[aft_lizard]

He is right about the wake time though, that blows XP's out of the water by a mile.

[Echo Talon]

He is right about the wake time though, that blows XP's out of the water by a mile.

Yes, some people MAY have a problem with the Sleep function in Vista, because MOST default BIOS settings for suspend to ram is S1 you need to set it up to At least (S1 & S3) to make it work correctly(at least thats what I have have noticed)

SO, IF you ever clear you CMOS, OR if you BIOS ever resets from a maximum overclock, make sure you reset the S1 setting back to (S1 & S3)

[Echo Talon]

or obvioysly some other STR(Suspend-To-Ram) setting that plays nice with Vista, other than just S1.(unless that works on your motherboard, who knows... with numerous BIOS out there they may have many different setting in different spots...)

IF you're a Do-it-Yourself person like me you shouldn't have a problem...

[Echo Talon]

oh, so thats
$200(Opteron175+aftermarket heatsink&fan Freezer64 pro AWESOME)
$67 (Foxconn GeForce 6150 Motherboard onbboard audio and video)

$189.99 (G.Skill 2GB (2 x 1GB)(PC 3200)2-3-2-5)

Total $456.99
I will be getting a PCIe video card when the new ATI mid-range DirectX 10 video cards come out in April.

[Echo Talon]

OMG the price came down since i bought it a little bit... ;)