Desktops - December 2007

Ok so for my cisco netowork academy at school we get to build our own indiviual computer with a $400 budget.

And the two sites we are allwoed to use are tigerdirect and newegg.


I Have everything picked out except the processor. I cant decide what to pick a Pentium D clocked at 3.0GHz or AMD 64 X2 at 2.0 GHz.

The AMD has a faster bus but the Pentium D has more L2.
I have used this amd processor before and it works nice but is the Pentium D the better choice?


What should i pick???


We are going to benchmark these once they are built and see who out of my class did the best with part selection. So i want to build something good.

2007-12-03 13:53:07 · 5 answers · asked by aqualung 2

2007-12-03 13:16:31 · 4 answers · asked by mgsdante 2

I have 1gb of ram right now with 2 open slots for upgrade. On crucial.com it says I have to install them in pairs but they didnt say if I could keep my pair and install another pair. Will this work?

2007-12-03 13:10:42 · 2 answers · asked by Tony 2

3.0Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 4MB Cache FSB 1333
Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler Extremely Quiet
ASUS P5W-DH Deluxe/Wifi (Intel P975X, 2xPCIEx, 8-Channel Audio, LAN, 5XSATA2, 4xDDR2, 1394, 1333FSB, Wifi)
4GB (1GBx4) PC5300 DDR2 667Mhz Memory
500GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA300
18X Samsung SH-S182M Dual Layer DVD+/-RW/CDRW w/Nero
512MB nVidia GeForce 8800GT GDDR3 PCI Express DVI/Tvout
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit
Apevia Black X-Dreamer II (4 5.25, 5 3.5 bays) 2 Fans, Window, Front Audio/USB/Temp
650watt Cooler Master eXtreme Power RS-650-PCAR
Onboard LAN included
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1
Standard 1 year parts and labor


I was goin to go with quad...but a top contributer told me to go with duo.

Im willing to spend the money for it

What do you think?

Any suggestions?

2007-12-03 09:56:33 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have 4gb of RAM installed in my desktop and when I did an InSPECS scan it shows that I have 4gb of RAM however the computer itself only recognizes 3.2gb of the 4gb. Any reason as to why and how to fix it?

System Info
Model : Asus M2N-E SLI
Chassis Type : Desktop
Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Processor
Number Of Processors : 1 Hyper-Threading Enabled
Type : AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ 4000+
Processors Bus Speed : 200 MHz
Motherboard
Manufacturer : ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Model : M2N-E SLI Rev. 1.XX
CPU Slot/Socket Type : Socket AM2 (940)
Chipset Vendor : NVIDIA nForce4 Rev. A3
Bios Manufacturer : Phoenix Technologies, LTD
Bios Version : ASUS M2N-E SLI ACPI BIOS Revision 1002
Graphics
Model : nVidia PCIE NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
PCIE Speed : 16x
Monitor : Plug and Play Monitor
Storage
Hard Drive 1 : WDC WD3200AAKS-00VYA0
Size : 305.25 GB
Memory
Total RAM Installed : 4096 MB
Type : DDR2 Regular UDIMM PC5300
Used RAM Slots: 4 of 4

2007-12-03 09:28:04 · 8 answers · asked by aikichi15 1

2007-12-03 09:11:19 · 9 answers · asked by runner1 6

I want to purchase a new desktop computer and I'm choosing between these brands:

Compaq
HP
Dell

Which one is the best brand as far as desktop computers?

2007-12-03 08:55:22 · 17 answers · asked by Camille W. 2

I'm using a new 4 gig flash drive to backup jpeg files between two computers. The amount of data I'm loading onto the drive is always about 250mb. When using my home comp it only takes 4-5 minutes to copy/paste the files onto the flash drive, but the much more powerful work comp takes at least 2 hours to do the same thing. Both are using usb. Any ideas why?

2007-12-03 08:53:00 · 2 answers · asked by Scott 2

A friend has been running Win 98 for years, but his machine has died and he needs a new one. He's concerned about the learning curve for a new operating system. Would he be better off getting XP or making the leap to Vista? Will 98-to-XP be easier than 98-to-Vista, in the short run? In the long run? He uses his computer for word-processing, taxes, and Internet access, mostly. He's unlikely to do much gaming or multimedia work, if any.

2007-12-03 08:45:07 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

I installed new hard drives on my e machine computer and it says that TLDR is missing to restart and when I do it says the same thing, what did I do wrong?Any help Please and thank you very much!

2007-12-03 08:40:44 · 7 answers · asked by ashley g 1

Alright i have a dell 4550 series comp. I have a 40gb and a 80 gb harddrive. i have 1 gb ddr sdram right now. I have a radeon 256 mb video card right now. I was running fable and warcraft 3 and counter strike. Now i have uninstalled them and installed world of warcraft. Now it like lags. My whole computer lags. Anything i am doing on my computer it lags. It is not a normal lag though it is kind of a skip on a cd. It will run fine and then it will stop and a few seconds later it will start going fine again. I have ran world of warcraft on my computer before with counterstrike and warcraft 3 and this problem did not occur. I do not konw what is wrong i do not want to go out and spend 100 dollars if i do not have too. COuld this be the harddrive?? I have used disk cleanup on a daily basis. I defragment at least 3 times a month. I use spysweeper. And i cant find anything else wrong. i have great connection to internet. Im not sure but i think ram is the problem. How do i cool the computer?

