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I would have to recommend running 2 hitachi 80MB sata II hard drives in raid 0 - they run insanely fast and costs only 100 dollars for both of them - i have data to prove it also !

simply follow the instructions you find here http://www.luwigie.com/tweaks/FAQxp2000.pdf

Well all right, here is my quick explanation 1) Processor - pretty much a starting point when building any computer - choose your way: Intel or AMD - research the topic to see which one appeals more to you and to your needs - when you choose to go either Intel or AMD, there are many choices within each, different socket processors, different cores, but thats another topic here 2) Motherboard - Once chosen which way you would like to go, Intel or AMD, you have to choose your motherboard - it is one of the main parts of your computer which pretty much glues everything together - you are pretty much shopping for features, and you have to make sure it is compatible with your processor 3) Memory (RAM) - You pretty much can't go without this - once chosen the motherboard you want, you will have to choose how much memory you want in your computer and which type (yes, there are also different types of memory) - I recommend at least 512MB 4) Storage (Hard drives) - You will need at least 1 ! - They come in different sizes, types - for most people I would say 80GB would be enough - very cheap and always upgradeable/expandable 5) CD/DVD Drives - DVD drives are very cheap now days, buying one of those will allow you to read all CD formats and DVD formats as well - if you decide to buy yourself a DVD burner (DVD

Avast antivirus is great

In my opinion sp1 is better than sp2 - thats why the last 3 windows xp os's i bought were all sp1 not sp2 (customer pc's ive built)

thats why i havent switched to sp2 yet, and never will

I've been upgraded also - I live in Arizona :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 5348 Kbps about 5.3 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 653 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Wed Dec 28 09:19:43 MST 2005 Bottom Line:: 96X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.57 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 30.6 % faster than the average for host (cox.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-IVHBGPCS1 Little more tweaking and ill be hitting over 700kB/s mark

:::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 5663 Kbps about 5.7 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB) Download Speed is:: 691 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Tue Dec 27 20:26:39 MST 2005 Bottom Line:: 101X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.48 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 38.39 % faster than the average for host (cox.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-TNBGFV2IU tweaked some settings - im happy

heheh lol I was a 4/512 user and have been officially increased to 6/512 - cox is great !

total cost is 1300 shipped

Lite-On is far the best brand I have tried - step up is Plextor

I know that I could have chosen few things that are less expensive (and could have served the same purpose as well) - like the 3500+ processor or the 6800gt video card - but the prices of each are just about $20 dollars less than what I have in mind and the 7800gt video card by eVGA is for sale 60 dollars under msrp untill the 29th

Motherboard: DFI LANPARTY nF4 SLI-DR Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3700+ Memory: OCZ EL Platinum Revision 2 1GB (2 x 512MB) Storage: Western digital 36.7gb 10,000RPM SATA HD Western digital 80.0gb 7,200RPM SATA HD Video card: eVGA 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x 16 Case: Antec Performance I P160 Power supply: OCZ PowerStream 520W Power Supply I know I have had a dillema about which motherboard to get (either the msi platinum sli or this dfi motherboard - after researching the topic i have concluded that the dfi is what i want) Suggestions / Comments ? - Please say something before its too late hehehe

so any other thoughts on this motherboard ? im assuming noone else really wanted to spend that much $ on that lol

i think ill go with the dfi dr sli motherboard, and i guess when it comes to motherboards we also have the same taste - im going with antec, but with the following case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129141 i guess its a very similar case to the one you recommend

so you think its definitely worth the $ ? - i mean, i was thinking of spending about 200 dollars on a case, and thought it thru - decided to spend more on a motherboard and keep the case in the 100 dollar range

I am very much ready to build my next computer - and I have a big dillema - I have read numerous reviews for the best SLI/Overclocking motherboards out there and have concluded that these two motherboards steal the game MSI K8N Neo4/SLI Platinum DFI nF4 SLI-DR They are far more superior over other motharboards and will give me the best performance I lean towards the MSI motherboard but the other day I was reading the Hardocp.com review of the said m/b and they claim, at the end of their review, that there are some errors in the area of overclocking that the MSI itself cannot even fix - !?!?!?!? - Does anyone have any idea about this ? What is this all about ? Has anyone used any of these 2 motherboards before - I really do appreciate input before I finalize my purchase

ps dual channel is not a type of ram

I would personally not go for samsung brand - if you have $ go with either kingston value ram or corsair - dual channel means basically that your mobo will have 2 memory controllers - i believe that it doesnt have anything to do with the ram itself - its just an advertising scheme

ay....... 1st - you will not dual channel if your motherboard doesnt support it 2nd - his motherboard doesnt seem to support it 3rd - stepping it up from 266mhz to 400mhz - you will see a noticable difference if you just have 512mb of ram compared to 1 gig at 266mhz

and yes....if you have faster and slower ram in your system (mismatched) - your comp will take the slower one as your ram speed

if you have a choice of 1 gig of pc2100 ram and 512mb of pc3200 ram go for the pc3200

there is no way you can have a decent gaming machine starting out with that system - upgrading your ram will give you some boost - not a lot at all - your processor power is holding you back big time buddy - screw getting a new video card, save up some money and get something you can actually game with

pretty stoopid - thesharing of music/movies/programs will never stop for as long as computers exist - its a simple fact - they can try and try but will never accomplish their goal so i say.....just give up and put some more money where it belongs, in my pocket

what we're saying is that your ISP advertises speeds in kilobits (768kb) which is equal to about 96 kilobytes (KB) - and if you are anywhere above 96KB you are over your cap speed