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LEARN   12-28-2003 at 08:49:00 AM

Im not a big gamer ill be using this pc to edit some movies burn music and surf the net but i would like to play a few games im not a major gamer how does this setup sound if i buy the xp retail if i remove the pad and apply artic silver will that kill my 3 year war would you leave the pad on or use artic silver thanks if you see any parts in this list i can do better with for around the same price let me know thanks i already have a case 350 watts also a cd-rw drive and floppy drive



Asus KT600 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU, Model "A7V600" -RETAIL

Geil Value Series 184 Pin 256MB DDR PC-3200 - OEM

AMD Athlon XP 2500+ "Barton", 333 FSB, 512K Cache Processor - Retail

Arctic Silver's NEW Premium High-Density Thermal Compound: Ceramique

Maxtor 60GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model 6Y060M0, OEM

Albatron GeForce4 MX440-8X Video Card, 64MB DDR, 64-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP, Model "MX480E1" -RETAIL
18-Inch, SATA ( SERIAL ATA 150 ) Cable. 2-Head.

6-Inch, SATA ( SERIAL ATA Power Adaptor. ) SERIAL ATA(15-Pin) to 4-Pin to Power Supply.CSA-6 Needed for Seagate Serial ATA Hard Drive Adapter Retail.

ROUND, 18-Inch, Floppy( RED ), Internal IDC 34, Booted, 2-Connector.

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kinetic_tw   12-28-2003 at 05:12:03 PM
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The heatsink that comes with the 2500 retail already has thermal paste applied to it (not a thermal pad). While Arctic Silver IS a better thermal paste, the stuff that's already on there is fine for most people.

Dont expect to be editing anything very quickly with only 256mb of memory. WinXP by itself uses almost that much.

And lastly, help us help you; Use sentences so your questions are easier to read, it makes it much more likely that you'll get an appropriate answer.

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Rob423   12-29-2003 at 03:26:15 AM
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yea, most people who do heavy editing might want something in the 1GB range..... 512 is becoming the Minimum for today, 1GB is not even that crazy... it sounds it but pretty soon that might be the new minimum when all this 64bit stuff hits around.

Asus A7N8X Deluxe
80gb Maxtor
200gb WD 8mb cache..
Lian-Li PC-60
Lite-On 52X
AMD XP2800+
LeadTek GeForce 4 Ti4200 w/vivo 128mb 8x
Hitachi CML174
1 GB Corsair XMS PC3200 Cas2

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