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It should support it, at most you may need to flash the BIOS if you have an older revision that didn't support the dual-core chips. So usually simply swapping the chip should do the job. Check out ASUS's website for more details on whether your BIOS revision supports the 3800x2 or not :)

Almost guaranteed to get at least 2.5-2.6GHz on the 4400 on stock cooling. Of course it depends on the type of chip you get etc.

Bump on the 3800 X2, I would only go for an Opty if you intend to overclock especially with the X2's being cheaper now.

Hmm, I didn't fully understand what you meant but have you checked that his case has proper airflow?

I'm pretty confused between the difference of a 24-pin and a 20-pin PSU and motherboards. I'm looking to upgrade my computer a bit, the motherboard I want to get has a 20-pin ATX power connector. So getting a 24-pin PSU shouldn't be a problem since they are backward compatible (I think) but my...

You guys are too old :) First chip I got was a P166.

*damn* I wish I could afford it!

There WILL be a noticable difference if you run lots of "active" programs at once. By active, I mean ones that eat CPU on its "own" like when you are rendering something or compiling. If you tend to have a lot of inactive programs at once (such as browsers, low cpu usage programs and programs...

Single for games, dual for apps as already mentioned. I love my dual monitors, it makes a huge difference when your not playing a game.

Bump for the Samsung, had 3 monitors from Samsung and they have all served/ing me well.

You could ask to test the monitor before you purchase to see if it fits well. Or you can try different LCD's that your friends already have and see which one is best and see if it fits your needs before you buy. I find that initially its a bit blurry but even with my old 25ms 193t samsung I got...

Go for the DVI :) Although there is little difference between them both - the DVI would be slightly better since it doesn't lose any accuracy when translating from analog to digital and back again (at least in theory).

Any recent card should be able to handle dual 1600x1200 resolutions. You should shop for a dual DVI card, or if you don't want to shop for another graphics card. Check to see if your current card supports dual display so you don't have to spend more money on another graphics card. You can use a...

Wait for the M2 and then decide to go either with a M2 processor or a cheaper (by then) 939 processor. I'm fairly sure the Venice will be fine for a while especially since most games are still single threaded, what graphics card have you got?

Well it only gets "smacked" at lower-medium resolutions, on higher resolutions - the graphics card is more important :) There are lots of factors: if he plays games, what type of games does he play (if they are demanding or not)? What resolutions does he play at? What graphics card does he have...