Celeron processor seem to have more GHZ then dual cores, example a celeron has 2.00ghz and a dual core 1.73. Does this mean that the dual core is running 2x 1.73 processors and is actually running 3.46 ghz? fhoeiuwhdousah

No. With CPU's these days, you have to take into account both speeds and achitecture. Celeron's may have a faster Ghz, but they're much slower than any dual core. Speed's such as FSB and Ghz are things to note, but look into how they execute their code, and you'll see pentiums and core 2's are much more efficient.

Hey, I'm looking into water cooling my PC, and wanted to know if anyone had ventured into this realm of PC modding before. I was looking at the Zalman Reserator 2, which is silent and effective. Size doesn't bother me. I don't want something so loud it keeps me awake at night.

I was thinking about the Koolance Exos 2, but I'm liking the Zalman better, both in looks, sound, and shape of the unit. The Exos 2 wouldn't fit in my setup very well.

This Zalman system cools both the GPU and CPU, and I may buy a northbridge chipset water block too.

CPU: Athlon 64 X2 4800+
mobo: DFI LanParty UT SLI DR
GPU: nVidia 8600GTS

Any thoughts, comments, recommendations, etc? I'm new to water cooling, so I'm not sure which system is best, what to look for, etc.

Thanks.

I've tried many keyboards, and as such have wasted much money on them.  I've tried the Zboard and didn't like it that much, didn't feel right to me.  I like the Saitek one a lot, as do a lot of my gaming friends.  I currently use the G15 Logitech keyboard, though I'll admit it does more than I need it to do.  I like the macro keys, but I never use the LCD, for example.

One thing that might be of interest, that I personally like and use with FPS games, is the Nostromo Speedpad v52 by ******.  It's clunky at first, but I heard great things about it, so I got it, and after adjusting to using it, I like it a lot.  I got a couple friends hooked on it too now.

In the end, I have to agree about going back to the standard keyboard.  Get a good mouse for sure.  Those will affect your playing a lot more than a keyboard will.  (I currently use the Logitech G5 mouse)

I play and love strategy games a lot, mainly RTS ones.  To offer a couple recommendations, I'd first start off with the basic classics such as Warcraft, Starcraft, Age of Empires, etc.  A few of the newer ones I really like are ones such as Dawn of War and it's expansions.  Granted it's manage resources, build an army, destroy other army.  I like this game because you can't just sit back and turtle (mostly) and expect to win, if you want an upper hand you need to go and spread out across the map to gain control points, which give you more resources.

Company of Heroes pushed this theme further, where you not only have to go out and capture points, you have to capture adjacent points.  This leaves room for flanking a supply line and completely cutting it off.  CoH is also really good at implenting more strategic movement of units, such as cover, defenses, positioning turrets exactly, etc.

A new one I'm still learning but really like is Supreme Commander.  It is more of the traditional sense where you acquire resources, build an army, kill other army, but I like it because of how big it is.  You can literally make hundreds of troops, and you have a lot of room to move them around.  You can make transports ferry them around the map for quick troop movement, and you can set specific commands, in order, better than in any other game I've seen (in the RTS genre).

Aside from RTS's I'm not that familiar with other strategy games.  I've played Civ 3 and Rome: Total War, but they didn't appeal to my play style.  Everybody's play style is different, I just gave you a sample of the kinds of games I enjoy and why.

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