i havent built a pc with a video card for a few years / havent been playing much games, now im confused with all the model numbers etc.. used to be easy.
can anyone recoomend me a pci-e 16x card for under $100ish ? is dx10 a big deal to get? my board is not sli or crossfire, it would be...
i aquired 3 mobile athlon processors from compaq evo laptops-
i have a athlon 1400, 1500, 1600,
they ran at 1.2 , 1.3, and 1.4 ghz in the laptops.
they run at around 800-990 mhz in my epox 8k3mmi board, which dont think has multiplier settings. i set my jumpers to 333fsb and overclocked...
i cant get my system past 1.9ish ghz from the stock 1.83, i think the problem is there is no voltage control on the processor in my bios..
anyone know of a way to get this thing sped up?
AMD 2500+ "barton" - what are the overclockiing capabilities of this chip anyways? i know its good...
ok, i installed a stick of corsair value select 512 ddr400, but windows and my bios only sees 480mb - im guessing one chip on it is bad, and have already made RMA request to newegg,
my questions is, is it most likely defective or could i have over looked somthing simple when installing it like...
well, going back to school, and recent car problems leaves me low on $$.
i figure id see if anyone wants to trade. the laptop must be 1ghz+ be some what thin and light with 14" screen (13 to small, 15 make system to large), and nothing too major wrong with it. thats it.
my system...
ok, i cant remember but i think this is ok,
can i run ddr400 on a motherboard that max is ddr333? its backward compatible right?
from my understanding it will just run at DDR333 speed.. i caught a good sale at newegg on corsair value select 512 sticks ($74) so i got one, but there DDR400...
cheap new BFG tech FX5200 128MB 8X AGP video card. barley used. was an extra i've had sitting. $60 shipped to US 48 states.
new unused corsair value select DDR333 PC2700 256mb ram - good stuff.
lifetime wrnty. $35 shipped. (48 states only)
email- [email protected]...
heres my cube..
this was a way cooler budget system then i had thought it was gona be when i sold off all my super gaming PCs and laptops to get out of debt..
Biostar iDEQ 200VB
barton xp 2500+ stock
512mb corsair value select ddr400 (running at ddr333)
hitachi 82gb SATA 7200rpm...