1- Yes you can clone your OS to another hard drive using Norton Ghost and I think Acronis True Image can do that too.

2- I wouldn't recommend using flash drives to replace a hdd, because usb 2.0 is slow even compared to ide hdd and 16 GB isn't much. Why not just buy an internal sata hard drive ?

I'm planning to get TWO HD4870s for crossfire but I didnt know Crysis doesnt support it. Elann2008

My mistake in an earlier message, Crossfire works for Crysis, but doesn't work well. Only 10 more fps.

Oh snap. Anywhere I can read some info on it? (Thanks for being such a big help in here btw) Also, I'm still lookin for advice as to overclocking that SOB.

kieran88

They're more like rumors than info, ATI is pretty tight-lipped about it. I learn about it on sites like:

vr-zone
forums at Beyond 3D
forums at Rage3D
last but not least fudzilla lol

About OC, i'm sure you can get 3.2 ghz or even 3.4 ghz and have low idle and load temps with that Zalman cooler. Here's a thread on overclocking the Q9450, I just googled that.

The HD 4870x2. Is that two GPUs in one card like the 9800GX2? Elann2008

Yes, though i'm not sure if it will work like Crossfire on one card or just as a single gpu. It's supposed to perform better than 2 HD4870 in CF. There's not much info about it so far. It should be priced at 450-500$ at launch.

9800GTX Overclocked > 4850 by a long shot.GodLovesDead

Not even close. You have to overclock the already overclocked 9800gtx XXX edition to equal the 4850 at stock. :)

Here it is, black PCB and the rumors say that it will have 2 GB of GDDR5:

Edit: Sorry, here's the link.