Portable Desktop

Hi so i have this old Dell desktop PC, I believe its a Dell Dimension E520 It has 1GB of RAM, a dual core Pentium D, and a 120GB HDD. It's pretty slow as you can imagine but I was thinking if I upped the ram to maybe 3GB and added a 120GB SSD then I would see some performance increase? My...

I've been rocking an i5 750 Lynnfield for the last 4 years but recently saw a deal on amazon for an i5 4670 for $185. At this price, should I upgrade? (or should I pay an extra 50 for an unlocked refresh? or maybe just wait a few more years?). I'll be primarily gaming. My current graphics card...

I've got a user in my organization that experiences a crash in ODBC Data Source Administrator when he clicks the File DSN tab. This has been happening for the past 2 months. The program will just hang forever and will "stop working" when I try to force close it. OS is Windows 7 Pro 64-bit. The...

Hey guys. I have a 500w PSU and I want to buy a FX 6300 and a R9 270x 4gb Would it suffice? I have 27 A on the 12v rail , if that means anything to you Thanks!

hi ! i own an asrock n68c-s ucc and i what to know if with my amd phenom II x6 1035t i can instal 2 pieces of 4gb ram corsair xms 1333mhz ,9-9-9-24, 1.5 v , code cmx4gx3m1a333c9.

Whenever I press play on planetside 2 it gives me the error the application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b). Click ok to close the application. and ive been having this error since I installed windows 8.1. I have looked for solutions every where but none of them seem to work. I have...

Hello people! I I'm deciding on a monitor to buy for my new computer. I'm into gamming, and I don't like it when the black on the screen look almost "pixel-ey". This lead me to look into contrast ratios. So the problem I have is that this old monitor has a 70,000:1 contrast ratio, but when I...

I've looked up plenty of tutorials on how to build a gaming PC, and I feel pretty confident that I can successfully build a working gaming PC. There's just one problem, I don't know much about parts. I want someone to suggest a build that you know works well that I can use. My budget is £600 and...

Hi, I have an ASUS K56 notebook. Bought it with 12 Gb of RAM. One 8gb stick and one 4gb stick. At idle, ram modules get so hot I can't even touch the plastic backplate that's covering them. Is it because uneven RAM sticks? Let me know what you think! My laptops isn't overclocked in any ways...

Hey, im new to this website, but someone advised me to go here. I am looking to buy a new graphics card, so i wanted to ask you guys for help. http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8P67_LE/ is my current motherboard http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/256527/asus-eah5570-silent-di-1gd2.html is my...

I was wondering which GPU you guys would prefer, its up between the EVGA GeForce GTX 660 http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-SUPERCLOCKED-Graphics-02G-P4-2662-KR/dp/B00966IREK/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1393197591&sr=1-1&keywords=geforce+gtx+660 , GIGABYTE GV-N660OC-2GD GeForce GTX 660...

Hello! The time has finally come to order the parts of my new pc, but only one part remains; the graphics card. I currently am planning to get a GTX 760, however, as I'm not an expert, I don't really understand the difference between the different brands. Here are the three that I am considering...

same price right now, which is a better choice? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130932...

My budget is 700 euos Max... What about this? CPU: AMD FX-8320 8-Core 3.5 GHz Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme4 AM3+ RAM: Crucial Ballistix Elite 1866MHz 8GB (2x4GB) GPU: Sapphire R7 260x OC 2 GB HDD: WD Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5″ 7200rpm 16MB SATA3 XFX ProSeries 550W CASE Cooler Master ELITE K380...

I'm building a computer and I'm buying parts this weekend. Before I set anything in stone, I wanted the blessings of the Tom's Hardware Forum Gods. My Component List Case: Cooler Master N200 Motherboard: MSI 760GM-P23 (FX) Desktop Motherboard, AMD 760G AM3+ Processor: AMD FX 6300 Graphics...

Hey everyone happy weekend! First let me say thank you in advance for reading my post/giving any advice....Okay so let me start out by saying i'm a total newbie to both building a system and understanding what components go well with each other. However, with that said i've been doing a lot of...

Hi! My Asus P5B-E has worked fine with 2x1 TWIN Corsair XMS2 Extreme 800, 5-5-5-12. Now I want to insert 2 more to get 4GB, (and I know Ill only get about 3GB). The new ones are identical but with 5-5-5-18. The problem is when inserted I get bluescreens all the time. Im usning Vista (32bit) and...

hi, I'm still struggling with my network :( I've changed a bit my config and here is what i have Router 1 (internet) WDS to Router 2 Router 2 linked by LAN to AP 3 From Router on I can ping router 2 and 3, Can access to the router 2(web admin) Can't access to the AP 3(web admin) From...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?) I added two software packages as admin in all users, I opened both up to make sure that they finished installing. The problem comes when a new user logs into the machine a finish installation windows opens and the programs...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.broadbandnet.hardware (More info?) On the page http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/broadbandnetworking/10_Newsgroups.mspx when clicking on the ng address link, the following message is displayed: "The URL you provided is invalid. Please correct it and try...

I made the huge mistake of booting my custom built machine during a storm and as luck would have it, the only time that the power was lost (for about 2 seconds) occurred at that time. Now my machine will not boot. Startup repair comes up and tells me that it could not find the problem and I must...

Hello, I have a tower server with Raid 0/1 configured built-in when i bought. But I don't need Raid backup because I am using it for my home purpose. There are 2 250GB disk but I am only able to use 250GB of disk space. How could I un-Raid this box?

i'm going to install a 90GB SSD in my system most likely tomorrow if it comes in. doing a total fresh install, wiping out everything on the old HDD and installing Windows on the new SSD. this is the only problem i can see myself running into: steam buries itself in the program files and...

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Hi. I have a ASUS GT440 1gb ddr5. (http://www.dynabyte.nl/asus-geforce-gt440-1gb.html) When i looked at the guide, it was recommended to get an Corsair CX430W V2 PSU, so i bought it. But now when i play a low game like counterstrike source, my GPU temperature raises from 40 to 63 degrees. Also...

Howdy all, Does anyone know a cheap solution to planting a video camera in a room to record video? Needs to be able to record on-demand, i.e. having a sim card in it, which I text to start it, or via a remote or a signal sent via computer over the internet. Even better (and necessary), if it...

I'm a photographer from the "old school" who is a few years behind the technology of the current millenium. But this old cur is learning digital media at a reasonably fast clip. :pt1cable: I am trying to sell all of my old Leica stuff so I can acquire a digital camera that is not a toy...