Desktops - July 2007

how much watts will be required for a computer with these specs?
Core 2 duo E6850 1333
2x 2gb/800
320gb/16 SATA2
Intel P35-DS3 Motherboard
x18 dvd-rw
geforce 8800 gts/320m

will 600 watts be sufficient?

2007-07-30 05:54:24 · 3 answers · asked by kuzukuzu 1

2007-07-30 05:54:14 · 3 answers · asked by Lynn 2

21 inch lcd screen
500 gb of hard drive memery
windows vist capable
geforce 7600 gt
intel dull core procceser
5.1 satario speakers
2 gb of ram
windows xp meadia 2006
maker gateway
year late 2006

2007-07-30 05:20:49 · 6 answers · asked by cjsporl 1

AIW9800 Pro Graphics Card Question.

Last week all was working fine, running the above graphics card with an Antec 300w Smart Power PSU.... Then the power supply popped and it was time for a new PSU.

As this was just a back up computer I (foolishly) went cheap, and boutht a 350W Colour IT PSU.

Ever since I have had no end of problems. I keep getting the red text appear on screen asking me to attach power to the card, along with a series of beeps! This does not happen all the time, occasionally the machine powers up and all is fine for the day.

My initial thoughts are that the PSU is not providing enough power to the card. Does this seem about right? Would I be far better biting the bullet and ordering in a named brand?

I will be testing this theory out later when I take the machine home and attach it to my neo power supply, if it works then then I have pretty much answered my own question, but would appreciate any thoughts in the mean time.

Regards
Tony

2007-07-29 22:28:23 · 1 answers · asked by unionjackjackson 1

Is it internal? does it come with the case?
i wanna know what it is..some reference pictures will help..thanks

2007-07-29 22:26:24 · 7 answers · asked by kuzukuzu 1

Well, im going to assemble a computer taiwan with all its components....from what i know...the power supply in taiwan is 110...
I'll be bring the computer to philippines...which has the power supply of 220..
so im asking which part of the computer should i look into so the voltage complements with the philippines?
or if this really matters?

2007-07-29 22:12:00 · 4 answers · asked by kuzukuzu 1

BelArc Advisor "sees" both modules, but windows doesn't. I've tried swapping the sticks in their slots, but I get the same result.

2007-07-29 21:56:18 · 5 answers · asked by oldfolkie11 1

I was serving youtube yesterday and my computer turned off on me. When I turn on the computer the power button on the harddrive is not lit. But I can hear it running. Any help would be great.

2007-07-29 18:04:39 · 8 answers · asked by Lee C 1

I just got an EVGA geforce 8500GT and the box says it requires a minimum 400 watt power supply, however on sites like newegg and EVGAs own site, it lists only a minimum of 300w. Which should I believe? here is the link to EVGA, and if you scroll down it lists 300w:

http://www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=256-P2-N740-LR&family=23

2007-07-29 17:40:37 · 7 answers · asked by Ketchup 1

On examining i see that a green button on the mother board vgets illuminated and also the CPU sink fan runs but the chasis stills show no power .but mysteriously ,sometimes it runs fine.My computer isan assembled one and it is just 2 months old .

2007-07-29 17:28:17 · 6 answers · asked by timboom1 1

I have an older PC.I currently have an AMD athlon XP 1800+ 1.53 Ghz.I think i would like to stay within the Athlon XP series just to be sure it will be compatible. How much higher a Athlon XP would i need to notice the difference. (not trying to spend to much)

2007-07-29 16:54:35 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

as stated before i am getting some old computers
windows 95 mac os(not x)
i've been reading things that one can do with them
my question is what can one turn an old computer into
ie: Mame box, server, firewall, linux box

what else could i do to these computers on my limited teenage funds...

2007-07-29 16:38:58 · 10 answers · asked by Zaq 2

I am trying to determine which one is better in 4 categories: Music, games, applications and best all around. Here are the sites for the exact spects for both: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127286

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127286

2007-07-29 13:40:08 · 4 answers · asked by J mac 1

my aunts HP computer, which is pretty old (designed for 98), is hanging after it shows the Hewlett Packard BIOS screen.

the funny thing is, it was working five minutes ago, then i removed all the cords in the back, took off the side of the tower, then put everything back.

any body have any ideas?

2007-07-29 12:56:44 · 3 answers · asked by I AM ROBIN 1

will my WHOLE computer change to the leopard experience? like we i install it, wen u start it up, it wont ask u to goto leopard or tiger, will it intirely replace my tiger experience leaving no trace of it?

2007-07-29 12:49:38 · 2 answers · asked by Ahmedinne 2

We had the parts from our other PC: hard drives. motherboard, etc. Worked great. They sat in boxes for about a year. We bought a new tower casing to put the stuff in and the computer would not work. Bought a new power supply. No good. Bought a new motherboard. Still no good, but better. New processor. Now it works but Windows will still not boot up. It shows an error message and offers a few different options for Safe Mode, Last Good Configuration and Start Windows Normally but no matter what you pick, it just comes up the error message on a black screen with the safe mode options. I've tried holding F5 or F8 while it's booting to get into the other options but no matter what you choose, it still does the same thing. We then bought a repair and diagnostics kit that says the start-up files for Windows are missing. What in the world could have caused this and is it fixable without wiping the hard drives and reinstalling Windows? There is stuff on them we want, if we can possibly save it.

