Understood and I did read that but sometimes drivers can be different between 32bit and 64bit and it's possible that the drive running with 64bit could cause the BSOD issue.
Also MDE, when you were running 64bit, did you get all the Windows error logs so you could diagnosis and pinpoint the...
Sorry but this isn't a good choice with built-in Intel video card... I would understand if you also linked a video card to go with it but buying a pc like this and expecting the onboard video to do anything more low-end games is too much.
Like I said overall not bad but you need to expect to...
what about the cd/dvd drive attached? Have you tried a different dvd drive or usb instead of the one you have attached currently? From the sounds of it, it seems it is either mobo/cpu issue or dvd drive.
What tests have you ran on your hard drives to verify there isn't anything wrong with them?
If you have anything from when you originally ordered it, that may have it or taking off the side of the case, it should be listed on the powersuppy easily visible with the side removed.
Thinking about it though, you will probably be ok with the power supply you have considering the card you...
Didn't specify that initially. That's good though 8gig should work well. The only other suggestion I have is maybe look at a faster CPU for not much more. The CPU you have listed is quad core for 130 right?
I was looking and found six core for 40 bucks more at 169.99...
Yes that person was nuts. The key is if you were looking at the top of the line and/or bleeding edge just released video cards than yes they can be very expensive. However, what I recommended is the 9800 series which are also a few years old but faster than your 7950 video card. The new...
I don't know how the actual game will run but I've been running the beta very well with an ATI Radeon 5870 2gb video card. But I do have a 2.9 quad-core cpu, 16gb ram, and 450gb Raptor 10K RPM HD at 1920x1200 resolution.
My 2 cents, I would recommend starting with 8gig ram instead of 4gig. The ram is cheap enough that there isn't a huge gap in cost between 4gig and 8gig now.
What are the other 3 sticks in the pc now? It sounds like you probably have 2 1gig sticks and 1 2gig stick. I would recommend pricing out replacing (the 2 1gig sticks) and bumping the system up to the max 8gig after you upgrade to 64bit.
The person who made the comment about the video card...
Thanks for the help. It seems like it was a USB external drive issue. Once I disconnected all of them and rebooted it took less than a minute.
I would like to know if I should change my Sata settings from IDE to ACHI or should I leave it as is?
When I put in the new drive, it was a fresh install of Windows. If I were to do it again, it would again be a fresh install and I wouldn't be using a backup or cloning for this machine.
well if need be I'm still at a point that it wouldn't be difficult to reimage (fresh win 7 install). I can say I've never changed that setting so I'm doubtful that would be the issue but I figured best to include that in case there was a chance it could cause an issue.
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