Recent content by franksterrr

rock, use the search function above to find your threads (type "rock13" in the search line) They get put down the page as new threads arrive. this is a busy forum, so they might get several pages buried. I've cross refrenced this information from your original thread. Try to keep it in one or...

whats the SPEED of the ram? this is the critical information needed to evaluate whether you will need to replace it. Since your on a budget, and it doesn't seem that you have any specific needs, ie (high end graphics processing) I would suggest getting an intergrated motherboard, there are...

That might be a valid point. I know there are a few cheaper sites on the web, and I havn't bought much hardware lately, I did buy some memory there about six months ago. My suggestion was that they have a fairly good reputation and good customer service, so I don't mind paying a little extra...

If your unsure of your spec's and not confident about taking the box apart to see at this point, then I suggest using a utility such as sandra lite to find out what is detected. Should be able to glean enough information from "system information" to see what you have. Its a free download...

oh, also post your sound card spec's. lastly, what is your range that your wanting to spend for all of this. Give us a general ballpark figure, or a high end and a low end, then we might be able to present two possible solutions and you could narrow things down to meet your needs. :cool:

First off, I would suggest looking over at www.newegg.com for parts, they have great customer service and decient pricing. They also seem to have the more desireable feature rich componets. what are your ram specs, and harddrive? please post the spec's for further evaluation. :)

looking it over , this doesn't seem to fit my cpu, as I have a XP Thoroughbred, that seems to only apply to t-bred, barton and the xp 0.18 micron types. Correct me if I'm wrong here.

I gave my buddy one of my extra athlons I had bought but never used. But his board doesn't have any overclocking utility like my nforce2 board. anyhow, wondering if I can just cross the L1 L2 bridges manually, like the older athlons and slap it in his board. can anyone direct me to the correct...