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I run FAH so the quad core was the easy winner over the dual core. NCIX is a crapshoot at the moment ... people are randomly reporting G0's and B3's regardless of when they ordered. If you don't mind waiting a few weeks, you could always go for Tankguys.

Bought mine from the US site - ncixus.com.

Decided to take the risk and ordered July 24th, recevied confirmation email yesterday stating that I was shipped a SLACR - G0 chip. Looks like I got lucky with all the reports of recent B3 stepping CPUs.

Found the drive listed in their weekly ad and saw about 5 on the shelves when I went in along with other Hitachi products... http://bestbuy.dailyshopper.co.../bestbuy//262540_b.JPG 10% off coupon expired yesterday so it's $99 now.

--> It's now $99 since the 10% coupon expired 12/19. Didn't see this posted so figure I'd post it... Best Buy has the 250gb 7K250 Deskstar PATA for $99 after $60 MIR. Apply the 10% bb coupon and it brings it down to $83.99. List price: $159.99 After 10% off coupon: $143.99 After $40...

I'm using a Radio Shack Indoor/Outdoor thermometer - indoor for ambient temp and outdoor for either case temp or a somewhat inaccurate heatsink temp. They're around $20 when on sale : Radio Shack Thermometer

2176 p3 600E@800, Hercules Geforce2 MX @ 200/200, 256mb pc-133.

Thanks for the input guys. I decided to hold off on the upgrade and bumped up the PPGA Celeron 366 back up to 550. Hasn't crashed in the 4hrs in game so it appears to be somewhat stable. Performance is much better but still not nearly as good as the P3@800 & Geforce2 MX. Next upgrade will...

Looking to upgrade my 2nd system to be able to run decent 3D games - specifically Everquest which dips down to under 10fps under some circumstances. Current specs : Abit BH6 PPGA Celeron 366 o/c to 458mhz (83mhz bus) Voodoo3 2000, mem o/c to 175mhz Seagate 7200rpm ata-66 hdd Crappy snd card and...

From the looks of your website, I'd say that you're still taking orders ... count me in as well. CYM.