jcarle

Um, no. Myself and Zxian both agree that ANY two drives in RAID 0 is faster then ANY single drive. Two 80GB 7,200RPM in RAID 0 will stomp a 74GB 10,000RPM drive. 10,000RPM drives are only recommended for serious performance junkies because they are a] expensive b] noisy and c] of low capacity.

Either save up or don't overclock.

You cannot control the order of the controllers. The order is determined by the BIOS during POST. You can control the drive letter, but that is all. The easiest method to ensure proper installation is to disconnect the IDE drive, install windows on the SATA drive and the connect the IDE drive after installation is complete.

I believe so. The product key is embedded in my installation.

For Visual Studio 2008, there's a [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\Registration] registry key with three values : PIDKEY, ProductID and UserName. PIDKEY contains the actual product key without dashes.

You never know. I'm waiting until HD DVD or BluRay is completely dead. Neither will ever completely die because it existed, simply. There are still beta tape products available, same with laserdiscs and anything else that's ever been orphaned. Just because it lived, it will always live. Nonetheless, even if HD DVD doesn't completely die off, I believe it will be viable to invest in BluRay and not worry about making a mistake. More and more companies are releasing BluRay players. Sharp just launched their own BluRay player. I can't say that there's many companies trying to release HD DVD players other then Toshiba (who developed it).

Are you using an adapter similar to this? http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/sea...sp?EdpNo=776087

SLI is overrated. Get yourself a more powerful card and you'll go further then two weak cards together.

I dare imagine what kind of machine would need to wait for DOS to load.

How about "Jedi"? Jedi vs The Dark Side

If you can't get a Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme, then my 2nd choice would be what Zxian already recommended, the Zalman CNPS9700 LED.

HD DVD died the minute that Warner Brothers (the only dual format supporter) decided to drop support for HD DVD. With only 2 out of the big 6 studios left with HD DVD, it's only a matter of time before BluRay becomes the dominant format. It would be interesting to reset the poll in this thread and see what opinions are like now.

Works with XP Pro and Office 2007. It does NOT detect Visual Studio 2008 Team System.

Sounds like a DNS or firewall issue.

If you're willing to live with some small stability and compatiblity issues, the best overclocking boards are obviously the ones based on the newest nVidia Chipset (since those are the only boards that offer SLI), the 780i chipset.

I've had nothing but bad experiences with Intel motherboards, they're too uptight with hardware compatiblity. Intel Chipsets are great, their boards, not so much.

The only way I can get it to work is by clicking on the new post arrow, then click back, then click on the new post arrow again. The first time I click it, I get a URL like : http://www.msfn.org/board/Win-server-2008-t104130.html The second time I click it, I get a URL like (which is what I should have gotten the first time) : http://www.msfn.org/board/Win-server-2008-...990#entry728990 Zxian suggested that it could be SEO related.

Confirmed, it's been fixed.

They're probably having problems with their webserver.

What in the hell is going through people's minds when they think like that? I mean c'mon!

If you've got the dough, go for it. Anything in the Core2 lineup overclocks well.

New post link doesn't work for me anymore. Using IE 7 (all updates).

Don't go AMD, it's a waste of money at this point of time. Every single one of their products are lackluster and behind Intel. Buy yourself an Intel E2140 and overclock the crap out of it for cheap performance. I have an E2140 with a Zalman CNPS9500 and it's overclocked from it's stock 1.6GHz (200FSB) to 3.2GHz (400FSB) using nothing but stock voltage and the Zalman on low. For a $65 processor, what more can you ask?

Tomato, hands down. That's what I'm running on my WRT54GS. Love it so much that I'd still use it as my router even if I got myself a N-based access point.

Jcarle, can you tell me a little more - do you think I will run into hardware problems, or is this more a speed issue that I would have with nVidia chipset? Thanks. I say so because you said "I am not a gamer -- but on occasion I will transfer video (via Firewire) from my camcorder and edit home movies.". Since you're not a gamer, it means you'll value stability and compatibility over speed, and if you choose to overclock, you'll still value stability and compatibility over speed. Since you seem to be an intermediate user with average home requirements, I wouldn't recommend nVidia based chipsets due to their qwirkyness, partial instability and sometimes incompatibilities with certain hardware combinations which make that only advanced users are comfortable tweaking around such machines. Intel chipsets are reknown for their compatibility and stability with almost all hardware and software. Including legacy stuff.