for games now, and in the near to mid-future. Consider the E7200, it's $129.99, and will easily overclock to over 4GHz. Cheap, fast, runs cool, great all round chip. If you really want quad-core, than the Q6600 is a good choice in terms of bang for buck. Why...

Cheap and fast SSD for running OS. Hi, I plan on purchasing a small SSD just for my OS, I'm thinking 32GB would be enough for a dual-boot XP/W7, is that enough storage? What model would you guys suggest?. Hi, I plan on purchasing a small SSD just for...

people, but it doesn't bother me and it runs nice and cool. Cheap+fast+easy? Fat chance hehehehe! You want cheap, go for the Duron. You want fast overclock it. You want easy? NOT! I'm running an Abit KT7 (non-raid) Duron 700@1000 MHz, 3 7200rpm drives,...

systems. Both were running Win XP. Was there some problem with these computers? Do they have a reputation for being slow, or having some problem with the system interface with the hard disks? Did HP just buy cheap, slow hard disks to put in them? Just...

Build a Cheap and Fast RAID 5 NAS. Can a RAID 5 NAS that you make yourself outperform ready-made alternatives? Bill Meade finds out. . Noise->Compared to the Antec 350W case with the 5 250 5400RPM drives and Pentium 4 chip RAID system I had, the ReadyNAS...