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Hello, I'm planning on upgrading the internals on my desktop. I'm not a gamer, but will be using it for GNS3, VM's, Blue Iris, etc. Samsung 840 128GB SSD Core i3-3220 3.3Ghz 3MB cache MSI Z77A-G41 MB Kingston 2x4GB DDR3 1600 What would be the bottleneck(s) for this build? Thanks

Tried uninstalling them one at a time, but no luck. I think there may be another update that is causing this problem because the few updates that reinstalled themselves were removed with no problem and it still doesn't start up all the way. There are no restore points saved on this machine. Are...

I am looking for ideas as for how to uninstall a group of updates that is almost certainly keeping my friends computer from fully booting into Vista. After powering up everything goes fine until the Windows Vista startup screen. The problem is the computer never fully boots up. It stays at the...

Ok. That helps a lot. Thanks.

Say I wanted to OC my machine with a 1066fsb processor, but the MB's fsb speed was 1066mhz supported also. Do I have to have a board that supports 1333mhz before I can OC my cpu above 1066? Also, can't you lightly OC your CPU if you have non-gaming RAM as long as you underclock your RAM? Thanks

This seems to be a wierd issue, but the only thing I can think of if it's not spyware related would be to create another account on the computer.

Can I run Prime95 while I'm doing other basic things (web browsing, listening to music, watching tv, etc?) I know you're suppose to run Prime95 for a long time, but I would like to be able to use my PC while the program is running without messing anything up. I don't know much about overclocking...

I'd also try to boot into safe mode and run the AVG, Spybot, and Ad-aware scans then. Sometimes there are infections that will not show up when booted up normally.

Really? Wow that's nice. Thanks for the help.

This PSU: Newegg.com - XCLIO STABLEPOWER 500W ATX 500W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CUL, TUV, CB, VDE, FIMKO, DEMKO, NEMKO, SEMKO - Retail For a machine with the following specs: CPU: Pentium E2140 1.6Ghz RAM: 2GB DDR2 667 1 DVD Burner 1 160GB WD 7200rpm hd onboard graphics stock cpu cooler no...

Good to know. Thanks for the help.

Ok. That makes sense. I just got confused while reading the titles on newegg. How they put SATA 3.0, but then spell out Serial ATA150. I wasn't sure if they were different or not. Ex: Serial "ATA150" Newegg.com - Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, Digital Cameras and more! Ex...

I see SATA 3.0 G/s 7200rpm advertised as supported on many motherboards, and then ATA150 10,000rpm hard drives but they look like they hook up via SATA. Are the ATA150 drives compatible with SATA 3.0 G/s connectors? I can see from pictures that they physically fit. Are the ATA150's "better"/more...

Whew that's a bit much for my non-gaming taste. I have decided to put together a ~$200 computer for testing/learning so that I won't have to break/fix mine. 2g mem, e2140, spare case/psu, etc. Thanks guys. I will keep that video card in mind when I get enough spare cash. I appreciate it.

Any particular specs/brands I should look for? Links? I know nothing about video other than I don't really play games other than cod4 and that's it.