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

hi, i'm looking for a nice, dependable motherboard for an X2. i've spent a while shopping and comparing and starting to feel i'm drowning in a sea of motherboards. this is a replacement for a recently-built system; essentially, i tried to do lots of research already, and ended up accidentally...

From the Tyan site: Memory . 128-bit DDR memory bus . Six 184-pin 2.5-Volt DDR DIMM sockets - four controlled by CPU1 and two on CPU2 . Supports up to 12GB of Registered DDR . Supports ECC type memory modules . Supports PC3200 / 2700 / 2100 / 1600 DDR

Hello, I am looking for a good and not too pricey motherboard to run 2 or 4 AMD 64 X2 (or dual-core Opterons, if AMD 64 is not an option). The goal is to have 4 or 8 actual processors in a desktop system. Any suggestions? Thanks, Arno

Having done some reading and research, I am trying to find the best combination to put together the following system: Motherboard: M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless AM2 Nvidia nForce 590 RAM: Corsair XMS2 2-GB (2x 1 gb) 240 pin ddr2 SDram DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Cas 5 Timing 5-5-5-12 (2 sets of 2 4 gb...

I'm building a system and am looking for some advice. I'm torn between a system with an Athlon 64 3400 but with integrated video or one an Athlon 64 2800 processor and a ATI All in Wonder 9600 video card. What's the performance difference between a 2800 and 3400? Is it noticeable? What's the...

Hello again. I am about ready to purchase and would like some more feedback. I've decided to go with a socket 939 CPU/motherboard. I've settled on the MSI K8T Neo2-F and an AMD Athlon 64 3000 Venice (probably OEM). It is my understanding that I will experience a performance benefit from running...

Hi. I need some advice. I am upgrading my computer. My current system has a MSI K8T Neo2 motherboard and a AMD Athlon 64 3000. My video card is an ATI All-in-wonder 9600. I've already purchased a ECS KN1 Lite motherboard and a AMD Athlon 64 4200 dual core. I will also be purchasing a new...

Hello, I have a question about methods of measuring PCI bandwidth. I was wondering if anybody had any ideas. What I am looking for is an "industry standard" method. At this point, such software does not exist in SPEC. Different HBA cards such as Myricom and Mellanox (Myrinet and Infiniband hosts)...

Hi I'm looking for a S754 motherboard that will take a 3100+ 64-bit A64. I need it to have on-board gigabyte LAN as well as VGA, as I'm planning to mash it into a modded Compaq Deskpro SFF case at some point in the future when I upgrade to S939 dual-core. But I can't find ANY MBs that have both...

Hi, I see some motherboard descriptions that have something along the lines of '2000 MT/s' or '1600 MT/s'. What does MT/s mean? What would be the difference in performance between 2000 and 1600 MT/s? Thanks -- To reply, take of all ZIGs !!

My PC has been pretty quiet and cool since I got it about four months ago, but now my AMD CPU fan is loud around twenty minutes after I boot the machine and my case is much warmer! By now, the fan's blades are coated with a very thin layer of dust. -Is it possible that it's just poorly made and...

I just had a new system built for me and this is the first computer where I've had asus pc probe to monitor temperatures. When I turn the PC on, it read the CPU as 28C and the motherboard at 27C. After about 5 minutes or so, the CPU temp. is at 35C and the motherboard at 32C. Is this normal? I...

Hello, I'd want to get an Opteron possibly the 1212, I want to know if it's better than an Intel E6400 and E6600. Does anybody know that, I didn't find benchmark yet. Thank you !

Does anybody own or have any experience with the Asus K8V SE Deluxe motherboard? I know that the first version of this board (not SE) had some issues, and it seemed like it was more than just bad capacitors on limited shipments. Though the Asus K8V Deluxe earned many positive reviews...

i am trying to update the asrock k7s8x, it say make a boot disk, i am xp so i use a w98 disk then it says copy program and bios update to the same disk. the disk is too full to let me put them on so i deleted some of the stuff i did not need but i keep getting an error message. error 3 no program...

can someone tell me why my new xp3200+ keeps rebooting. i have a decent cooler and 512 pc3200. asrock k7s8x m/b thanks in advance andy

When the fan on my A64 3000+ goes over 5000 RPM, it starts to make a strange scratching/scraping sound. Has anybody else experienced this? Should I be concerned? Thanks for your help, A --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.

Dear all, I have a SBC from ICP : IOWA-GX( Half-size SBC with AMD GX 466 processor 333Mhz, CRT/LCD,LAN, Audio and onboard 128MB DDR RAM ). I search the VGA drivers for Win98-Me. Somebody know where I can found this driver. I search on the AMD site , but nothing Thanks esa

Hi all, I recently put together an AMD64 nForce3 rig, very pimpy with a 6800GT and meaty components, as it sits, it's gaming nirvana, 1600x1200 fps goodness with any eye candy desired in any game played... I spin in my chair maniacly laughing at the poor people and their less-worthy riggery!...