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I'm looking at upgrading my existing desktop with the following from Newegg, zipzoomfly etc. and I'll probably overclock it. Core 2 Duo E6400 (775 - 2.13 GHz 2048K) Gigabyte P965 GA-965P-S3 2x1024MB Crucial PC2-6400 Ballistix Seagate 3.0Gbps 320GB 7200RPM 16MB Barracuda 7200.10...

That's correct. There's a hardware firewall on my nf3 motherboard. But I was wondering if it's a good idea using it instead of a software firewall like Zone Alarm.

I've just installed an AMD 3400+ 754 on a DFI NF3 m/board. The thermal paste I added may not be burned in yet. On cold boot after overnight off the Bios reports the following temperatures: CPU 46 SYS 25 SYS 26 It seems to me that unless the CPU heats up very quickly during Bios...

Is the NFI Firewall built into NFI motherboards worth messing around with, or is a software based one such as Zone Alarm preferable. A motherboard based firewall sounds appealing in principle, but I'm somewhat scared off by the problems people are reporting configuring it.

Ok, I installed the drivers for the DFI diskette, and WinXp is currently formatting the Raptor. It's reporting the size of the partition as 70896 MB. Is that consistent with it's description as a 76gig drive?

I want to set up a Raptor 76gb as a boot hard drive on a clean install of WinXP on a DFI lan Party m/b. Do I just let the Winxp cd do it's stuff, or do I need to install some drivers using F6 on the Bios load?

I ended up ordering an AMD 64 3400+ Newcastle with a DFI Lan Party m/board, instead of the Pentium 4 3.2. Thanks for everybody's help.

Thanks stevty2889, that sounds like good advice. And, piromaneak, I did look at AMD too, but I understand that the P4 is better at high CPU usage mult-tasking and the AMD is better at games. Don't want to start a flame war!

I was going to buy a socket 775 Pentium 4 3.0ghz from ZZF for $178, along with a Gigabyte i865PE motherboard for $84. But I see that outpost.com is offering a socket 478 Pentium 4 3.2gzh m/board combo for $260. Is the outpost.com deal a better choice?

I'm upgrading my existing PC - used mainly for programming and general business with a lot of multitasking - with the following components. Intel LGA 775 Pentium 4 530J 3.0 GHz, 800MHz FSB $178 GIGABYTE "" i865PE Chipset Motherboard $86 Corsair Value Select (Dual Pack) 184 Pin 512MBx2 DDR...

I'm currently running three VGA Envision LCD monitors off an old Abit BH6 motherboard with an AGP 2X dual head video card and a PCI motherboard. I use the PC mostly for business applications with little gaming, sadly. I'm looking to get a motherboard that supports a Pentium Prescott 3ghz...