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I need to put together a quick comp for gaming/surfing/etc, and a friend offered to sell me his mobo/cpu combo. its a prescott 3.2 socket 478 and an abit ic7 max 3 with all original boxes etc. for $175 So including the parts i already have ill end up with prescott 3.2 ic7 max 3 1gb...

is it possible these days? a very close friend of mine is ready to build his new system, and want to go with intel. he does quite a bit of gaming and already has a 9800pro. what he needs is mobo,cpu, ram. the main things he wants are stability, gaming, and price/performance. so what would...

hi all. its time for me to build my new comp, and ive come to a dilemma. im trying to decide if i should go 939 or 754. keep in mind that i am on a pretty small budget and every penny counts. a local retailer has a sale going on and its time to purchase my motherboard. proc will be a 3000+...

my chipset fan is starting to sound like its going to take a poop and die. i havent had this mobo any longer than 2 months and the chipset fan started making a buzzing sound yesterday and im afraid its going to die. what is a good replacement fan? what kind of damage am i lookin at if the fan...

didnt know where to post this, but i know this section has the most traffic. on my bios under the advanced chipset features i see a couple of options i dont understand. they are FSB spread spectrum and AGP sread spectrum. what do they mean and should i turn them off? what about AGP fastwrite and...

first off let me list my system specs. abit nf7-s motherboard mobile barton 2500+ @ 2.3ghz (200x11.5) corsair value select 512mb pc3200 ati radeon 9800pro wester digital SATA 80gb hdd (looks like i have to get a new hdd) spare 60g seagate for media storage. liteon cdrw/dvd well ive...

im just trying to get a general idea of what set ups overclock the best when it comes to SFF computers. so if you could, post up your set up and what overclock you have with that set up. id prefer a64 and athlon xp based systems, but pentiums are cool too. thanks.

http://www.necmitsubishi.com/products/ProductDetail.cfm?Product=115&ClassificationFamily=1&Classification=1 is that a good monitor? i have a chance to pick one up for 175 bucks with speakers and i want to know what you guys think. is it worth it? i know NOTHING about monitors, so im not sure...

im thinking of buying either battlefield 1942 or vietnam and i want to know which everyone prefers and why. thanks. :)

this friend of mine keeps telling me that carrying around a shuttle/aria would hurt it. im thinking about getting one and installing the globalwin wc kit and he is saying its gonna leak blah blah. anyone have any experience with this. my main purpose in building this sff is to take it to lans...

well i have the NF7-s paired with a mobile 2500+ and i would like to know if the motherboard has the agp/pci lock already enabled. i dont want to overclock the processor and hurt my vid card or anything. and if it isnt enabled already from the factory, how do i enable it? ive looked around in...

a friend recently RMAed a 9800pro and offered to sell the one that returned to me so i bought it. well i installed the card and everything is going good. well later i start getting these BAD artifacts and colors everywhere. it looks like the rainbow in my screen but like fiberoptics. well specs...

hey guys im in the market for a new vid card and im on a pretty tight budget. im mainly going to be playing alot of CS and some unreal. so is this card good still?

i just put my new comp together specs are: amd 2500+ mobile abit nf7-s 512 corsair pc3200 WD SATA 80gb lite on combo drive random vid card second hdd is an old seagate 60gb im having a bunch of problems. when the comp turns on it doesnt recognize the cpu and it says it runs at 600mhz...

i just put my new comp together specs are: amd 2500+ mobile abit nf7-s 512 corsair pc3200 WD SATA 80gb lite on combo drive random vid card second hdd is an old seagate 60gb im having a bunch of problems. when the comp turns on it doesnt recognize the cpu and it says it runs at 600mhz...

does anyone have any specific motherboards that are good for OCing a 478 intel proc? im looking to turn my old intel comp into a lan box soon and i cant seem to find the type of input i want on all the reviews i read. thanks.

which is better for OCing a 2500 mobile barton?? im ordering within 1 hr and i need last minute opinions.

i MUST keep this below 500 dollars ASPIRE X-Sonic Black ATX Mid-Tower Case with 350W Power Supply, Model "ATXA4KW-BK/350" -RETAIL $55.35 DFI "NFII ULTRA INFINITY" nForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU -RETAIL $92.00 AMD 45 Watt Mobile Athlon XP...

im thinking about doing the combo deal on newegg or getting a 2500+ barton and an Abit nf7-s for like $35 cheaper. which would honestly be the better deal? not looking to overclock, and im on a REALLY strict budget and have to do some serious begging for the upgrade and i just want to make sure...

im trying to find out if i can buy a socket 478 mobo for my proc that i have. its a 1.5ghz p4 out of an old sony vaio. i looked on intels site and it says its a 423 pin proc though. will those fit on a 478 mobo? thanks for your help.