Is your XP install disk a prior-to-SP2 version? If so, you might want to consider making a slip-streamed SP2 WinXP CD on another machine before...
I'm of the school that says you need to separate your backups from your main system. This would imply an external hard drive. And archive your...
Well, I think you've made a good choice to for light to medium gaming. If I was to recommend an ATI card in the same sort of price range, it would...
I use an Abit IP35-E and am very pleased with it. They're probably a bit more popular than the Pro because of the large price differential. But if...
Whenever I defrag, it puts a little more spring in my step, a little more fuel in my tank so-to-speak. Even my wife notices...she says I'm a bit...
I think you need to make a definitive call that the noise problem is definitely coming from your PSU before you buy anything. PSUs are way...
I'd have to ask what you're going to do with the thing? If productivity is your concern, I'd go with the Intel. If you're an avid gamer, DO NOT...
Dynamic Contrast isn't the only LCD metric that's not very "definitive ". You can't really just compare stats and say, okay this one is the best....
When was the last time you installed your operating system fresh? Pete's suggestions are all great but there could be countless things that could...
I looked around at some big online stores and cannot find any Sylvania LCDs other than LCD TVs. I think you will have trouble finding any...
If you look at the testimonials of the Acer monitor over at Newegg, you'll see that there are about 780 of them and the average rating is 5 stars....
I won't worry about that very much. I doubt that that would be the problem. I can only advise you on XP but I'd think Vista would be quite...
Mitch...according to that link, your case with 450W PSU costs only $40! (in other words, it's of poor quality) The RAM in that set up is not up to...
Wow! That's just goofy! I think your problem is simply your perception of things. What makes you say that Vista only recognizes your drive as...
If you can't get the board to at least put out a video signal to the monitor with cpu, ram and video card installed (and nothing else...
The only time you might need a bios flash to support a drive of that size was if your mainboard was REALLY old. Usually, it's the not bioses that...
An excerpt from this blog: BTW, I just added two GB to my WinXP Pro 32-bit OS rig for a total of 4GB. I put the /3GB switch in my boot.ini. I...
I can't recommend a barebones system but I can recommend some parts with amazing BFB (bang for the buck). Prices are from Newegg: Biostar...
What no pics of the sexy beast? Here it is. No, you're not seeing double. Apparently, the two dual-gpu cards can be run in Crossfire...though I...
From the sound of what you're going to do, I'd probably recommend an external HDD as they're quite flexible. I don't know if your mobo...
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