Desktops - August 2006

Right now i have an Intel Pentium 4 32-Bit processor at 2.4Ghz. I found and AMD Athlon 64-Bit processor at the same clock speed (2.4Ghz). I have two questions about this processor:
1. Will it still run slower or faster then my 2.4Ghz 32-Bit Intel?
2. If i run a 32-Bit program will it still run like my current Intel Processor since it is 32-bit and runs at 2.4Ghz?
I saw this AMD Athlon 64 on a Compaq.

2006-08-16 14:04:55 · 7 answers · asked by compy_500 3

2006-08-16 13:44:43 · 20 answers · asked by Britney 1

The noise is from the computer unit itself, so not the monitor or speakers or anything. Often, it will turn itself off after the beeping starts. Does anyone know what could be causing this?

2006-08-16 13:35:40 · 17 answers · asked by Raygun 2

I am planning on purchasing a notebook and a desktop from Dell. It seems like they have the most customizable computers, and I can order exactly what I want.

But with the Dell stocks going down with this battery fiasco, I'm a little worried. Should I be?

2006-08-16 13:09:24 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I need a screw driver for un-screwing stuff in my computer. does the name or type or size of screw driver for this? i know what it looks like, but i'm gonna order one online, and the pictures aren't always very good.

2006-08-16 12:54:15 · 7 answers · asked by Mike-Q 5

2006-08-16 12:36:51 · 14 answers · asked by Bill C 1

I'm buying a new case with a new power supply, new fans for the case, a new motherboard and an amd processor 2.2ghz 3700+.. so anyways i'm buyin it from tigerdirect.com as i'm gettin the best deal but the catch is i can't return the stuff.. I removed the harddrive, the floppy drive and two CD RW things from my old case and i'm going to put them into the new case and then connect them to the new motherboard, processor, powersupply etc.. so i'm not sure if it'll work out as some ppl say if I have windows XP on my old harddrive the thing will act wierd.. I don't have the original cd i installed the windows XP from into the old harddrive so if this'll work out its gonna be great.. Just need some explanations and answers from u guys.. and also my old processor was an Intel Celeron 2.5ghz.. so its goin from an intel to amd and a lot more powerful and a new mobo so will it work with the harddrive r no?? thats the big question.. Thanx for all ur responses ppl.. appreciate it a lot!!

2006-08-16 12:02:20 · 4 answers · asked by sesh48 3

I'm looking for a good computer that will last me for a while (at least 5 years, preferbally more). I need something that can be upgraded and modified; from the get go, I need a good video card and lots of memory and RAM. I want a computer that I can use Photoshop quickly and effeciently with, without it stalling or taking forever; a computer that will work with Wacom tablets; I also want to listen to music while working on my pictures. What computer brand should I use, and what specifics should I look for? (Brand/size of video card, amount of RAM and memory, etc).
Also, for monitors: what size, and what resolution would be best for artists? I prefer the bigger moniters, but a flat screen would be fine too. Does brand matter much with moniters?

2006-08-16 10:52:55 · 6 answers · asked by Kage D, 2

Now I am trying to connect this HDD again so I can recovere data from It, but System doesn't recognize it anymore. .....

2006-08-16 09:38:33 · 6 answers · asked by Eurogirl 2

Which is better?

Sempron 3400+
Speed: 2 Ghz
L2=256Kb
Bus= 1600mhz

Celeron D 352
CPU speed=3.2ghz
L2: 512kb
Bus=533mhz

I hear that Sempron has better perfomances than celron although it runs at lower clock speeds. so which one is better?

2006-08-16 09:24:30 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just noticed that it is humming real loud. It seems to get loud and then quite. What in the world is that all about?

2006-08-16 08:32:01 · 5 answers · asked by debzonfire 2

my primary drive is 20 gig and is filling up,i installed 40 gig and made it slave.my operating system is xp pro

2006-08-16 07:57:29 · 6 answers · asked by choviaman 1

I have monitor and keyboard and I only need PC itself

2006-08-16 07:43:51 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-16 07:12:52 · 14 answers · asked by Tricia Z 1

I'm looking at two AMD processors.....both are the Athlon 64 Processor 3800+ Socket AM2. The only difference in the two (that I could see) is the Thermal Power.

One is the "Windsor" with a thermal power of 89w and it sells for $148.

The other is the "Orleans" with a thermal power of 62w and it sells for $42 less than the Windsor.

Why so much difference in the cost?

Is the 89w faster than the 62w? Or what?

2006-08-16 06:51:22 · 2 answers · asked by Im2hard2please 2

I need info. every thing from the basics (ei what parts ill need) to very speciallized (ie how to tell the difference between video cards)

2006-08-16 06:21:53 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a motherboard compatible with AMD Athlon 64 and AMD Athlon 64 FX processors. So, am I right in thinking an AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor wouldn't function?

2006-08-16 05:45:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am RAID-ing 2X 74GB Raptors. My machine is used for gaming, I will not be doing graphic/video work.

Explanation with replies would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

2006-08-16 04:57:54 · 6 answers · asked by Smefeman 2

2006-08-16 04:56:07 · 5 answers · asked by ashwin_deep3 1

i m from pakistan and i want to know will ibm chipset prove good for me or not i can believe on intel because i used it but i dont know abt ibm plz help me in this stuff my email id is hassham2005@gmail.com

2006-08-16 04:18:20 · 5 answers · asked by Hassham 3

I have a new dell computer, 3GHz dual core intel processor, 1GB RAM, Windows XP Professional Operating System, 160GB hard disk, etc. It has been left untouched for half a year just because I do not know how to partition my hard disk. The new computer comes with only 1 partition for the whole 160GB hard disk. I do not know how to manually partition my hard disk so I plan to use PartitionMagic to partition my hard disk. I need to know what is the best way to partition my 160GB of hard disk like for example, the number and type of partitions to create, what's the partition created for and how to do it using PartitionMagic?

