Getting a separate capture card may not be a bad idea, as long as it will capture audio as well. Also, on the DVD-burner...i know that Lite-On just came out with a few models and Best Buy had them on sale for under $100. Lite-On makes the best burners, hands down.
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There are cheap DVD writers available, but this is one area that you should not skimp on if you can afford it. Go with the Sony 510A, Teac (forget the model name) or Pioneer DVR-06 units that allow writing to all kinds of DVD formats. You may need to be able to write both the DVR+R and DVD-R formats to be able to play them back in any ol' consumer DVD player. Kinda essential if you are planning to send the video's to family and friends!AZhitman wrote:I'll also need a DVD burner that does all formats of DVD and CD - Thoughts or suggestions?
These multi-format writer units can also use the re-writable DVD formats (like DVD+RW and DVD-RW) - which makes having a humongous HD a little less important! You can use the re-writable DVD's for temporary data storing as well as system backups.
(ALL OF YOU do system backups often, right?!? RIGHT?!? If not, then you will deserve what you get when your HD crashes!)Quote »so I need a really cheap, small-capacity HD for it. Again, suggestions?[/quote]Again, if you can afford it, get a drive that is at least 7200 rpm and has a larger cache (like the 8MB Wester Digital units). This kinda becomes essential for good image capturing. Fry's often has sales on the Western Digital 80GB and 120GB units for less than $100.
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AZhitman wrote:Cool - I'll do the 120G unit and put the 33G in my kid's PC.
If you get the drive at Fry's, make sure that you get the one with the larger cache. For example, Western Digital makes essentially identical drives with both 2MB and 8MB caches. The part numbers are very similar ... something like WD1200JB and WD1200BB if I recall correctly. I think the JB has the larger cache.
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allright best u should get is the radeon 9600 all in wonder, and yes toss the 33gig in ur kids pc afetr grabing ur data then get the largest hd u can afford drives are cheap right now, almost a doller a gig, well also if ya can that should be anough ram but it never hurts 2 have more if ya can get more ram also, but stay away from nvidia cards but ati makes the best budegte game card and video card wicth I mentioned, hope this helps if anyone needs computer help pm me with ur sn and I will add ya 2 my buddy list,
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ok... so i kinda skipped over most of the posts on here... but IMO it would be easier to kinda help with some of these thigns if you went to http://www.pcpitstop.com and ran there full system tests and post the link to the results. that way everyone can see all the specs and everythign without you having to dig around and try to find them. just my 2cents
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