Recent content by nvalhalla

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    $400 budget rig for grandma

    If you are building it, go with AMD, same price but the GPU performance is much better.
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    New HD question (Newbie)

    Yes, look up "clone HDD", that's what you want to do. The OS and everything is copied over, no need to reinstall.
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    Hard drives not in windows but they are in bios

    wow, I missed that. Yes, the jumpers pulled is more often "Cable Select", check the little diagram on the HDDs for jumper placement.
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    Where to go for used parts, manuals, etc.?

    ebay is probably a good start. It sounds like there is more wrong with it than the display though. Do they (or you) have the cash for a referb eeepc or something? I see them for under $200 a lot. You'll spend about that on a new LCD and MB (and probably battery too).
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    core 2 question...

    DDR3 is still a waste. If you were asking this question a few years ago it would sound like this: "I have a P4 and DDR rRAM, should I upgrade to a Pentium 5xx and 2 GB DDR2 533 for hundreds of dollars?" The answer then and now is the same. No. By the time you can use the DDR3 in a new...
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    Hard drives not in windows but they are in bios

    no conflict in device manager? Check and see if the controller is the problem.
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    DEAL OVER Compaq laptop 4GB RAM, 250GB drive $399.99 AR

    NO ONE does that (except for me and the computers I sell). You're lucky if it comes with a disk WITH the bloat, most of the time there is just a recovery partition.
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    Any simple tests out there like Sandra?

    SiSoftware Sandra Benchmark Results Multi-Media Int x8 iSSSE3 : 153332iit/s Multi-Media Float x4 iSSE2 : 83703fit/s Results Interpretation : Higher index values are better. Performance vs. Speed Multi-Media Int x8 iSSSE3 : 54.74iit/s/MHz Multi-Media Float x4 iSSE2 : 29.88fit/s/MHz...
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    Any simple tests out there like Sandra?

    Here is my 1.6GHz E2140 overclocked to 2.8 for comparison. SiSoftware Sandra Benchmark Results Dhrystone ALU : 23663MIPS Whetstone iSSE3 : 17809MFLOPS Results Interpretation : Higher index values are better. Performance vs. Speed Dhrystone ALU : 8.45MIPS/MHz Whetstone iSSE3 ...
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    what would be the best non gaming but used for CD and dvd burning, photoshop and VHS to DVD

    For Dell coupons I just google. There are a lot of crap sites but some of them will have all the current coupons Dell offers. I used to get "exclusive" offers from Dell, but they stopped for some reason. Refurb laptops can be upgraded by you, of course, but Dell wont do it. The refurbs are all...
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    Best LCD Monitor?

    I would also look at the acer 2223wd at newwegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009102 it's $250 and gets good reviews.
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    Best LCD Monitor?

    Start by looking at Dell's LCDs in your price range. They are usually very well reviewed
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    Need some advice on upgrading

    Looks good! the RAM might be a little overkill for your needs, here's some 667 that should handle OCing that 4300 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820134046 Not sure about timings and what not but it's worth a look, might help ya save some cash for a x1950xt, or get the GA...
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    Trying to find a cheap PCIx video card that doesn't use shared memory.

    the lower 6200 used TC (hell, the 6200 INVENTED turbocache), get a 6600 for about $50
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    Another rig validation request

    That all looks good to me. If that PSU is the Antec Neo HE 430 with 3 16A 12v rails it should be fine. For ideas on real world power consumption look at what MB reviews show ie. http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2964&p=11 The highest draw is 355W under load. Those 1kW PSUs are ridiculus.