Recent content by delmontebanana

Thanks for the all the tips guys :) In the end I decided to upgrade the HD first (as I found an offer to good to refuse!), going for the Samsung F3 1TB. Having reformated and now using the F3 as my primary HD and removing the IDE HD, things are a lot smoother. Although the greed has got...

Apologies. the 750GB is a SATA2 and the main OS/APP, the 70GB is an IDE and just a spare storage drive. The CPU isn't overclocked and I'm not a big fan of overclocking CPU's (bad experience long story :P). Thanks for the input anyway.

Hi all, My system's slowing down a bit, but it could be due to the fact I haven't reformated for a year or more now :P Nevertheless I wanted to get some ideas on what parts I should upgrade with a budget of around to spend £100-200 ($150-300USD) Information: 1. I use my system for...

Just to tank you guys once again, it was indeed the PSU. Since the replacement with a quality 700W supply I haven't had any issues whatsoever :)

I think it may have been a few graphs showing AA capabilities on both cards that I got this impression from, nevertheless they're both very similar still. Thanks for your post anyway though. :) As for which model/manufacturer, I need some advice on that while I look for more reviews. So...

Hi guys, Just done some research into an upgrade for my dusty X1950XT (pci-e) that I use for gaming. I've ironed it down to these 2 cards that I can afford, however I've noticed in some older reviews that the HD 4850 was prefered due to price, however I've seen that the prices of both...

Thanks fellas. It does bewilder me though how it gets power even with a faulty/blown PSU. If a few capacitors blew up in the PSU still allow for sufficient current to light up the LEDs?

Oh forgot to add, that the PSU seems to be ok as the Abit mobo Leds are ON when the PSU is turned on...

Hi guys, Hope you can help me plan out the best way to troubleshoot my problem later this evening. My pc started making funny "buzzing" noises whenever I played graphics intensive games and when I'm flipping windows or loading new internet pages/scrolling up and down web pages. However...

Thanks for the response all. My concern is running an IDE HD and IDE DVDrom from the newer mobo's with only 1 IDE connector. Will that cause any problems?

What to buy please. I think the troubleshooting is too much bother than it's worth as it's a 4 year old system.

I'm building a new computer for my mum as one of the components have failed, either the IDE HD, Mobo, Ram, Video card or CPU during installing of Windows XP. (I get the Stop: 0x0000008E "Setup cannot copy the file Setupdd.sys" error) I've tried troubleshooting the RAM by swapping using each of...

Thanks gorobei. Forgot to post my rig up: 2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo. 4 GB Kingston DDR2 800Mhz RAM (4 sticks) Sparkle 256MB 8500GT 400Watt PSU At the time of testing, I had 1 stick of RAM, all power cables checked and rechecked. I'm gonna test the bios battery thing tonight, and try it...

Hi all, Just a quick bit of advice and your views on this board. Recently bought the GA-G33M-S2 but upon plugging everything in the CPU fan wouldn't start and the BIOS wouldn't load. Retried, replugged everything into my old mobo, all systems were ok... ! Tried it again, and same thing...

Lol I was waiting just now with that in my basket already. Thanks.