I'm looking for a PC w/at least a 3.4Mhz processor, 1 Gig RAM, 128 Meg Vid. RAM and 80 gig hard drive. A 2nd 10k RPM 80 gig HD would be nice but I think it'd be cheaper to by that on aftermarket & install it. I'd also want a 17 or 18" LCD. I'm looking to spend $1400ish. The machine will be used...

Hello, I was just on the Sega/Company of Heroes Beta feedback forum and I wondered and thought this is a good question for usenet people ! ;) :): Question is: why are PC sales declining ?: 1. Lack of demanding games ? (probably not) 2. Lack of good games ? (maybe) 3. Windows 8 sucks ? (bad...

Currently running a Core2 Quad, I find that putting in a DVD, CD or Blu-Ray disk and waiting for the machine to recognize it and have it be ready to write to still takes about as long as it did on my first Pentium I machine. Why is this process still so plodding?

My 2.8TB RAID 5 array is finally up and running. Here I'll discuss my initial intended specifications, what I actually ended up with, and associated commentary. Please...

I have a Compaq Presario SR1910NX. When I attempt to boot up the monitor's "on" light briefly comes on abefore going off, but I don't get any activity on the monitor's screen. It makes no difference whether or not I use a video card or the embedded video connection on the motherboard. Can I...

Comp USA advertised a Mad Dog 350W power supply for free after rebate, so I decided to check it out. Unfortunately neither the MD website nor the product box listed anything about its amp ratings, and Comp USA didn't have any I could look at without paying a 15% restocking fee to open the box. So...

I'm looking for external 240v fans and a controller - so the fans will come on if the temp in the cupboard where my file/print server (on 24/7) gets above a certain temp and suck the hot air out. I have plenty of vents into the cupboard. Clive

I threw out my Linux Pentium Two today, bought in 1996 or 1997, in the trash, after busting with a sledgehammer the Seagate 2 GB (yes two gbs!) HDs and the 48 MB RAM. I found out how the RAM was configured, after all these years: four sticks--I kid you not--of 16x2 and two sticks of 8x2 = 32 + 16...

This is a bit of a long shot, but maybe somebody has seen something like this, I am thinking not but ya never know. Situation is really weird: My PC can play World of Warships fine, Company of Heroes via Game Ranger fine. It can browse/websurf the internet fine. It can even connect to another...

....almost have my 1st full machine finished. ...trying to decide on whether to put in a floppy drive. I can easily foresee needing the bay that a floppy would occupy for a harddrive instead (removable tray, etc.). From what I gather, the only likely thing that I would need a floppy for would be to...

I see good things about PCPC, they have an excellent resellerratings.com rating. A friend referred me to their site. Anyone have hands on experience with this unit? So far haven't found a reveiw about it. From what I understand, a lot of their units are...

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I am a cost conscious college student needing a good QUALITY PC to hook up to my HDTV and use as a entertainment center I don't want to spend more than abt $300 on the PC build. I know I could buy a cheapie off the shelf system for this amount but the case on such units seem so FLIMSY!

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Hello. My AMD Phenom (3x) CPU has recently been overheating very frequently. So, I'm going to remove the heat sink, clean the dirt from the sink, and in the process, I also want to apply new thermal paste. However, I have some problems: 1. First of all, the instructions that came with the CPU...

The world's financial system will be likely to reshape the (Dan Ikenson is a trade cato, deputy director of the Center for Policy Studies. 1990 focused on international trade issues, including the wto dispute, regional trade agreements, the US-China trade, steel and textiles trade policy and so...

Hi, Having had such great replies about which processor to buy, now is my chance to ask about which motherboard. I've decided to get a Pentium 4 3.0E Ghz 800Mhz Prescott CPU, but my supplier (who will be doing the actual system build) has loads of P4 motherboards. I've narrowed it down to these...

I found another USB hub that allowed me to short the D+ & D- pin AT THE OUTPUT END. It works as long as I don't plug the USB hub into a PC, but the ACadaptor of the USB hub. If I did, the iPod would give me a yellow triangle, and refuse to charge itself from the PC. I don't even need to use...

Ever had an email you send out come back at you as spam? For example, in your email to a friend, which let's assume is in unencrypted POP server form, is sent by Outlook and has the words "walk in the park". Then, in the next hour or so, you get spam that mentions "walk in the park" along with the...

I downloaded a job application in PDF format and if possible would like to fill it out nice and pretty using the computer. For a second I thought it would be possible because when I clicked in a space with the cursor the blinking line thing came up like it would be able to start entering text, but...