Hardware - September 2007

What is better and why?

My last two PCs that I built were on Asus main boards with AMD Athlon CPUs.
They were quieter and more reliable than my friends Pentium based PC's.

I built my current PC in 2002... so that puts it built somewhere in the computer equivilant of the Jurrasic period so it's time to upgrade.

I use my PC for Internet, Multi media and gaming.

PS. If I were to run an Athlon 64 x2 6000+ and a pair of Sli Gforce 7's would a 450W PSU be enough?

2007-09-11 21:03:47 · 7 answers · asked by Mickmalimus 3 in Desktops

I understand that you don’t want to remove anything that the computer is actively talking to, but if it's just connected, receiving enough power to light the lights on it, removing it without "Safely Removing" shouldn’t mess it up, right?

2007-09-11 21:01:17 · 10 answers · asked by talonstar25 1 in Other - Hardware

This question might sound stupid but I just get paranoid about some things and think some things might go wrong.

2007-09-11 20:31:28 · 22 answers · asked by sactowndarkness06 2 in Desktops

what is the diffrence between a Amd Anthalon 64 X2 and a Amd Anthalon FX Processor. and also does anyone kno when the Amd Phenom Quad core processer coming out?

2007-09-11 20:21:18 · 3 answers · asked by Ainoskedu 3 in Desktops

If I buy a computer that has a core 2 duo pentium with 2.4 Ghz do I really get 2 pentiums of 2.4 Ghz- meaning I get 4.8 Ghz or do i get a computer with only 2.4 Ghz?

2007-09-11 20:15:20 · 4 answers · asked by Roy 1 in Desktops

My housemate's laptop DVD player won't let her change the region that it's set to anymore; after 5 changes, that's it. She has traveled a lot and made those changes, but now she's stuck with a DVD player that won't play any more disks. It doesn't look like there's anything that can be done about this. Why are they made with such a stupid restriction?

2007-09-11 19:31:00 · 2 answers · asked by dlevx 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I want to upgrade my Ram on my computer. From (2 x 256mb ram = 512 mb ram) to (2 x 512 mb ram = 1 gb ram)

I buy my computer in 2001 (it was the high price computer at the time.)

Now I know I have SDRAM & DDR Ram but can't mix them togheter.

So I buy a 2 x 512 sdram pc133 (non ecc) 168 pin.

If my motherboard is to old... My 2 x 512 mb ram will change nothing compare to my actual 2 x 256mb ram??

Here is the only picture I got with my motherboard in :
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s121/sebdj2/Image00002-4.jpg

You think it will fit ? and improve the speed?

THANK YOU!

2007-09-11 18:43:57 · 4 answers · asked by lollol 2 in Desktops

Have you overclocked this cpu?
What is a good speed to shoot for with only the stock fans?
What settings did you change?

2007-09-11 18:34:43 · 3 answers · asked by ? 5 in Other - Hardware

I have a ATI radeon x1950xtx 512mb and amd athlon 64 dual core 3800+. I only have 1 gig of DDR2-667. Will my videocard keep up with the 2 gigs of DDR3-1375mhz?

2007-09-11 18:31:35 · 4 answers · asked by Balla 4 in Other - Hardware

to all computer and maya experts out there, i wanted to do a hardware rendering in maya 7 yesterday, and the system told me my graphics card isn't sufficient to do it. Would you guys recommand me some nice but also economical graphics card for a Toshiba laptop? Thanks so much!

2007-09-11 18:21:19 · 4 answers · asked by doc 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I'll be needing the printer for document printing and occassional photo printing. I am starting to like photography a lot, so I am looking for one that allows me to print photos easily (I only print a few favorite pics at a time, so I don't need to go to a kiosk). Price and durability is always a good thing.

2007-09-11 18:17:35 · 8 answers · asked by HotShooter 2 in Printers

AMD 4400x2 dual core chip - socket 939
EPoX nForce4 mb with SLI support
2 gigs of Patriot Extreme memory (2x1gig sticks - 2-2-3-5 timing)
80 gig Seagate Sata II hard drive
512 mb Sapphire Radeon x1550 video card
480 watt Thermaltake power supply
16x Lite-On DVD drive
16x Lite-On DVD-RW drive
Coolermaster Computer Case.

It is a custom built computer. Guy wants to sell it for 320-350. I want to use it as a desktop for my HDMI TV for gaming. I already have a laptop for school but it is ready to die.

2007-09-11 17:48:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I have Windows XP Professional Edition and im wondering if i will lose all my data. what if i put my media files on CD, would it be easy to upload again? also, would you recommend me upgrading at all? why and why not?

2007-09-11 17:46:19 · 5 answers · asked by purplepolo06 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-09-11 17:40:27 · 3 answers · asked by Krissc 1 in Desktops

So I got a new laptop, great. Got USB cable to connect to printer, fine. Found out that printer would NEVER work with Vista, whatever. Got new printer (HP Deskjet F4180 All-in-One), like it a lot. Had to get different USB cable, okay, fine. Installed printer, but had to skip the step where I connect the USB cable -- it said that was okay and I could always do that later (I didn't actually have that cable yet).
Now, when I print for the first time every day, and I assume it would happen every time I turn the printer on again, I basically go through part of the installation process all over again; it doesn't let me just print. I now have (supposedly) my printer and 2 "copies", the newest of which is the "default" printer. I cannot even delete these printers, b/c when I drag all but the default printer to the Recycle Bin, it just says "deleting-offline" but they don't go away!!! Pretty soon I will have 179 "copies", and no way to get rid of them. Help!

