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Well I got a few new riggs for some basic computing needs and low entry gaming but I want to max out the performance. So in terms of the OS should I use xp, vista or 7? Sony Optiarc CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model AD-7260S-0B - OEM AMD Athlon II X3 445 Rana 3.1GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core...

I have an LG Flatron W2353V and I use it along with my PS3. My computer naturally uses the DVI port and HDMI for my PS3. Usually I can just hit the source buton and swap between the 2 feeds. My chick wanted to use my PC to play some wow so I'm using hers for now. and I hers only has a VGA which...

Windows 7. I have a blue tooth dongle and while it sees the headset the headset needs a driver according to windows. I tooled around the net to see if I can find drivers but no dice. any tips or ideas for making this work? TIA

She plays WoW and has a HP Pavilion A1206N Desktop PC and needs a video card. I went to HP's site and it says there is 1 PCI express slot but the slot looks like a PCI Express x16. I was wondering if anyone on here had some insight on the correct information on this is PCI Express 1 or 16? I...

I'm looking for a good way to check how much my Xserves are costing me. I scrounged up some old Xseves to dick around with (lucky I guess) but I know being 1U racks they can be power hungry. What is a good way to guesstimate how much it can cost to run them. What considerations do I have to...

I can't seem to find any realtors that sell it here n the U.S any ideas?

I'm gonna check the heat sink when I get home btu I'm planning on getting a new heat anyway (Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro looks good). But currently it's running at 40-50c idle and 58-63 under load (World of Warcraft or CS.S do it). It seems a bit high which is why I'm gonna check the HS. what...

It ran a bunch of utilities for my PC testing the RAM, CPU and Hard drives. and after that the computer boots up, sees the CPU Ram and it freezes. I've had seemingly a troublesome mobo and this is pointing more to it. I've shut it down, unplugged it took the CMOS batter out to set it and it...

Ok when we last left our hero he was having trouble with random restarts. From this post http://tinyurl.com/35l2gy I initially thought it was the Raid so I took everything (The components) out of the case and reseated them. I reset the mobo fail safe setting and that fixed the Long short beep...

Windows setup only sees 1/2 of my harddrive size? I have 2 250 gigs but only allows a max of 131. Any ideas? System specs found here: http://tinyurl.com/y3ndnl I'm using a GA-965g-DS3 for those who didn't click the link. Any help please share. Thanks ahead of time as always. Strange thing...

Recently I've noticed random restarts happening with my System. System will lock up, restart and at times Blue screen of Death. I can see a sometimes bad driver.dll come up. usually the audio. Most times I don't even get that much. When does happen Everything starts up but the drives. The...

I would like to thank everyone who lent a hand helping me trouble shoot my current system that I finally got up and running last night. I'm sure you get indiviual thank yous in the current post where the problem is posted but I felt it was good to start a post where if this forum has ever helped...

I have this ram waiting for me to use http://tinyurl.com/ojsuw The mobo I'm using is this http://tinyurl.com/yc4n66 What will do I need to do in order make sure in voltage is correct? I saw there is voltage setting option but it doesn't give like 1.9v but rather +0.1 which I assume...

I just finished building the following system. 20 mins ago. http://tinyurl.com/y3ndnl Now what happens is the system boots up, and runs for a good 30-1min, just enough time for me to get into the bios when all of a sudden.. peeeeewwwww.. It shuts down.. Everything is new so I'm wondering...

My motherboard comes RAID 0/1 Here it is. http://tinyurl.com/yc4n66 From my VERY BASIC understanding what raids do it accolates the amount of drive space and either mirrors it or combines it to work as 1. Either way you get faster performace. So my question(s): Is this over...

Speed looks good, price is nice. Looking for thoughts. thanks

Whenever the computer starts playing any game my PC shuts down. I'll start a game and check the temp thinking that perhaps it's that, but the temps are fine. When I try to turn it back up it won't turn on but when I unplug it and plug back in it boots right up. So I'm assuming something is up...

I have a hand me down running the following: 2.8 P4 Prescott 800. ABit VT7 Motherboard and thats it. I have to add to it 1gig of ram (Corsair) ATI 9800 Pro video card and a 60gig harddrive (Hitachi) I added all the pieces into it and installed windows but while installing SP 2 it...

Will the system clock it down cause of the limitation of my mobo?

I'm looking to buy a sound card that will allow me to route it to the frontside jacks that I have on my case. any thoughts?

