Desktops - September 2007

how i can get efficient speed,best performence

2007-09-23 20:25:08 · 2 answers · asked by romel m 1

2007-09-23 20:19:27 · 4 answers · asked by vel m 1

I'm building a customer PC. I know that I will need to get more then the standard 400 watts that come with the PC Tower. But how exactly do I find that out and figure exactly what I need???

I know I could just post my specs on here and someone will answer is for me... but I want to know for future computers, how do I know?

I have tried looking on video card and CPU specs to see if it lists some kind of energy requirements and I saw none.

Any help on this topic, I would really appreciate it.

2007-09-23 19:46:51 · 7 answers · asked by bri0987 2

I will be buying a new computer soon and i wanted to know which will be better and also cost efficient. Does the core 2 quad come with a fan and a heatsink? What does a heat sink actually do? Which is faster of the two in case of GHZ? What about their cooling and power consumption? Plz help guyzzzzzz at the earliest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

2007-09-23 18:54:11 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

My computer os window vista home basic and ram 1GHZ although the RAM is 1GHZ my computer still very slow and sometimes when I perform more than one task at the time ,it will hung and have wait for a while
and what the problem pease help !

2007-09-23 18:14:51 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am looking into buying a gaming PC, and I am wondering whether I should buy one with one nVidia 8800GTS (320 MB) or the other that has two nVidia 8500 GT (512 MB).

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3272646&CatId=114

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3004972&body=MAIN

Those are the links to both the computers. Thanks for your help.

2007-09-23 18:09:25 · 2 answers · asked by kyller2315 1

Hey all, I haven't purchased a new PC in 4 years and I'm finally going to suck it up and do it. My friend is giving me his geforce 7900GT because I can't afford a new one for at about 6 months but this is the rest of the thing (I have a large case and fans already). Let me know if this all looks good.
Hard Drive- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822136074
Memory-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820231098
Processor-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819115029
Motherboard-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131142
Soundcard-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16829102002

I know it's not the top of the line but I'm a college student on a budget and these parts all seem to be pretty good for the purposes of WoW, CS 1.6, Bioshock, Team Fortress 2, and hopefully Crysis (eventually I'll get a DX10 vid card).

2007-09-23 17:52:24 · 7 answers · asked by notlifebutmagnificent 2

Ok so I have Vista..and my computer isn't very old, 3-4 months tops. Anyways, about a week ago there was a knocking-like noise in my CPU..so I restarted and haven't heard the noise since. Lately though my mouse would just freeze up then unfreeze. Yesterday it would just freeze up and it would kind of unfreeze..but I would try and click on something, and would need to click on it 6-7-8 times before it would respond. I have a wireless mouse..so I was thinking maybe my mouse/keyboard was the problem so I bought a brand new mouse and keyboard today, but alas I'm still having the same problems. Then I tried to restore my computer back to a months time (because my computer worked great a month ago) but I'm still having these problems. :( Does anybody know what I can do? Thanks

2007-09-23 17:42:44 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

the installation aborted..

Details:
* OS - Windows XP Pro's
* System Manufacturer - VIA Technologies.
* System Model - P4M266- 8233
* BIOS - Phoenix -Award BIOS V 6.00 PG
* Intel Pentium 4 2.00 Ghz, 2.0 Ghz.
*256mb RAM

I found the driver at http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=2&OSID=1&CatID=1160

The driver name is "ProSavageDDR Graphics Drivers"

But there's a note " may not be fully compatible with your video board or BIOS".

Is is something to do with my RAM or free diskspace availability..
What do i do now?

2007-09-23 17:38:17 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Im a hardcore gamer! I want to build a desktop pc. I have about 1500, now which way should i go. How would i know which parts are compadible with what, which motherboard should i get? processor, video card, memory, and so on. also why would you choose the parts your telling me.. well thanks everyone

2007-09-23 17:34:02 · 5 answers · asked by liquidburn34 1

When I start my computer it will start to load. After it is done with the first loading screen it goes black for around 5 min. Then it load the second thing. Then it takes around 3 min. to load my profiles. And after I pick my profile I get logged on and I have no start menu bar. Also my disk drive wont open.

2007-09-23 17:30:11 · 3 answers · asked by romave14 2

I have a emachine t2895 tower and the motherboard and cpu went out. I found a good deal on a dual core setup that supports my ram and hard drives, but its an amd setup and im running intel. Will I have to reinstall windows when I install the new components or can i boot off my old hard drive with my existing data?

2007-09-23 17:28:08 · 4 answers · asked by Kevin P 1

it is an old pc that i'm fixing, it had problems with it's built-in videocard, so now i'm having a problem determing what compatible videocard to look for.. i hope someone here can help

Motherboard: IBM 6862S5A
Chipset: i440BX/ZX
Memory: PC133

2007-09-23 17:19:15 · 2 answers · asked by b3ginn3r 1

This card: PNY VCQFX1500-PCIE-PB-V Quadro FX1500 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card ... is selling for $523

This card: EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card .... is selling for $530

Why is the PNY card selling for so much money and is 256 memory ... and the eVGA has 3 times as much MB and its basically the same price... I don't get it????

Can someone explain this to me... I'm good with computer specs but I don't get it.

2007-09-23 17:15:25 · 4 answers · asked by bri0987 2

While I am working on line, sometimes my computer would suddenly shut down on its own. If this happens, I would have to restart it & redo things over again (what I was working on...writing e-mails, etc).

Why is my computer doing it?

I didn't have this until about 3- 5 months ago.

