One upgrade that I am looking at that you didn’t mention is getting an SSD drive. It is beginning to be affordable and some people says that it improves performance a lot. What do you think?
@Jon: I bought one a month ago. The improvement is massive. I’m using it for programs, not Windows. I’m not sure if the writes are actually all that limited, but I can deal with Windows taking a minute, I can’t deal with the five some of my other apps do.
It seems to me like that fan is facing the wrong way. If it was facing the other it could go directly to the rear exhaust, unless of course that is an intake.
"Mainstream software is finally ready for quad core CPUs."
And now in a month or so, Intel will release the first six-core Core i7 CPU as an Extreme Edition.
Hey, I’m soon going to build a new machine and go with the P183 but I assume those noise-dampening foam mats like on your photo are not included. Would be cool if somebody knows what exactly they are called or where I would be able to buy them.