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Guys, Running MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum - Bios v 1.A0 (2005/11/07) Not sure what is happening here but I upgraded my bios a couple of times over the last 2-3 mos to the newest versions. I just noticed today that I had several drives show up were part of my Raid1 setups. I had two WD Raptors in...

thanks guys. will take note and look at those options... probably will work well. appreciate it.

Opinions please... building a 'cheaper' system for my in-laws ... all they do is e-mail/web and maybe some word processing and looking at photos. Low budget ... this is probably more than they want to spend but if it's a Dell or HP or whatever, I am the tech support so I'm thinking of trying to...

To keep my thread growing -- and trying to catch up with NED ... ;) this should be fun to watch over the next few months/years. <A HREF="http://news.com.com/Intel+CEO+fires+back+at+AMD+suit/2100-1006-5768789.html?part=dht&tag=ntop&tag=nl.e703" target="_new">Intel CEO fires back at AMD suit</A>...

man... that is so right. how could you get excited about that. LOL

well, here's some <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Manufactory=&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=354:7760&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=359:7918&PropertyCodeValue=0&description=&MinPrice=&MaxPrice=&SubCategory=14&Submit=Property" target="_new">16MB cache drives...

I'd be interested in seeing some reviews/testing of the comparisons of a 10K vs 7200K w/16mb cache. Do you know of any out there? I don't know what the differences are in these or if they are comparable -- but storage wise, I would have grabbed those instead of the 250s that I had gotten. But...

<A HREF="http://news.com.com/AMD+files+antitrust+suit+against+Intel/2100-1001_3-5765844.html?tag=nl.e498" target="_new">AMD files antitrust suit against Intel</A> and on THG @ <A HREF="http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20050628_092509.html" target="_new">AMD files antitrust suit against Intel</A>

I've used the following ... - AVG (like it) - Avast! (used it on an old computer - PII 450mhz - really too much software for the computer ... bogged it down - if used on a newer system, might be pretty good but speed on this old dude was slow and boggy) - F-Prot (it's ok) - Kaspersky (it's...

I have that MSI board ... I'm not OC'ing it so unable to comment on that part of what Fishy wants to hear. But, I like the board -- and it was fairly easy to setup. And, I did do the A64 3700+ San Diego chip ... I think it was worth it since I wasn't planning on OC'ing. You'll love the...

you don't have any drives - hard drives, dvd/media drives. For hard drives, i'd suggest a <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144160" target="_new">WD Raptor @ 10K rpm/74 GB</A> + a second drive for storage - maybe something like <A...

Yeah, that one in the 'OTHER' category has nothing to do with nothing... at least this one is real and has had good discussions in it.

hybrid - have you considered running a WD Raptor 73GB hdd/10K rpm? I really like mine so far ... just a thought. Then stick a 120/160/200 on the 2nd sata and use for storage if you need it.

I bought my dad a SAGER 56XX series and it is a nice system. He doesn't haul it around or anything as it is weighty and battery life isn't well known for them since they are known as desktop replacements. But, speed etc... I like it. I'd consider buying one for me if I was shopping for it...

Vince, Maybe I missed someone elses post - but I just built an AMD64 rig and used 2 WD Raptors (74gb/10Krpm) -- and I have to say, they are impressive. You might consider using 1 WD Raptor and getting that 2nd 200 Gig as your secondary. These raptors seem to be performing well for me in just...