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I have a dell Inspiron 620 currently and I want to be able to play DayZ on atleast high settings. I don't have a great amount of cash to build a high end pc. I am not a hardcore pc gamer, just wanna be able to play DayZ. Although DayZ may CPU intensive, is it possible for it to work on my...

I used the various online power calculators to determine what I need for my computer (at least for now until I can afford to buy one in a month or less) and the results for my components came to just over 200Watts I'm not using a computer Case, just open motherboard on the table (done this for...

Will this system work well and what psu will i need http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2qlaa Thanks for reading guys

I would like a case thats under $100 (rather like it under $75) it needs to have the cable management thing so you route cables to the back (like rubber groumets or the cut out holes). and i would like it of good quality. heres what i was looking at COOLER MASTER RC-692-KKN2 CM690 II...

What kind of performance increase would i see if i went from a Pentium D 2.4ghz to a New Pentium Dual Core Intel Pentium Dual-Core E6500? p35 Gigabyte

Hi everybody, I have an HP Pavilion dv6 2020ev laptop. Is it possible to change the image BIOS displays right after laptop is turned on (before hard disk is checked for OS)?

For the last 3 years I have been running a pentium 4 extreme processor with a 600w power supply. Today I ended up taking the computer down because it quit working. It started shocking me through the top of the tower and then just totally quit. I took it to a guy who works on computers and he...

Ok, So I recently got a new build put together, I don't suspect the other specs will matter so i'll skip that part. I have a SSD (OCz 50GB) that I use to boot windows and one of my games, And I have a Samsung F3 500GB. Now when I go into my BIOS it detects both drives (both SATA) and when I go...

Which would be BEST for gaming and games comming out over the next year or 2. 4 gigs of DDR2-1200, or 8 gig of DDR2-800? THANKS!!

Can my PSU run a 5850? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371015&cm_re=antec_650-_-17-371-015-_-Product http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150442&cm_re=5850-_-14-150-442-_-Product Thanks.

NB// This is at 100% load :D I have had this beast for 2.5yrs... Its what happens when your parents buy you a computer 'out of the blue' for your 18th... :twisted: :roll: :? mobile Athlon 2400+ (Barton) 256MB RAM Integrated graphics HP-Compaqe........ Since then I've upgraded it by 512...

I would love to know if i will not run into problems when useing that CPU with this board. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186165 This is my first Major computer upgrade so im a little nervous about what im buying. If i do use it, Is there ANYTHING that might come...

Phenom II Black Edition TWKR... seems likely to be hand-picked 955's. http://www.morleydigital.com/2009/06/11/amd-phenom-ii-black-edition-twkr/

So last night, I was playing the sims 2, but all of a sudden, while the game was loading, my computer froze with a continious high pitched noise. The next day in the morning, when I switched on my computer, the PC wouldn't turn into PC mode, if you get the geist of what I am saying. I had to...

I am rebuilding my media PC and main PC and noticed some weird temperature issues using TAT. My main pc has an E6600 and idles about 30C /31C (readings taken from TAT), same as my work E6600 Dell machine which idles about 31C/33C (TAT again). The media centre has an E6300 which idles about...

Hi everyone , I have a Rexpower PX-450 ( made in china ) with 450W and 20A on a rail . My question is : this power supply will work with no problems when i hook a GeForce 7600 GT or 8600 GT with factory overclocking ? My currently rig is : A64 Venice 3200+ no OC , 6600 GT Extreme (...

First let me state this post is meant to be provocative - I hope it stimulates some spirited debate! :twisted: Please no more posts asking "should get amd or intel" - the answers is aways (I) :idea: and never (A) :x . This should be the final post until AMD releases its new chips in the...

Hi everybody. As part of a project I have to do for school, I must do a presentation on dual processor chips (really it's dual core processors, but my professor is an idiot). As part of my presentation, I want to get images of an Athlon64 X2 and a single core Athlon64 side by side so that I can...

