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I currently have the Enermax 350W (2 years old now) in my current system. Is this considered "quality" enough to just use with my new components/system? I never understood this - what does happen if ure power supply is "underpowered" for your components? Do things get damaged? Does system...

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So now that I've decided on my upgrade hardware (), can anyone recommend whether I need a 350 or a 400watt power supply? Hardware will be the following: P4 2.6ghz (800mhz FSB) Asus P4P800 motherboard GeForce FX5900 Video card 1 gig DDR PC3200 RAM 1 serial ATA Hard Drive (Raptor) 1 ata hard...

How helpful is hyperthreading in real world applications? Doesn't the programs have to be aware of and take use of dual threads? So maybe future generation programs will take more advantage of HT than the ones currently out.

Thanks for all the advice. Just ordered a 2.6 800mhz and Asus P4P800 mb w/ 1 gig PC3200 ram. Should be a VERY significant upgrade from my 1.4ghz :)

What's the better value - a 2.66ghz (533mhz bus) (for $164) or a 2.6ghz (800mhz bus) (for $175)? Does it depend on what applications I use my computer for? I'll be using the cpu on an Asus 800mhz board (which can also support 533 chips).

Good points. Thank you. Screw it, I'm just going to back all my data (not OS) up to another hdd and reformat my boot drive.. clean install. What will happen with my new clean install tho now that I have totally different hardware (excluding hdd's)? Will it let me re-register without...

Why do I have to format? I'd like to just keep my existing windows configuration, while using all new hardware. Is this not possible?

I'm just plain dumb. I forgot I won't be upgrading to new hard drives... just transferring them over to the new system, so my current OS (on my current drive) should run fine without any glitches/problems? Thanks.

Is there any way to use my current copy of windows xp for a new system? I plan on upgrading most everything (CPU, motherboard, memory, video card). If not, Bill Gates can shizzle my dizzle. I paid for a copy of the software so why should I have to pay for another just when upgrading my...

My system is a 1.4ghz (socket 478) with the first generation DDR ram (not sure what speed - maybe 2700?). So maybe I should just upgrade CPU to a 2.4ghz (socket 478). Any idea if that setup will still bottleneck a FX5900? The only reason I'm really shying away from upgrading CPU+MB is that...

Oops, it's not an ultra... and it has 128mb ram. Is $200 a good price for this card then? And say I get this card... will running any of the above games be slowed significantly because of my P4 1.4ghz cpu?

Well, the one I'm looking at (PNY 5900 Ultra - 256mb) is $200. Is that a good deal?

I've been an ATI user for a long time now (currently Radeon 8500). But, considering purchasing a new card - the PNY GeForce FX 5900 Ultra. I play such games as Final Fantasy XI, Rise of Nations, and Command and Conquer, so my video card is starting to be inadequate. Does anyone have any...

I'm starting to shy away from getting a new motherboard, as that means getting new memory too. I'd just like to speed up my system right now for as little $ as possible (hence, asking about just upgrading the CPU). My other system specs: Radeon 8500, WD Raptor Drive, 512mb DDR.