Desktops - November 2006

I plan to use it for Internet, writing, digital photography, and music. What options do I need to look for ? How much memory? How much should I expect to spend? It's been a really long time since I've purchased a new computer so all the new terms are confusing me and I don't know what I need. Help!

2006-11-27 04:53:26 · 5 answers · asked by Shelley L 6

I have dual-tv tuner cards, and a Sound Blaster Xi-Fi CCEO audio card, with NVIDIA GeForce 6800 video card.

2006-11-27 04:53:20 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I ran disk clean up - Once I ran disk cleanup it stated that I had 1,686,863.00 of free space. I notice that my disk cleanup is not working, because I ran it again this morning and the same amount was there. Please help!!!

2006-11-27 02:57:55 · 3 answers · asked by CC 1

2006-11-27 02:48:36 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I live near Edinburgh.

2006-11-27 01:58:56 · 8 answers · asked by Walmeria 1

I have dell desktop, and my processor is Pentium D dual core. I'm concerning to upgrade it to Core2 but I'm not sure that my motherboard will accept it or not.

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim5100C/sm/specs.htm#wp1052631

2006-11-27 01:00:01 · 4 answers · asked by Anti-Life 2

AMD Sempron Mobile 3000+

Or

AMD® Turion 64 Mobile Technology MK36 (2.0Ghz) ???

2006-11-27 00:35:41 · 4 answers · asked by TurionJM 1

2006-11-26 23:50:40 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

it just keeps going back to the same screen. (boot up in sfae mode etc) and it wont start at all. any ideas please

2006-11-26 23:24:51 · 7 answers · asked by josie 1

2006-11-26 23:04:53 · 2 answers · asked by joanne w 1

Right now, running Skype, Live Messenger, Outlook 2003, Word 2007 Beta 2, & two IE 6 windows open (with Virusscan 8 & MS desktop search 3 and a few other things in the background) my system has 50Mb of physical memory free.

Every now and then my system slows to a crawl - just using office applications - it seems to hang for 10 to 20 s - it's really annoying. Recently the PC got unresponsive when downloading a lot of POP mail. It doesn't seem to happen on the more powerful computers I use, so I think an upgrade would help.

The machine's not used for gaming.

The existing hardware's a 866 PIII, with 2 x 256 PC133, ATI All-in-Wonder 128 AGP, Netgear GA302T pci ethernet. D-Link DU-520 pci card for USB 2, the boot disk is a Deskstar DTLA-307015, the main board is an ASUS CUSL2-C (which has an i815EP chipset), and it was an aftermarket PSU, though I don't know what rating.

I'd like to make use of as much of my existing system as possible, mostly to keep the price down.

Cheers

2006-11-26 21:56:02 · 10 answers · asked by Sacha B 1

My pc has a processor of P4 1.6 GHz, with is less than that 1.7 GHz, stated my EA as min req for carbon. So is there ne body who playes carbon on a pc less than 1.7 GHz? Does it work properly, and what should i do to play carbon, ram is 512 and 64MB on board graphic mem (ASUS mother board)?

2006-11-26 20:42:52 · 4 answers · asked by Ashish 2

2006-11-26 20:18:08 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

deleted files i wasn't suppose to. how can i get them back to my desktop.

2006-11-26 18:21:49 · 7 answers · asked by oscar s 1

It's currently been on for 1 day, 5 hours and 10 minutes. I've been trying to get my coursework done, and yes, I'm knackered.

2006-11-26 18:14:19 · 21 answers · asked by This is my username 3

2006-11-26 17:29:51 · 4 answers · asked by Nader K 1

Windows Vista takes 1.2GB of ram just to run the operating system. Windows XP faster than Vista even with the 64 bit drivers on the beta test. I know DirectX 10 is going to come out for it @ the same time, but how can this be any good for gaming? The hardware will be 2 years behind. Everything out today is obsolete as soon as Windows Vista hits the shelf. When do you think the hardware will catch up? Microsoft is such a memory hog. :) omg...this is the big one people kept taking about in 2004....?

2006-11-26 16:50:43 · 5 answers · asked by OhIdonno 3

I have a Dell Dimension 3000, 768mb of Ram, Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.40GHz. I added a PCI bus ATI Radeon 9250 and it works perfectly. I just wanted to know if you can put a PCI-express graphics card in a normal PCI bus slot. If not, is there a way to add one or make it work?

