Desktops - December 2006

Case:
APEX SQ-328 (Picture of unmodified case below)
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Motherboard:
MSI RD480 Neo2-FI Socket 939 ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 CrossFire
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RAM:
CORSAIR 1GB 184-Pin SDRAM DDR 400 Dual Channel
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Hard Drive:
Barracuda 250GB 7200.8 SATA NCQ
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Processor:
AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Venice 2000MHz HT Socket 939 Processor
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Video Card:
ASUS Radeon X1300PRO 256MB 128-bit PCI Express x16 Video Card
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DVD ROM/Burner:
NEC 16X DVD±R DVD Burner
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Card Reader:
MITSUMI 3.5" Floppy and Digital Card Reader
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OS:
None included
is this a good deal for $550 i only have 600 to spend and i need this for gaming i got a os windows xp but i can always upgrade in the furture but is this a good deal for 550 dollars

2006-12-02 15:25:46 · 6 answers · asked by jeff 1

I am interested in building my own computer. I am familiar with most of the terminology and have experience installing a lot of different things into a computer. But what I don't really know much about is motherboards. What makes a motherboard good. What should I take into consideration before getting one? What is all this socket stuff?

2006-12-02 15:13:04 · 4 answers · asked by Jay S 2

if i over clock a 2ghz pc to 3 ghz will i be able to play 3 ghz games? or do i need a straight up 3ghz pc? because i have a 2ghz pc and the requirments for the game i want to play is 3ghz i have the video card i need and the other requirments.

2006-12-02 15:12:49 · 3 answers · asked by jeff 1

2006-12-02 15:03:53 · 10 answers · asked by purplepartygirrl 4

2006-12-02 14:30:28 · 8 answers · asked by McTALL 1

the ram is ok,cdrom drive ok, hd ok is this the power supplie a motherbopard problem or is there something im missing all cords are ok and everything seems fine it even turned on long enough once to see the windows logo then off and on off again

2006-12-02 13:59:55 · 6 answers · asked by skunk421 1

Will reinstalling my os and reformatting my hard drive eliminate all or any virus i may have?

2006-12-02 13:45:47 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have an old Gateway computer with a 500 mhz Intel Pentium 3 processor and I want to upgrade it to a better processor. Either a Pentium 4 or an AMD Athlon 64. I know that in order to do this I will need to swap out my motherboard. Is it possible to swap out my motherboard and would this cause any problems with my computer?

2006-12-02 13:15:28 · 11 answers · asked by mcmatrix12000 3

I want to build one and here are the components i can think of. I dont think this is all so can you tell me any others parts I forgot.

Cooling system
Processor
Hard drive
Disk drive
RAM
Motherboard
Video card
Sound card

2006-12-02 13:12:59 · 9 answers · asked by I run with scissors 4

2006-12-02 11:47:57 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I use a window 98 first version operating system, pls advise of venue to backup large files. I had a floopy & a CD drive. Thought of using USB Flash Drive, but discover from Sandisk Tech Support that only Win98 SE version or up can use USD portable flash drive, and they recommend upgrade to Win 98SE. But contact Microsoft Tech Support, Win 98SE or Win 2000 version upgrade are no longer available for purchase or download support. Must buy Win XP. Please recommend venue to create backup for large files that I currently store on Win 98. Even if I purchase a new Win XP desktop, I still need to transfer files to new system. Thanks so much in advance

2006-12-02 11:10:19 · 6 answers · asked by match3456 1

People says that theirs always break and stuff.

2006-12-02 10:56:01 · 19 answers · asked by dark_fire_456 2

I want to basically wipe the hard drive clean of everything that was non-existent on the day I took the computer out of the box.

2006-12-02 10:15:57 · 5 answers · asked by h8_2_loooze 1

I might need a hard drive, too broke to buy one. So I'm asking does anyone have an extra one. E-mail me and I'll give you my home address so you can mail it to me. Thanks.

2006-12-02 09:14:18 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

of i get random reboots then i get the BSOD with this error code
driver_irql_not_less_or_equal *** stop: 0x00000001 (0xbf235ff8, 0x00000008, 0x00000008, 0xbf235ff8)

ne1 know why?

