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<blockquote data-quote="elconejito" data-source="post: 123103" data-attributes="member: 12592">I'm don't know that particular motherboard firsthand, but what i noticed on the picture is that the power connecter (20 or 24pin, cant tell) may be hard to reach depending on your CPU fan (I havent seen that one). I had an issue where the cable just *barely* cleared a Zalman fan to reach the power connector. My layout is very similar to yours, and if the cable from the power supply isn't long enough you may have some issues.Maxtor Harddisk? I don't know where you are from, but maxtor quality here is TERRIBLE (location does make a big difference I think). General consensus is that Seagate are reliable but noisy. the newer, large (500GB) western digitals are very quiet, and the Samsungs are very quiet as well. For more info you can check out <a href="http://forums.storagereview.net/" target="_blank">http://forums.storagereview.net/</a> and <a href="http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/" target="_blank">http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/</a>.Just out of curiosity, why do you want an external DVD burner? Internal ones can be very cheap, faster, and you can control noise with a program like Nero's drivespeed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="elconejito, post: 123103, member: 12592"] I'm don't know that particular motherboard firsthand, but what i noticed on the picture is that the power connecter (20 or 24pin, cant tell) may be hard to reach depending on your CPU fan (I havent seen that one). I had an issue where the cable just *barely* cleared a Zalman fan to reach the power connector. My layout is very similar to yours, and if the cable from the power supply isn't long enough you may have some issues. Maxtor Harddisk? I don't know where you are from, but maxtor quality here is TERRIBLE (location does make a big difference I think). General consensus is that Seagate are reliable but noisy. the newer, large (500GB) western digitals are very quiet, and the Samsungs are very quiet as well. For more info you can check out [url]http://forums.storagereview.net/[/url] and [url]http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/[/url]. Just out of curiosity, why do you want an external DVD burner? Internal ones can be very cheap, faster, and you can control noise with a program like Nero's drivespeed. [/QUOTE]

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