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Just a question i was wondering about: Would an Athlon 64 3700 (Asus K8NE Mobo) be faster than a Intel Pentium 4 3 Ghz (Asus p4p800 mobo). And lets say for arguments sake they have the exact same components i.e. Memory, graphics card and PSU etc. Thanks

this stuf looks awsome and yet pricey at 600-650 a pair. http://www.corsairmemory.com/corsair/dominator.html

ok, so of course we now have motherboards with two ethernet ports. does anyone know what the benefits are? i only use one port, but can someone give me a real life example of how we can take advantage of dual ethernet?

My roommate has a Compaq SR1120NX that he says suddenly made a popping or snapping sound ~10 minutes after booting into Windows for the first time in a while, then wouldn't power up at all. He says he talked to someone at BestBuy and they said it is the motherboard but my guess was the PSU. I...

hello! my name is giovanni and i'm here for asking you guys some questions. Recently i bought a new motherboard called Asus P5G41T-M LX, and 8Gb of ram DDR3 ( Kingston 4GB DDR3 1333Mhz ), i bought a new cpu cooler from thermaltake ( right now i don't remember the exact name, anyway it's pretty...

as the title askes, i'm looking for a good, stable board for a p4 3.0 800 chip with agp and ide raid (the most important feature). what can be had easily, not too concerned with price, but want something good and available. i've eyed the MSI Neo2-FIS2R but they aren't easy to find in new...

I have had an LCD monitor for a long while now (it is a Proview PL926wsi), and recently it just hasn't been working with my computer. It works fine when I plug it into my dad's laptop, but its almost as if my computer suddenly doesn't like the dual monitor setup. My primary 22" CRT monitor works...

Hey guys. We're a small software company, and we have ADSL. Some minor problems have come to light regarding our current setup (which is a two-tier solution with a basic single-port ADSL Modem/Router, plugged into a 4-port 3Com firewall/Router, which has all the port forwarding a VPN with one...

I just upgraded to the new AMD catalyst drivers today version 12.11 I believe. However I have seen a crazy drop in fps. I was wondering how I can fix this. Systems specs are as follows: i5-2500k oc'd @ 4.0 gHz XFX radeon hd 6850 asrock extreme3 16 gb of g.skill 1600 ram

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?) I just moved my two raid 0 disks from the Asus A8V Promise controller to the VIA controller. Saw a 15% speed gain (from 65 to 76 MB/second according to HDTach, from two WD 80GB SATA disks). Also burst rate increased from...

Hey all. I'm fairly new to the insides of a computer. I use MotherBoard Monitor to see the temperature of my computer. What I need to know is, what is a safe operating temperature for my computer. I have a 2.0 Celeron, 768 Ram, a CD\DVD-ROM drive, and a Ge-Force FX 5500 graphics card. Any help...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit (More info?) Hi All, I am looking for what the poper status codes are for the LEDs on the IC7-G. My board KED is green when the system is off and bot ht he greeen and red light up when it is on. As this is my first ABIT board I was...

I am building a Media PC and I am wondering if all other components are the same if you can help me pick the right processor between these two. Thanks

Hi all ! I am looking to replace the stock 120mm tri-cool fans in my antec p180 case. The model I am looking at are Noctua, Scythe and SilenX. I am looking for both silence and relatively high CFM. The fans will be controlled by a Sunbeam Rhoebus Extreme 6 fan controller. I am opened to...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.chaintech (More info?) I know the board supports it, but it only has the regular audio out jack. How can I get 5.1 out of the board onto say an external powered amp? -- - Zilla Cary, NC USA (Remove XSPAM)

Hi guyz, I attempt to replace my GPU's stock thermal paste with a generic silicone based thermal paste but when I finished applying and put everything in place, i opened speedfan and I noticed it rised up to 90c - 100c!!! thats so terrible and scary.. Should I buy a new branded metal based...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?) I only have one 6800gt card in my system right now and it is hooked up directly to the PSU. Does it hurt to have the molex power on the board connected to the PSU as well or should I leave it disconnected until I get a second...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.msi-microstar (More info?) Hi all, I recently went through a nightmare with this computer and finally narrowed it down to a bad RAM slot. It seems to work fine as long as I only put RAM in the first slot. If not , I get many different errors and...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?) I've heard that newer Prescotts run cooler, and would be comparable to Northwood processors. Is this correct? What advantages does the Prescott offer over Northwood Hyperthreading processors?

