I am a keen gamer and a pharmacist who has just started working and I have ordered parts and tried to build them into a good PC. I am humbly requesting some help from an expert in PC building. I would really appreciate any help. I recently ordered parts to construct a good PC: 1) core 2 quad...

Hi! I've tried to get and answer or find information about this, but without success so far. It's quite simple, I'm about to chose ram for my A7N8X-Deluxe (w. Barton 2500 to be run at 200Mhz). I've decided on Kingston Hyper-X, just not what sticks to use yet. I will get 2*512MB (PC3200, to be run...

what do i need or how do i overclock my processor.. i have a dell computer with these cpu specs: p4 northwood 2.0 ghz 100 fsb 400 bus speed 512 l2 cache

Prescott is a runt, as evidenced by the fact that Intel have already canned the development on it. Really? What the hell is this ? http://processorfinder.intel.com/scripts/details.asp?sSpec=SL82U&ProcFam=483 &PkgType=ALL&SysBusSpd=ALL&CorSpd=ALL

I overclocked my radeon to 321/363Mhz and it worked fine (no artefacts in games) up till one day when I turned my pc on and saw black stripes going from top to bottom of the screen. I rebooted the machine and everything is fine again. I went back to the default values again in fear of...

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Hi all, Just started building my Brothers machine last night using the new ABIT AN7. So far its going well but I can't get this T-Bred to run on the 200MHz FSB. I'm tried running 10x200 but the PC just boots in *Fail-Safe*. Is there some issues with T-Breds and low multipliers? Sorry if this is...

It runs stock at 166 now. I have DDR400 memory and would like the FSB to match the speed as is recommended. IS it possible to raise the FSB to 200 without problems? I hear of people raising the CPU speed by multiplier and FSB by a MHZ or so but this isn't the same I take. Do we just have to wait to...

How well do the new heatpipe coolers withstand O/C of the video card? I see the Zalman is completely fanless and the Thermaltake has a small fan on it. My main goal right now is to quiet down the windtunnel I have now. -- Return address modified for spam protection. Remove windy to reply.

hi there, i've read the thermal paste installation instructions on the AS3 web site, it's quite detailed and helpful, but i'm quite confused about the cleaning of the cpu core/ceramic bit (cleaning the old heatsink doesnt apply to me, as i'm replacing my stock AMD HSF with the thermalright...

OK according to this http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/cpu_support/cpu/spt_cpu_detail.php?UID=393%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&NAME=MS-6570 This mobo is supposed to run this chip at 133 and a mult set to auto.... First of all BULL****....this is...

Been hearing a lot of talk that Intel is taking off the Gloves in light of AMDs increase in the market, and plans on a possible early release for Christmas of a P5Ghz limited edition to answer AMDs challenges. There isn't anything on their site, is this a rumor? Or is there any truth to it?...

I'm trying to figure out the temperature controlled cpu fan. I'm using Abit's EQ windows app (though it could just as well be what's built into the BIOS or any other app). I can set: Target Temp T deg C Start Control X % Stop Control Y % Tolerance Z deg C

Probably the wrong place to ask but if you are honest can you really notice a 10-15% increase in speed? Yea I know its fun to do, but there are other ways you could get similar increases in performance. Also I can get a 33% increase in speed by paying twice or thrice (or more) for the processor,...

To an Intel P4. 100 MHz 133 MHz (133.25) 200 MHz 266 MHz (266.5) and soon 512 MHz Even Intel's Processor identification Utility lists like this...

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A very interesting thing has come up regarding SP2 and the motherboard industry in general. An anomaly was detected in the installation of XP SP2 on Intel 865/875 chipset mobos. After SP2 install most all such mobos from most all mfgs would HANG on reboot. See this post in:...

i'm trying to insert a tueleron @ 1.4 into my prehistoric dfi p2xbl/d (slot 1) first i bought (by mistake) a 370-fcpga converter, then i tried to make things right by buying another slot1-370 slotket and slap the first onto the second, but, since both have those install arms on the same side i...

FYI - Interesting article on PCI/AGP locking. Explains alot about why AMD is more difficult to OC than Intel. Coments? http://www.anandtech.com/chipsets/showdoc.html?i=1968

Hi Troops, I've *finally* narrowed my search down to OCZ Dual Channel Gold Edition (1G, 2x512) and CorsairXMS 4000 Pro (TwinX 1024). The OCZ SPD = 2.5-4-4-8 and the Corsair is 3-4-4-8 but I understand that can be tightened up some. OCZ = $328, Corsair = $325. Does either on have a 6-layer PCB? ...