OperaGuy, Read carefully, please. I am comparing my P4 2.8C to SVDL's Athlon 2.7XP and P4 2.8, NOT his or your A64. I'm looking at upgrading to an A64, so I certainly wouldn't claim my machine is faster. In the Jim Burton Benchmarks, some people stated their disk configuration. I believe that Jim Burton himself had an overclocked P4 2.8 with a Raid 0 Configuration. My machine was faster.