Hardware - October 2006

2006-10-16 02:23:51 · 4 answers · asked by who cares 1 in Desktops

Hi.

Wanted to ask whats the best processor to choose and is there much difference in them and is it worth spending extra to upgrade to them?

AMD® Sempron™ 3400+ Processor (1.80GHz, 256K cache)

AMD® Athlon™ 64 Processor 3200+

AMD® Athlon™ 64 3800+ Processor (2.40GHz, 512K cache) (extra £20)

AMD® Athlon64™ X2 3800+ Processor (2.00GHz, 2x512K cache)
(extra £35)

2006-10-16 02:20:19 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

what does it do??

2006-10-16 02:14:46 · 6 answers · asked by jim 1 in Other - Hardware

2006-10-16 02:08:16 · 9 answers · asked by luzr1212 1 in Desktops

2006-10-16 01:59:16 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Do Dell Dimension Desktops have to have DDR2 SDRAM?

2006-10-16 01:51:54 · 4 answers · asked by Keith H 2 in Add-ons

2006-10-16 01:41:34 · 4 answers · asked by riya 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Hi, I want to buy a dual core cpu and I was looking on Intel's Pentium D 940 and D 945. The 945 is faster (3.4 GHz vs. 3.2 GHz) and is cheaper than 940. Why is that ?? Which CPU is better? I'll do mainly programming with visual studio, eclipse, jdeveloper, sql.

Also due to somewhat tight budget, my motherboards options are Intel D945GNTL or D965SSCK (microATX). Are these OK? I won't be gaming so I think I don't need expensive video cards and fancy MOBOs (besides in my city there's only Intel products available).

Thanks in advance for replies !

2006-10-16 01:32:23 · 4 answers · asked by DiegoT 1 in Desktops

2006-10-16 01:27:23 · 9 answers · asked by sillygee5 1 in Other - Hardware

DVD drive doesn't work, need to recover PC as it won't load up windows and crashes a lot. How do I fix this?

2006-10-16 01:25:00 · 4 answers · asked by fastminutes 3 in Desktops

I'm using a standard keyboard and my hands, especially wrists, hurt. I started looking for an ergonomic keyboard and found SafeType's Vertical Split keyboard. Has anyone tried it? Is it better than a horizontal split keyboard (like a regular ergonomic one)? Has anyone moved to an ergonomic keyboard and liked it or disliked it?

2006-10-16 01:19:14 · 1 answers · asked by softttlyy 2 in Other - Hardware

Hi
Can someone tell me what i need to upgrade my usb 1.1 ports to usb 2. Please dont just say buy a pci card.
I would like to know if i need to find out anything about my computer before buying or if they are all universal , known probs etc etc...
cheers folks

2006-10-16 01:05:48 · 10 answers · asked by johnstone4192 2 in Other - Hardware

I am looking to buy a PC and have narrowed down to:

Intel Pentium 4 541 3.2GHz 800MHz 1MB Cache Processor
1GB DDR2 533 DIMM PC4200 Memory
160GB (SATA) Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 Hard Drive
ECS P4M800Pro-M Motherboard with onboard 3D graphics
8 x USB2.0 Ports
Ethernet LAN Port
Silver & Black mATX Mid Tower Case with 300W PSU
16x DVDRW Dual Format Double Layer Drive
52 in 1 Flash Card Drive
Keyboard & Mouse
Stereo Speakers
Microsoft Windows XP Home

or

a Dell AMD® Athlon™ 64 Processor 3200+ with 250gb HD and 1gb ram?

Whats the best processor?

2006-10-16 00:57:59 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2006-10-16 00:55:21 · 12 answers · asked by prajpr 2 in Monitors

Just got a fuji siemens PC, AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ processor, 2Gb DDR RAM and 200GB hard drive, But the graphics card supplied is a 64 ATI X1300. Can any one recommend a good but inexpensive replacment card? Also need a WI-FI card(?) to set up a WAN? Thanks

2006-10-16 00:44:13 · 8 answers · asked by Robakai 3 in Add-ons

2006-10-16 00:35:03 · 9 answers · asked by jczuber 1 in Desktops

2006-10-16 00:25:49 · 2 answers · asked by rocketboy 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-10-16 00:20:05 · 6 answers · asked by Lynz 1 in Scanners

Is it possible and if so what part is needed....

2006-10-16 00:10:59 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

2006-10-15 23:54:20 · 1 answers · asked by Kandle 2 in Printers

I have two hard drives, windows XP is on C and F is the slave(SATA). I used system restore and it said something about F not being included for some reason. I restored, and now I cant access F drive, it just says do you want to format, when I click on it. It cant be restored with system restore, so is there any other way to access the F drive?

2006-10-15 23:51:45 · 5 answers · asked by ByeBuyamericanPi 4 in Desktops

I would like to know the difference between the LCD monitor and the old ones,then i'm wondering if my eyes will be spoiled by computer cause i spend sometimes in computers,if so how fast can it spoil my eyes??

2006-10-15 23:46:22 · 4 answers · asked by Domino 2 in Monitors

how do you set up a wireless network, with linksys without having a hard wired computer on the network?

2006-10-15 23:44:29 · 9 answers · asked by Gregory K 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I can't get my firewire drive to be detected with SuSE Linux 9.0. Is there anything I need to do to make this happen?

2006-10-15 23:36:58 · 1 answers · asked by L.A. Scene 3 in Other - Hardware

this is used in central process unit

2006-10-15 23:36:46 · 10 answers · asked by ashok r 1 in Other - Hardware

2006-10-15 23:04:04 · 2 answers · asked by scorpio1024sb 1 in Other - Hardware

My PC only has 18Gb of hard drive and I i have <24% space left. I was considering buying an external hardrive to load World of Warcraft on to it thus freeing up space on my internal hard drive. I have USB port 1.1 that I can use. Can anyone help please?

2006-10-15 22:44:38 · 4 answers · asked by Valerie 1 in Desktops

I would like to purchase a printer that I can allow my children to use freely without having to be concerned about the cost of having to replace black & colour ink cartridges too often. Can anyone recommend a printer that is economical on its ink use please? Thanks.

2006-10-15 22:12:43 · 7 answers · asked by AB 1 in Printers

What 2 do with old drive to get data on to new one & how2 delete old 1, b4 returning 2 dell .

2006-10-15 22:04:04 · 4 answers · asked by faradayin 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

My comp. freezes and my monitor turns off & on when I want to see a news clip either on yahoo news or any web site that requires my windows media player to work and also when I try to play what I recorded with Digital Palmcorder, it also freezes & monitor turns off & on but this time the monitor turns off & on faster and the cpu also goes off and then turns back on...

2006-10-15 21:55:51 · 12 answers · asked by slickrickdesigns 3 in Desktops