Franklin wrote: I came across this. Is the guy right? Posted: 02dec2001 Sigh... Trolls these days...

I havent built a PC in many, many years for myself. I have to upgrade now. I want my PC to last me several years, at least 3 years without upgrading anything except the RAM and Hard drives. I'm an Intel person. I'll be doing lots of multtasking and video editing/authoring. I'm really undecided...

I see good things about PCPC, they have an excellent resellerratings.com rating. A friend referred me to their site. Anyone have hands on experience with this unit? So far haven't found a reveiw about it. From what I understand, a lot of their units are...

I am just starting to gather information. It's been six years since I built my last computer, and I have not really kept up with the latest developments. I'm planning to build a new system for Windows 7, and would like some recommendations regarding components. My new system will be used...

Considering I want to get a relatively inexpensive machine, what would be the most compelling arguments for building a computer vs getting a name brand PC? For the same price, is the home built one generally any faster? I know it is more versatile for parts replacement and I am not stuck with...

Built a computer for my nephew a couple years ago. It was so nice at the time, that it's still a decent gaming machine. He's living with mom's boyfriend, who was trying to be helpful. So he (mom's boyfriend) upgraded the system from (sygate personal firewall plus AVG anti-virus) to...

In article , says... What exactly is the problem if too much cpu compound is put on the core and it gets squashed out onto the surrounding area? Apart from looking messy, is there any real problem with this? Yes as it acts...

Can anyone tell me if hard drive spindle speed is an important factor to consider when purchasing a hard drive? Or should I just concentrate on average latency, average access, and max. full seek time? I ask because two hard drives with a data rate of 80mps can differ in these other...

**** Post for FREE via your newsreader at post.usenet.com **** Do computer repair centers ever replace HDs with smaller ones and not tell customers? I took my Compaq equipped with 80 gig HD to ****USA but got back a 40 gig. My data wasn't lost, but the drive is definitely smaler, according to...

I run XP Pro. My mobo does not support SATA. I have several hard drives. All my HDD's are PATA and 133 MBps My operating system partition is on the primary master HDD. I have placed various cache files in a separate partition on a seperate HDD. ------

Okay, got myself an SSD now. So I want to migrate my Windows boot drive to it. I have access to a couple of cloning utils that can properly copy system disks and make them bootable, so that's not a problem. However, I'm wondering if it's really that simple? I understand that there are some...

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When USB was invented I thought what I stupid idea. Who the fok powers devices via a communication cable ?! Only a NUTCASE would have thought of that ?! And my feeling has become a reality. THE USB PORTS ARE DESIGNED SO RETARDLY that it is actually possible to connect the USB PLUGS wrongly...

My computer is connected throiugh a UPS and a surge protector. Until recently wherever there was a blackout the computer kept running and I had time to close down. For the last week we have been getting a lot of mini blackouts, the power goes off and comes back on almost immediately, they often...

Hello, Today I booted my computer and not long after it frooze, then I rebooted it again and it frooze again. The last time I rebooted all network cables where unplugged and then it frooze again. And now it seems the motherboard/bios (ASUS A8N32-SLI) is dead ?!?

Comp USA advertised a Mad Dog 350W power supply for free after rebate, so I decided to check it out. Unfortunately neither the MD website nor the product box listed anything about its amp ratings, and Comp USA didn't have any I could look at without paying a 15% restocking fee to open the box. So...

Hi, I find my PCs (no matter PII, P4) produce big noise after power up and most of the noise being produced by CPU fan. I haven't tried overclocking in any of these PCs and I even open the case to improve ventilation but with no improvement. I would like to know how can I reduce that noise due to...

Hey guys. I'm interested in getting a hard drive aimed towards the performance end of the consumer market. I'm keen to get a WD hard drive as I have had good experiences in the past. To that end, a WD Raptor 10,000rpm 150GB drive for £115 sounds like a good idea. However, I would like more...

Hello, I was just on the Sega/Company of Heroes Beta feedback forum and I wondered and thought this is a good question for usenet people ! ;) :): Question is: why are PC sales declining ?: 1. Lack of demanding games ? (probably not) 2. Lack of good games ? (maybe) 3. Windows 8 sucks ? (bad...

Anybody else consider the possibility that periodically moving the swap file on an SSD might help prolong its life while reaping the benefit of an SSD swapfile? In other words... Instead of putting the swap file on a conventional drive, keep it on your SSD. Every once in a while, but just the...