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Way better, and 380W isn´t much so if you can go with the 430W for future VGA cards.

DL., Yeah Tualatin indeed, thanx for pointin me. I think I´m getting old .

Don´t forget that those are not the street-prices, think about 30-40% more (incl. Tax that is) but still it would be nice cards for the price. @ some1, What screen do you use now? And are you going to play for example BF2142 or Unreal Tournament 2007 in the near future?

Yeah, huge indeed. When you look at the site you can see a Coolermaster-own benchmark so we have to wait what it´s going to do in other reviews. It should be out next month and when I can get one I´m going to test it my self .

http://www.coolermaster.com/index.php?LT=e...ANU2-GP+GeminII Do I have to say more?

I was thinking... but I go with nitroshift post. gabriel_409, If you need help let us know how. nitroshift gave you the hint but as far as I can read you are pritty new with hardware. If you don´t know how to set the drive to SLAVE then just leave it like it is now and use the cable from your CD-ROM drive, disconnect it from the CD-ROM drive and connect it to your Harddisk drive that you took out of the external box. No need to set jumpers, just make sure you use the powerconnector too .

Clock speeds don´t say so much but indeed render pipelines do. But there is one bigger diference between the 7600 and the 7900 series, 128 vs 256bit MEM-bus. Take a look at this link. @ computerMan For just 30 bucks of diference I would take a 7900 over a 7600 any time.

Errrr...yeah, because all of my database servers at work have to be replaced every year since they're being hammered. Vista isn't going to make your hardware die faster. okay okay, (remember those eyes?) Die faster as in "stressed more" .

You are right, nothing wrong with the plastic holder. We also still use them, some coolers are to big or heavy, then you will be better of to screw them on your mobo. But if you have to MOD it then leave it.

yeah you are right, but I never saw the non "S" versions in Holland altrough (as OEM/retailer versions (IPI)) Compaq-HP some times had diferend CPUs, like the Slot 1 900MHz PIIIs. Even the 1100MHz PIII(S) were hard to get, just with the Turion core witch needed a modefied mobo or one that was made for the Turion...

jUzt ev1l! Well, you can also buy second hand licences

Well, as you already figured out you should have made a backup first... But to late for that. I would connect the drive in an other computer and get the data you need of that drive, make a back up of it and use a full format on that drive with a full install of Vista. I don´t think it´s a hardware problem there b/c Vista doesn´t kill drives, but yes, all your components will live shorter; Vista "uses" the hardware more then you think or would like .

LOL, yeah hardheaded Dutch it´s called .

like in: * Use the black plastic bracket on the mobo and not with screws trough the mobo.

Well, even when increasing switching speeds of a CPU you are pushing the hardware's design and specifications, but indeed: voltage can do more damage. I OCed from AMD DX4s to the Core2Duos and never I blew up any thing or damaged the CPU that I know of. All CPUs are still working taht I Oced the last 5 years b/c I know the people where I did it for. Motherboards have been replaced or got damaged way faster b/c of bad capasitors (I would worry more about your mobo actualy when you OC ) in those OCed systems while the CPUs are still doing fine. I used to overvoltage from 1.6 to 2.1 on PIIIs for example and got Celeron 2 600MHz up to 1130MHz on CUBX boards from ASUS with a Thermaltake super Orb with 1 fan working (yes, the f*cked up design from Thermaltake that killed more then one CPU (AMD S462)) while it normaly had too; just took the fan on top of . an OC of 87.5% doens´t sound bad I think. Any way, I have Sempron 64 1600@2500MHz (2800+) now with stock cooling or cheap coolers from Coolermaster and the voltages on 1.40 to 1.44 (no over/under-volting, just stock) and the oldest one is running for 1 year and 3 months now. I also use the stock thermal pats that come with the coolers, the Coolermaster "pads" are not solid any more and show a temperature diference of 2oC (WOW!). Any way, I would OC ANY home PC .

Check the ones made with the VIA chip, they have 2 SATA ports but also 1 PATA port. Those are like 15 US$ or so, even less...

Take a look at the Gigabytes or ASUS models, they have some and not more expensive then the not fanless versions. But as far as I know it goes up to 7600GS, so yeah you need to wait till the 8300/8600 come out. One thing you got right, nVidia; ATi still gets way more hot... It could help if you tell us what you are going to do with that system so we could advice you better .

Are the RAM speeds the same? Some times they trow on cheaper RAM with the 256MB versions to put pressure on the prices so please check that first and I think you will find you answer there about what card will be better .

I remember the S462 CPUs, with the resistors on top of them, nice special effects when you put the past not only on the core . Just buy the AS5 remover too when you use it. I stopped using it: 1. They don´t sell it here and 2. Thermalpaste of other brands have become better these days .

AS5 could lower temps by a few degrees but not something like 15oC or so . I'd say you'd have to use the worst paste or have a 5 year old child apply the paste to get it on anything other than the CPU. This is from the AS5 website: Well, sometimes you will get some of it on your fingers when you remove the cpu for cleaning it. before you know it there will be fingerprints all over the place. I have seen it before (not me , pointing to some one else...)...

"?" Marks? Then you did something wrong if you already installed all the chipset drivers. The NIC should be seen by XP, it has the 8139 drivers in them by default so if you can´t connect to any thing outside the computer then try a new NIC.

The answer is: no... Why? By changing the thermo stuff on your CPU you will not get it back to 36oC. Problem is that you are idle and not the PC, Vista is using more CPU power then XP andn doing so many more things in the background then you would like, we already know that. Take a look at vLite in the nLite forum here on MSFN.org, it will help you to get Vista slimmed down and if you are lucky you will get more CPU power back; coverting in less CPU heat. Also try to use less visual effects, it could be your VGA card that is heating up the system more then you think, if that is the case then make sure you have a good airflow and a fan in be back/top that blows out the warm air. Just my 2 cents there .

Only thing I could say is: Take it to a repair shop or get your self a new screen. I found this: http://fileshare.eshop.bg/downloadsm/2958/...rks%20563A.html It´s the service manual of that screen with schematics so if you can find a person that knows how to read it and knows electronics he would fix it for sure. If it´s the powersupply or screen-tube then there is nothing worth to fix; those parts are way more expensive then a new screen.

I love the software for the all-in-one printer/scanners ... NNNNNOOOOTTT!!! around 350MB from the net or so... and it needs .NET 2.0 too ...

One word: CeBIT . Awsome chip by the way...