hi iam thinking about buying a new gaming pc and iam struggling to decide which to buy, The dell xps gen-3 or the alienware area 51 dell xps specs and price P4 3.4ghz HT 1024mb dual channel ddr2 256mb pci express ati radeon x800 xt 400 gb hard drive 1 year warranty

for some reason whenever i turn on my computer, my mouse doesn't work. ever. yet if i restart the computer it always works the second time the computer boots. i've tried different mice and i've tried wiggling the plug, etc. and no matter what, it just never works on first boot and always works on...

Has anybody had trouble with bit errors with AMCC S5935? We have only started having trouble with them in the last few months. Older motherboards do not produce errors, newer ones do. Can any one help?

I have reciently got myself a AMD 2700 with a ASUS A7V8X-X mobo. I have a small fan on my processor. Although I have not checked any of the temps reported I am in the market for a better cooling unit. I am unsure really of what to buy and was hoping someone would have a recommendation on what they...

So, I just put together a system with an Athlon64 3000+ (2MHz) on an MSI K8T-Neo FSR board, with the retail HS and fan and 4 case fans (1 "in" front, 2 out back, 1 "out" side) plus the psu fan. The most recent bios, which is supposed to give accurate CPU temperatures, is showing about 55 degrees C...

I am building a computer to take to college (go Jackets!) and I have been trying to research this topic, but cannot make up my mind. It is better to take the leap and go with the as of yet largely unsupport AMD 64, or try the new 800/1000 FSB Prescotts that Intel has coming out. I'm not trying to...

Hi all. I am planning on building myself a "super" computer to run Suse64! I want to use a AMD64 processor. I heard a rumour that AMD plan on changing the socket for these processors soon, and that anyone wanting one should wait for a little bit. Can anyone shed any light on this? Should I...

I have a Asus A7V8X-MX with AMD Athlon 2600+ and 512MB RAM.The system shuts down after a couple of hours(some times 1hr,6hrs).I have tried all the DIP switchs settings for setting the external CPU frequency.The system has 2 fans for cooling. What might be the problem? Have any one come across this...

In the motherboard/CPU combos listed under pricewatch.com, all of the ones with AMD Athlon 64 3800+ processors are clocked at 1.8GHz, instead of 2.4GHz. Is this because of limitations in the motherboard, RAM, cooling, etc.? Thanks, Russell

I have an old FIC SD-11 with PCB 1.7 running a 550 mhz processor. I would like to put the fastest processor I can run in it, so I checked the processor compatibility chart on the board's website. It was somewhat confusing. There is support for the AMD Athlon 800 but the box for the 800...

I'm considering buying the new Acer Ferrari laptop, which comes with a DVD+/-RW and Athlon 2500+ processor. What is the current thinking about Athlon vs Intel P4? I suppose I'm comparing the AMD 2500+ with P4 2.6 or 2.8GHz. Has anoyone who has got an Acer or Sony Vaio laptop tell me whether it has...

I have a question about hardware compatability in a new AMD system I'm putting together. I got a good deal on a video card and 1gb of ddr400 memory, and I wanted to try to conserve a little more money by going with the Athlon xp 2500 processor (which has a 333mhz fsb), instead of the Athlon xp...

I have just purchased the motherboard, memory and chip to upgrade my computer. i got the AMD athlon xp barton 3.0 GHz chip and the Gigabyte motherboard (ga-7n400pro2). i love the Gigabyte motherboard! problem is that when i boot it only thinks i have a 1.7 GHz chip. In the bios i set the...

I'm thinking about getting a laptop and I'm considering that price/performance benefits of the AMD processors (have had two desktop AMDs in the past and was pleased). I stumbled upon something that I found really interesting when comparing the 2 AMD notebooks at circuitcity. The older one 2800+,...

Hello All, I just purchased a laptop... HP ZE4610US HP Pavilion Notebook PC with AMD Athlon™ XP Processor 2500+ My question is this... Is this a "Barton" processor? Are all AMD 2500 processors Barton

I just installed Windows XP Home on a new computer with an AMD FX51 processor and an MSI K8T Master motherboard. In the proporties under my computer it says that the processor is an AMD FX51 running at ~801MHz. Does anyone know if this is an error with XP or the motherboard not recognizing the...

I'm going to be building a new computer and am looking for just the right motherboard, I do lots of heavy graphics and video editting and am looking for something to handle that. I'm gonna use AMD XP2800 processor, but am unsure what motherboard will work best with it. If anyone could help that...

what's the difference between the athlon64 and the opetron? is it worth upgrading from a 1.7 ghz with a 400mhz bus i was thinking of getting the "Tyan Thunder K8W" (pci-x is a must) is this good? how out of date is that mobo? and lastly can i use it leaving one of the dual sockets empty?

Hi, I need some advice whith choosing a new cpu. AMD or Intel? Could you post some positive and negative aspects of both of the cpu's. Whats new in the technology? What should I be aware of? Thanx

I am getting ready to get a new computer and I want one that is going to be working for what I want for a while. I'm going with an Alienware 5500 and have it confiured much to my liking. The only question I have is which processor is better in your opinion, the AMD Athlon 64 3500+ w/ HyperTransport...