Found a 'spare' 80GB SATA hard drive - from an old pc and installed this. Plus a IDE DVD drive. The IDE power and signal cable do get in the way -- SATA is so much nicer to work with - but managed to thread them round so that airflow from inlet fan to out is not too obstructed.
Insall Windows XP to test things out, and eventually got it all working fine.
Bit of an anti-climax, as nothign special. Boot time is quicker but not lightning. LIkewise application like IE8. Oh well. Hard disk is noisey, so soon as can will start with W7 on the purchased 1TB disk.
Fans also a tad distracting ...mostly I think the CPU fan so maybe investigate better cooling for that. Looking for a WIndows utility that will tell me the CPU temperature.
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My current PC seems to get slower with each passing day and with the imminent release of Windows 7 it's time to get a new one. You could just buy one from Dell, or like me you might try building one. It should not be too difficult and I should end up with a better PC for less money. Thats a lot of "should" so lets see!
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