I was not paying a lot of attention to the price of CPUs lately,
other then the fact of planning to build a new system.  I want an AMD
X2  4.4 Ghz (+) and I was wondering if the price reductions I have
seen brandied about the inter have trickled down to the end user?

AMD Athlon 64 3300+ 2.40GHz / 256KB Cache / 1600MHz FSB / OEM / Socket
754 / Processor, $19.97 after rebate
Intel Pentium D 840 3.2GHz / 2MB Cache / 800 FSB / OEM / Socket 775 /
Dual-Core /  $99.99 after rebate

Hi, I hope it is OK to post this type of question here, if not, please
recommend a more suitable place. On the off chance that it is OK, I'll
post my question, but feel free to pass it by if it shouldn't be here.
I have an old computer - 850Mhz AMD. It is used to run games for my

Hi, I need some info from others that have used a virity of virus protection
suits as Im using Norton internet security 2005 and im happy somewhat with
it for it has a good detection and stops attemps of hacking into my pc with
the firewall while im online but it looses several ...

Sharkyextreme claims the X6800 will have an unlocked
multiplier while the E6600/6700 will not.  Anyone know
for sure whether this info is correct?

I'm putting together a system on the MSI 7145 micro-ATX motherboard. There
are nine pins (two rows of five with one blank) for connection to the
case-front double USB 2.0 socket. The first eight pins are no problem, the
case wired connectors are well labeled and are correct for ...

I posted this in more then one group, but I did it in one group at a
time so I don't know if this constitutes cross posting or not, but if
so would someone please let me know.  Preferably with a little tact
and deference.

Any opinions on the best CPU / mobo combination for the money?
I'm not looking the best performance per se - the best performance per
dollar is more like it.
The machine will be used for standard home usage - internet, newsgroup, MS

I have a pretty basic home made computer.  When I am in the internet (its
primary use), it has wild resets.   As I am browsing, it resets by itself.
I think it happens when it refreshes a screen or open a new window... I am
starting to believe that I have a bad video card.

Hi all--  Hopefully someone can help.
I have a Dell Inspiron 8600, 2ghz, 1 gb RAM.  I recently bought a
Serial ATA PCMCIA card so i could hookup a Seagate Barracuda 160 GB
drive.  It is an internal 3.5" drive that i am running externally- with

I had three no-name machines, each with Athlon XP CPU, no overclocking or
anything, that were all experiencing heat problems (shutting down
unexpectedly.).  Actually, I first thought it might be power supply, so I
replaced it with a good unit, but the problem persisted, so, I went ...

I had three no-name machines, each with Athlon XP CPU, no overclocking or
anything, that were all experiencing heat problems (shutting down
unexpectedly.).  Actually, I first thought it might be power supply, so I
replaced it with a good unit, but the problem persisted, so, I went ...

Alright..I'm a gamer, so I was looking to beef up the 1gb in my system
and bought a 2gb kit. Before I get into the problem, here are some
relevant specs:
CPU is P4, 3.2 Ghz.

High
Fresh install of Windows XP Home , Office 2003 and Mcaffees IS 2006.
Pc is real slow responding to everything.
TAsk manager put cpu usage at 99% woth a mcafee compnant hoggin 75%

After installing an additional U320 SCSI hard disk and rearranging the
other HDs on the 2 installed Adaptec 29160 and 29320 SCSI controllers,
my Windows XP x64 edition froze during startup.
Reinstallation of Win XP x64 did not solve the problem but it appeared