I have a lightly configured system w/considerable cooling:
AMD X2/4200 CPU, 500 Watt PS, Antech P180 case w/3 cooling fans, Thermalake
Big Typhoon Cooler, single SATA hard drive, Matrox fanless video card.
Asus Probe indicates a maximum current temps of 25c for the mb and 35c cpu

I've already got water cooling in my box from a previous system. So I
thought I might as well buy a new water block to see how much it will
improve my OC. At the very least, it will improve my temps.
The Storm looks interesting, but pricey. What will give me good cooling at a

I am installing a Thermaltake Cooler onto an AMD64 3500+.   I would like to
take advantage of its fan automatically adjusting its speed as required.
This entails installing a 'thermistor'.  The installation guide says that
the thermistor sensor must be placed under AMD CPUs.  ...

What is a good resource for a newbie learning to over clock.
Also recommendations/ comparisons of AC vs. water vs. air cooling.
thinking baotu AMD Fx57 OCing.
Azm

I'm building the system described below and will do some mild to moderate
overclocking.  I have assumed up to now that I would configure the memory in
dual channel mode.  However, I'm starting to believe from things I've read
that my speed increase won't be that significant in dual ...

I am completely frustrated by the total lack of quality control in
computer parts these days. I recently decided to upgrade both the
wife's and my own computer.
The first problem I had was with the cheap chipset fan on a MSI 8KN

Can anyone tell me the likely runnuing temperature of this processor?
Thanks
P.

I am partial to Asus. However, there are some attractive MSI and Gigabyte
boards suitable for the Sempron 2800+. Can any of you offer some advice
regarding brands? Thank you.

Should it be x16 for a single card - I have the MSI K8N platinum SLi mobo.
Do I need to physically close off one of the pci-express slots?
tia

I would like to know if anyone can tell me if I can utilise HTT (Hyper
Transport Technology) as my diagnostic software (SiSoft Sandra and Everest)
say that it is not supported in my current system : the AMD website clearly
states that (ALL) AMD 64 Processors support Hyper ...

I need some help with my "ultra-low budget silent pc" project. When I
built my current PC, which I'm using for work and gaming in my "work
room", I was aiming for performance and that resulted in a pretty noisy
beast. Now I'd very much like to be able to watch DVD/DivX/Xvid ...

Happy Christmas all.
I have a high def TV ...  just wanted to know if I connected to it via DVI
would the output be HDTV ?
Current system:

Unlike my KT7RAID board that ABIT has a  working RAID driver, the KG7RAID
one seems missing and its very touchy when trying to RAID it.  It has a
HPT370/372 RAID controller but what driver actually works as I want to
Mirror.  I have the lastest DS firmware loaded.

I have just installed 4mb cable broardband (blueyonder) but the connection
speeds seem slow. Web browsing and downloding is no where near 4mb. Anyone
have any suggestions?
Richard

Some questions about Raid 0. its for a new PC.
From what i read raid 0 is the fastest version. But not the safest.
Not realy concerned about safe just want fast :)
Ill have abackup program saving important stuff to another drive.