I just bought a Western Digital caviar 250gig EIDE drive with 2MB of cache. I actually wanted the caviar SE with 8MB cache, but I got the wrong one. Now, I'm wondering if it's worth the journey back to the store for the 8MB cache version. Additionally, I've found out that the Seagate...

fallin behind on tech and can't find anything on the dual cores regarding ram access well first, can both cores run off of one stick (as dual channel is becoming common, i'm guessing this may be the required configuration) second, if i do have to run 2 sticks, do both cores have access to the...

This is a good question. Who do you think wil have the first sub-$100 Dual Core CPU, and when? I need help to deicde which is the better upgrade path, AM2 or LGA775 sockets. Only C2Ds and X2s! Take the poll!

I have a budget of around $100. I am looking to build a new computer that eventually will have SLI in the form of 7300GT's or 7600GT's and raid. Besides that, I wont have alot of power hogging things. I have been looking at these PSU's. Antec Neo He 500 $100 Hiper HPU 580 $100 OCZ Game...

I've been having a lot of problems with my computer. First all, a few months ago I ordered an x800GTO2 and consequently a new motherboard because my old one just had AGP. When I got my new motherboard I have some transfer problems with the hard drives and have to run them at a much lower speed...

I am thinking about getting the "ASRock Z77 Extreme6" or the "asus p8z77-v pro". Right now i have the asus p8p67 le . ( dislike that board a lot) and i7 2600k, 8gb 1600 memory, gtx 570. What do you guys think about those two boards as an upgrade?

I recently bought a pair of new 1GB DDR 400MHz sticks from eBay after taking much care to match all of the relevant parameters (type, speed, etc.). My current configuration is as follows: 2x256MB Dual channel DDR Freq = 200MHz Timing: 3/3/3/8 The RAM I bought is here When I installed the new...

SSD is fast right if we combine them with a mechanical hard drive, but if does it perform if the size of the SSD is bigger?

<A HREF="http://www.hexus.net/" target="_new">Link</A> <font color=orange><b> :smile: I guess THG is a drug in it's own way, and potentially harmfull! :smile: </b></font color=orange>

I am using an Audigy2 card running under Windows 2000. The card installed fine and performs very well. I updated all the drivers. Recently, I installed a USB modem (I am using the onboard USB ports which are version 1.1). I previously had an internal PCI modem. The internal modem worked fine...

I have a older IBM clone type PC that has a Cyrix 6x86/M11 (6x86L) type CPU on a super 7 type mount. I'm running WIN98 SE. I'm upgrading this system for my kids homework and such and want to purchase a AMN K6-2 500 3DNow 100MHZ CPU. From all the reading I should not have any problems with this...

<A HREF="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=4448" target="_new">http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=4448</A>. i've plugged my home blower to my case ... dunno what happen ... that works?!?

I've been away from the "computerworld" for a while so I haven't heard any releasedate for the next Athlon 4 or Palomino or whatever it's called. Anyone?

hi there, does anybody know where I can get a bracket that holds a p3 550 slot 1 cpu to the motherboard ?

Hi, I am making this thread to get info on if i can or not overclock this boards. I have a MS-7242 K9AGM Series http://www.motherboards.org/mobot/motherboards_d/MSI/K9AGM%2B%2528MS-7242%2529/ Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4000+, 2094 Mhz With 4gb of ram 800Mhz I am...

So I just put together my new pc and everythings going fine for the most part, so I decided to start ocing it and seeing how high I can go I was semi stable at 4.2 ghz @ 1.18 put decided to bump it up to 1.19 to make it a little more stable, in my haste I accidently set the vcore to 1.9 I...

I have an Intel 2500K on an MSI P67A-GD55. I have gone up to 4.5GHz stable, but when I set the multiplier higher than 46x, when I get to windows boot I get this: http://img651.imageshack.us/i/machinecheckerror.png/ What voltage needs to be adjusted to help this, or what can be causing it?

i cant play my angry birds on my window 7