Hi, A friend of mine asked me if I can sort her out some hardware for a Apple Mac. 1) CD-Burner 2) Modem does anyone know off-hand of any popular PC hardware brands that are

I have decided to upgrade my system. I recently purchased a motherboard, memory and Video. My mind pretty much mad up on the 2.8GHz CPU 800Mhz FSB 512 K cache, now Intel releases the 2.8GHz CPU 800 MHz FSB 1meg Cache Prescott chip. New Gear

Hello all Whilst sitting on the dunny the other day,I came up with an idea (probably been done before but I havent seen it mentioned) for cooling cpus. What if you were to use the refrigeration unit but have the part that gets cold (I cant think of the name..Cooling coil?) actually built in to...

I have a Pentium 4, with an Asus p4b533 as motherboard and an Nvidia ti 4400 and yet games dont run at their best graphic level. Does anyone know how can I enhance my computer performance by overclocking it?

I`ve come into possession of a Slot1 733 133 FSB Cpu. I`ve emailed the MB Manufacturer(PCPartner) and they`ve said the max CPU is a P3 600 100 FSB non Coppermine. In looking over the MB specs (VIB861S/ APBS3-C861 ) I see it has VRM 8.2 which supplies voltage from 1.3V upwards. So if the 733 has a...

Grab a beer while your at it,.. Seriously thinking about puting my puter in a small refrigerator (like a little camping fridge or a minibar) This must be the ultimate dream case for overclockers,.. Also a little freezer would be possible,.. I'll drill some holes for cables and stuf, close this with...

I got my replacement tube of Artic Silver thermal paste from OCZ today, having sent in for replacement the tube of "fake" Ultra II thermal paste that they recalled last month. Their replacement offer isn't as generous as it seems though - the replacement tube is a "mini", less than half the size of...

I am looking to overlock my P4 2.6GHz. I have raised the Multiplier value from 200 to 212, which auto sets DDR424... which gives me: model name Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.60GHz @ 2736.247MHz I have only tried few variations after this. Anything higher and my system either does not boot, or is...

Greetings, Just wanted to let you guys know, I finally bit the bullet today and ordered myself a new system. . . INTEL Pentium 4 - 2.6GHz (BX80532PG2600D) £110.00 ($201.50) ABIT AI7 (Springdale uGuru) £80.49 ($146.46)

Hi, just trying to work out if my new 350w ANTEC PSU (SL350) is gonna be strong enough. Working on the basis it draws 7v on the 12v rail, including all my devices, +3.3v (28) = 6.9 +5v (35) = 20.15 +12v (16) = 14.45

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Hey all. I'm currently running a Chaintech Zenith 9EJS1 (845 chipset). Its an excellent overclocker, I've got my 2.8ghz (533) running at 3.36ghz with cheap ram and no v-core adjustment (basically because I'm affraid of frying my chip). I want to upgrade to a newer board, something well suited...

Anybody know how to overclock a Soyo S172 motherboard to take a 1gig celeron processor?

Any graphics card gurus help me choose a card ? Which one sound best - MSI 5700 TD ultra 128MB OR MSI 5700 VTD 256MB OR MSI 5900XT-VTD my vivo - 128MB Does the " ultra " make any difference or does the extra MB make any difference ? and what is MY VIVO ? Im not much of a gamer, I generally use my...

I have an abit IS7 mb duel channel ram 400mhz 512s seagate sata 160g hd p4 2.4G cpu side step. C1 lacking a little in video card but plan to upgrade. have geforce 4 mx440, what i would like is specs on how to overclock my machine mb came with soft medium software but have no idea how to...

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Hi, I just installed a 3.0Ghz P4 into a Asus P4P800 Deluxe 865 mobo running 2 x 512 3200 Memory. I have had the PC running for about 48 hours and the PC is not doing that much. The temps for the CPU are currently 37 C / 98 F. I had installed the heatsink, a Zalman Flower - the fan is on full -...

Here is my spec: MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R Intel Pentium 4 2.4C (800fsb) - Overclocked to 3GHz (1000fsb) 2 x 256MB Kingston HyperX PC4000 (500MHz) ATi Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB Sound Blaster Live! WD Raptor SATA 10,000rpm 36GB Zalman CNPS7000-Cu CPU Heatsink Antec True 450W PSU

Hoping to start my first upgrade soon (on a budget), want to use it for the latest games etc, currently have an XP1900, 215MB, ATI Radeon 7000, 40GB HDD I've priced up the following components so far: AMD Athlon XP2600 333mhz 512 L2 Cache Barton Retail Boxed A7N8X Deluxe SKT A NForce2 Chipset...

Hey everyone, I have a question about benchmarking. My Ti4200 64mb is finally starting to show its age, and I want to bump up the clock frequencies, but I am not familiar with the available free benchmarking utilities. What should I be using to torture test my system as I bump up the frequencies in...