What would be a recommended CPU of the below...
E6850 3 GHz Core 2 Duo or a Q6700 2.66 GHz Core 2 Quad Processor..?
In other words, is it better to get the Quad core with a lower clock
speed over a higher clock speed on a dual core CPU...?

The time has come to start upgrading PC.
reason being is that i want to buy medal honor airboune which states that it
requires:
"DirectX 9.0c compatible video card with 128 MB or more memory, Pixel Shader

I have 8 GB of RAM, Compaq 306432-001 modules (256MB SDRAM PC100 CL3
ECC registered).
Are there motherboards which work with this kind of RAM and support
the Pentium 4 (socket 478 would be nice)?

A friends computer got hit with power surge from lightening.
I pulled the hard drive and put it in my system and the drive
is good.  However, they have password protected users and
I can't pull the data from those users.  They are happy to give

I have bought an old Mesh pc with an Asus A7V133 motherboard and 1200
Athlon. The northbridge chip is a Via VT8363A with heat sink and fan, with
one problem - the fan is missing. Will it be safe to run the pc like this,
or will the chip overheat? I am thinking it may be ok, as I ...

Hi, I have 2 IDE drives in my pc.
one has a backup image, done with Acronis, of my main drive,
which I have used on several occasions to restore my pc.
My motherboard, an Asus A8V deluxe, also takes SATA drives.

It's been about 4 years since I built my last system and looking to
now build a new system.  A bit confused about all the chipsets out
there now and which one is the latest and greatest.  I am going to be
buying a Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor.  First got stuck on the

I never really thought it would, but 1 Gig of memory instead of 512 MB
really makes a difference.
 I'm running Windows XP with SP2, and have a PCChips V21G motherboard, with
onboard Via C7 1.5 GHz processor.

Specs - MSI P6N SLI Platinum, Intel C2D 2.4 E6600, 4X512 Kingston
800MB, 2 Seagate Barracuda 500G SATA 3.0Gb/s hard drives, NVIDIA 650i/
430i chipset, ASUS en8600gts video, Y-E multimedia reader, Plextor
810SA DVD, Vista Home Premium.

I have a system to which I want to add SATA RAID controller and an
enclosure to hold the drives. My ultimate desire would be perhaps a
RAID level 5 with 5 drives. Not certain that I'll start like that,
though.. I might start with a level 1+0.

A couple of weeks ago I had what I though was video card trouble: had a
lot of instability in Windows and eventually there was no picture.
Replaced that X800 with a new X1950GT and all was fine.
Until yesterday. When I turned on the machine the fans ran, but nothing

Iam a complete novice in building a computer however
iam interested in learning!Can any guide me thru
the process to get started?

I am building my first computer and am unsure about the speed of my
memory.  I did a lot of research but this is still not clear to me.
My CPU is the Intel Quad Core 2 Q6600 2.4 GHz / 1066 MHz FSB.
Does that mean I should put 1066 MHz SDRAM in there ?  That would be

Hello everybody!! Advice needed.
I am looking at building a smaller desktop system based around dual
core AM2/MATX but as I game a lot I was wondering what people's
experience is with MATX systems and gaming. World Of Warcraft &

Welcome  Everyone
I have a toshiba portege 4010 laptop, Model No: PP401L-024FD.
Hard Drive is Damaged. I can't install windows in new Hard Drive
Beacaus Probably first  boot sequence is not cdrom and The BIOS is