Is there anything I should personally be worried about or anything I really need to know? I'm
pretty much good with computers and such and pretty much spend my whole life on them, lol....

As I began my hardware class in school I knew I was going to be learning some new stuff about a
computer that I never really thought about besides the fact I use one. Hopefully what I talk about
in this topic will help people get a better understanding of computer hardware, especially when
might want to build one by scratch. The form factor is used to determine what power supply,
computer cases and motherboards you can use when building a fully customized computer instead of
getting one pre-built; such as Dell, Apple, Sony, and Alienware. There are 6 form factors (in...

I'm getting a computer and I don't know which one I should get. I play games on the computer
(downloading ones), and I listen to music with my IPod. If I download games, I want to have room for
pictures, music, videos, and other documents. I play 10+ games and play them daily. Right now,
currently the computer I have is my sister's. The computer is slow and has only one game
currently. I would want to know the best gaming computer I should get with a cheap price. I
don't know what the highest price I could spend on it is. All I need is a tower, I have eve...

please i need help, i cant reboot my ststem i think the hard drive is damge or something, i think
alot of .dll files are missing, also alot of registry files, this is a big mess please i dont know
what to do some programs of mine dont work....

Hello there. My family members keeps annoyingt me becouse of sitting by computer so much. They
don't care, what am I doing: programming, reading news, posting in forums or reading emails -
they allways think that I'm just having fun, and it's no use from computer LoL So I decided
to ask, how much time a day do all of YOU spend sitting by computer? Just trying to find out: 6-8
hours per day is normal, or I can call myself computer maniac already......

I have a brand new computer running Windows XP 512 MB RAM, Compaq Presario 1.4Ghz Celeron. I am
connected to the internet with Comcast in Fremont. Web sites pages are slow to open up. The
performance problem occurs on many different sites, so I suspect the problem is on my end -- either
the computer or my internet connection. It often takes several seconds to open up a link. What
can I do to fix this? I am not one to be picky about speed, but net browsing is so slow that I
don't feel like using the computer any more. I've heard some people say that ...

Hey guys, im planning to buy a new computer.. I just need your opinions.. What system would you buy
with a 800 euro budget ? I'd like to see what system you would pick (I dont mind building my
own system). Needings: -Able to play newer games -XP if possible (or empty HDD) -Duo processor or
higher -2GB Ram memory or higher -250GB HDD or higher -800,- max -Without: monitor, keyboard, mouse,
webcam.... Thx in advantage~...

Ok, some people here have probabely been trying to make their computer look like Windows Vista. I
have to, i found themes and so on but nothing i like they were all crusty, i searched and searched.
And found one, The Vista Transformation Pack 4.0 (They will probabely make new versions of it).
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enh...tion-Pack.shtml It contains everything # Icons #
Themes # Visual Themes # Bootscreen # Login Screen # Sounds # Transparency # Start Menu Changes
(WIth Vista Button inseat of start) --Thats all i can think of but there probabely more....

Heh, right now im using an 850mhz Pentium 3, with 384mb ram, a 32mb ati rage 128 from 1999 i think.
(Google It) It takes 5 minutes to load up a map, and I can barely run it at 800x600. Pitiful eh?
I'm grounded from my 3800x2 dual core, 2gb ram, and 8600gt for this month, caujse I need to do
well this semester lol. So what's your worst CS 1.6 playing PC?...

I am wanting to save my money for a laptop computer, and I want to know what type/brand of laptop is
the best one, and will it work for years to come? /unsure.gif' border='0'
style='vertical-align:middle' alt='unsure.gif' /> I just want to know which laptop computer will
work, so I am not wasting money and something that won't work. I don't know of many laptop
computer brand names, I don't even know which one works the best because I have never owned a
laptop before. The only brand names that I know, that I think are good, are: Bell; HP; Gateway; and
A...

I had gotten my latest issue of playstation magazine and happen to stumble across an interesting
article about the worlds fastest computer and I have ot say that computer is fast. This computer
can do a petaflop or to break it down in simpler terms it can do over a quadrillion calculations per
second. Here is the kicker, hardware from the Playstation 3 system made this possible; includes
6,949 dual core AMD Opteron chips and 12,960 cell engines (heart of the PS3). As for cost I would
say including $400 for a PS3 that this computer cost at least or over $10 m...

Ive nearly got enoughmoney to buy myself a computer, its going to be used for gaming and web design
stuff. Will these specs do, yes/no/ what would you change? Also please dont go say 500gb harddrive,
watercooling, dual 2gb rams etc... Dual 2.6GHz Processor 768mb RAM 80Gb Harddrive A decent graphics
card (havent looked into) (hopefully) inbuilt 56k modem. CD RW, DVD Reader. Can i egt away with
512ram??...

fianlly the alien-ware people recuded their high prices,the all new alien ware area 51 computer is
now only $2190 here is the picture of the computer for those of you who dont know what a
alien ware computer is....welll its the best computer ever made(according to me) it has the best
graphics,speed,space and visual display and sound,using Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional Edition and running Intel® 925XE* / ICH6R Express chipset
/Intel® 925X / ICH6R Express chipset and Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz Four DDR2 DIMM sockets...

i have a question, would somebody tell me the software (if there any) of making video when we use
some applications in our computer, it's like a tutorial video, if you answer it using the video
camera it was a bad job, but i think it uses a software/an application which records our activity
when we use our computer.. hmmm.. sorry guys if i seem so idiot, but i need an answer... thanks
before....