2006-12-02 08:41:51 · 7 answers · asked by jim c 1

I bought a Dell about 2 years ago and it was my first personal computer. It came with a Pentium 4, 40GB hard drive, 256mb of RAM, and I dont know what kind of motherboard it came with.

The last 2-3 months I've been buying parts from newegg to build my first computer, and I assembled it using a Athlon 3400, Westing 80 GB hard drive, Patriot 512mb RAM, EVGA Geforce FX5500 graphics card, and BIOSTAR K8M800-M7A motherboard. The performance in this computer is DEFINITELY wrong, because it runs as if it has absolutely no RAM, even though the Patriot stick shows up in the system properties.

Does anyone have any ideas of what could be wrong? Could I take it to a local shop and have them try to figure out what is hooked up wrong or isnt compatible?

2006-12-02 08:31:42 · 6 answers · asked by Jake F 3

Trying to figure which computer to buy. I don't play games. Anyway, one computer says: "Processor: Intel® Core™ Solo processor T1350 1.86GHz, 533MHz FSB". While adding << Core Solo >> do we get more multitasking and speed than only 1.86GHZ?

2006-12-02 07:31:04 · 4 answers · asked by speakoutpierre 6

hi, ive got audio leads inside my pc case and i really need to connect the front audio ports. i have the mobo manual, but the pins are different on the mobo than on the case. help please?!

i have on the mobo
MIC 1, 2 GND
MIC-P 3, 4 VCC
FPOUT-R 5, 6 RET-R
NC 7, 8 key
FPOUT-L, 10 RET-L

and the case has
R IN, L IN, R OUT, L OUT, MIC IN, MIC IN, GND, GND all seperated.

so you can see why im confused!!
what goes where?!

any help appreciated!
cheers

2006-12-02 07:12:30 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

disk e has 20 mb memory and disk f has over 200 mb but when i put music on to disk f the player wont acknowledge it it will acknowledge music on disk e but i can only get about 5 songs on it please help

2006-12-02 04:23:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have those old macs that are in color
one of these: http://www.supercomputersale.com/Products/imac.jpg
and it runs mac os 9 , but is it possible to make it run mac os x tiger?

2006-12-02 03:55:08 · 3 answers · asked by H03S K33P MY NAM3 0F Y0 M0UTH 1

The co I got it from had an antivirus I deleted it as I wanted my own & now all I see is yahoo damian cannot download & has permanent error on it.Now I cannot download the antivirus I want.What should I do?Should it not have the company name on it where you bought it from & my name in the system if so it is not there.I am hooked up with a cable modem they have voice does that matter.All my updates failed.If I could get some help I could use it.Diane

2006-12-02 02:57:37 · 1 answers · asked by Diane 1

my pc is working well. is there something wrong in my hardware?

2006-12-02 02:32:25 · 2 answers · asked by scorpio 1

i want to burn songs from my computer onto cds but i won't wok. i have a burning system installed but it still doesn't work!! my computer doesn't read the blank cd. can someone teach me how to make my computer read it?

2006-12-02 01:28:22 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-02 01:06:28 · 9 answers · asked by weston_young_11 1

2006-12-02 00:48:05 · 8 answers · asked by syed a 1

What is the best RAM size for playing any of the hi-fi games?

2006-12-02 00:35:48 · 7 answers · asked by pradeepappala 1

i'm buying a computer off of dell, and since they really dont give too much information on this, i'm wondering: which processor is better? AMD athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 3800+, or pentium D Processor 820 with Dual Core ? which is better overall?

2006-12-01 23:11:55 · 8 answers · asked by man_in_the_box2590 4

hi im selling my pc and was wondering if there is any easy way to clean it to its origanal self. I have tried system restore but in only lets me go back a couple of months and i had the comp for 2 yrs. im also running on winxp. any ideas.

2006-12-01 21:06:49 · 9 answers · asked by honeybee0_90 2

2006-12-01 20:07:22 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I already went through the "settings/control panal/audio...etc." That the regular "on-line help" gave. HELP!

2006-12-01 18:29:30 · 5 answers · asked by happy2Bhere 1