Recent content by nkatz565

I recently got a new Esky 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter, and I've been having issues with it. Randomly, for less than a second at a time, my connection latency jumps from ~10ms, to over 1000ms. I've got all the necessary drivers installed, so I've got no clue what is causing this. I know the...

I've run WD's diagnostic program. It froze and wouldn't abort. I tried all the tests they offered, and none of them have completed. I'm now sure the HDD is bad.

I've had this 1TB internal HDD running for about 2 or 3 months now, and for the last month I've been having problems. The computer was constantly crashing. I assumed it was Window's fault, tried some fixes and it seemed to work. A week later it crashed and now fails when it tries to load the OS...

I'm simply not sure which component the program is more intensive on, a GPU or a CPU. He travels a lot and needs a laptop which can handle Adobe Premier decently while staying cheap. I can help him find the right laptop, but I'm not sure if it needs a good CPU, GPU, or both for this specific...

Its not looking good. I can't find a single motherboard that supports the AM3 chipset that the Sempron uses, that also supports a pci 3.0 port. Will I encounter large performance problems with doing this?

I have a new problem, the motherboard is now out of stock (should have bought yesterday). Is there some sort of online tool to help you pick one? I have no idea where to start looking for a new one of these.

I'm a beginner at building computers, and I am completely lost as to which motherboard I need. The CPU I am purchasing is an AMD Sempron 145, and the graphics cards I am buying are 2x AMD Radeon HD 7870. Can someone help me choose a board which can use that processor, and also fit both of these...

My computer currently has an i5-3317u. The CPU I'm looking into is the i7-3687u. Can my computer support this CPU? Will it give me any heat problems? Will this CPU have any effect on the battery life of my computer? Here are my computer specs http://i.imgur.com/qJDVbAA.png And here are the...