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.msi-microstar (More info?) I flashed the BIOS for my MSI FX5600 graphics card a while back. around the same time my PC stopped starting first time after it had been turned of for an hour or more. I have tried reflashing the BIOS, but I can...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.msi-microstar (More info?) I just got a K8N Neo2 Platinum RAM ans a 90nm 3200+. I won't have the PSU for a few days, so I can't test it yet. In the mean time, is the anything on the board which will tell me which BIOS version it's using. I...

Please let me know if something isn't compatible or if there is a better part I should get insetad. Going to be used for gaming (Crysis, CoH, SupCom, TF2). It should run everything at high on low resolutions (excluding Crysis) and at med/high on high resolutions (again, excluding Crysis.) click...

I will be building a new rig in the near future and I'm planning on using the athalon 64 chip on the ATI radeon RX480 chipset. does anyone have any good links to information regarding the 64 bit processors? Also I dont think I want to to use windows 64 with the new rig, does anyone have a link...

I have just ordered myself the following: gigabyte K8NSNXP-939 mobo 2 segate 80gig hdd Which of the two onboard controllers should I connect my raid 0 array to, nforce3 ultra or sil3512 chipset?

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.shuttle (More info?) Anybody else experienced poor after sales service from Micro direct ? They seem unable or unwilling to replace my faulty shuttle barebone system. I've found it very difficult to contact their customer services - and they...

I know this is for homebuilt questions but this section is best suited than the others. Other than Ebay, can you recommend websites that sell used or refurbished PCs (other than the vendor websites)?

I'm new to SLI. Just purchased a geforce 7900. Do i need an SLI PSU ? If so will 600w be enough

Hey folks, I've been having this issue for a bit of time now and can't for the life of me get a solution. I seem to be getting screen tearing during two occurrences. The first of which is while scrolling through documents or online. The other and the one that is slightly more of a pain, is the...

Hello, im new to these forumz altho i have been reading toms hardware for years. I was just wondering what kind of gaming performance i could expect with my current computer, i do alright im most of the games i play (WoW, wc3 and a fre FPS games). It just seems that my performance should be more...

Ok, i've decided that i'm getting the A7n8x motherboard. now i need to get a processor, case, and power supply. what would be the best i could with 150-200? My Rig: AthlonXP 2000+ 1.677ghz GeForce Verto FX5200 128mb DDR Maxtor 7200RPM 80GB, Stock 40gb Kingston 384MB DDR Cendyne 52x24x52 CD-RW...

I was wondering, if I was using a AMD FX-60 and switched to teh intel 955, how much of a difference would I notice in gaming. Games like World of warcraft,CoD2, BF2, and others. Would it be really noticeable.

Up till Friday, MSI's 655 MAX was a winning solution for my new gaming pc, based off these articles from Anandtech; http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.html?i=1781 http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.html?i=1784 http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.html?i=1786 Then I read THG's review on the...

guys i'm looking for a store which sells little odd things like LED connector y's and other various connector modifiers... stuff to squeeze more fans and crap into a case... where's the website with all this overclocking crap too???? please let me in on the secret info... i looked on...

I want to build a top of the line gaming rig in about 6 months. Does nvidia or ATI plan to release any new cards by that time?

I'm having a lot of trouble with my ECS K7S5A mainboard. Everyday the "CMOS checksum bad"-error, and BIOS to default settings. A well known problem on several ECS forums. My system is only one year old, and the shop where I bought it will replace the mainboard for free. It has to be in the same...

Hi all, Just did some work moving a home office the other day, got a beast of a 450mhz AMD desktop powering the business :-) Anyway, the new office is a converted garage at a country house and the previous office was a nice and cosy city of london place. I had the box up and running for a few...

I know a couple people have posted links, <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-5409816.html" target="_new">Here's Another</A>, but I'm going off in a different direction: What this means for AMD and their fans! AMD has a long history of backing off whenever Intel's chips are down. Will...

Building my first machine..... I have alot of experience with high end computers in general and own a couple of Alienware machines. I think it is time to build my own system. I would appreciate any of your input on my hardware selections before I order. Any advice appreciated.... Lian LI...

I have a gigabyte 7dx mb and the fan on the northbridge chip is making a very loud noise, I presume it is dying. I bought a new fan the TT blue orb which is too big. So I plan on buying another fan but for the life of me I can't figure out how to get the old one off. My other mb has white...

To the community (I think Crashman's help will be needed here...) - someone near and dear to me unknowingly thought it would be okay to unhook the parallel printer cable from the **on** desktop computer in our home and the **on** printer for a little laptop printer-rama. Laptop survived, but...