I'm in a rush for a gaming system. So at geeks I came across a few "debranded" system running a 3.0 ghz. http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=PU167AVR-9&cat=SYS How smart is to pick that system up and throw in a Nvidia 6800 GT and should be good to go. Its a messy start but is it a...

I just got a old give away system from my roommate using a 867 PIII and 512 RDRAM. I want to install linux on it (http://www.ubuntu.com/) but for the life of me I can't get it ot boot off of CD. It was able to boot off the windows XP I had but it won't for this linux distro and I have tinkered...

I'm planning to build dual core Pentium d system here's the system: https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/WishList/WishDetail.asp?position=HISTORY&ID=1882703&WishListTitle=Start+of+a+great+System%21 What should I look for a kick ass PSU. I'm loking between a range of 75-100 bucks...

My system blew up due to a bad power supply.. So while I'm gameless at the moment the time has drawn near to do some goodness. Built a new system! WoOT! I'm looking to use a Pd to power my new gaming machine, but I've heard from friends and a comment on firesquad that Pd are terrible for...

Damn it! I just got my pizza in, and was ready for a good night of WoW. I land at thunderbluff (for those who play) and start scanning auciton house and step out to get a drink. When I come back I'm greeted with a monitor screen asking me check my video conneciton. I have a bad sense of smell so...

I want to create a file server system for the simple purpose just storing stuff. I've heard a raid is the way to go with this so I'm looking at some low cost options. I understand that I just need drives that are the same raid controllers and a base system like a pentium 3 or somethiung cause I...

I'm running at 1.8 using my AMD 2500 Barton. I'm currently deciding from the last possible upgrade for this machine or if its better spent on a new system. Should I over clock my 2500+ to run at 2.2 and use that for a bit longer? How about purchasing a 3200+ barton for about $200 or the final...

Well not really, lol. I got an iTronix CX 6250 233mhz model. I'm gonna use it as a learn linux on it so I was wondering if anyone else out there has this old Laptop. I'm looking to replace some parts like battery, Harddrive and PCMCIA CDROM to maybe a burner etc.. Anyone else where can I find...

Whenever I play a graphic intensive game my system just seems to shut down, but it doesn't! I have to reboot it and its all fine again. My friend plays the same game on his machine and runs fine and our systems are drastically different. My system AMD 64 3200+ 1gig Crosair EPoX...

Whenever I play a graphic intensive game my system just seems to shut down, but it doesn't! I have to reboot it and its all fine again. My friend plays the same game on his machine and runs fine and our systems are drastically different. My system AMD 64 3200+ 1gig Crosair EPoX...

I have computer that for some reason has started randomly rebooting. I changed the power supply thinking it was some sort of short but no ice. ANy ideas my computer setup Omega 450ATX Viarama U8668 Motherboard Western Digital 40Gig HD 256 Ram Window XP Pro SP1

How can I delete everything on my HD? You know how you can't see boot.ini in the command prompt by using the "DIR" but if you type c:\boot.ini the file executes. I'm sure I have spyware hidden in a similar way and I'd like to COMPLETELY wipe everything from my HD. What can I do?

I'll be as clear as I'm sure someone can help me out. Question 1: My system asks me to choose from 2 installed win2k OSes when i only have 1 Ok at restart my system gives me a prompt to choose which operating system I would like to use. This only began to happen when I installed 2...

Ok, I need some help on this damn computer. I have a HP Pavillion 761n that someone gave me for the simple reason they can't get it to run properly. So they just ditched it and gave it to me. Who am I to say no, i'll make it a CS server or something. ANYWAY! The computer seems to be stuck in...

I'm looking at a PowerColor 9800 SE and it looks like a Solid Card to Soft Mod. http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-131-236&depa=0 You can pump out some serious action out of that chipset, theorically anyway. But I'm not fimilar with PowerColor. Has anyone had any...

I was gonna buy a G4 Powerbook and I waited. Rightfully so. They released new Powerbooks with some nifty updates to it. Now that said, I'm debating something in my head. The RAM issue. If I get it fully stocked from the Apple site, it's an EXTRA $1100.. That is just plain outragous for ram. I...

I was using fraps and i was unfornately I left recording for over 5 mins. that's a 4 gig file. YIKES! Now I can't delete it. I keep getting the error of that it's in use. I've rebooted countless of times and I can't delete it. Need some help. thanks.