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Can't agree more with you on that! :) Years ago, when I upgraded from a Celeron 566MHz to 850MHz, I decided to upgrade my PSU too, since I was running 4 hard drives, 2 optical drives, and had all my PCI and ISA slots filled up. I upgraded from my crappy stock 235watt to a massive 400watt PSU...

Couldn't agree more. I've recently built myself a budget X2 3800+ rig and it works like a charm for my XviD encodings. :)

Hi ownsauce, Not sure if you've resolved your problem, but anyway... Are you sure your RAM modules did not fail in the meantime? Perhaps try some other modules? Secondly, your BIOS may not be picking up the RAM IDs correctly, and the motherboard could be assigning the wrong values for...

Hi roeeyossef, Not sure if you're still looking for the modules. Anyway... There are a lot of lengthy threads outlining the problems with various types of RAM modules for the A8N-SLI range motherboards. Personally, I use 2 x 1GB DDR400 modules from GeiL and they work fine with all the...

Hi bgc99, Use memtest86+ at http://www.memtest.org/ It's ported from the original memtest, and memtest86+ is updated regularly to support the latest chipsets and cpus. Personally I use the latest version (1.65 at the time of writing) for work related purposes (testing faulty units) and...

I don't fancy onboard sound cards very much, so I would definately recommend having your Audigy2 over the onboard. When I've upgraded my system recently, I've decided to use the Audigy card from my old PC rather than selling it (not worth the value!). :) Then again, it depends on your...

Couldn't agree more with you openwheelformula1. :) I have the same MB, and mine works like a charm.

Since you friend would be doing more multi-tasking of general tasks, I would strongly consider replacing the CPU with a dual-core. Perhaps the AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ as an entry point is a good start. As I'm not really into games all the time, I've got myself just a humble GeForce 7300GS. I...

I've got the Premium version and I'm pretty happy with it. Though having said that, I've had my share of problems with setting up a stable system for it. One of the benefits of going for the Premium is that if you do intend to go SLI, you don't need to physically swap the "SLI key" on the...

Go for the AMD system. :)

I would strongly recommend Seagate. My current role involves fixing the PCs we lease, and 90% of the time when a PC comes in for a hard drive replacement, the failed hard drive is a Maxtor. :( I've had Seagate hard drives for years now without problems, and would recommend these. :)