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    Power supply or ???

    I built 2 identical systems (Builds in my signature). I used Axio cases with 480W power supplies. The cases were great, but the power supplies were crap. The 1st died within 3 months and I replaced it with a $50 500W. It runs great now. I was tight on cash last week when the 2nd died, so I used...
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    Athlon XP 1700/Volcano 6+ OC?

    I have an Abit NF7 board with an AMD Athlon XP 1700+ and a Thermaltake Volcano 6+ heatsink and fan. Anyone here OCing this combo? What should this be able to do?
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    XP, or 98SE?

    I am about to finish construction on 2 new computers (build specs are in my signature). I know I have to run XP to use the hyperthreading feature of the boards & processors. I have a XP Home upgrade, but not the origional install software. To use what I already have, I'd have to install 98SE and...
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    PC3500 or PC3200?

    Building an Asus P4P800 Deluxe system here. I have to order ram now. It's been suggested to me that I should use PC3500 ram over PC3200. Since I'm building 2 identical systems, the cost difference from PC3200 to PC3500 across 4-256MB chips is $64. (I'm looking at OCZ Performance ram.) I was also...
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    Asus A7N8X board Ram

    I am building a couple semi upgradeable computers for my kids to replace their aging and outdated PIII 550 systems. I am looking at Asus A7N8X boards, because they support 8x AGP, up to 400FSB, 3000+ AMD CPU, and have onboard LAN for easy home networking usage. I have 750 Duran processors...
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    Best $165 video card?

    I'm building a new P4 system, and need the best video card my $165 budget can buy. I'm thinking Saphire Radeon 9600XT? I've been an iNvidia user for a long time, but the reviews I've read list the Radeon outperforming all similarly priced nVidia based cards. I also understand the Radeons...
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    Building a new system

    I'm building a new system that will be used mainly for LAN gaming and broadband internet surfing. I want to build a decent performer that will play newer games without any problems. (My P3 600 Dells don't play them smoothly anymore). The components I'm eyeing are: Asus P4P800 Deluxe board, P4...