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If the efficiency is 75% then the maximum it will use is 600Watts, but that will be unlikely and 450Watts say nothing about a PSU. Most likely your system will use about 150Watts when running at max (but it’s just guessing for us when you don’t post any exact specs here ) If you disable devices you will not get much, let’s say nothing compared to 150Watts , of energy saving.

I would go with the Logitech speakers too. I don’t care what a review says but I compared some speakers my self. The Harman Kardon are pure design and you pay for that. If you want something better buy an amp and some speakers (stereo, just 2) with each 16-20cm woofer/midrange and a 2.5cm dome tweeter. Go to the store to listen to them to pick them before you buy them, take your own music with you and take your time. No review can tell you what you ears will do .

Start to set the RAM @266MHz...

If you start to overclock you need to set the RAM to 133(266)MHz first. Then you can start overclocking your CPU. Later you post here your settings and we will help you step by step . My Sempron64 1.6GHz CPUs work at 2.4/2.5GHz with no problems at all, with the same motherboard as you have. EDIT: Some examples: - If you set your RAM with a OC of 1.8°2.3 then your RAM will be working on 255(511)MHz when RAM set to 166(400)MHz - If you set your RAM with a OC of 1.8°2.3 then your RAM will be working on 213(426)MHz when RAM set to 166(333)MHz - If you set your RAM with a OC of 1.8°2.3 then your RAM will be working on 170(340)MHz when RAM set to 133(266)MHz I think you get the point now .

If it works it works. Leave it like it is. Did you set your BIOS right after flashing? Did you check the capacitors on your motherboard? Are they all flat on top? Replace the IDE cables as said and use contact spray on the connector parts, it could help. Those ATI 92x0 cards are known for temperature problems, replacing the frag-pad (yes it’s called like that ) between the sink and the GPU by thermal paste could solve that problem. Let us know how things go .

hmmm, lights that flicker looks like the power supply indeed. Is this on a fresh installed OS? And did you try another power cable or re-seating the power ATX connector on tour motherboard?

Downgrade the driver I would say, Google a bit on what driver version is the best for you or get the one nVidia recommends. If you play games then a upgrade would be no luxury .

Tjeez, Vista wasn’t even released official, how could we know that you run Vista . EDIT: And who wants to read text in so much colors any way .

Hiding from you nitroshift! EDIT: I don´t know, my computer is to slow now for it...

Yes it is DDR SODIMM, 266 to 400, still they are using the old 133MHz bus.

- Check if it needs ECC and/or buffered RAM to work (Almost sure it needs ECC). - Check for the latest BIOS update, sometimes that could help. Let us know if it helped . To add: - Clean the contacts on the board and from the DIMMs too - If posible test the DIMMs in other PC to make sure it´´s not the DIMMs

There is an 1GHz version, but also isn’t fast enough for real-time coding of H.264. But who cares, there are external USB solutions for it . @ bonestonne, This CPU is a lot newer, e.g. later generation, CPU. It has the same level as a PIV and is way better then a PIII. You know that MHz/GHz doesn’t say any thing about processing speed. 1.4GHz Sempron64 will outperform a Celeron @ 2.4GHz or even 2.8GHz (General Benchmarks).

Eeuhmm, 800Mhz not enough on a modern CPU?

You can install everything you want on it . It accepts external CD/DVD, boots from USB sticks and other devices.

Ow shoot, forgot that the opteron 146 is single cored. Never mind my post before .

146 @ 2.8GHz vs 170 @ 2.7GHz... I´m sure you will not feel more performace from it.

Linksys products are good products, they do what they supposed to do and for years. If you want the most out of it, you need to buy Linksys wireless cards as well that a compatible with there standard, other brands are not using this standard so they will work on normal speeds. It could help if you posted this in the network section . What are you planning to use that server/firewall/gateway for? How many users are connected? And do you want to limit bandwidth to users? Give us some more info on that please and we can help you better .

"10/100Mbps Ethernet two ports" D*mn nice indeed! I think people here, well at least me, would like to see a review on it, like what’s on the inside (if it doesn’t void Warranty ) and how it performs. One thing I would like to know if you can throw in more RAM...

A monitor could delay windows, or even give lag. It’s like timings are not in line with the screen and video card. This could give a drawback to the VGA card, like a discharge, making the video card not function 100%. It could happen with CRT or TFT screens. My experience was with TFT screens (VGA). Call me a nut , but I’m not joking.

I hope they fixed the resistor bug . EDIT: "All BFG 8800 GTX in stock are launch are corrected units from the manufacturer." good from NCIX to put it there...

Yes I think you can. I´m sure there is some one around you that can help you.

Nicely explained jcarle, I think it’s a strange question any way. Motherboard and chipset makers change there plans all the time, drop some models from there road-maps and so on and so on. "Northbridges change every 6 months or so, SouthBridges change about every year" is a fast way to say it but there isn’t a pattern in it. You are right about the Southbridge, that one stays longer (if there are still 2 chips used ).

ACER I would say, best price/performance/quality. And why not a Sempron64? Celeron M I can understand... EDIT: , That’s just in a few countries, Canada, USA and (part of) Europe seems to have service.

Don’t get any thing with LE on the end, they are crippled ones, better get the Gigabyte 7300GS, best card for it’s price that I have come along with. Value memory, hmmm, I think the problem is more the chip count, not the chips or the PCB it self. You welcome, this is where we are here for .

Yeah, it’s possible for 100-120 bucks indeed and no luxury. oops , yeah, I was talking about the 7300GS from Gigabyte for example, although it’s a 4 pipelined card it still runs great with the higher clocked RAM (@ 1024*768, no AA). Bad thing is that it’s just 64 bit. The 7300GT starts at $70 so that would give 8 pipelines but the RAM is slower and therefore not much better then the 7300GS from Gigabyte.