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oh! scratching noises are not always a good sign. Its a sure sign that your HDD is going to take a dive one fine day shortly. (no offence,please) If it is under warranty return it to the dealer and ask for a replacement. Just one more check, it is not likely to happen but do check: Is...

well, Ill share the little knowledge I have: You will be needing a RAID controller add on card or RAID support in your motherboard. How the space in the hard disk is used depends on what RAID you connect it 0 or 1 or 2 . For example if you want increase in access speed you will be...

And you better get a UPS also. Not for this problem but sudden power surges in power outlet can ruin lot of components.

@srijit: yes there are some 8 port hubs but hardly you see them anywhere they have become vintage if you ask me. @techsammy: but they are slow compared to switches as the hub's bus is shared with all the computeres connected. For eg if the hubs bus is 10mbps then if you connect 10 computers...

I think gx has covered the options. The best(cheap) solution is to have a hub and you guys connect them with CAT5 cables... {you can get some 2nd hand hubs from netcafes or schools or colleges(we used to have lot of hubs in our college..one suggestion is maybe you can get one surplus...

thnx all so far...you guys rock. @Crazy_Eddy: thnx for the detail explanation of the proc stuff. and geekysage forgive my ignorance....but I was in the under assumption that if I buy same brand,capacity,speed ram memory sticks I can connect them in dual channel am I right? or do I need to...

guys waiting for more inputs...

got some...some left thnx guys.. I am getting good inputs so far...this where I stand now Configuration Planned> (after suggestions so far) decided: AMD 64 3200+ - 939 - Venice core Mobo ASUS A8N-E Ram 2X512Mb Transcend or Kingston DVD-Dual - Litenon 1623S /sony (anyone) sound card -...

okay @geekysage: thnx planning for the antec power supply as per your suggestion...thnx for rest of the inputs... @indro: thnx for the warning..I didn't know maxtor did not go with Asus. Will buy segate or WD.. well about the other compos, everything fine....? TV tuner card any...

guys, planning to assemble a AMD box on my own. Usage would be games,movies, music, photoshop,surfing.In that order. After seeing the posts in the forum, feel that I am very back in the latest tech...so had been reading a lot in the past few days.(I used to follow up with all hardware...

DDRII vs DDRI I have read somewhere regd the DDR2 RAMs having higher latency as compared to DDR RAM of now....but maybe in the future as the speed of DDR2 increases(it seems techies are working at it) DDR2 will be unbeatable compared to DDR. But it will take some time I suppose. So better go...