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Old 02-06-2006, 01:46 PM
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Sorry I didn't mention I was in the U.S. Actually, your breakdown helped a lot. I was able google parts of the description and see what every thing is. I have two more questions (hopefully simple):
  • Are motherboard specs backwards-compatible? For instance, could I use this harddrive (Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6B100M0 100GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive) with the abit aw8 motherboard? , sata150 sounds like it's an earlier version of SATA2.
  • What is the average price range for a motherboard? I looked around, and they go anywhere from $50 or less to over $4000. What does a decent motherboard cost (by decent I mean capable of supporting a 2.8Ghz cpu)?

Thanks for all your help!

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