2007-09-11 17:33:38 · 5 answers · asked by herfinator 6 in Printers

2007-09-11 17:29:26 · 4 answers · asked by willmorin1 1 in Add-ons

I have just been to a shopping complex that specialises in selling computers and computer peripherals. You will be able to get anything you want for computers. This ranged from the complete desktop systems and the laptop systems to motherboards, harddisks, RJ45 wires and NIC cards.

I patronised one of the shops selling these products and what I saw amazes me. In it was piled high with products such as motherboards, computer casings and smaller items such as desktop hard disks and thub drive. It also sells RJ45 wires and floppy disks.

Why do you think the shop is stacked high with computer peripherals? These are not the normal computer products sort after by the average man in the street. They are computer parts, used mainly by computer technicians and computer manufacturers.

Who do you think buy such products? Do you think the average man in the street will buy a motherboard? In fact, I calculated that should I assemble a computer with parts acquired from the shop, it will cause more than a desktop I acquired from a computer shop.

In fact, it is not the only shop that does this. Many other shops in the shopping complex also do such similar businesses.

Who do you think they hope to sell their peripherals to?

2007-09-11 17:24:52 · 4 answers · asked by StandTall 4 in Other - Hardware

2007-09-11 17:19:29 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

world my pc go faster if i put another memory chip or would just save more files ?

2007-09-11 17:14:53 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I paid for an expensive accidental coverage plan, and I would like to use it to get my old laptop replaced with a new one. For this purpose, I have to damage my laptop beyond any hope of repair. Any ideas?

2007-09-11 16:43:46 · 20 answers · asked by painted82 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I just checked out the
Cooler Master CPU fan - GeminII (RR-CCH-ANU2-GP) and Asus VR Guard P5P2 CPU Cooler
I dont know which one of the CPU fan is the best, need you guys' opinion or u can tell me which brand is the best cpu fan

thanks

2007-09-11 16:39:34 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-09-11 16:34:49 · 2 answers · asked by hugo76 3 in Desktops

Well..I used system req lab and the game is nba live 07..everything is fine..the only things is video card. Here is the thing.
Video RAM: Required - 64 MB , You have - 64.0 MB
Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - No

I dont have transform and lighting stuff..Is it really necessary to have that? I really want to run it but my video card is stupid =Þ

2007-09-11 16:30:50 · 3 answers · asked by Man0fWzdom 3 in Desktops

my computer tells me i have 960MG of memory but 413MG are being used this is making my computer kinda slow
i do have alot of songs but i have deleted them and other nonused applications and this does not change
also i have a whole lot of memory in the c drive but i dont think it ever gets used can u help

2007-09-11 15:41:41 · 8 answers · asked by novicane_punk350 1 in Desktops

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11201024&whse=BC&Ne=4000000&N=4017763&Mo=10&pos=1&No=10&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&cat=4348&Ns=P_Price|1||P_SignDesc1&Sp=C&ec=&topnav=


HP Pavilion Media Center m8100y PC

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11233860&whse=BC&Ne=4000000&eCat=BC|84|56671|4579&N=4017759&Mo=4&pos=2&No=2&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&cat=4579&Ns=P_Price|1||P_SignDesc1&lang=en-US&Sp=C&ec=BC-EC10600-Cat56671&topnav=BC





or anywhere thats like...bestbuy,costco,radioshack...something less than 1000 dollar and is a good computer for music,tv,movies and stuff like that...

2007-09-11 15:41:15 · 5 answers · asked by elyse 1 in Desktops

2007-09-11 15:34:49 · 11 answers · asked by theaviator252007@sbcglobal.net 1 in Desktops

2007-09-11 15:34:25 · 3 answers · asked by theaviator252007@sbcglobal.net 1 in Desktops

WIth the stock ram it does, and with the new 512mb it doesn't the new ram is compatible

2007-09-11 15:19:55 · 2 answers · asked by Purtee56 3 in Other - Hardware

This game says Recommended: 512 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible Video card with Pixel Shader 3.0 (ATI Radeon X1600+ or NVIDIA 6800 GT/GS+ or better)

what if I were to say I had a 8600GTS nVidia 256 MB? would that be enough to play the game?

2007-09-11 15:17:17 · 7 answers · asked by jason m 1 in Desktops

hi have a sony vaio vgn fs830 laptop problrm is it has 512 mb ram "512 MB PC2-4200 533 MHz RAM", and i wanna install microsoft vista on it , i got another 1 gb ram card "1gb ddr2 sodimm 5300/4200 pc2-667-533 200 pin"i know how to install it but my question is can i add this 1 gb card with the exsiting 512 mb ram or i have replace it with that???

thanks for ur reply

2007-09-11 15:05:08 · 4 answers · asked by jay1984 1 in Laptops & Notebooks