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Just put together a Sempron 3100+ system and looking to upgrade the video card, currently a TI 4200. What's the best AGP upgrade for under $100.

Just got the combo setup and running. One question though. I have a Santa Cruz soundcard. Which is better the onboard sound or the Santa Cruz. Running at 2250 with no problems.

If you're doing it that way how do you power it up without connecting the case power switch to the MB?

According to the description of the case, the power supply has an enhanced +12 rail whatever that means. If you click on the pictures of the case, up pops more pics, one of which shows the ratings on the power supply. I'm not that knowledgable on the specs of a good power supply and how to...

I thought so. I was considering building a new machine with the Fry's combo, new memory and case. The case I'm thinking about is this: http://www.pcclub.com/product_details.cfm?itemno=A1313328 They have on sale for $39. What memory would be good for this setup.

I currently have a P4 Northwood 1.6 overclocked to 2.13. I was wondering how much of an improvement I would get by replacing it with a Sempron 3100+ overclocked to 2.2. I do video encoding and some gaming. Thanks.

Looking for the best cpu upgrade for around $100. Here are the specs: P4 1.6A running at 2.2ghz 512 PC2100 running at 140 Geforce 4 TI4200 There's a Fry's around me that sells the 2800+ with motherboard for $99 but do I also need to upgrade the memory and how much of a performance...

I'm building a computer with a Duron 1.6 cpu. Which would be a better card for this setup? Both cards are around $50.

My brother in law currently is running an Athlon 700 with Geforce 2 Pro video card. He wants to upgrade but has about $60. Question is which would be a better upgrade for games: 1. Purchase a new AMD 1800+ CPU with Motherboard and still use the GF2 Pro or 2. Purchase a new video card say...

My brother in law currently is running an Athlon 700 with Geforce 2 Pro video card. He wants to upgrade but has about $60. Question is which would be a better upgrade for games: 1. Purchase a new AMD 1800+ CPU with Motherboard and still use the GF2 Pro or 2. Purchase a new video card say...

I'm still having problems getting my Lite-on to record at speeds higher than 24x. I used the media checker program and it says that the media is rated for 32x and I went under the Preferences->Cache->Test all drives (by the way none of my CDRom drives came up in the list) but no luck. I'm...

I might have missed this but I got the Lite-on and the highest burn speed I can use is 24x. I have Nero. Is there a setting I need to change in order to burn at 32x? Helpppppppp.

Not exactly a hot deal but I was wondering why people want to get the Lite-on compared to some of the other drives like Mitsumi, Aopen, etc. --- Try searching our technical forums for this information, not Hot Deals. AnandTech Moderator

What are some of the benchmarks/testing programs that you can use to benchmark/test your overclock? Also looking for a program that can identify memory. I bought some OEM memory from Fry's and the chips appear to have the Mitsubishi logo on them. Also there is a sticker that has a globe on...

I think I'll try and get up to 2.4 tonight. Do I need to up my memory speed also to match the cpu? On a side note, in the 8SRX bios when I have the settings at 2.13 and try to look up the PC Health option, it would freeze but at 1.6 it works fine. Any ideas as to why this happens?