts chosen, but I want to make sure of compatibility, mostly between my hard drive, CD drives(CD/DVD & CD Burner), and motherboard. Thanks for the help.
Motherboard specs can be found here:
http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd...herbd_d875pbz&
Hard Drive:
Maxtor 120GB 7200RPM Hard Drive 8MB OEM 6Y120P0
Specifications:
Size: 120 Gigabytes
Interface: IDE ULTRA ATA133
Seek time: 9ms
RPM:7200
Data Transfer: 133MB/sec
Cache:8MB
CD/DVD:
Samsung Internal Beige DVD-ROM/CDROM Model SD-816BEP
Specifications:
Interface: EIDE ATAPI
16x DVDROM
48x CD-ROM
Access Time: 110ms DVD, 90ms CD (Average)
CD Burner:
Samsung SW-252BEN 52x24x52 CDRW Bulk- OEM
Specifications: Data Transfer: Read CD : 52X (7,800 KB/sec),Record CD : 52X (7,800 KB/sec),Rewrite CD : 24X (3,600 KB/sec)
Burst Transfer Rate PIO Mode 4 (16.6MB/sec),UDMA Mode 2 (33.3MB/sec)
Buffer Memory 2MB
Interface EIDE/ATAPI
Average Access Time 110ms
Size: 148.2 x 42 x 184
The compatibility is the only thing keeping me from buying. Thanks again.
Edit: Thought of one more question regarding the mobo...will I be able to connect to my school's network with the Gigabit lan without any trouble? And if so, will I be able to use a standard ethernet cable, or will I need to get a special one?