2006-11-26 16:38:58 · 4 answers · asked by xanttx 1

i am wanting to build another computer for some older games and internet will this board be good and is the brand of board any good?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2665495&CatId=0

2006-11-26 16:37:32 · 2 answers · asked by U can't B like me 5

My system is:
Processor
Model : AMD Sempron(tm) 2200+
Speed : 1.50GHz
Model Number : 2200 (estimated)
Performance Rating : PR2221 (estimated)
Cores per Processor : 1 Unit(s)
Threads per Core : 1 Unit(s)
Internal Data Cache : 64kB Synchronous, Write-Back, 2-way set, 64 byte line size
L2 On-board Cache : 256kB ECC Synchronous, Write-Back, 16-way set, 64 byte line size

Mainboard
Bus(es) : ISA AGP PCI IMB USB i2c/SMBus
MP Support : 1 Processor(s)
MP APIC : Yes
System BIOS : American Megatrends Inc. Version 07.00T
System : MSI MS-7021
Mainboard : MSI MS-7021
Total Memory : 1GB DDR-SDRAM

Chipset 1
Model : VIA Technologies Inc VT8377 Apollo KT400/A/600 CPU to PCI Bridge
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 167MHz (334MHz data rate)
Total Memory : 1GB DDR-SDRAM
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 200MHz (400MHz data rate)

2006-11-26 16:27:46 · 5 answers · asked by shaggy 1

I am planning to by a PC, Intel Dual core 2.8 processor. Is it advisable to go in for original Intel motherboard (101) or should I go in for a chipset.
If you say chipset, then which brand is better??

2006-11-26 15:52:42 · 2 answers · asked by ankur j 2

2006-11-26 15:40:10 · 8 answers · asked by Luke B 1

Ok my friend put a whole new case for this computer. + a CD and DVD driver and another Hard Drive. We installed WIndows XP Professional or what ever u call it lol. And he hooked up everything back up and installed all the new software, But i dont have sound anymore this kinda of mother board has the sound built into it. We even tryed installing a new sound card but still not sound. Anyone know how to fix this stupid computer??? lol It really sucks watching videos with no sound + this computer has alll my MUSIC!!! :(

2006-11-26 15:31:29 · 8 answers · asked by Xaven 2

hi i wanna keep my desktop pc up-to-date, which processor is the best suite which will give value for money...

2006-11-26 14:44:56 · 6 answers · asked by Agent_Double 3

I reciently purchased a new motherboard with a 939 zif socket and a I am having trouble installing my Ultra Fire cooling fan. I feel that excessive force is needed to get the clips attached to the base. Here is the question...I noticed that there are two screws that hold the base to the mother board. Should I loosen these screws some to reduce the ammount of pressure needed and then retighten them?

2006-11-26 14:24:12 · 1 answers · asked by Dilbert's Desk 5

Ok Listen To My Sad Story. I am only 14 years old & am good with computers. So it was time for me to get a new pc. I thought why not build it. So I bought all the parts. I came home and putit all together. I hooked my newly built computer into the monitor and plug socket. WALA it worked. I jumped with happiness for this had been a goal. The next morning I awoke and went on my newly built computer. It powered on Again a shock of happiness went through me again. The the unpredictable happend my computer just shut off. I looked inside of it and everything looked great I looked at everthing and relised i had a fried CPU. My Parents were very nice about it and bought me a new cpu. Guess what when inserting the cpu in I bent 3 pins and broke 1. My parents were going to get me a new CPU AGain but I declined. I returned all the parts except the broken CPU's. But I don't want to give up. Do You think I should get together with a tech and try again with cheap parts (215 dollars total). Thanks

2006-11-26 13:49:08 · 11 answers · asked by nana 1

I'm going to ask Santa for a bigger, better hard drive this Christmas. What should I look for in a hard drive so I get the most bang for my buck?

2006-11-26 13:20:08 · 3 answers · asked by BoldAsLove 1

I've connected it to my PC using Firewire and the computer acknowledges it, but I don't have (and can't find on the net) the drivers so I still can't access it. Any suggestions? I want to be able to access it and drag the content from that hard drive to my PC hard drive...if that's possible. I'm tired of having to record using Pinnacle and just want to drag content from the cable box hard drive to my PC hard drive. ALSO, does anyone know what format the video is saved to on the cable box hard drive. Is it like MPEG or what? Thanks!

2006-11-26 13:18:21 · 1 answers · asked by CalawayCzC 2

for computer class i need to know what is the frequency of the fastest CPU for a desktop computer that you can find advertised on the web?

2006-11-26 12:32:39 · 3 answers · asked by LIL Shady 2

i was told it keeps my computer in better running shape is that true

2006-11-26 12:11:15 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous