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My current rig: msi kt33 mobo 512mb of pc2700 (generic stuff, simpletech) xp 2100+, non-throughbred Im thinking about upgrading to: Epox 8RDA+ nforce2 mobo 512mb of corsair XMS pc2700 athlon xp 2400+ Im also picking up a new heatsink (volcano 9), so the total cost, with shipping is 434$...

I have the 430w enermax and its been rock solid thus far. Fairly quiet too, but then again, I may not hear it due to my case fans.

They are on the bottom of your case...if that picture is indeed your case.

I went to boot up my computer yesterday and I noticed the picture was rather distorted. When I came to the XP Log-On screen, the computer froze. I rebooted and the same thing happened, only this time I got to the desktop, got an error message saying "nvidia geforce4 ti4400 has caused...

I've seen similar problems posted here before, but I can't seem to find any of the threads, so ill make a new one... Everytime I go to boot up my computer after it has been off for awhile, BIOS can't detect any HD, but when I the computer on and off again, it boots windows up normally. At...

Why not get an Athlon XP 1600+ for 55$ on newegg.com?

Set it to 133mhz.

Why do I not believe the 2.53 intel will be below 200$?

DISGUSTING! Anand is obviously an AMD stockholder and attempting to skew results by equipping the intel system with pc800 rdram! I feel that I can no longer trust anand, and will have to look elsewhere for quality hardware reviews.

What on earth are you talking about? Battlefield 1942 and Unreal Tournmanet 2k3 come out next month. Warcraft III and NWN both came out recently. Icewind Dale II is out this month. Medieval: Total War and Age of Mythology are both slated to be out this year. NOLF 2 and Lionheart as well...

Athlons emit a ton of heat. 42 degrees is FINE for that cpu.

This is hilarious. Some dude at a Tribes LAN came into the place with this : http://www.gettadeal.com/uvalan4/DSC00463.JPG His 1.6 intel was overclocked to 3.0ghz.

I've heard they run very hot. Some people have told me I should get a HD cooler if im going to purchase one. In your opinion, is it an active cooling solution really necessary?

www.newegg.com Reliable, great with RMAs and fairly inexpensive. Not so cheap when it comes to ram, however.

are the truewatt series antec power supplies worth the extra money over an enermax power supply? I just recently built a new rig and popped in a cheap 320w genric psu until I could afford a nice one. Wondering if truewatt antec's are worth the money?