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Motherboards.com – Pentium 4 Chips. A good place to see how pricing works. Yikes, the latest ones, like the 2.2GHz today costs $595, but then drops to $205 with the 1.8GHz. Will likely get a 533MHz system then in the fall when the prices will drop.

Motherboards.com – Abit TH7-2 RAID P4 Socket 478 Intel? 850 (ICH2) RAMBUS. This looks like the best motherboard to get for the new Pentium. Has RAID on board. Will have to wait for the 850E to ship and the new Pentium 4/2666A with 133/533 bus though.

Tom’s Hardware Guide Mainboard Guide: SiS 645DX – Is This The Best Chipset For The P4? – Memory Problem: DDR333 Is Still Rare on the Market. OK, in buying a new system, the big question is, the new Pentium 2500 will be 133 FSB and have incredible memory throughput for…

Buy the right software Here’s a quote from them. I’m assuming that I get a fireware on the motherboard for Grace’s computer… The MOST important decision you are going to make when you get started in digital video editing is picking the right software for you. As you probably know,…

The Electronic Mailbox – Windows XP tips & tricks for NLE. Some tips for using XP for DV editing.

Videoguys makes an EIDE RAID Controllers suggestion If you have a fasttrak or any other IDE Raid controller and you are dropping frames or simply not getting the performance you expect, try this great tip. Your computer will act like you’ve increased your CPU Power, Windows will open faster, your…

Mountain Bike – Bikes. A good piece about trail bikes. Specialized does well again.