2007-07-29 12:35:48 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Computer crashed will not reboot only restore says i will lose all files (including family photos not yet backed up!!!) i hooked harddrive to another computer and it will not let me do anything with it the only message i get is "drive is corrupt and unreadable" thanks so much!

2007-07-29 11:36:37 · 3 answers · asked by rubawaytheday 2

Is the following good for stragey games like company of heroes and the sims and video editing if not can you please reccormend a computer that is in the price range or 1000-1600


DELL INSPIRON 531

PROCESSOR AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core 5600+
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium
MONITOR 19 inch SE198WFP Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor
MEMORY 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz- 4DIMMs
HARD DRIVE 250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
OPTICAL DRIVE 16x DVD+/-RW Drive
VIDEO CARD 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT-DDR3
SOUND Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
TV TUNER AND REMOTE ATI Theater 650 PRO Combo Analog/Digital TV Tuner with Remote Control
KEYBOARD & MOUSE Dell USB Keyboard and Dell Optical USB Mouse
FLOPPY & MEDIA READER 13 in 1 Media Card Reader
MODEM & WIRELESS Internal PCI 802.11g Wireless Network Card
OPTIONAL PORTS IEEE 1394a Adapter

2007-07-29 11:24:20 · 2 answers · asked by reaper9292 2

I currently have a Sony Vaio that is four years old and I am finding the processor isn't running as well as it used to with all the new programs I have been adding. I use it heavily for media including pictures and music, as well as video editing. I play games such as Sims 2, which I believe needs a high processor. What brand/model should I go with?

2007-07-29 11:14:40 · 4 answers · asked by queenmab1013 1

2007-07-29 10:25:35 · 4 answers · asked by KiraYammi 2

How do I get the toolbar back to the bottom of the screen?

2007-07-29 10:02:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a 6 year old XP dell pc. and I want to figure out how many megabites/ram i have left on it. What do I do to find out? What can I click in the menu under start or something?? I need answers fast.

2007-07-29 09:26:31 · 8 answers · asked by Emily K 1

2007-07-29 09:26:09 · 2 answers · asked by jg_dragon24 3

Whenever I want to burn a disk, I frequently get the "please insert a blank disk into the drive" . Sometimes I can just eject and reload, but sometimes I have to throw the blank disk out and get another. Sometimes I have to close out the window, or even reboot the computer to get it to work. What's up with this? I have talked to 2 other people today that have had the same trouble. There must be an easy answer.

2007-07-29 09:03:05 · 2 answers · asked by Nathan L 2

hi there helpful guys!
i am going to replace my mobo as it doent have an agp or pci-e express slot n i am a die hard game freak so doing that:
i have some questions related to this:
1)i am deciding about asus mobos here so want to know which chipset to go for :nvidia or intel or any other,some one suggested me nvidia chipset are the best ones from gaming point ot view,is it true?
2)if i go for nvidia chipset in asus mobos , does that mean that i can use only an nvidia graphic card in the mobo,n not any other card like radeon graphics cards etc?
3)i know asus is the best but if asus is not the option,then which brand motherboards are best from gaming point of view , will it be intel or gigabyte or evga etc?

looking forward for the response.
krrish

2007-07-29 06:31:24 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it good, especially if I get a Core 2 Quad like this one?:
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?pfp=BROWSE&N=200005+4294964967+4294964414&Ne=300817&Ns=display%5Fprice%7C0&product_code=346300

2007-07-29 05:54:56 · 4 answers · asked by ????????? 4

my computer keeps rebooting by it self, it has windows xp pro, i can't start it up on safe mode, or last good known configuration, i do get all those choices if i press f8, but they all just go to the same screen, and once again it reboots............

2007-07-29 05:27:24 · 3 answers · asked by torres_hbot 1

I have a Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller)in my computer. I heard that if you graphics card can't support it, the resolution will be bad and the icons size will be huge. Neither will you be able to set it in a higher resolution. I used the windows vista upgrade advisor and it said windows vista home basic is my best bet, however it didn't have any information on my graphics card. So, I was wondering if you guys can help on the decision of installing windows vista home basic only. Could my graphics card handle the cheapest version of vista etleast. If so , can anyone send me some direct links to drivers i can use for vista or anything else that i'm apparently missing...

Note: I do not have the money to buy a new graphics card cause i bought windows vista home basic. Should i install it...

thx alot

2007-07-29 05:25:36 · 1 answers · asked by Srikanth T 1

2007-07-29 04:54:52 · 1 answers · asked by kiran m 1

In my desk top computer a problem is developed. when ever i put a DVD ,CD in to it to run .Nothing is displayed. What may be the problem. is there any quick solution to it without going to mechanic

2007-07-29 03:32:19 · 9 answers · asked by inddrajit mitra and t.b.mitra 1