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Title says it all..what's the best firewall to use for a Windows 2003 machine running RRAS and DHCP services. What do u guys use ?

There's newer DFI boards :P

I think so

Yeah Intel 950 meets the minimum requirements. But just like a lately release game, the cards on the minimun requirements list will perform poorly and you'll probably have to disable a few features.

The mem controller on Newcastles to Winnies can handle 4 banks/sides at 400Mhz and 8 at 333Mhz. In the E revision, Athlon64s now support 8 banks/sides total at 400Mhz but at 2T instead of 1T. note that banks and sides are two different things. People tend to mix them up. You can have a...

data is data. doesn't matter if it's OS data or not, it's gone.

Ok first off, you don't need 1:1. There's no 1:1 in A64s. Spending an extra $100-150 isn't worth it the 3-5% gains, unless you're a competitive benchmarker. With that said the OCZ memory you linked is revision 1. Not a particularly great overclocker, but it should get you to 215-220Mhz~...

You probably will have to reinstall. Two different Raid controllers. Backup your data, then make the switch. and quit complaining, you should reinstall your OS anyway, after a major change like a mothebroard swap.

lol

Not bad for $1k

Alienware has it selectable as a card in their 7500 systems for $285 extra.

With that budget, you won't get a 2X faster system. However, you will see a vast difference in your games and other apps if you go with what you have listed there. Instead of the 3800+, I look into the S939 Opterons which OC like mad for the most part. If overclocking is not your thing...

It is true, the reflective-ness can be quite annoying. Otherwise I'm happy with mine for games and DVDs.

Any good branded memory will be perfectly fine. Even Kingston or Corsair Value will allow you that overclock. You could get 2Gigs of something like OCZ running at 2-3-2-6 for like $195-210. That's a good deal.

Well great. Most encoding apps support Dual Cores and Hyper threading. It may be worth it, in that case. But dont expect to see much of a difference in Windows operation and games. The prices for S939 boards and processors will of course drop when AM2 comes around. AMD had a price drop...