I didnt really mean anything by that comment, I dunno whay I said that. The clock rating on processors doesnt always mean its as fast as doing things as other processors, for example, the FSB (front side bus) might be quite low on a high clocked processor.

I did a quick check, and the Dual Core 2 you mentioned WILL fit in your motherboard, as it takes the Celeron D, which is the same socket type, and yes, your system should hold at LEAST 2 hard drives