Recent content by lostnfound53

Thanks for the info, folks. Looks like I'm in for one, whenever a good deal comes up. :)

By very small, do you mean in the range of 1% to 5% versus a current mobo? I was afraid that it would be something like 50%. I've tried looking for information but there doesn't seem to be any articles related to this particular question.

I built a computer back in April 2007 and am looking to upgrade to a current gen video card. I've noticed that all the new cards are specced for PCIe ver. 2 but are backwards compatible with boards that are only capable of PCIe x16. The particular board I have is the Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3. Now...

It's OOS for delivery. Doh!

It's the 7200.9. http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?v...0VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD&locale=en-US

Right - that's what I found as well. I was wondering since the speaker graphics were a bit different.

Is this the same set? Amazon has it for $96... http://www.amazon.com/Klipsch-ProMedia-...e__all/102-2757659-2516159#accessories

Thanks for the info! My primary concern with a SATA DVD-RW drive is that since it is on the same bus as the HDs, will r/w operations on HD affect burning? I am concerned that SATA optical drives would burn more coasters than an IDE one.

I have been searching for articles/benchmarks that compare IDE vs SATA Optical drive performance. Can anyone shed some light regarding this? I am mostly interested in throughput and CPU usage. Thanks!

Let the price wars begin!! I am waiting until after 4/22 to see if these prices drop below Intel's stated cuts.