how decent do you need and what will the system be used for? I have an old Geforce 4 440MX, but you wouldn't want to use that for anything more than an HTPC or CarPC

THIS gives a pretty good explanation of the differences.

One of the big differences is that eSATA has much longer cables, this one I have here is over double the length of a normal SATA cable. The connector is different. eSATA cables are indeed shielded.

I'm looking for an External SATA cable. I've tried Memory Express BCOM and OEM Express and none of them carry one. If you know where I can buy one, let me know.

I'm looking for a Socket 939 MicroATX Motherboard. All the places I've called have told me that Socket 939 stuff is no longer in stock. I would prefer if the board had onboard video. The ideal board that I was looking at is the the Foxconn WinFast 6100K8MA-RS. This is listed on the Mem-Ex site, but ...

sorry Tony, I buy as I need. XP keys are something I don't keep around. Hardware on the other hand.....

if it hasn't already been said. Kirika, Kalzenith and I will will be attending dinner.

From what I can tell, the only difference is that the Badaxe 2 supports DDR2 800 and the XBX only supports 667. Everything that I see looks exactly the same. Same southbridge, same PCI slots, same number of Gigabit ports, etc.

meh, just trying to help out. I guess I could sell the mobo and the CPU to help buy me a new vid card.

Well, I would offer to lend you my 3200+ but Stoop has it right now and I have been meaning to pick it up from him. He needs to fuk'n msg me so I know when he's home. I've got a S939 board that would probably serve your purposes until your parts came back. If you want the processor, you've gotta tal...

I've got the following Heatsinks for sale:

2 x AMD Athlon64 Stock Heatsink and fan (both never used, still in box)
$15 each o.b.o

1 x AMD Opteron Stock cooler and fan (never used, still in box)
$20 o.b.o

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