Right now, I'm looking to spend about $400 on a new mobo and processor to upgrade my gaming pc. My current spec: AMD Anthlon XP 2700+ Asus A7N8X Nforce 2 Mobo ATI Radeon X800LT AGP Maxtor 250GB PATA HD SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS PCI 2GB DDR(PC 3200) Crucial Ram

The only time I find my processor being taxed is in some games. Are there any games that are coming out soon that will take advantage of dual core chips? Thanks

What is the main difference between the two? Thanks

Hi, I've just installed my first AMD Opteron machines running Windows Server 2003 64 bit edition. If I use the Dos command 'XCOPY' to copy from the local C: drive to another locally attached drive then Xcopy does what it is meant to do. However, if I use Xcopy to copy files to the local drive...

I found this a fascinating article, lots of detail about chess program optimizations and stuff, and none of it bores you. Project Deep Blitz: Master-Level Chess on a PC--ExtremeTech Feature "Since that time I've wanted a chess computer as powerful as Deep Blue-my own world-champion-level sparring...

Anyone here using the Asus A8V Deluxe board and a dual-core processor? And if you are, any problems flashing the bios and getting the X2 to run? How about the Sata Raid 0? -- XP2600@171 Volts, AIW9600XT, A7N8X-X WD120gb + 80gb HD 8mb buffers Plextor PX-712A, SB Live OEM Thermaltake...

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Hi all I am considering buying a laptop for regular use such as internet use, occasionally AutoCAD 2006, MS Office, Roxio video editing, picture touch-ups but confused with the choices. Which is the way to go: AMD Turion or Athlon? Mobility is not a crucial factor for most of the work will be done...

In Winnipeg at Corey's Computing, the 4200X2 fell $40 to $460, 4400X2 fell $10, and the 4600X2/4800X2 fell $100 to $700/$800(CDN). 3800X2 remained unchanged. -- XP2600@171 Volts, AIW9600XT, A7N8X-X WD120gb + 80gb HD 8mb buffers Plextor PX-712A, SB Live OEM Thermaltake Lanfire, 420 Watt PS

I have just been relying on my router firewall and XPs firewall, and my computer has always seemed sluggish. I did a fresh install of the OS and drivers and before hooking up to the net, installed ZoneAlarm firewall free version which blocks unwanted incoming and outgoing "bugs". Now my...

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Hi all, I finished assembling my new system... Asus K8N-E board AMD Sempron 1 GB Ram ATI video card (AGP) Seagate 40Gb EIDE drive ( previously used) Sony DVD/CD WinXP pro in DVD drive pre-booted and changed setup to 'boot from DVD'

HI to all dear friends of mine here i recently assembled a PC for myself having following configurations AMD Athlon 2800 64bit ATI TUX Motherboard 512MB 400 Fsb Kingston RAM LG 17" Monitor OS windows xp sp2 I m Facing a strange problem from the starting but now it is becoming

Hi, Can anyone tell me where I can find the AMD processor history or tell me where the Baton fitts in? THX

Hi People, I've just built a new pc as below: Shuttle SN25P barebones, 2 Gb Ram AMD 4400+ x2 CPU Asus 7800GT Seagate 300Gb Barracuda HDD NEC DVD Burner XP Home

As some of you may have seen, I will get a new PC very soon. What should I do with my current rig? HP a642n AMD 64 3200+ 1 gig (2x 512, upgraded) ATI 9550 256 MB Vid Card DVD RW 200 GB harddrive and so on

I currently have a 20 Gb Seagate (system drive) and a 30 Gb Maxtor as a backup external enclosure drive. Seagate tech just bought Maxtor. That sound great. I never had a problem with Seagate or Maxtor hard drives. But I can say I've had problems with Western Digital drives. I've had two 1.6 Gb...

Building a home PC on a small budget. I am not a gamer, and only need basic video capabilities. 1. Trying to choose between ATI Xpress 200 based versus NViDIA GeForce 6150 boards. : ASUS A8R-MVP or A8N-VM CSM or Gigabyte GA-K8N51PVMT-9? Which one is better? The ASUS A8R-MVP is pricier than the...

Hi all, Does AMD plan to add virtualization technology to the opteron line in the future? if so, timeframe? thanks, charles.....

Recently, I've been feeling the urge to upgrade my computer. But, since I am running: AMD Athlon 64 FX-51 ATI Radeon RX800 Pro WD Raptor 36.7GB SATA HDx2 Corsair TwinX 1024 3200 (2x512 MB) I know this computer really doesn't need upgrading, right now. Do you think adding another 2 sticks of...