Just got the budget of £300 for a christmas present....not sure what hardware to go for though
Firstly I was thinking a logitech cordless MX for bluetooth from overclockers. Does anyone know if these are any good for gaming? I heard the original microsoft bluetooth desktop set was crap and I'm finding it hard to find any reviews for this.
As I'm running out of hard drive space and have a NF7-s I was thinking about buying 2 of these and setting it up in raid (the raid array which doubles the speed....can't remember if that's 0 or 1). Any advice on this?
Then I was considering a cheap digital camera or some more RAM. With a digital camera I'd prefer one which is slim so can be taken about the place and under about £70, any reccomendations? Or if I went for the RAM would it be worth upgrading from 512MB to 1GB? I've got 2*256MB of Twinmos w/winbond chips from komplett in dual DDR, would I be able to add an extra 512MB module into the third slot without losing the benefits of dual DDR?
Many Thanks
Slick


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I've heard good things about the Logitech Cordless MX but I'm not sure hwo great they are for gaming, AFAIK it's difficult with cordless stuff. Bluetooth adds a whole other complication, you'd really want to look into it well before purchasing. Sorry I simply don't know much about input devices.
Nice choice of HD for RAIDing, but IMHO RAID is no where near worth a lot of the headaches and risks it involves, I'd suggest just buying a single 160GB perhaps? If you do want to RAID the two most common types are RAID-0 (striping) and RAID-1 (mirroring). RAID-0 gives writing and reading a little speed boost but does not keep any backup of your files should a drive fail. RAID-1 gives a small boost in reading, it basically keeps a simultaneous backup of the first drive so your capacity is only half not the total combined drive storage space, this safeguards against drive failure. It's RAID-0 you surely want but no RAID gets near doubling the speed, 10-15% is about the best you should hope for.
Cheap digital cameras (ie < £100) are usually pretty poor in some if not all categories. I use the Fuji A202 which is pretty light and compact with great photos and decent camcorder ability, that should be close to £100 new now. So long as you stick to the established brands almost any d.cam should be pretty good now. I'd rec one which runs on AA batteries and factor in the cost of a charger and rech-batts in the long term. Also rem that most d.cams come withtiny RAM cards, so you'll need £20ish for a decent sized one too.
As for the RAM, I seriously doubt there's many average users who need the full amount of 512MB let alone the acres of space 1GB RAM offers. COnsidering RAM prices tend to fall quite dramatically over the long term it would make sense to stick to 512MB for a while longer. HTH!


