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The same thing is happening when I attach any of 5 hard drives; none are recognized. I don't recall doing anything special. It just happened all of a sudden. The last thing I installed was Abbyy Screenshot Reader which looks very useful. I didn't change anything in BIOS. It is still in IDE...

My XP-SP3 system has existed for a while, but all of a sudden, it will only see my boot drive (and it's partitions). Other hard drives I plug into various SATA ports are seen fine by BIOS, my alternate (multi-boot) Win, and DVD boot disks, so I think the problem is in XP and not hardware. My...

The choice of processor is ridiculous, unless this article is designed to convince the young and innocent that they need a fairly expensive machine. A far better choice than the 1.2GHz Celeron would be for example... AMD Athlon 64 LE-1600 2.2GHz AM2 45W Single-Core Processor ADH1600DHBOX...

The choice of processor is ridiculous, unless this article is designed to convince the young and innocent that they need a fairly expensive machine. A far better choice than the 1.2GHz Celeron would be for example... AMD Athlon 64 LE-1600 2.2GHz AM2 45W Single-Core Processor ADH1600DHBOX...

Much better than the $1000 "low cost". Couldn't argue with any of these components. But I hope you show the overclocked benchmarks. The whole point of a 2160 is O/C.

Two tips about buying cheap; Mail-in rebates require cutting and mailing the UPC label, which will eliminate any possibility of returning the product to the store. I would never buy an open-box mobo, as there is no guarantee you will receive the rear panel shield. The cables, driver DVD, etc...

$837 is ridiculous for a budget system, as just about any reader here knows. The following rig totals $252.36 and might overclock as high as 328x11=3.6 GHz. E2200 2.2GHz 800MHz 1MB LGA775 CPU, OEM $78.19...

I cited the above because that was the only objective (hopefully) comparison of the two CPUs overclocked I could find. While one benchmark is certainly limited, it does give some idea of the true performance difference. This would probably be fairly typical of games, except for ones that depend...

Where is this? Looks like they're selling for $79.99 to me. Give us a direct link.

The average air overclock of an E2180 is 3.2GHz per www.overclock.net/intel-cpus/243437-stable-e1000-e2000-rigs-configuration-thread.html The average air overclock of an E8400 is 4.0GHz per www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1138241 Prey runs on an E2140 (or E2180) at 3.2GHz around 100 FPS...

Good thread. See PullMyFinger's bench's (scroll down) at http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/messageview.php?catid=18&threadid=802155&start=20 . SuperPi 1M at 10.767 sec!

I've been researching similar, so I have a quick answer. E2200 for $95 at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116063&Tpk=E2200 should overclock to maybe 3.0GHz on stock HSF. Abit AB9 QuadGT for $117 at http://www.unityelectronics.com/product-product_id/4408 which overclocks...

Doing a Newegg power search with the North Bridges marked SLI and 2, 3, or 4 PCIExpressx16 gives 17 choices. In order of customer rating: ASUS P5N-E $120: suppports SLI at only 8x EVGA 122-CK-NF68-A1 $230: possible MSI P6N SLI Platinum $140 : suppports SLI at only 8x ASUS Striker Extreme...

For that price, your entitled to a top overclocker. Try the Foxconn Mars. See http://www.pcstats.com/NewsView.cfm?NewsID=64354 http://www.quantum-force.net/news/N000000011/ www.bjorn3d.com/read_pf.php?cID=1184 http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=2205&page=8 I would go for the more...

If your OS is on another drive, there is no problem. Else google "changing motherboards" to see the trials and tribs when the OS sees a new mobo. Esp see http://www.motherboard.windowsreinstall.com . It's quite possible, but XP will ask for the new mobo drivers. Also, XP will definitely ask...