say wat u want, i'm just relating my own experience
u can alwiz buy those oil from hardware shop, like those for sewing machine
nv had to do tat, cos i just dun soak those fans into water or at least leave it in water for long...
those dust can come out easily with a simple wash, no reason to soak fans into water to remove dust

only a single cable is needed
so in your case the dvi cable alone is enuff

well tat's only possible if u got hacked drivers, but nvidia already clamped down on tat for quite some time already

1280x1024 seems to be the standard native resolution now if not mistaken

eh i thought u need a cross link cable for tat?
ordinary lan cable should not be able to complete the connection

wat's ur mobo model?
some can and some kenot, tell out the model and people here can do the checking

cross link cable is used for direct connection like u describe 1 lor
it's different from normal lan cable
anyway, any shops which sells lan cable should also be selling it 1
just google around for better description of cross link cable

in ur case u need more rams
512 is usually not enuff
but then ddr is not really tat good to buy anyway, for the price to performance ratio
ppl just dun produce them anymore

graphic card is not really important in dota....onboard gc with about the same amount of ram also can play it
dota is created based on the warcraft 3 engine, which is already 6-7 years old, so should not be a problem

there was a software tat i used last time when my hdd crashed, but i forgot the name already
maybe u can try asking in the software section, the sifus there are more pro about softwares, i got the program from there too last time

maybe can check thru the serial code of the processor, usually printed on top of it
they have meaning, so u have to know wat the codes means
maybe u know jor can google it and see

apa tukar OS?
xp sp2 is just a update pack for xp....installing it won't change ur OS
if u have been keeping ur windows xp updated every week when updates are released, u hardly need sp2....

nvidia version of the tech of using more than 1 gc for extra rendering power

see the reviews score lor, usually gc is benchmark with 3dmarks, and some games like quake, doom depending on which reviews u are reading

then the good reviews will also compare the card's score against mainstream cards, and they usually will post what the scores meant.

really good reviews will usually have a summary of the scores and give their personal opinion lor

want to find out more just go find out thru google

chipset on the mobo???
usually if u want single card solution, and agp mobo can use agp cards, pciex can use pciex card, the difference pciex 1.1 and pciex 2.0 dun have much difference still

your psu ratings, see u have enough power (W) free and amps (A) on it's rails to power it

full specs pls

eh, sata hdds usually still have the ide power supply port (the old 4 pin u mentioned) along with the sata power supply port (5 pin) as far as i know.

just make sure u only connect either 1 of them, leaving both connected to power supply, will make your hdd go to heaven due to oversupply of power

cheap casing dun come with a good psu....and to be serious, i think a st50f, not sure of the model, but it's the 500w from silverstone too will be more than enuff for ur intended specs which u still havent buy after 1 month of confirmation....
dun have enough cash?buy a rm100 cheapo casing and put a good psu into it

wat's pc fair got to with when u are buying pc?
not likely to get any discount at pc fair for full system specs, heck i'm sceptical of pc fair hardware anyway, some shops use it to throw old stocks

This post has been edited by alwizbthere: Feb 23 2008, 02:25 PM