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Great explanation, fussnfeathers! I'm also still running Socket A (I know, I know... but I'm broke!). I've experimented a bit & DEFINATLY got better results with 1gb in dual-channel than w/ 1.5gb in non-dual-channel. I won't bother w/ the 2gb kit, though. For the price a good, matched 2gb...

Once thing that you could do would be to replace the 5.25" bay covers w/ some soft of custom meshing to mount the fan to.

From what I've seen, BTX actually does help to produce more effective airflow when implemented correctly. That there being the important part. The case & the mobo need to be built just right in order for it to work.

When I finally get the money to upgrade, I'll be going w/ an SLI-supporting mobo. But, only one card to start with. As was mentioned before, that's the best part of SLI! Get one 7800GT/GTX now and, if I need to later, get a second one & SLI it!

To be more specific on why the problem occurs & how to correct it: After a number of bad reads and/or writes from the specific device in a short time period, WinXP will automatically drop the speed of that device by one step (eg - UDMA2 to UDMA1). Eventually, this will lead to the drive...

Hmmm... you're using CDs, right? There are no "+" or "-" CDs! That's only for DVDs! But, I would agree with Rod, other than that. Try formatting the disc first & try burning software that doesn't suck (such as Nero).

I did something almost exactly like that for my case. I couldn't believe the amount of difference it made! Unfortunatly, since the front of my case isn't mesh, I had to cust a hole in the front to get good airflow. I really need to get a new case one of these days!

I completely agree. For now, there won't really be a whole lot of performance increase. From what I understand, the first AM2's are going to be VERY similar to the current S939's. And since the latancy on current DDR2 isn't good enough to see any marked improvement, I wouldn't bet on more than a...

I've been running some of the RC's on & off. They seem to be fairly stable. The only real problem I've had so far is finding working drivers for some hardware. That, I'm sure, will clear up as the release date gets closer. I haven't had any major problems running any games yet either.

Don't tell me I'm the only person here to have heard of/used Avast?! Check it out, the home version is free & seems to run much better than AVG. www.avast.com

Sure do! Minimum : Windows XP 512MB System RAM 2 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor 128MB Direct3D compatible video card and DirectX 9.0 compatible driver; 8x DVD-ROM drive 4.6 GB free hard disk space DirectX 9.0c (included) DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card...