Recent content by Bilvader

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    Should I go RAID or seriously upgrade?

    it may be shortsighted but I just do occasional incremental backups and don't worry about harddrive failure or OS loss. Assuming data safety is irrelevant, does anyone have an opinion regarding my initial question as to whether it would be better to RAID two smaller WD1000JB's or one faster...
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    Should I go RAID or seriously upgrade?

    I have one of those WD1000JB special edition 100GB HD from Western digital with 8mb cache, but I am running out of space. Would love an increase in speed but don't want to pay the price for SCSI or SATA right now (though I will be watching size increases in SATA closely :). Saw some...
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    Audigy or Memory?

    The sound difference between a little bit older Monster mx300 and Audigy was truly awesome. I generally tend to spend more money (investments, as you call it) on stuff which one of my five senses will appreciate rather than just attempting to get a few more fps. So I have a top of the line...
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    Retail Xp temperature

    Just put together my amd 2000 w/ thermalright sk6 hs and 60mm delta fan? It runs low 50's in dos and 57-60C in windows xp after hours of gaming. Like you, I wonder if this is normal. I am thinking about reapplying the Arctic silver III, I probably put it on too thick. Also, I am using a...
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    Does ECC on DDR slow down Athlon XP's?

    Thanks everyone for your excellent advice. As always, I hear what I need to hear. Bilvader
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    Does ECC on DDR slow down Athlon XP's?

    I do plan on doing benchmarks once assembled, but first I have to decide whether or not to open the Mushkin memory package I just got in the mail.
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    Mandatory HD format w/ new MB and CPU?

    Got an upgraded Windows XP on my current 440BX MB and Celeron. Sitting next to them on the desk are my new Asus A7v266-E and XP2000+, just waiting to be plugged in. Do I really need to reinstall the OS? Thanks in advance. Bilvader
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    Does ECC on DDR slow down Athlon XP's?

    heard a rumor that ecc checking on ddr ram modules will slow down athlon xp systems. Is this true? My planned system Asus a7v266-e Athlon XP 2000+ Mushkin HP PC2100 ECC cas2 Leadtek GF2 GTS
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    Which is more overclockable? Athlon 1800, 1900 or 2000+

    Please no flames about the 2000+. I know it's not out yet, but will be soon. Thanks to the new Intel cpu with extra L cache.
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    DDR Ram - Is Corsair XMS2400 worth price vs. PC2100 cas2

    I do plan to overclock the FSB, but not planning on pushing any limits. Which is the best value for stable speed at moderate overclocking?
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    DDR Ram - Is Corsair XMS2400 worth price vs. PC2100 cas2

    Anyone? Please? Hello? :)
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    resizeing the hardrive?

    I heard from hardcore computer geek cousin that Partition Magic is excellent for this. I could not get it rapidly enough, so I went onto either softseek or Tucows (I forget which) and dl a freeware small program called Presizer and changed my partition easily. Recently I have seen the entire...
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    DDR Ram - Is Corsair XMS2400 worth price vs. PC2100 cas2

    Thinking about muskin pc2100 cas2 vs. corsair xms2400 vs. cheaper Crucial PC2100 cas2.5. Respective prices are $ 115/115/65. Which is better? Will do some moderate amount of overclocking (once I view Tom's hardware video on unlocking the AMD XP's). Also, you need ecc type ram if you occupy...
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    Hercules Prophet 4500 (kyro II) vs. GeForce2 GTS?

    Nervous about leaving NVIDIA. Anyone have opinion about which is the better card?
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    Weird problem with ASUS K7V and floppy drive - Please help!

    Thanks for your response, obispo. But yes, I tried it first, second and third as a boot device and the lights on the FDD do turn on and the drive makes some noise. I even burned the contents of a fresh system disk onto a CD and made the CDROM the first boot device, but to no avail. Keep the...