:D If you get a 3rd party heatsink/fan that is pretty good (I highly suggest thermalright's xp-90 because of my awesome results) you can most likely easily surpass 2.5ghz. I have had my AMD 3500+...

I would say that a good quality 350 watter powersupply would be plenty adequate for your system (taking into consideration you do not have a 3d card that requires its own molex connector) and that...

I have the seen that article, I read that when it was first posted ( i frequent anantech) I do not choose to believe very much in that article. They did a lot of testing, but I have read elsewhere...

You are right about the numbers. They make me glad that I didnt wait for a pci-e capable board. By the time that pci-e is really used to its fullest, it will be time for a new computer anyways!...

When you say already overclocked, are you reffering to a card like the BFG 6800gt OC'ed.? That is the card that I have, and I honestly love the hell out of it. I guess I just appreciate that it...

I am glad you went with the 6800gt, good choice!

I also like 200gb harddrives.. I dont know what the obsession is.. maybe its just because for the money I cant think of a better performing/high...

I am going to have to disagree with you :lol:
My friend has a new dell xps with a radeon x800 pro pci-e card. And while there are considerations to take into the equation such as that he has...

I am glad that you liked what I had to say! Again, i hope i did not offend you using your fx5200 for comparison. I just had my real life experience with mine. I think its a fine card. As long...

Sorry I was not trying to dis you or anything. honestly! :)

But the prices are way off. Those are for the cheapie cards. and that goes hand in hand with crappy overclocking. BFG is known...

These figures are all wrong... haha. :( the prices... comparisons, overclocking, its all wrong!

Do not listen to these figures!!

Overclocking this much is NOT a task to take on lightly,...

Not to take away by any means from what cdt1983 said. He makes a valid point. With a upper range system such as what he has, games are playable on a fx5200. However, I have a gainward fx5200 that...

It is fact that the 130 nm 3500+ doesnt perform as well as the 90nm (to my regret. I bought a 130 2 months before the 90 info was released)

However, I do not agree with you. I am not saying you...

I have a very similar problem. I have 2 sata harddrives as well. When I get my HTT to 243 mhz, no matter what i do to voltages, the sata drives fail to be detected as well. What is going on here?...

the difference is in performance (obviously, haha, not trying to sound like a jerk :p ) Most of the processors you listed on the older socket, that is going to be phased out. I would reccomend if...

do you have your case fan connected to a 12v molex connector from your power supply? thats what i am assuming.. if you want the fan to be more quiet, you would have to give it less power somehow. ...

Thank you very much. I have scoured in the internet in vain. :cry:

The revision two actually does have the locks.. but by reviews.. they arnt sure how efficient they are? It is still a...

Are you sure that this is for all revisions of the board? I have my fingers crossed and I am hoping that this will be true for my revision one board... Because I am sooo out of luck if this isnt the...

Once you use a heatsink.. unless you lap it, it will not have the same efficiency as a brand new one. Well I will rephrase that. If you had a great heatsink with a crappy thermal compound, and then...

That is a very valid point. I have considered the pci bus, but I cannot find anything about it in my bios. So i strongly fear that I do not have a pci bus lock. In that case, if I do not, am I...

jhow is it that one goes about telling it to use up physical ram first? I dont see why the system would ever want to use pagefile first.

Why not have it on another partition? Its still on the...

Thank you! someone who actually answered my question! haha. I didnt think i was crazy. I thought there was a norton ghost. I will have to look into getting norton ghost, hopefully it isnt more...

as I said, I have a 6800gt OC by bfg. It overclocks pretty damn well. It autoconfigs to 420mhz core (up from 350 standard) which is quite a jump. but no its not 100mhz. and at 420mhz i see...

I do not believe the router would help in the xp machine seeing the other machines. It sounds like a software issue somehow...

I dont know, i should know how to remedy this.. I just cant think...

I am not trying to take away from Catweazle either, because he obviously knows his stuff.

I agree though, i always "hot swap" ps/2 devices. I had a problem with one computer running xp, where the...

first of all.. i want to ask... how is it that all of your computers share the internet via a hub? is the hub behind a router? otherwise i do not see how this is possible. I am guessing it is...

Ok, so your EZXS55W is a switch. You will need a router to share the internet connection of your dsl with 2 or more of your computers. Macs will work fine on the network hand in hand with your pc. ...

Wow, thats crazy... so it worked temporarily and then fails? I am sure you tried just about everything, but have you tried a different nic? They are relatively inexpensive, i would try either a...

If it is just basic file transfer you are looking at.. I once used windows built in ftp... which is relatively easy to use. It allows your (really dumb friend! haha j/k) to easily access your files...

hahha :cheesy: yeah.. about antec.. they make great cases. I wasnt aware that they did cooling... Go with thermalright or swiftech if you have lots of money! I prefer thermalright.

Correct me if I am wrong.. but wouldnt a lot of heat being displaced into the room mean the computer is being cooled greatly... its when the computer isnt putting out a lot of heat that you might...

Which type of processor do you use? I recently purchased a thermalright xp-90 and it is UNBELIEVABLE. I cannot believe the efficiency of it. Of course I have a pretty decent 92mm fan blowing air...

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holy shit. That is such a complicated way to go. I appreciate the help.. but it is insane!! haha :cry:

There are soo many extra libraries to download, in extensions i have never heard of. so...

thanks a ton for the help! I am going to try it out right now.

I looked at the link you said for the built in vpn.. but it really isnt a built in vpn.. it is just how windows accesses another vpn? So i dont see how that helps me out? haha. sorry! i am lost.
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Is the built in VPN legit? I have been looking to do something like this for so long using a VPN. do you know if it makes "lan" games possible? by fooling the computer into believing that the two...

Wow.. I dont know what you guys are doing wrong.. but I run sata and ide devices. Sata run on their own little cables... they dont need jumpers.. as far as I know. I havnt had any problems. My...

haha, i cant help but to chuckle at that. What resolution do you run doom 3 on high? like 600x480 @avg fps =15? I run my 6800gt at 1600x1200 on high, with 4x aa with everything enabled. I get...

Heh, thanks for the warning. I do realize there is a a risk of instability as long as other risks. I do, however take the best precautions that I know how.

I mainly overclock for the bragging...

If you have roughly 200 to spend, i would DEFINATELY go with a geforce 6600gt. If you have enough money to get a decent geforce 6800gt that would be the optimal choice (somewhere in the neighborhood...