Desktops - October 2007

I am wondering what the general opinion is of whether or not adding more slower ram to my computer will outweight the fact that it is a slower speed. Currently I have 1gb (2 x 512) of PC3200 RAM in my computer. I just got two 512 sticks of PC2700 for free. If I add them in it will make the other RAM run at the slower speed, but with the addition of another gigabyte, that may outweigh the loss of speed. So basically, is one gb of PC 3200 better than 2gb of PC2700? What do you think?

It's an older comp: Pentium 4 w/ HT 2.8ghz, XP Pro, Nvidia X5900XT w/ 256 video card, SoundBlaster Audigy 2 sound card, 320gb hard drive. The motherboard can handle up to 4gb of RAM and does have the two open slots available.

2007-10-12 06:48:59 · 6 answers · asked by Jen626 3

can i retreive this data or is there companies that retreive this data it is very important

2007-10-12 06:04:10 · 10 answers · asked by swglover2000 1

Ok. Does anyone know of a site that offers a free downloadable calender that does not need internet acess to operate. I want the calender to have a diary, calender, and adress book, ect...

2007-10-12 05:06:37 · 7 answers · asked by mickey 2

2007-10-12 03:15:49 · 5 answers · asked by kelleypete@sbcglobal.net 2

I was building this computer for vista then change my mind after all the horror stories now I'm not hearing anything so I'm considering it agian but I"m getting vista ultimate and is 2GB eonough to run like three or four apps without slowing my pc down also i have

dual core 2.98 ghz processor and
a nvidia readon 256 ddr2 graphics card

2007-10-12 03:05:57 · 7 answers · asked by the man the myth the answerer 5

i dont know anything about computers and just wanted to know if it would break my pc if i tried. many thanks

2007-10-12 02:17:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-11 23:27:19 · 8 answers · asked by louis 1

i am using windows xp home edition service pack 2002
video card=NVIDIA GEFORCE4 MX 4000 128 mb
RAM=512MB of RAM
Processor=Intel Pentium 4=2.80Ghz
local disk total memory=111GB ramaining memory 84.6GB
i am playing warrock....and ragnarok....its lag when iam playing!help me pls!!!!

2007-10-11 23:16:37 · 8 answers · asked by ejay kasai 1

When i go to PC HEALTH STATUS on the BIOS it does not show the system temperature. it only shows the cpy temperature and i have windows xp home edition and the cpu temp is very hot around 60-90 degrees celsius. is there a way to cool the pc down and show the system temp????

2007-10-11 20:11:08 · 1 answers · asked by yourmum 1

Just a few minutes ago I was shutting down vista. I reached down to turn on the computer but the power button didn't do a thing. No fans, no lights, no hdd's spinning up, nothing. (btw, this is a pc I built myself).

I would assume that this is either a motherboard or a psu issue except for the fact that the little green LED that asus motherboards have that tell you when juice is running through them is on, also the nic has lights flashing (like it always does).

So, basically I'm wondering what you all think I should do. I plan on buying a new psu tomorrow to make sure, but do you all have any other tips?

2007-10-11 16:27:03 · 12 answers · asked by marqmike2 1

2007-10-11 15:39:06 · 8 answers · asked by mee 2

When my computer is idling(if that is the correct term) it is running around 53 processes and using 400 MB of my RAM. This is causing my computer to be very slow and I don't know what to do.

2007-10-11 15:38:59 · 12 answers · asked by nickj3315 2

Which is best? And why?

2007-10-11 15:30:36 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-11 14:49:41 · 6 answers · asked by ace7star 2

im building a high end computer (dual geforce 8800 ultra video cards), quad core extreme 6850, 4gb of ram etc, my question is should i use liquid cooling or not, and if i did would i still need fans?

