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That's a lot of votes for Q6600. I'm gonna wait for a month or two before getting that chip as it may have a price drop. I'm hoping to "properly" configure my hard drive and data for maximum efficiency. I really liked the idea of having games on a separate hard drive. Why does Windows XP...

Hi Everyone, Alright so I'm looking at my specs and wondering, what else could be a worth while upgrade that will moderately improve the follow areas for a reasonable cost: 1. Multi-tasking I/O Performance (copying files and playing crysis) 2. Gaming Performance (frames rates !!) 3. General...

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Oh that'd be sweet. Wish I could help ya write or edit those reviews. :) And thanks for elaborating on the timedemos. My purpose for this post is to prevent users from falling into the traps of over-hyped marketing of high end systems and being confident in their purchase of midrange systems...

Alright, I'm going for that Seagate 7200.11. Thanks guys.

so let me get this straight. As far as CPUs go (if the rest of the hardware remains the same), I'm going to get same fps in Crysis if I have a Q6600 versus a Extreme Edition Q9770 correct? Afterall, anandtech NEVER did a skulltrail review vs a Q6600 to give us a better understanding that a Q6600...

Hey Everyone, I'm looking for a good quality hard drive that isn't too expensive to afford. Looking for lowest possible noise and a good all-round performer with lowest possible cost. I saw Rob W. prefers Seagate. Here's what I like so far...

Alright so I'm new to Techgage but I'm very familiar with technology/hardware reviews. I have been reading articles after articles especially related to processor and their affect on Gaming performance. I'm regular reader on various other websites (anandtech, hardocp, tomshardware etc) and I...