And hey, just grab the drive if this one ends up being a dud—you can always repurpose it in a new rig later. Spending extra money on top of this would honestly just be throwing cash down the drain.
You can plug just about any hard drive in there—the connector is universal. As for the RAM, you’ve got to stick to DDR; trying to force DDR2 into that slot is a non-starter.
Just fire up my printer—it’s that Canon software used for maintenance and diagnostics—and see what it actually tells you. Honestly, though, which printer are we even talking about here?
Tell him to double-check those SATA cables—make sure they’re actually seated properly—and he should probably do the same thing with the RAM modules just to be safe.
What exactly do you mean by "manual connection"? Have you actually tried messing with the wireless settings like this before?: http://www.canon.co.uk/Support/Consu.../#tab-content2
A couple hundred bucks? If we’re talking about a Celeron 420, then honestly, it’s not worth a dime—just some single-core junk that can barely handle basic web browsing. Besides, that processor you mentioned doesn't even exist. And the motherboard is a P5B deluxe.
Feel free to elaborate on that last point, though—what exactly do you consider "smart"?
This is an account I've been holding onto since 2002, and honestly, I've always just relied on Outlook to handle everything. It’s become a bit of a ritual at this point; the only thing that’s really shifted in all those years is the outgoing server settings.
Timothy Kim60 said:why swap out the Noctua NH-U12S😕 --I mean, you can definitely push past 4 GHz with that thing—what's the point in changing it if you haven't even tried yet?
If you’ve got a decent enough processor, you could probably even hit 5 GHz. 🙂
Kate Baker79 said:Benjamin King2, any chance you could give me a ballpark estimate on this setup? Thanks.
Honestly, I have no clue who’d actually drop cash on this—we’re talking about a weak single-core processor here, and if you check Craigslist, you'll find tons of junk just like it everywhere. You might be able to squeeze maybe $40 for the RAM and maybe $50 for the hard drive, but the rest? Just take it to the scrap yard.
Wait, you’re actually seriously considering buying an Intel Core i7 just for gaming?!? Good luck with that—prices aren't going to drop anytime soon since those are Intel’s flagship models, and there’s zero wiggle room on the cost. Besides, some "beast" gaming laptop priced at $2,000 is barely going to outperform the desktop rig you’re running right now.
There’s this little piece of software you can run right off a thumb drive—it basically crawls through your entire hard drive and logs everything that's actually installed on the machine.