Hi I am new to this website and I have a few questions, my computer is pretty good but I want to get
a good, affordable, gaming computer, does anyone have an idea? My pricing range is from
$600.00-1,200.00 ! Thanks in advanced ~Carbon~...

I encountered this bugs or what 6 months ago, untill now still gives me a headache. I don't
know if it is a virus, problem in windows services or what but honestly I cant fix it. What it does
is, it's gives you an error message saying blahh blahh...with a timer of 60 seconds, when the
timer reached 0 it will automatically restart your computer....

Alrighty, I saw this one on another forum and thought it would be fun to do here. Post up some of
the biggest cliches in gaming today that you can think of. I'll start off with a bunch: World
War I and II -- The number of World War games has gotten utterly ridiculous lately. I mean, I do
enjoy a good run of Battlefield, but it's kind of annoying to see 40 different World War games
to pick and choose from these days. I was just visiting GameFAQs.com and saw an ad for Company of
Heroes, which, you guessed it, is a World War 2 game. Infinite/Many Lives -- Gam...

My computer has a temputure sensor and showing 43 celcius is this to hot and i have a pentium 4.
2.40 GHz - My fan i running at a speed of 2949 RPM - Please make sure that the Topic title &
description has to be descriptive ...

Well, I tried to post this to the Programming Languages subforum, but it seems that I could only do
so in one of the subforums there... As this is not related to any particular language, I posted it
here (admins & mods, please feel free to move this to the right section, if this isn't it :))
So, on we go... Some of you may have already heard about computer programming exercises... Some
people create exercises and post them on the web, and other people solve them... It's fun, and
helps you know your math and programming language a lot better... Recently, I found...

I have a big problem with my CS 1.6, i start CS and everything goes good, when i tab away (suppose i
just wanna check my msn) it's cool, but when i try to tab back to CS my computer just shut down.
Anybody know what the problem could be? Btw, i have a non-steam CS on my computer to (for LAN)....

Im planning to buy a computer by late december maybe january. So im hoping to get Windows Vista. I
want suggestions for the best specs of computer i can get. Best ram, storage, screen, processor. I
don't really know whats the best proccessor. Im going to use this computer for:
Gaming,Music..(Entertainment) Also Work. I currently have a pc with Intel Pentium 4 which
doesn't run Call of duty 2... So i want a computer with good proccesor. Links to the website
would be helpful (Gateway,dell. ect) --- I just saw this on a dell catalog thing.. Dell XPS 700
Int...

On some computers, when you first turn it on your fan spins loudly, and then goes quiet. However,
mine goes loud and stays loud, and then I have to keep turning it off and back on until it goes
normal. I was wondering if anyone had this problem or if anyone knows how to fix it?...

i wanna know what software, that is free, we should have on our microsoft computer!! things
like alternatives to powerpoint (openoffice) etc. post your opinions, and maybe even top 10
lists!...

I have been running with a: Pentium 4 1.5GB of RAM 80GB Hard Drive Intel Extreme Graphics 2
Integrated Sound Card Windows XP Home for just over 3 years now and this problem that occurs on
occasion, has happened again. The problem occurs randomly either when the computer is on/off but
when I start using it the problem is easily noticed. The computer starts running a lot slower than
usual and everything I try to perform hangs/lags, when i play music it isnt streamed smoothly like
normal instead it chops so where someone would say "Hello" it would come out as "Heh eh el ...

Ok here is the problem. My computer is restarting by its self. I have run many many different virus
scanners and spyware, nothing. It only restarts in two situations: 1) Right after startup, when the
network connection status icon apperas in the task bar 2) Whenever a network connection is
establushed, so If i restart my router, my pc restarts too, also when connection to Hamachi , VPN
software.. This is getting very annoying, My pc needs to be on 24/7 because of certain things, but
It lokes to restart itself I have an AMD Athlon XP 2300+ 2GB RAM nVIDIA GeForce 6600G...

Once I ever got to know how to use a computer and found out many things that a computer can do I was
surprised. It all started when I got on a computer for my first time playing a game that my cousin
had let me play. This was 5 years ago and now I am very addicted to the computer and if I stop using
the computer for about a day or week I feel like i'm gonna die or something. The only time I
don't feel like using the computer is when my cousins and families visit from other places. Or
when I play a video game that is not on the computer....

Last year, my whole family used one computer, and I could never install anything because my account
was limited, and my parents were scared I would download a virus. One day I decided to try and find
a way to make myself able to install stuff, and I found out, but because of my parents carelessness.
It doesn't work if the Administrator, the one that doesn't show up on logon has a password.
Here's how to do it: Restart your computer, and when it first starts press f8, it's f5 on
some computers, and then select run Windows in safe mode with networking, a...

I have read in a lot of forums about the importance of this component. And with regards to my
problem of the computer restarting while playing games, this could very well be the reason but I
can't confirm anything. When I bought my graphics card Winfast A6200 TD, a minimum of 400w
output was needed from the psu and that was I had. But is the psu actually causing the problem of my
computer restarting? That the psu does not have enough power to handle the functions of the graphics
card? I was playing PES 6 (Pro Evolution Soccer 6) and everything seemed fine until i...