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I have a problem.. Im trying to update all of my pc's that i have here at home, (3 of them) and i have just bought a new game, Grand Theft Auto : Vice City. It tells me it requires, Service pack 1 when using xp. Now there i am trying to update windows xp over A 56K MODEM and its trying to...

i got one, im just having problems overclocking.. dont want to go past 2.3ghz for me.... although this isnt bad considering its a 1.467ghz cpu i guess :D

hi guys i have had my 1700xp for some time now, but i just received my Corsair XMS 3200 Twinx DDR yesterday and i need some help.. i have managed to get my 3dmark score to nealry 18k, im about 400 points off and im ineed of a few pointers, as i think im doing something wrong.. my cpu is...

sorry!! what would you recommend? i was thinking of trying a abit nf7-s board and seeing what difference that made.. if any..

hi guys i have had my 1700xp for some time now, but i just received my Corsair XMS 3200 Twinx DDR yesterday and i need some help.. i have managed to get my 3dmark score to nealry 18k, im about 400 points off and im ineed of a few pointers, as i think im doing something wrong.. my cpu is...

I have a xp1700 running @ 1860Mhz with a 9700 Pro graphics card (Gigabyte make) on an epox nforce 2 (8rda+) and 256mbs of ram (will be upgraded soon!!) and when im running GTA 3 on it, its jerking some of the time.. i tried running the res at 1600 x 1200 x 32 and no aa or af turned on and its...

this is what i have been told.. they should be a fan that had a little 'spot' on the bottom (copper i assume) and the fan was from the link i gave in the first post.. apparently they are running cooler, with a smaller area to cool.. weird eh? mine at the moment is about 44 at idle in the bios...

i am wondering what to do with fans and a new cpu.. i have been hearing that the newer xps (2600 and above) where running about the mid 20's to early 30's degrees c.. is this a good thing? i know it will depend on what fan etc theres on there, but is that right? or am i hearing crap? as im...

right, the only question i have with that setup is, would an MSI motherboard be best? they seem to be getting a lot of good reviews and good benchmarks against the other boards that are reviewed with them. one other question, would it be worth waiting to get the sis 745 fx boards and a barton? i...

so for that they are talking a bit of crap, yes? well, i wasnt sure and i have had no experience with the new cpus... i was hoping that they where cool, because i dont like having so many fans etc in the pc.. but life goes on.. where would i find prime95? is it something that i can download...

well i went from a geforce 2 ultra to a gigabyte (ati) maya 2 9700 pro and i wouldnt go back to nvidia again.. i know its more powerfull and not only that its a nicer looking card to look at one the screen.. i wouldnt change it for the world and i did have a 8500LE before, it was performing...

Right here goes.. i was thinking of buying a base unit system from there as it comes with either a top amd or intel cpu. i know that pc world have a bad rep for crap stuff, so this is why im asking here as to, 'is it worth getting'? i was thinking of getting better memory and so on so i wouldnt...

how come you didnt say anything about intel? i thought that their faster cpus where better for video editing and so on? the amds are so badly priced and i must admit, would it be enough of a speed increase for the 9700 to show a difference? i am curious about one thing with the video editing...

the question i have for the overclocking side of things, do i need to spend a lot on the cooling side of things? i know through overclocking older thunderbirds that the cpus got very hot and i had to have a delta fan on there which was a right screamer.. but it did cool it down.. some friends at...

thats cool, i was just wondering really. how would i find out when the cpus where made? could i ask someone the might despatch a particular model? or would i have to go to a more 'specific' pc retailer? would you recommend the corsair over the samsung memory? i dont want to pay £5 or so less to...