I vote to close this thread at 100 pages or January 1, 2007. That's for organization purposes. I mean the original poster started this thread over 2 years ago! In the computer world, 2 years is a long time. The first system started with a amd xp3200+ and got to about $1000. For $1000 we could easily build a MUCH more powerful system today. So I suggest this thread dies and we start a new "Official PC Building Thread of n" with n being the year, every year so the thread could adapt to the current hardware more and so new people won't have to read through 90 pages of the thread. Also so no one goes out and buy the system on the first page and think they got the best bang for the buck right now.

if this happens by the end of next year there will still be 50 pages to read through.

i think that maybe it would be a good idea for the budget and dream pc threads as they do show their age if you start from page one but a building thread will/should change every time a better choice of componants becomes available and therefore is a continual progression.

sorry if im a bit off topic, i will try to bring it back.

my harddrive is working fine and is been on a couple of mobos, i just needed to install the right drivers to get it all to work correctly (sound, nic, usb2). i have also done an xp install on one pc, updated it, removed the hdd fitted it in another and done the same with the drivers and its worked, and that was from a semp 3400+ to a p3 800mhz, now maybe it was more luck than judgement but it all worked.

if using same or similar chipset than have good chance of not having to blowout hd & do a fresh install. i'm saying say via to via not via to intel or sis chipsets. done that a couple of times with no problem.

Originally posted by l34merik:

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I vote to close this thread at 100 pages or January 1, 2007. That's for organization purposes. I mean the original poster started this thread over 2 years ago!

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- i guess we could do. the original thread would still be here for reference purposes anyways.

my mobo changes were, via to a via mobo (no real surprise that worked) then to an nforce board now. the amd to p3 was a via mobo to a intel one and it booted fine it just needed the drivers for sound an nic.

im not saying this will work for everyone, it has for me a few times and im sure that it breaks your eula with m$, but if you dont care or try you will never know.

or we could delete the first 75 pages or so and go from there

here you go, the new and somewhat slimmer "(new) Official PC Building thread" - http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/426825.

I'll close and unsticky this old one but it's still here for reference.

Enjoy