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I've decided to go for the Athlon II. I decided that I only wanted to spend the extra $40 if it would noticeably be faster. Plus, I like that the Athlon is cooler. 320GB is more than enough space and I can grab the 2GB of RAM from my old computer. Hopefully 2 cores will be enough for me in...

Alright. I ended up going with the Athlon X2 II 215. Thanks for all of your help.

How does the Intel E5300 stack up against the Athlon X2 II 215?

It_shiro: Can you be a little bit more specific? How much slower is it? Would the difference be noticable in real world situations? Any benchmarks would be helpful.

These are pre-built computers and I'm on a tight budget, so I can't really take suggestions. The X4 9650 is only $40 more than the Athlon X2 II 215, and the X4 9650 comes with a forth gig of RAM and doubles the hard drive space to 640GB. Both are the same brands. So, how would the X4 9650...

What would be a better processor? It will be used for home office use, but I want it to be adaquete for the next couple of years. Because these are pre-built computers, I am limited to these choices. How different are these? Intel E2220 Athlon X2 II 215 Athlon X2 5000+ Phenom X4 9650

Thanks for the link, but I'm still a bit confused about the problem. Is it with the motherboard or hard drive or something else? I've tried the trouble shooting guide, but it didn't help. Does anyone else have opinions on this?

My computer was working perfectly yesterday, but when I turned it on today I got an error. It posted and then went to "DMA-1 Error System halted". I checked all of the cables and reseated the RAM, and the symptoms changed. Now it gets to the "Start System Normally", "Enter Windows Recovery"...

I really want to try overclocking the E2220 when I get it. I know the bios are the best way to overclock, but I don't have any options there. Is software safe and stable to overclock from? What is the best program?

Will it run much cooler than the Pentium D? It's only 65W compared to 95W? Will it start warming up if I overclock it?

I know they're both old, but which one is faster? Pentium D 925 or Pentium Dual Core E2220? By how much?

If it'll only be 20-25% gain in transfer speeds and no increase in access time, I'm starting to understand why so many people are against it. So let's say I don't go with RAID 0. If I use one drive for data that will be accessed semi-frequently and the other drive for backup that will be...

I retested and they stayed about the same. So, based on those readings can I expect about 120mb/s average throughput and 17ms access time? Am I adding those right?

The HD tune specs for the drives are: Desktop: Min 27.9 Max 76.8 Avg 61.9 ATime 13.4 Burst 97.7 Laptop: Min 42.6 Max 88.6 Avg 68.6 ATime 16.6 Burst 77.4 Will these scores help tell whether RAID 0 would help (work) with these two drives?