2007-12-03 08:34:18 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.theshoppingchannel.com/endeca/search.do?keyword=601490&Search.x=36&Search.y=18

It was $1900 one day when I last saw it on the shopping channel (TV) but that was the day's show stopper. Day's later, I thought of buying it, but they raised the price. I called up dell, and they gave the same price (i think, not sure if they included the tax or not) I want it for myself since I want to be a gamer, and I download a LOT of music DAILY.

thanks responding.

2007-12-03 07:50:11 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just bought a Dell inspirion computer this afternoon as a Christmas gift to the family.

It comes with a 19'' WideScreen LCD HD Monitor, 2.1 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor 4000+, 16 DVD-RW, 320 GB hard drive/ 7200 rpm, 2 GB of DDR2 system memory- 667 MHz, 13-in-1 digital media card reader and the mouse/keyboard.

It was $698 (w/o tax) but, with the my employee discount and Christmas bonus I got it for $590 (w/ tax). Is this a good deal? Do you think that is a good speed processor and enough memory space for Windows Vista? Let me know your input. Thanks.


P.S. Here is the link for the computer...http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=7810487

2007-12-03 07:40:53 · 10 answers · asked by Bessie D 2

When you press those buttons, this image comes up right?

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/5616/14057646xn5.jpg

But there is supposed to be more buttons where I have scribbled at the top, some reason they have gone. I have turned off my computer and restarted it several times but I can't get it back. What do I do?

2007-12-03 07:16:48 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I won't be doing ANY gaming, but a bit of video editing.

I hate to spend more $ on a video card unless absolutely necessary.

2007-12-03 06:19:47 · 4 answers · asked by Im2hard2please 2

actually i changed the cpu speed , i raised it and then saved and exit .after that my comp. is dead . can anyone help me or ishall call the pc engg.

2007-12-03 06:14:28 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-03 06:09:40 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

addtional question :

I have a HP s3100n slimline desktop.

I was told it must be "low profile" PCI card to fit in that PCI slot, if i want add a Video card to PCI slot. Because regular PCI wont fit in that slot.

If adding a video card to PCI Express, it has still to be "LowProfile" PCI Express Video Card? There is no such thing as LOWPROFILE PCI EXPRESS CARD, right?

If using PCI express slot and the original power of my slim line PC is only 160V,it must be upgraded power from 160V to 350V, right?

the hole at the back of the PC, for the inside PCI express slot is only half wide.

what PCI express video card (halfwidth) can fit in?

what are good card for playing full HD mpeg4 video?

When i play them, these clips always lag on all my PCs.

2007-12-03 02:44:59 · 2 answers · asked by volvo942 1

2007-12-03 01:33:36 · 12 answers · asked by coley 1

How do I know which is suitable for my pc??
The details for my computer is:
AMN Althlon (tm) XP 2000+. 1.68 GHZ, 480MB of RAM....any help would be appreciated, I'm completely clueless!

2007-12-03 00:24:43 · 8 answers · asked by K-9 3

i restored my pc back to factory settings but now i have no sound its a emachines e4062 what do i do now help!!!

2007-12-03 00:21:02 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

My other computer turns on, but before it can go to Windows XP, I get this error message:

Windows could not start because the following filei s missing or corrupt
\system32\ntoskrnl.exe

Why is it doing this, and what can I do to fix it?

2007-12-03 00:05:08 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Link for pictures of model: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=124150316

The dvd drive seems to be jammed as the eject button won't work and i cannot seem to get the disk to come out. A green light flashes (showing drive is either about to open or reading disk) it whirrs for a few secs then does nothing.

ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!
Need immediate fix options lol

Thanks

2007-12-02 22:23:24 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

My cd burner has been working just fine but out of nowhere it is not working, my computer doesn't detect a burner. What can i do?

2007-12-02 17:28:50 · 7 answers · asked by kalexander05 4

2007-12-02 17:27:44 · 1 answers · asked by da_num1hustla 2

I am trying to extend the life of my current computer do you think it is worth it or should I just buy a new one. I plan on doing some gaming and also some video editing. Today I purchased the following:

1. 320GB EIDE Western Digital Hard drive for $79, currently have the stock 160GB planning on reinstalling Windows XP on the new one and making the current stock 160GB my D drive.

2. Kingston 1GB DDR PC3200 RAM for $54, currently have 1.5GB, planning on replacing the 512MB with the 1GB stick to have a total of 2GB.

3. ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 512MB AGP video card, got it on sale at Best Buy for $99. Is this a good card ???

4. CompUsa 500 watt PSU for $59, are CompUsa PSU's any good ???


So for about $300 do you think it will be worth it and do you think the combination will work OK ?? Or should I just save a few more months and purchase a new computer with a Quad Core, etc. ??? Please let me know what you all think. Thanks for any info. God Bless !

2007-12-02 17:04:40 · 4 answers · asked by JUJU 1

2007-12-02 16:55:09 · 6 answers · asked by Unbreakable 4

My HP computer has an S Video IN and RCA connections for audio. I presume I should then be able to get some kind of software to access these inputs. I want to connect a vcr using the S Video IN and these RCA jacks.

What software do I need to use that will recognize the video/audio from these connections?

Thanks!

2007-12-02 16:50:56 · 3 answers · asked by Day Dreamer 1

2007-12-02 16:40:54 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

How can I know the Serial number and the model of my motherboard if I have Win 2003 System and without opening the case and look inside?
Appreciate your help
Regards

2007-12-02 16:09:32 · 6 answers · asked by elmaouch 1