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    Well I decided to wait on the new motherboard and processor, and just decided to upgrade my current PC.

    It's now at:

    Simple:

    Oerating System - Windows XP Media Center Edition
    Processor - AMD Athlon 3.2GHz
    RAM - 2000 MB = 2 GB
    Video Card - ATI Radeon X850 Pro AGP (256MB)
    Hard Drive - 240GB



    Advanced:

    Computer:
    Computer Type - ACPI Uniprocessor PC
    Operating System - Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition
    User Name - Nightfire

    Motherboard:
    CPU Type - AMD Athlon XP, 2200MHz (11x200) 3200+
    Motherboard Name - Chaintech 7NJL6 (5PCI, 1 AGP, 2 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN)
    Motherboard Chipset - nVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400R
    BIOS Type - Award (08/04/04)
    Communication Port - Communication Port (COM1)
    Communication Port - Communication Port (COM2)
    Communication Port - ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

    Display:
    Video Adapter - RADEON X850 Series - Secondary (256MB)
    Video Adapter - RADEON X850 Series (256 MB)
    3D Accelerator - ATI Radeon X850 Pro AGP (R481)
    Monitor - Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB] (MRJ5450014116)

    Multimedia:
    Audio Adapter - C-Media CMI9739A/9761 @nVIDIA MCP2-5 � Audio Codec Interface
    Audio Adapter - nVIDIA MCP2-S Audio Processing Unit (Dolby Digital)

    Storage:
    IDE Controller - NVIDIA MCP2S Parallel ATA Controller (v2.5)
    IDE Controller - NVIDIA MCP2S Parallel ATA Compatible Controller (v2.5)
    Floppy Drive - Floppy disk drive
    Disk Drive - WDC WD2500JB-00GVC0 (232 GB,IDE)
    Optical Drive - PLEXTOR DVDR PX-740A (DVD+R9:8x, DVD-R9:4x, DVD +RW:16x/8x, �
    SMART Hard Disks Status- OK

    Partitions:

    C: (NTFS)

    Input:
    Keyboard - Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
    Mouse - PS/2 Compatible Mouse

    Peripherals:

    USB1 Controller
    - nVIDIA MCP2-S � OHCI USB Controller
    USB1 Controller - nVIDIA MCP2-S - OHCI USB Controller
    USB2 Controller - nVIDIA MCP2-S � EHCI USB 2.0 Controller

    While I am now trying both gigs of ram with duel channel I don't see any difference. And it is activiated so it's really odd lol should see a difference since I was only using a 512(333MHz) stick and now two 1000(400MHz).

    Have any of you messed with Windows XP Media center? If so do you know if there's a way to make it use S-Video?

    Also how can you tell what Tempature your Processors at?

    Help Appreciated.

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    lol, you have no idea what most of that means do you?

    I've got windows MCE on my laptop. It's pretty similar to windows xp pro, just a slightly different skin, and of course the media center part which i hardly ever find a use for.

    And you'll be able to check your cpu temp with software that will be provided with the motherboard. nforce chipsets have a nice temp and fan speed monitoring system.
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    Hers my tip for all people planning to upgrade their system; WAIT and save money because the latest nVidia GPU will be released in a few months and it's going to blow every other card out of the water.

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    You got some facts wrong man.

    AMD Athlon 3.2GHz..... No? That don't even make a processor that fast.

    2000mb = 2 gb's ?! 2000mb= 1 gig and shy short of 2 gigs

    You have the same processor as me and its runs at 2.2ghz, not 3.2 =)



    To use s-video out, you need to mess with the video driver's ATI gave you.

    Damn you should have got an Nvidia, they kill ATI.


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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(bigfatguy6969 &#064; Apr 7 2006, 11&#58;03 AM) [snapback]164348[/snapback]</div>
    You got some facts wrong man.

    AMD Athlon 3.2GHz..... No? That don&#39;t even make a processor that fast.

    2000mb = 2 gb&#39;s ?&#33; 2000mb= 1 gig and shy short of 2 gigs
    [/b]
    Pretty sure they have 3.2ghz processors. try looking it up Uncy Sam&#33;

    1 Megabyte = 10^6 = 1,000,000 bytes
    1 Gigabyte = 10^9 = 1,000,000,000 bytes.

    1:1000 ratio, every gig is 1000 megs. There&#39;s no 2 in any of it XD
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    A gig is 1024 mb.

    So 2 gigs = 2048mb.

    No amd hasn&#39;t made a Home use processor with 3.2, ecspecially in the ATHLON line.

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    Ooh right&#33; I was thinking notebooks.

    So then its not a "shy short of 2 gigs" then :P

    Keep in mind that in my context I am using Decimal format, which is base 10, you are referring to Binary notation which has Base 2.

    I suppose we were both right :P Since it is 1024 Mebibytes if you are referring to Gibibytes, of which is denoted as GiB, instead of GB. They are practically synonyms
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    Don&#39;t alot of people combine FSB and Core clock speed to get the rating.


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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Dale &#064; Apr 7 2006, 03&#58;29 PM) [snapback]164373[/snapback]</div>
    Don&#39;t alot of people combine FSB and Core clock speed to get the rating.
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    what rating?
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    When they say it&#39;s a 3.2ghz amd athlon. Is that Core clock speed, and FSB speed combined?


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