Posts by fadedorca66

What kind of CPU and RAM are you running? You might want to look into this instead:

Maybe just hand it off to an electrical engineer to take a look. It could be something tiny like a capacitor, or maybe it's just not worth the hassle...

Dennis Cruz62 said:So, would this one work?http://www.ebay.com/itm/graphics-card-listing-example

Also, how much of a boost am I actually getting by buying this card? Does it affect YouTube video quality or watching movies at all? And could I run some older games like PES 11, FM 2013, 14, NFS, and stuff like that?

Thanks!

It might work, but it’s not exactly a great choice. It's super old and since it's passively cooled, you might run into some overheating issues. Honestly, even those older games would probably stutter because of your CPU.

I guess you should listen to Joseph Barrett; for very little money, you can find a CPU that'll get by, but I'd probably aim for a newer card instead—maybe an HD 4670 if you can find one for a similar price. Either go with that, or just save up and grab a whole new PC.

Your motherboard takes PCI-E cards, so an AGP one won't work. That rules out the first option. I'm not sure about the second since there's no model listed, the third might work, but the fourth is AGP, so no luck there either. Also, it kind of depends on how much cash you're looking to drop and what you actually want to get out of a new card. Don't expect to run any modern games, though—your processor is pretty slow and weak.

Once you grab the card, just pop it in, wipe the old drivers (sometimes you don't even have to), and install the new ones. You can't pull out integrated graphics since that's built right into the motherboard chipset.

Head over to Best Buy and look for this:

http://zasike.com/files/r7e63zlhzv3fi5a5ocd.jpg

If you’re looking to spend $10 a bit more, you should probably grab this card instead:
http://www.bestbuy.com/details/product-link-2-slot-ac.aspx

Honestly, don't sweat the USB 3.0 stuff, at least not with the budget you're working with. You mentioned yourself that you don't even have USB 3.0 ports right now, so you probably won't be needing them anytime soon anyway.

Anyway, you didn't really say what you actually plan on doing or playing on this PC?

Maybe spend a few extra bucks to get double the storage space:

http://www.amazon.com/details/product/0-1tb-3-5.aspx

So, what's the end game here? Are you planning on gaming a ton, and if so, what kind of titles are we talking about?

What's up with these Links prices lately? I feel like they might actually be getting decent deals on stuff.

You could probably just grab that Philips 227 E4QSD from Links; you’d end up paying about the same elsewhere, plus you'd have to deal with shipping fees and waiting around for delivery from other shops.

Nah, he actually swapped out the PSU because the SATA power connector snapped, so don't go thinking that 😁

I actually had one that belonged to a buddy of mine; he was running an Intel Core 2 Duo, and after it ended up with me, it held out long enough to be upgraded to a 4400+, but then it just gave up the ghost one day. Computer shut off and that was that. 😁

But hey, if they’re offering a decent motherboard with a 3-year warranty, I might grab it. Why not? Though, honestly, trusting them any more than I trust any other manufacturer? Probably not.

What motherboard are we looking at here, and what's the rest of the build like?

Just stick to decent power strips instead of those cheap ones you'd find at $5.00 and you should be fine 🙂

Maybe our mod will go easy on you if you actually bother to read the rules 😁

Man, you're gonna crash this whole forum with all these posts about your PC setup 😁

There's a hardware marketplace section down there specifically for sales, so let's not spam the main boards

Yeah, that CPU pulls quite a bit of power, so grabbing that adapter is probably a smart move.

You can find it at this link:

If those don't work for you, maybe check Amazon or something.

Just give me a solid build list—especially the PSU, motherboard, and CPU—then we can figure out if you actually need that beast

Are you seriously holding onto data that's actually worth scrubbing this hard?

I guess your best bet is to just grab a Hiren's Boot CD, burn it, and boot from that; it's got plenty of tools on there for secure wiping if you really need them.

If you take 64-bit macOS and install 64-bit macOS on top of it, you’d end up with 128-bit macOS.

Just kidding. 😁

Nothing would actually change; it would just boot from whatever drive is set as the primary in the BIOS.

Wait, you actually have an external drive? I guess why wouldn't you just dump everything onto it then, I don't get it.

Just grab the profile folder:

http://www.wikihow.com/Back-Up-Email...la-Thunderbird

Since you’re hooking up those old hard drives anyway, you could probably just dig it up on the new PC and copy it over. I guess.