I'm looking to replace a relative's stock heatsink for his Phenom II 940. Seems to be overheating in this summer time. Idles at ~45C but any activity like playing videos can spike it up to 60-65 degrees from 45 very quickly. I already tried replacing the thermal paste but the temperatures were...
So if a hard drive doesn't have much space left, I hear it slows down. But what about a partition running out of space? My System partition has about 8GB/100 GB left. But my HDD is still only about 50% full. Will the partition's performance be affected?
I'm planning to get a Crucial M4, but the computer uses this old Intel G31 and ICH7 chipsets and E5200 CPU. I don't believe the motherboard supports AHCI either. It's an ASUS P5PKL-CM. The computer is running Windows 7.
Will there be any problems running off the chipset and without AHCI...
So my sister got a virus on my parent's computer. It first gave a fake warning message saying my HDD was dying and hid all the files. I couldn't get rid of it so just reformatted the windows partition. The files stopped getting hidden, but the warning still came back. Also SMART HDD got...
I'm not too familiar with laptop hardware. I'm going to computer engineering next semester, so it's mainly for reading books and school work. I do all my gaming on my desktop.
I've come down to 2 laptops around my price range of $500-600
Which one do you think is the better speed and quality...
Sometimes when you are browsing you get those message prompts that have "cancel" or "ok" and send you to a site or make you download something. I know you shouldn't click on it , but what about the [X] close button on the message? Can it still trigger something?
I plugged in my comp onto my 46" 1080p TV today, I was expecting crysis to lag bad since on my 22" at 1680 x 1050 my fps can drop pretty low. But to my surprise at 1080p I was getting about the same frame rates. If i changed it to 1680 x 1050 on the TV I would get even better fps, so I don't...
My first time overclocking.
I got my asus 5850 direct CU top today. So I was overclocking with MSI after burner and GPU tool and Ati tool. I was only doing stock voltage. I got up to 875 core and start getting artifacts so I stopped. But with my memory I couldn't get any artifacts. I went up...
So it's boxing day in canada so it's time to get a video card, upgrading from a 4670. Deals still ain't good as in the states though.
Which would you get:
XFX 5830 for $120
Galaxy 460 768mb for $170 with $60 rebate
GTX 460 1gb, most of the non-overclocked models are like $180-190 with $30...
I'm using WRT54GL router with default tomato settings. WPA2/AES. I've tried different channels but my wifi caps at around 100 kb/s. If i'm uploading 20 kb/s i can only d/l 80 kb/s on torrent. But it also occurs with direct downloads like off steam. However if i disconnect and reconnect to my...
So 4-6 friends want to play some games together over the break. What's some of the best games that you find awesome with a group of friends? Probably besides anything MMORPG or something. We do like FPS, but a lot of the times it feels like we are playing by ourselves, maybe we just need more...
I started off with one of those cheapo $10 logitech mouses but my hands starting hurting so I got deathadder but turns out this is too big. Fanatastic mouse otherwise. Any suggestions what are some good smaller mice? Under $80 would be nice. thanks.
Hey,
So my dad wants me to build him a new computer, just mainly for browsing and small office tasks. His P4 is way too slow for him.
I'm not sure what is the best these days.
Ram:
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=42868&promoid=1019
Mobo...
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