I have been asked to replace a motherboard in an HP Pavilion p6320y desktop PC. The basic specifications are not an issue as there are plenty of AM3/AM3+ motherboards which support 4 DDR3 sticks, have at least 4 SATA ports and a PCI-e x16 slot in a micro-ATX form-factor.
I was considering...
Is there a way to prevent the Windows Update window(s) from automatically minimizing while updates are being downloaded or installed? I realize that it sounds like a minor annoyance, but it bugs me when the window minimizes and I can no longer track the progress of the updates. Sometimes when...
My wife bought me the ASUS Crosshair V motherboard for our anniversary. I was naturally excited to install it and see how it would perform with two 460s in SLI (discussed in a previous post in the Video Card section). I spent a couple hours tearing down my old rig, cleaning everything and...
I am contemplating purchasing a second GTX 460 for SLi. In fact, I have been thinking about it since I bought the first 460. There is a good deal on Tiger today and I'm thinking about finally pulling the trigger.
Of course there is a catch: the 460 in question is the OC2 version and the one...
To elaborate a little further, I am looking for recommendations before purchasing a new LCD monitor. I was originally thinking of going with a 2560x1600 display, but they still seem to be in the $800+ range and that is a bit out of my budget at this point in time.
Here are the requirements I...
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I am in the process of assembling a computer for a friend. The specs are as follows:
Intel Core i5-2500 (not the "K" model)
MSI P67A-G45 Motherboard
8GB (2x4GB) G.SKILL Sniper Series DDR3-1866
EVGA GeForce GTX 460 1GB SuperClocked Edition
Western Digital Caviar Black...
I ordered a replacement LCD panel for an HP Pavilion dv4000 notebook PC. The original panel was a Samsung and the replacement is the same model of Samsung LCD. The replacement did not come with what appeared to be a sheet of aluminum foil that was glued to the back of the original LCD panel...
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I have been troubleshooting a Dell Inspiron 6000 for the better part of a week now. The system seems to run fine, but the display is always very dim. I started with the basics, adjusting the brightness up to the maximum through the display properties and by using the built-in...
I know that at some point the CPU will become the limiting factor for improved gaming performance given a specific GPU. My question is what video card is the "limit" (i.e. more powerful cards provide no significant performance boost) for this CPU?
I have an old Athlon 64 X2 4800+ and if I...
I have Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit installed on one of my computer systems. It is installed on a nVidia RAID array, with striping. When I click on the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the taskbar, my RAID array appears in the list. I have been able to discern that this is due to SATA drives...
Does anyone know of any in-depth reviews of the new 470 Series of SSDs from Samsung? I am curious if their performance compares favorably to the Intel SSDs which seem to be the dominant SSDs on the market right now.
Here are links for the drives themselves...
Is a Cooler Master GX 750W power supply sufficient to power this system:
AMD Phenom II 1090T | MSI 890FXA-GD70 | 2x2GB Super Talent DDR3 2133 | EVGA GeForce GTX 480 (Standard Edition) | Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB | HP bd340i
The system will also include an SSD drive for the OS and some...
I was just reading the preview on the new AMD Bobcat CPUs and the most anticipated advantage seems to be the out-of-order processing capabilities. I have used a number of netbooks, with Acer and ASUS models powered by 1.6GHz single-core atoms featuring 1GB memory along with 120GB HDDs being the...
A customer asked me to re-install Windows XP Professional on their computer. They supposedly cannot locate their original Windows XP Professional cd. Generally this is not much of an issue as most of the computers I end up working on are branded and have an OEM key affixed to the case.
In...
I set up a Netgear WNR3500L Wireless-N Gigabit Router a week ago to replace a D-Link that had died. I logged into the router's control panel and changed the administrative password, then proceeded to set up WPA2-PSK security. My computers connected, prompted me for the password and I was back...
It seems it is time to pick everyones' brains again.
I have 2 ASUS M4A79 motherboards. One is the M4A79 Deluxe Socket AM2+ version and the other is the M4A79T Deluxe Socket AM3 version. I used to think that these were decent quality boards, especially at the $200 price that I paid for them...
I recently moved up from an EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Superclocked Edition 896MB DDR3 video card to a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 1GB DDR5 video card. When I had the 260 installed, I used the EVGA Precision utility to control fan speed, as well as to tweak the various speed settings for the core...
First, a bit of backstory...
I recently upgraded from the stock heatsink/fan on my Phenom II 955 BE to a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus (with one fan), thanks to the recommendations of many here on the AT Forums. My previous idle temperatures were between 40 and 42 degrees Celsius, while...
I recently put together a small form factor sytem with the following specs:
Processor: Intel Core i3 530 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-222-_-Product
Motherboard: Gigabyte H55M-USB3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-429-_-Product
Memory: Super Talent 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3...
Are there any new socket AM3 motherboards slated to be released any time soon that will support SLI and USB 3.0?
I have found these two online:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130236
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131636
I know the alternative is to pick any...
I'm not trying to start a fight over what brand is better or which company outlasts the other, but I feel compelled to express my concerns over the quality of manufacturing in newer hard drives and I am interested in seeing if anyone else out there has had similar experiences.
I do a lot of...
Compared to standard heatsink/fan assemblies, do thermal-electric coolers provide enough of a benefit to warrant the extra cost? The reviews I have read are mostly older (approximately 1-2 years), but they typically only show a 2 or 3 degree difference from a high-end heatsink. Has the...
I have a Netgear WN111v2 USB 2.0 Wireless N Adapter. The Netgear driver installs on Windows 7 64-bit, but frequently disconnects and never shows more than 2 of 5 bars for signal strength, even though it is at most 20 feet from the router with nothing in the way.
I have a dual-boot...
I have a friend who is currently running a socket AM2 rig. He's got an Athlon 64 x2 6000+ installed and being cooled by a ThermalTake DuOrb cooler. On idle the system is running in the upper 40s C and while gaming seems to peak in the 64-65C range. We ran a Prime95 torture test and after...
Is there such a thing as a 2.5" to 3.5" hard drive bay adapter that is available as a retail product? I have a Western Digital Raptor 300 that has an elaborate aluminum heatsink/bay adapter so that the 2.5" drive mounts in a standard 3.5" bay within my case. The adapter came attached to the...
I currently have an AMD Phenom II 955 BE running on an ASUS M4A79T Deluxe with (loling expected) 2 GB of OCZ Platinum DDR3 10666, an EVGA GTX 260 Core-216 Superclocked Edition and a WD Raptor 300.
Suffice it to say that since I have upgraded to Windows 7 64-bit I have been thoroughly...
I have a Samsung hard drive in an older system. I used PartedMagic to view the SMART attributes for the drive and it detailed more than 4,000 Raw Read Errors. According to the SMART attributes for the drive there are no reallocated sectors. The drive is also showing over 1,000 UDMA CRC...
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