This thought came to my mind recently. Say you have a processor with a TDP of 65 watts. I believe the CPU runs on 1.2 volts so that equates to around 55amps. Assuming the wire from PSU to the motherboard has resistance of 0.1 ohm. that means the wires dissipate 302.5 watts of energy. Something...
I have a real interest in solving riddle so I decided to start a thread on riddles here at anandtech. Everyone is invited to post a riddle if he/she likes to do so. I'll start with an easy one:
1) There was a Buddhist monk who prayedto god everyday for 45min exactly. He noticed one day that...
I have this really old IBM laptop (2001 model). Recently I reinstalled Windows Xp and now I cant find the driver CD. I don't know the model number and is not printed anywhere on the laptop. I tried CPUz for the motherboard model and it says model: 2683RA2 Chipset i845d. What should I do now...
I recently upgraded my Graphics card to MSI 4850. I also upgraded my power supply to Cooler master 390 watt with total 12V amperage of 34A (18A+16A). I've played crysis for 3 hours and faced no BSOD's, but when I am recording TV through Media Centre I get BSOD 2 seconds after the recording...
I am upgrading my graphics card from a 7300GT to 4850. I remember you had to uninstall the previous drivers and then install your new ones but the older drivers don't show up in add-remove programs. Please can you help me?
Hello! I was looking to upgrade my graphics card and was recommended ATI 4770 by people over on the Video forums. I have a 300W PSU with 14A on one rail and 8 on the other so I was told to upgrade my power supply too. Now I'm looking for a power supply which just gets me to run 4770. I'm not...
Hello people. I just passed out of school and finished all my entrance exams so I'm free for 2-3 months. As you see in my sig I have a shitty graphics card so I would like to upgrade it. The problem is that I don't know which graphics card should I choose. I have a 300 watt power supply which I...
I have recently upgraded my cpu and motherboard. Now I would like to upgrade my 7300GT. I have a 300watt PSU which can't be upgraded. I am running 2 hard disks. Considering an E5200 consumes very less power even when overclocked I think an ATI 4650 will be a good upgrade. Do you think I could...
I have recentlu upgraded my Computer and have the following configuration:
Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200
Gigabyte GA G31-S2L mobo
2x1GB Kingston value RAM 667mhz
I have set my FSB to 230mhz and multiplier to 12.5 and CPU voltage was not changed.
RAM is at 587mhz (I downclocked it as...
Recently the USB ports of my motherboard failed (discussed here at anadtech in an earlier thread) and so I am buying a new motherboard and also a CPU. I generally use my system for internet surfing, etc and I don't play many games. The requirements are :
1) It should be a microAtx board...
Hello This is my first post.
Recently I did a clean install of Windows Vista on my system. After installing all drivers I found out that none of the 7 USB ports were working. I downloaded the latest drivers from the ASUS website and tried them but still the problem did not go.
I booted to...
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