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    P4C800 Deluxe & iPod Video

    yes
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    P4C800 Deluxe & iPod Video

    Yes, the P4C800 Deluxe has all USB 2.0 ports, that's what's confusing....
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    P4C800 Deluxe & iPod Video

    I have a 5g iPod Video that I am connecting to my P4C800 Deluxe MB. THe MB has a P4 2.6 OC'd to about 3.12 I think. Ram at 2-2-2-4 if I recall correctly... Running XP Pro SP2 + Updates Anyways, when I connect my iPod to the PC, I get a message saying that the device could run faster if it...
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    PCI-E vs AGP

    Can anyone point me to some decent article comparing PCI-E and AGP performance? Wasn't sure if this would go in th emainboards category or the video card category. I am not really interested in specific of individual cards, more how the formats compare to each other in terms of performance. I...
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    ATA100 vs ATA133

    How much of a performance diff will I see on an ATA133 drive vs. an ATA100? I have 3 ATA133's and 1 ATA100. My MB (Asus P4C800) has a Primary and Seconday ATA100. IT has onboard Promise raid that can double as an ATA133 Tertiary channel. In addition I have a Promise ATA133 card. Should I...
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    Help using on board Promise controller on P4C800

    I just got my new system up and running and I LOVE it!! P4C800 - BIOS Rev 1006 P4 2.6 GHz 800 1 GB Corsair PC3200 DDR400 Here's my issue though. I have 6 IDE devices total as follows. 80 GB HDD 7200 RPM 8 MB Cache (C for MAIN OS 30 GB HDD 7200 RPM 2 MB Cache (D for Games 150 GB HDD #1 for...
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    Springdale/Canterwood vs Sis 655

    So is there an estimated time frame on the following? When is the first Canterwood core MB due to ship? When is the second revision of the SIS 655 chipset due to ship? THanks...
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    Help choosing a new MB...

    First off, thanks everyone for your input! This decision has been driving me batty! The only thing holding me back about SIS655 are the motherboards. I don't like the arrangement on the MSI at all, it just looks like it would be a pain to get to everything (esp. the power connector). The...
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    Help choosing a new MB...

    Anybody else with a thought?
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    Motherboard for a P4 2.4, plz help :)

    Only thing about the MSI is its crappy arangement IMO. WHo decided to put the power connectors underneath the CPU housing. Looks like a pain in the rear to get to it. Basically you gotta unhook it anytime you need to ge tto your PROC. Plus worry about it touching the heatsink and fan.
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    Help choosing a new MB...

    Thanks TKH. I am not worried about RAID IDE currently as I have 2 Medea 150 SCSI array drives to capture analog content to and 2 Maxtor 160 GB IDE for pure storage. Tell you the truth, those 5800 RPM IDE's work jsut fine for capturing DV content (most of my stuff I aguire via my XL1 through...
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    Help choosing a new MB...

    I need some help if you guys don't mind, as I am ready to buy my new PC, but the only thing stopping me is indecision! First off, I want to go Intel because I do a LOT of video work (editing, encoding, etc) that is work related at home. SO far all benchmarks I have seen for MPEG processing...