Currently my new computer is running Windows XP Professional operating system. I want to use my computer mainly to surf the Internet, play and store thousands of MP3s songs, watch and store videos, photos and programs. In near future, I would also like to install Linux operating system in it. Sometimes I will also be using my computer for editing videos and photos. I will also use it to play games but not very often. In view of what I mentioned above, how do I partition my 160GB hard disk? How many partitions do I need, for example, is it better to have a separate partition, each for video files, music files, and photo files? Is it better to have a separate partition for programs/applications or should programs and applications be stored in same partition as my Windows XP Professional operating system? How should I partition my hard disk so that programs and music files and video files, etc, can open up and run efficiently and reasonably fast? What is a swap file partition and do I need one for it? What type of partition for each of the above-mentioned storage purpose, such as FAT32, NTFS, etc? What do I need to do if in future I want to add additional partitions to my hard disk - should I reserve some free space in my hard disk for future partition needs and how do I go about doing this..... as in extended logical partition or what...hope you know what I mean?

Another question that is hanging in my mind for a long time and is important to me is what is the best partition strategy for say, when my Windows XP Professional operating system crashes and I need to reinstall or install a new one, how should I partition my hard disk in such a way that I can simply put in my operating system disk into my DVD ROM and do the job while my video, mp3, photo files and other data files will not be lost? In other words, just simply reinstall my operating system and all my other files are not lost or affected. Hope you do know what I mean. This is important to me because I surf the net often and there will often be times my computer would be infected with trojans and viruses and spywares and times my registry or system files could be corrupted and thus I would need to reinstall my operating system. So I hope there could be a simple way to do this (reinstall my operating system) and not lose my other files and data in my hard disk. How should I partition my hard disk for my operating system, programs/applications, video, mp3, photo, data files for this purpose? BTW, just curious, when surfing the net and you caught a virus or a trojan or a spyware, will that particular virus, trojan or spyware be spread to the other partitions in the hard disk?? When I defragment my hard disk, do I really need to defragment my whole entire 160GB of hard disk or could I just defragment the necessary partitions? is there a faster and yet effective way to defragment my 160GB hard disk as such would take a very very long time. Will having
the right partition strategy help in this matter? And if it does help, what partition strategy should I use? Also, do I really have to do a virus scan on my entire 160GB hard disk (that would take ages to complete). Do people have to scan their entire hard disk for viruses or is there a better and faster way to do our virus scan?

Lastly, I would be using PartitionMagic to do the partitioning. Is there any drawbacks using PartitionMagic? I am new to PartitionMagic, could someone guide me to how to use it? BTW, any idea where can I find online resources to understand about how to partition my hard disk in such a way that my computer can function at its optimal efficiency and performance? I have searched Google and am overwhelmed by the millions of topics it has found. I have read some but some of it is not relevant to my questions or my particular usage and storage purposes.

As you can see, I know nothing about partitioning strategies. There are so many ways but what is best for my computer in terms of my usage and storage purposes? I HOPE YOU CAN GIVE ME YOUR EXPERT GUIDANCE AND ADVICE AND NOT JUST YOUR TRIAL-AND-ERROR EXPERIENCES OR ANY WILD GUESSES AS I HAVE WASTED ENOUGH TIME SEARCHING AND TRYING OUT. It has been half a year and nothing is done and I am tired. PLEASE HELP ME OUT. PLEASE! THANK YOU.

2006-08-16 02:58:43 · 15 answers · asked by lavinci7 2

I have been looking for an upgrade for my desktop about a month now and need to buy a robost machine for playing 3D games like NFS latest and others. Also I do a lot of print designing that eats a lot of RAM. Please let me know your views and the essential configuration if possible.

2006-08-16 02:20:41 · 7 answers · asked by Caprisco 3

computer freezes up. It works fine until I take the flash drive out. What's going on? How do I fix it?

2006-08-16 02:20:08 · 9 answers · asked by Cely 2

2006-08-16 01:45:46 · 9 answers · asked by windowsmiddleeast 1

I would like to convert some of my long playing record collection into compact discs. I would like to use my pioneer turn table to connect to my computers line-in port. Do I need a preamp for the turntable or will the computers line-in port pick up the signal? I plan on using Nero Ultra's "Wave editor 2" software to clean up the tracks. Thanks

2006-08-16 01:08:42 · 1 answers · asked by cyberdude82 2

About a week ago i turned on my computer and it started making this really loud noise like a motor was inside it and it seems to be getting louder everyday, and after that whenever i go to turn it off it says a fatal error has occured in the blue screen so i press any key and it turns off. and yesterday i went to turn it off, and it did the same thing, but after loads of dots came up on the screen and i couldnt do anything, what is wrong with my computer?

2006-08-15 22:51:50 · 35 answers · asked by Alicat 2

I have dell computer and recently I format and install xp then when I try to play a movie there is no cd rom drive icon in my computer.I wait your response soon.

2006-08-15 22:02:42 · 4 answers · asked by biruk_ts 1

2006-08-15 18:48:23 · 12 answers · asked by Eurogirl 2

2006-08-15 17:50:27 · 3 answers · asked by whomdini 2

I am looking for a bonebare kit this powerful but in reasonable price.

2006-08-15 17:45:39 · 4 answers · asked by Richard T 1