2007-10-11 14:41:22 · 8 answers · asked by TheOne 2

Formatted my computer recently, uninstalled internet explorer, for some reason comp is still rebooting.
I have this 'Error Signature' from windows:

BCCode: 100000d1 BCP1: DBE3EDED BCP2: 0000002
BCP3: 00000000 BCP4: BAF06B80 OSVer: 5_1_2600
SP: 2_0 Product: 256_1

Anyone know what this means?
Thanks in advance

2007-10-11 14:16:03 · 4 answers · asked by BrushPicks 5

show but I do not have the taskbar and toolbar. I would appreciate advise on how to overcome this problem. I spent
3 hours on the phone with AT&T support and we could not
correct this condition. They did have me to change the ethernet cable for a USB cable. Thank you.

2007-10-11 13:29:17 · 3 answers · asked by lrsepulvado 2

I havnt been keeping up with "IT" so any advice will help, thanks!

CPU Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6850 CPU
Motherboard ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP Motherboard
Memory OCZ2P8004GK 2x2G DDR2-800 Platinum Revision 2 Dual Channel
Video Card ASUS EAH2900XT/HTVDI/512M HD2900XT 512M DDR3 PCI-E Video Card
Hard Drive Seagate 500G SATA II Hard Drive
Power Supply OCZ GameXStream Power Supply 600W

BTW, using it for 3D animation & programing.

2007-10-11 13:02:11 · 5 answers · asked by A C 1

im building a high end gaming system and i need to know which brand of motherboard i should get, i've heard of a lot of problems with asus.

2007-10-11 12:57:04 · 3 answers · asked by TheOne 2

so i do all the settins for my mac like the dock settings, dashboard, desk top pic, even the internet settings i set for firefox things like this, and so when im done, i tun it off, but the next day or time i turn it on, its back the same way it was, how i can i set it to not change.?

2007-10-11 11:00:41 · 2 answers · asked by ijustdid_23 1

My configuration:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 +4600
ATI Radeon x1950PRO 256MB GDDR3
MSI nForce 570 SLI Motherboard
2GB DDR2 800MHZ PQI Turbo RAM
20 inch 5ms LCD Monito5 1680x1050
Windows XP Home SP2

will this setup play games like

Test Drive Unlimited
Doom 3
NFS: Most Wanted
NFS: Carbon
Half Life 2
Crysis

2007-10-11 08:11:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am looking for places to search for common and uncommon computer related problems.

2007-10-11 07:43:06 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

my computer is an old one and takes forever to boot up when I turn in on.

2007-10-11 06:40:29 · 5 answers · asked by mogul759 1

isn't it a negative that there's a lot of software that isn't available for Macs? i'm thinking of getting a MacBookPro and just want to be sure about the purchase

2007-10-11 06:27:51 · 17 answers · asked by sugarbaby 2

Hey guys, i am a bit of an idiot when it comes to compyters. I dont want to buy a new one, however, my PC is low on RAM (and i want to play Sims2 which requires 10MB more of RAM then i have) and i also need some more memory.

So if i bought an external hard-drive would it increase my RAM?

2007-10-11 05:35:25 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

my stupid girlfriend installed this game called survival project onto my computer and now the game setup is gone and i cant remove it. how can i delete this program, its taking up room

2007-10-11 05:32:25 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok, So I read that my pc takes this PC-100 type memory...i look around for memory to buy and i see the kind that would fit in my computer but it says its PC133 or mabey another number....whats this mean and will it matter for my computer? I alredy know my maximum support of ram....so i dont need to worry about that.

2007-10-11 05:30:45 · 3 answers · asked by Shrek 1

Specifically I have one game running (Football Manager) and there's always an antivirus on the background. Which one would be more appropriate for such a case, the quad or the duo core?

2007-10-11 02:06:19 · 9 answers · asked by Afterlife 1

2007-10-11 01:48:43 · 2 answers · asked by ROVO 1

When i look into my CPUZ programme it tells me the 'stepping' is 0, however, a different Chip shows 'Stepping' as 2 !! what is 'Stepping & which would give better performance ?

2007-10-11 01:37:30 · 2 answers · asked by Bobsy 5