@shinjite : gonna start hunting for stuff at garage sales already

@alg : welcome what p4 spec are you using?

DFI 865PE is a ATX mobo isn't it? looking for a m-ATX mobo instead

maybe you can get another 1gb from garage sales and add

yeah, 2GB is more than enough i think, unless you do a lot of intensive tasks
slightly OT, i wonder if it's OK to run 7 on 1GB ram
anyone here tried before with their P4?

haha..i'm tempted to run 7 on my AMD x2 now, although with 1GB. So if can get any feedback from P4 users here, can roughly know what the performance will be like.
If still using P4 i dont think i'll run on 7

just for info, few days ago i actually tried running win7 on a Pentium Dual Core laptop with 1GB RAM, it's actually quite responsive and fast. but that was probably because it was just formatted i guess. In the long run i think it wouldn't be good. From what I observed, after startup and some minor internet usage, the RAM usage is around 50-60%.

so i guess i better get another 1gb ram before trying on my X2..

sometimes it's weird that when you hoping for the mobo to die so that can upgrade, it doesn't, but when you don't want it to die, it somehow dies

yeah, spinpoint F3 is your best bet now

it's reliable, and quite speedy too
using it as my system disk now and for storing my HD movies, now almost about 6-7 months of usage. Runs pretty at pretty cool temps too

yes, all in all F3 much better than WD green, blue and black
in terms of performance, temperature, and price

i'm considering changing all my WD hard disks now to samsung F3, since the price is so cheap now

yeah, i might just add an SSD, if my budget permits
seems like SSD price is going down a bit too

yes, the definition of 'cheap' and 'affordable' can be subjective sometimes

depends on the usage, if just wanna use for HTPC / H.264 acceleration, then budget cards also will do, like GT4xx series, or the models that edmin mentioned

just curious, if add a PCI SATAII card, will the speed improve, or would it be bottlenecked by the PCI bus?

it will be quite a bottleneck, coz as mentioned in previous posts, even with gt210 also got some bottleneck.

it'll work, but you will not be able to have the best performance from the 6670 when you play games, coz it's limited by the processor.

How about using Memtest?

maybe can get a cheap SSD to speed up the system

i moved on from 478 too long already, forgot if got sata port on 478 board or not but i think should at least have sata I port right? anyway can also add in using pci card like sonic said

you serious about the RM1000 prize money?