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Why would you stick with an Athlon II, when you can get a Phenom II for $15-30 more? AMD Phenom II X4 810 $115.99 AMD Phenom II X4 925 $129.99 I'm very curious, not being negative. What does the Athlon II have that the Phenom II's don't?

Welcome! How many sticks of RAM do you have currently? Hopefully you have 2x1GB sticks and 2x512MB sticks. If you have 3x1GB sticks, your memory is only running in Single Channel, which will reduce performance. Motherboards with Dual Channel RAM are meant to have either 2 sticks or 4 sticks...

Probably the software (Afterburner) doing it. :cool: I only install drivers when I get a new card, not the whole software suite they want you to install.

Agreed. That's probably your recovery partition. Without it, you won't be able to restore Windows if you ever need to, unless you purchase a new copy...

My card always run the same speed. Always has since I built it about 2 years ago. Maybe it's like the refrigerator light...:P

Gahh...Homely! :P You've done a very nice job modding that case. It looks very clean. Nice job man! :cool:

You can create a network with Windows 7. Unless there's a specific reason you cannot use Windows 7?

Everything that says "Apple" does not need to run at startup, but it will if you let it. Vista is faster on my pc than Win 7. Period. Anyone with Dual Channel RAM should run 2 sticks or 4 sticks, not 1 or 3. Otherwise it will run in Single Channel, and greatly decrease performance. Maybe...

Rofl! You're probably right! :D

If it doesn't say "Black Edition", I would assume that it is not... If it was, CPU-Z would say so.

Not CD/DVD drive to install that copy of Windows? That's a very nice board, but if you never plan to Crossfire, (and you certainly won't need to with a HD5850) you can get by much cheaper. 6 Core Phenom is overkill also, but it's personal preference. If you've got the cash, then build...

Your motherboard did not "switch off". Your CPU shut down, just FYI. There's a reason those old beige cases are hard to come by...they're ugly! :P Nice build you got there. :good:

Yes it should.

We use those cases exclusively where I work. The one you found has a chrome bezel and is painted black inside. Beautiful case. :good:

If you're paying to view, the content is probably streamed, so it never actually gets stored on your computer. That said, if there was a way to record it while you were watching it, and it's pay per view, it's probably considered stealing to keep the content.

What does CPU-Z say? http://www.cpuid.com/downloads/cpu-z/1.56-setup-en.exe

That must be an ATI thing. :confused: My GTX 260 doesn't underclock, but I can understand how it could be a nice feature. :good:

Identical in every way possible. Same brand, size, and model, for best performance. I've never used an array, but I've wanted to, and have done a bit of research in the past, so I don't know first hand, only conceptually. :o

Did you use compressed air to clean all your heatsinks? If not, you should. Also, what method did you use when you reapplied your thermal interface compound? Did you remove and purify the surface of the CPU and Heatsink before reapplying? Just some small details that might hone in on...

1) RAID 0 is running two identical drives, and it shares data between the drives. Basically it puts some stuff on one drive and other stuff on another drive, but not the same stuff on both, which eliminates a bottleneck of putting all the data on one drive... 2) Thus increasing performance...