2007-09-23 16:59:10 · 5 answers · asked by ron 1

I am running a AMD Athlon 64+, or 6400+ not sure, and 4-6 yr old Geforce 5200. Now my CPU doesnt go above 60C, and NAV can't find any virus that would sabotage me. The reason why i know it is not a interface/platform problem is because when i restart my computer after it just shuts down, it starts very slowly and doesnt give me a system error message when it starts up. The shutdown gives no warning and sounds like i just suffered a power outtage where all the noise will just abruptly fade off, as compared to a more abrupt shutdown where if u have your speakers on itll make a big "poomp" noise. Please help

2007-09-23 15:49:24 · 9 answers · asked by BK-Love 2

2007-09-23 15:34:56 · 7 answers · asked by Charles M 1

i installed a new hard drive on my desktop computer and when i turn it on it says,

Reboot and select proper boot decice
or insert boot media in selected boot device and press any key

so what does tha mean

2007-09-23 15:04:44 · 4 answers · asked by Jose T 1

i have a Gateway E-4610D SB.
it has an Intel core 2CPU
6400@2.13GHz
1.98GB of ram and
is running Microsoft windows XP home edition service pack 2

come with 17 inch flat panel monitor, keyboard and laser mouse included. 3 piece powered speaker system(2 are speakers one is a subwoofer with flat panel design and adjustable bass control)

only problem is, has no harddrive :(

2007-09-23 15:03:53 · 3 answers · asked by brett d 1

Im running windows xp it keeps shutting down unexpectedly..Norton says no viruses or spyware. monitor wont comeon all the time either and freezes alot at start up ? Any thoughtson what might be wrong also ran pc pitstop scan an says all is good .

2007-09-23 11:49:58 · 5 answers · asked by dowey 1

The specs are located at this web address.

www.dolanauctions.com/computer.html

Any other suggestions would be great too

2007-09-23 11:47:14 · 4 answers · asked by haden78 2

The power went out the other day, not a storm or anything, not sure why, but now my emachine won't turn on. It was in sleep mode when the power went out. My computer, monitor, printer and speakers are all plugged into the same surge protector and all of them turn on besides the computer tower. I opened it to look inside and the green light on the motherboard is on other than that I don't know what else to check.... does anyone have any ideas what happened?
thanks.

2007-09-23 11:03:36 · 3 answers · asked by staceymc83 1

i am looking at the dell inspiron 530 intel core 2 duo E4400 windows XP 2MG memory 320GB harddrive and a geforce 8300gs video card. i have heard that this graphics card is not very good my wife wants to be able to run second life... and my son does some online gaming... will this still work ok for us? i have read that i should upgrade to the 8600gt... but dell doesn't offer it in a windows XP computer (my wife does not want vista)... any computer whiz out there who can guide me in the right direction?..

also... could i one day add a better graphics card?

2007-09-23 10:11:26 · 4 answers · asked by joshufett 1

i'm considering wether i should buy a used mac..the owner emailed me back, after i asked what was wrong with it (since it was so cheap) ..is what hes saying even right and is it the real scenerio? does this even sound right to you or what?

p.s i can fix pc's and never bothered with a mac but is this just a boot disc fix? the added cmos replacement makes me wonder..

"Yes the Mac is still available. It had sat unused for a pretty long time, so we bought a new CMOS battery for it and turned it on. The intro "music" plays, but then it just shuts itself off. We were told to buy or have another Mac user create some sort of a boot/repair disc, but we haven't been able to get anyone to look at it for us and have just lost interest in it."

2007-09-23 10:09:59 · 5 answers · asked by firefly 2

I have computer that is slower than Christmas. I was wondering what I could do to make it faster? I can get on the internet but, its slow any help would be appreciated.

2007-09-23 09:59:11 · 6 answers · asked by John 3

I have always had windows microsoft, but recently my computer has been acting slow, and its really virus-prone. i have decided to get a new home computer (not laptop; i already have one). i am a freshman in college with a few roommates. i left my computer in our living room/dining room (lol typical college life) for my friends to use. however, within one year of owning my brand new store bought computer, my computer has become full of memory, user accounts, pictures, and well....viruses. so i am giving it to my kid brother. now....what should i buy? should i follow the ipod craze and buy an Apple or stick with what i know and love?? also, i HATE vista. and im not sure if they still make XP. thanks, Katie

2007-09-23 09:48:32 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-23 08:05:59 · 30 answers · asked by D 7

I just bought the LCD cleaning kit and a big bottle of compressed air. I need most help for instuctions on cleaning the tower. I KNOW its very dusty in there. Help please :D

2007-09-23 06:44:12 · 12 answers · asked by [I ♥ R.Hamilton] 2

Is there a cable i can buy that hooks from my computer to my tv? and it willl show what on my computer.

2007-09-23 05:06:50 · 5 answers · asked by slickssw 2

I have an old computer which I don't really use anymore, it has 2 harddrives; one with all the main windows information on it (A) and one with a bunch of documents and a few games installed on it (B).

What I would like to do is format harddrive B while keeping all the data on A intact. I want to unplug A and leave it so I can go back to windows later if I want. I would like to format B and then use that as my main harddrive so that I could then install Ubuntu Linux on that and then use Ubuntu as my main OS.

The computer is currently running windows xp professional but I do not have any install disks because the computer used to be someone elses and they gave it to me. so I don't have the right CD's for it.

I hope I have explained what I wish to do clearly enough; if you need me to clarify then feel free to ask, I shall provide information the best I can.

Thank you

2007-09-23 05:01:54 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous