Hi, Having done a bit of research, looked at what my supplier (who will do the actual system build) have available, and decided on my price range, I've narrowed down my choice of CPUs to the following 5: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ Barton OEM (400Mhz FSB) (£90.16) AMD Athlon64 3000 64bit 754Pin CPU...

Hello. I don't know whether this is the correct group to post to. But I decided to use the 'torture test' of the program Prime95 to test the stability of a computer but it doesn't get past the first test. It doesn't fail. It just doesn't do anything. It says it's working through Test 1 but it never...

I have a p4c800e mobo with a p4 2.6Ghz CPU I have 2*512MB DDR 400Mhz memory chips When i try and use the overclocking facility in the BIOS (5,10, 20% etc) the cpu frequency increases, HOWEVER, the memory frequency drops to 333 Anyone any ideas why this should happen?

My Bios upgrade says it supports it ?? If it supports it, then their should be one right. Or are they just looking into the future ? Thanks.

I'v recently upgraded my system form a P 4 3.2 E and a MSI 875 Pe fsir with 512+512M DDR to a core 2 duo 8500 and a Asus P5Q p45 with 2+2M DDR2. I'v tried to look in the net for some comparison of this tow processors with no results. I would like to know how must faster the core 2 duo is related...

Intel makes 3 cpu's that are 3.0g, how can one tell if they are getting the better one for over clocking?

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Which outta these would be the best bang for the buck for gaming? Obviously would overclock all of them. Prices are if memory serves me correctly 2180-$70 8400-$199 6600-$214 _________________ weight loss product reviews lazer

Have finally got round to investigating the problem. Repalced ram with Crucial DDR2 667. It will now POST to 256 MHz with PCIE Aysnc at 114MHz. NB There is a PCI bus lock so that keeps it at 33.3MHz anyway. DRAM timings are from SPD (makes no diff if not). These are at 255.8 MHz and a 1:1...

What is the file system most game PC users set their HD to, FAT32 or NTFS? Does it matter for gaming or are there problems if its all set to NTFS? This is for WXP home and boot drive of 60GB and second drive of 40GB. Was mostly considering NTFS because it can have files over the 4.?GB limit for...

Asus A7N8X MoBo with 200MHz clock, Athlon 64 3500+ Hammer, CPU (939) chip-set 1800MHz 64K L1, 512k L2 (2) Gig of crucial PC3500 DDR SDRAM 3500 MB swap, 5500 MB virtual memory Phoenix Award Bios v 6.0 Windows XP Pro SP3 (Updated) Nivida Geforce 8600 GT (256MB) (PCIE) on-board sound card 5 cooling...

Hi. I just bought a good cooling system so I can overclock my CPU. The problem is that in my motherboard's BiOS I don't see anything about multiplier. Anyway I downloaded Easytune 4 and 5. With none of them I can change the multiplier. It does show the multiplier and says that the multiplier is at...

I basically have these choices: 1. Pentium 4C 2.8Ghz + Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000 (865PE based low-end mobo) + 2*256MB PC3200 RAM = $370 2. Pentium 4C 2.4Ghz + Asus P4P800 Deluxe (865PE based high-end mobo) + 2*256MB PC3200 RAM = $395 3. Athlon XP 2800 + Asus A7N8X (nForce2 MCP based mobo) + 2*512MB...

I have one of those fancy reserators - water cooler. The supplied heatsink block for the processor is gold plated (copper underneath I think). I bought another for the 2nd cpu, and they would only supply the plain copper one. Now I thought the gold was better - that's the way they advertise 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...

Hello I have decided to build a new machine based around an intel P4!! been using amd for long time :) so intel gonna be new to me. The motherboard i been looking at is the Asus P4S800D-E and along with a P4 2.8ghz Prescott processor, what do you ppl think of this? I would like to do some good...

Hi, can anyone help me in obtaining something I deleted from my Packard Bell system. I had to do a complete restore over the weekend (virus problems) and I had a pre-installed program on it called "newdj" (mp3 mixing program) I did not get this on any of my restore cd-roms with my Packard Bell...

OK first things first I'm not O/C clockingthe machine but wanted to post in here as i know you folks know your stuff and I'm hoping some of you can help me out. I have an old Antec SX-1030 a simple review can be found here http://tinyurl.com/pttyb9 but i have upgraded power supply to there...

Anybody know of such a substance? I want to try pressing the back of the Motherboard into something with the expansion coil from an air conditioner imbedded in it. Maybe the conformal coating would prevent shorting but I'm a little leery of using an electrically conductive substance. I'm...

I have a question about some Mushkin Enhanced 1Gb (2x512) PC3200 Cas2 Dual Channel DDR memory that Fry's is currently selling for $259.99 less a $50 mail-in rebate ...... The dual pack modules have large "dual Mushkin" logo labels on the blue heat spreaders but they also have Fry's part number...