I have an XP 3200+ running on an 8KRA2+ and it runs San Andreas smoothly (after a reformat), everything else was fine. do I upgrade or will I hang on for a while. I have a winfast 6800 128MB so graphics doesn't seem to be an issue. an upgrade will mean memory, graphics card, motherboard, HSF and...

Just wondering if you can run a 939 proc in a 940 board. skeeter

Hello Group I have an AMD Athlon 1333 on a Gigabite 7ZMMH motherboard. and it only want to run on 1000 mhz the motherboard can run up to 1500 mhz. how can i solve that problem. Grtx Arjan

Hello I recently bought a Thermalright ALX800 heatsink for my socket A XP 2500+ barton completely running standard at 2500+ I have added artic silver 5 thermal past to cpu core and my temps are idling at around 49c! on load around 53c :( I have also got a 80mm fan on the heatsink running at...

Tyan Thunder K8SE w/ two Opteron 252 cpus. Would you please share you BIOS settings? TIA

Tyan Thunder K8SE w/ two Opteron 252 cpus. Would you please share you BIOS settings? TIA

Hello group, One of these days i'm gonna go shop for new parts for a new pc. However since I haven't been following hardware for over 2 years now ... i'm a bit uncertain on what to get in what has become a real jungle. Basically i'm looking for a new amd based system that will serve me for the...

for all overclockers out there... what's the top you've managed to push athlon64 3200+ s.939 ? which cooler? case? personaly, I'm running this cpu on 2.7ghz (original 2.0ghz) , box cooler, thermaltake armor case... currently over 10 days, 15+ hours a day, and counting, without a...

If the computer starts at reboot after OC, can I then know it's running stable? I guess "no". Can stability be meassured so that I don't run in to strange faults later on? Morgan O.

I recently bought a second-hand MSI K7T Pro (v1) motherboard and Athlon 1.1Ghz processor (seperately) from ebay; everything works fine, but I'm curious as to why the processor shows up as running at 1250Mhz (at the POST screen and using CPU-Z (software that gathers information on some of the main...

7Finally got a new desktop for my wife so I can play with my old machine. It`s a 1800 DLT3C JIUHB 0308 SPMW malaysia stock AMD Fan on a Gigabyte 7vax,Antec 350 (Truepower I think) ,a 30 Gig Maxtor and a 40 Gig WD and a HIS MX420 with a 80 MM fan out the rear. The Gigabyte has dip switches on the...

Hi, I just ordered a replacement for my Dad's burned up 2800 AMD Athlon XP (fan and heatsink fell off) with a new one. He insistes that his previous CPU said "2.75 or 2.8Ghz" in the POST when he booted his PC but the specs on the one I ordered says it's a 2.08Ghz CPU. Are there different speeds...

I cant get my mobo to boot unless I set BIOS to check CD first and boot from HDD second. Ignore the cd prompt to boot and the HDD works fine if not then it just wont boot. R

Hi, I've recently brought an AMD 3200 Venice and 1GB Corsair PC4400-C2.5. Its goin to eventually replace my AMD socket 940 FX51, which is a shame cos thats a kick-ass cpu. Anyway - I'm not sure which MoBo to buy - its definitely going to be NF4 based and I'm really looking at DFI UT series as its...

What is the best form a cooling? Traditional heatsink and fan or liquid coolling? Which models are the best? Thanks

Hello what is the ThermalRight ALX800 hsf performance like? also can you add an additional fan to the heatsink? Thanks.

Hello, I'm new in PC building and I'm not planning on overclocking yet, but I want a computer that is somewhat future proof. I'm not a pro gamer, but some games coming are a must for me and I want them to run beautifully and smoothly. I cannot afford to invest in Sli, so this is the machine for...

Hi Guys Today i bought a new Duron 1800 chip, my local shop managed to get there hands on some. Anyway it works as i tried it when i removed a Sempron 2500 from a MSI mobo I bought it to replace the Duron 700 on this machine, put it in and got nothing, no bootup, no beeps no nothing, and i did...

Hi, I just ordered a replacement for my Dad's burned up 2800 AMD Athlon XP (fan and heatsink fell off) with a new one. He insistes that his previous CPU said "2.75 or 2.8Ghz" in the POST when he booted his PC but the specs on the one I ordered says it's a 2.08Ghz CPU. Are there different speeds...

Both seem to be able to overclock to a similar speed, is there any good reason to buy the more expensive 3500+ rather than the 3200+ ? TIA