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What should I look for in Core 2 Duo for significant speed jump over 2.4 gig P4? Benjamin Gawert wrote: * Dave C.: OK, for any CPU-intensive task, you want the fastest clock speed (GHz) you can afford, paired with the most cache memory you can afford. Well, usually a good advice is to buy enough CPU power appropriate to the task. Going above that is a waste of money and e... 21 Dec 2009 15:48
What should I look for in Core 2 Duo for significant speed jumpover 2.4 gig P4? * muzician21: I've got a P4 2.4 gig machine now running XP, largely want to improve rendering speed for video editing, how much processor do I need in the Core 2 Duo realm to realize a healthy jump in speed? Well, except the intel Atom and similar low-power CPUs of course you probably will have a hard ti... 21 Dec 2009 12:20
Concerned that WD Elements ext H/D enclosure has no ventilation Got a WD Elements 1TB external. This is the first such drive I've seen that has NO ventilation slots whatsoever. Just a black case. It's my understanding that cooling is critical for drive longevity. When I run externals I also have a fan blowing over them - from a distance to avoid the magnetic field from the fan ... 22 Dec 2009 07:02
Eject Hard Drive? I recently installed Windows 7 64 bit on an Aus P6T with 2 SATA hard drives. I have an icon in the task bar, the same one that appears when you plug an USB stick or camera in, that shows my 2 hard drives, all the partitions, and gives me the open to eject the drives. I know SATA drives are hot swappable in AHCI... 19 Dec 2009 13:47
Windows 7 - "GAMING MODE" Hey guys... When I play games like Crysis Warhead I want every single percentage of CPU and Memory my system has to be available. With that in mind I always kill Aero and Gadgets and anything else that's obviously not required before I launch a game. I got sick of doing this over and over so I made two batchfile... 20 Dec 2009 13:34
Poor Newegg Review For Gigabyte PS Gets Funny Response From Manufacturer ShadowTek <ShadowTek(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: I had a bad experience with a Gigabyte power supply that I bought from Newegg, so I posted a review of it reflecting my opinion of it. The manufacturer's response seemed humorous... Yes that is funny, the idea of a low mounted power supply meaning the case... 1 Jan 2010 01:12
Poor Newegg Review For Gigabyte PS Gets Funny Response FromManufacturer I had a bad experience with a Gigabyte power supply that I bought from Newegg, so I posted a review of it reflecting my opinion of it. The manufacturer's response seemed humorous, so I thought you might enjoy it. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817233010 My favorite part of their reply: "... 20 Dec 2009 11:23
request speculations re pc failure Hi, The PC is in the dumpster so the pressure is off. compaq 7000H setup: P3 800, AMD duron 1.2 GHz, 3X256 PC133, 20 GB drive, XP home. Symptom: error msg on power up, no operating system found. what I did: 1: check bios to see if hard drive was there, sometimes it was, sometimes it wasn't 2: tried different... 27 Dec 2009 16:16
DVD Drive does not boot W7 DVD- Supplimental "TVeblen" <killtherobots(a)hal.net> wrote in message news:hgb19g$h0s$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... When I boot my computer with the Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade DVD in the drive the boot gets to "CD ROM Boot Priority....Boot Ready_" but does not proceed to "Press any key to boot from CD". I can hear th... 17 Dec 2009 09:15
DVD Drive does not boot W7 DVD When I boot my computer with the Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade DVD in the drive the boot gets to "CD ROM Boot Priority....Boot Ready_" but does not proceed to "Press any key to boot from CD". I can hear the drive spinning. I've pressed keys. The boot order is correct: CD Drive first. The DVD boots on 2 other c... 16 Dec 2009 12:19 |