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    HTT question on Athlon64 Venice core

    All: I have a low voltage Athlon 64 3000+ socket 754 (Venice, E6). It runs stock at 1.2v @ 2.0 Ghz (200x10). I've got it running Prime95 rock solid @ 1.32v, 2.4Ghz (240x10) with HTT at 3 x 240 for 1440Mhz HTT. Is my HTT fast enough for a 2.4Ghz chip or is it choking my performance? If I...
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    Which is the better choice?

    I'm choosing a Christmas present for myself. How do the EVGA NU6800 and the EVGA 6600GT compare. I see the 6600GT uses DDR3 and the NU6800 only uses DDR. The GPU on the 6600GT is clocked much higher than the GPU on the NU6800. Both cards have 128MB Ram. I'm running a mobile XP2400 @...
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    Best card for XP Mobile @ 2.3Ghz???

    I've been using an ATI 9100 for several years now and desperately need a vid card upgrade. What's the best bang for the buck for my processor? I'm not planning on upgrading the CPU for at least another two full years. Thanks, Nodnarb out...
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    Help! My PC is all messed up!

    I just installed an internal DVD-ROM drive. Hard Drive is the master on IDE channel 1. No slave. CDRW is master on IDE channel 2. I set the pin on the back of the new DVD-ROM drive to slave and plugged the slave plug from the CDRW's IDE cable into the back, gave it power and turned on my PC...
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    XP 2400+ Mobile overclock successful...

    FedEx brought my new computer parts yesterday afternoon: XP 2400+ Mobile 35watt Shuttle AN35N-Ultra Thermaltake Silent Boost HSF 512MB stick Mushkin PC3200 I'm Prime95 stable @ 200x12 @ 1.75v. I got errors at 1.7v Full load under Prime95 never went above 44 c @ 1.75v. Idle is at...
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    Use a shim for XP Mobile???

    I've seen these for Thoroughbred cores. Do I need one for a Barton XP mobile chip? Nodnarb out...
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    XP 2400+ Mobile & Motherboard...

    I'm planning on buying a 35 watt XP 2400+ Mobile. I just bought a 512MB stick of Mushkin PC 3200 for the upgrade (the cheapest retail stick they sell, not the super premium stuff). Now I need recommendations for the perfect inexpensive motherboard. I don't need PCI express and serial ATA...
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    Deus Ex - Invisible War $3.99 factory sealed!!!

    My wife and I stopped by at the local Goodwill this evening. They have a glass case with old Atari 2600 and Nintendo games in it. I looked in the case and to my surprise sat an unopened copy of Invisible War (PC). Still factory shrinked and sealed with the Electronics Boutique $49.99 price...
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    Win XP Pro installation SNAFU...

    All: My friend's XP Pro box has been getting flaky lately. It hasn't had a fresh OS install for over a year, so I figured it was time. Anyway, I popped in his Win XP Pro disk and chose "upgrade". WinXP does it's thing, then shuts down and reboots into the install routine. After starting the...
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    Outlook Express 6 import/export problems...

    All: For the life of me I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong here. I'm running XP Pro Outlook Express 6. I can import e-mail folders back and forth between OE identities no problem. I can't export anything. I keep getting the following error message: The export could not be performed...
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    InCD

    All: Is InCD a part of Nero or do you have to buy it separately? I'm looking for a good piece of packet writing software that is compatible with Win2k. I have abCD from Sony, but, unfortunately it only works in Win98. Thanks in advance, Nodnarb