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    AMD Sempron 3600+ AM2

    in Hardware

    Posted

    Hi, indeed I am in the UK :P

     

    Just to update that I got the CPU and it works fine with Windows 7, no sluggish or anything. I forgot to add that the reason why I was getting an old CPU was because it had to be compatible with my Shuttle xPC barebones system which only takes AM2 processors upto the Athlon 64's I think.

    AMD Sempron LE-1250 2.20GHz & Windows 7

    in Hardware

    Posted

    Funny you should ask that...

     

    This weekend I built the cheapest PC box I've ever had... took apart an old one (Duron 1200, 256Mb, 80Gb) and added a cheap mATX motherboard with onboard graphics (ASUS), a Sempron LE-1300 and 1Gb RAM. Total cost, ?77 ($115?).

     

    Then added a clean install of Windows 7 (RC1). During set up, I ignored it, and it chose to install "Ultimate" It's running absolutely fine with no issues, including Aero. Windows 7 looks good to me, not a huge change from Vista to look at, but seems more efficient. The Windows rating system only gives me a 3.0 overall, but it's mostly falling down on graphics performance. I'm sure that with your 4Gb RAM and a decent graphics card it would be a lot better.

     

    I'm not going to be playing any games, this PC is for office functions, websurfing and a print-server. It'll do everything I want it to.

     

    Today I spent another ?45 pre-ordering Windows 7 Home Premium ... to make sure it keeps doing it.

     

    Stu

     

    Yep, it's a budget system here that I'm wanting to build too. I already have some spare parts that I would like to use in it like a cheap 128MB PCI-E graphics card and 2GB of the planned 4GB of RAM.

     

    Also the reason why I want to run Windows 7 on it is because I'm also planning on pre-ordering the discounted ?45 Windows 7 Home Premium aswell.

    Hanging at 51%

    in Defraggler

    Posted

    I've installed the latest version of Defraggler on one of my boxes, a Dell GX110 P3 600MHz machine with an 80GB IDE drive running Windows 2000 Pro. The hard drive has 96% free space. Defraggler has been sitting at 51% defragged for the past 2 hours. Is this normal?

    PCI Graphics Card

    in Hardware

    Posted

    If your only using it for web browsing, documents, music and no gaming why do you want a better graphics card?

     

    Because I thought it might make things faster if the graphics had it's own dedicated RAM instead of using the system RAM.

     

    My PC is 10 years old and I have 4 PCI slots and an AGP slot. ;)

     

    We're talking about a Dell here ;)

    PCI Graphics Card

    in Hardware

    Posted

    Hi,

     

    I have a Dell Dimension 2350 with 1GB of PC2100 RAM. I'm currently using the onboard graphics, if I add a 128MB PCI Graphics Card, will it make any improvement to the performance of the computer? I only use if for web browsing, documents, music etc no gaming.

     

    Also this PC is 5 years old and only has PCI solts, no PCI-E or AGP so has to be a PCI Graphics Card.

     

    P.S. The CPU-Z report file for this computer is the one in my signature :P

     

    Thanks

    Reg Helper - spyware?

    in Software

    Posted

    I was on my 'test box' pc (no security installed) and IE6 started popping up with adverts for some registry cleaner app called "Reg Helper". I closed it and it automatically started IE6 up again asking if I was sure I didn't want to download Reg Helper. Then when I closed that it left some gray box pop up ads for it.

     

    Is this program a trusted registry cleaner app? I would not trust any software with an advertising campaign like that. :angry:

     

    I was on filehippo.com at the time.

    Installing Win2000 over XP - Help

    in Software

    Posted

    That's hard to do without a cd drive. Do you want to dual boot, or eliminate XP? You can always reformat from the BIOS, or if you really want to wipe the drive, use Active@KillDisk to totally clean it.

     

    The thing is, once you clean it out, I don't know how to get the Windows 2000 files the PC. Is there a way you could make a partition and install it on there?

     

    AJ

     

    I want to eliminate XP and use Windows 2000 as the OS. Formatting without installing Windows 2000 is not really the option I was looking for and if I made a partition the only way to install will be via XP where I will get the message saying I can't continue as XP is newer than Windows 2000.

     

    Thanks

    Installing Win2000 over XP - Help

    in Software

    Posted

    Hi,

     

    I have acquired a Compaq Evo N400c subnote laptop which is running Windows XP Professional. As being a subnote laptop it does not have a CD-ROM or Floppy Disk drive. I want to install and run Windows 2000 Professional but with having no CD-ROM drive I can't just boot from the CD, format and install as usual. The only way I can install Windows 2000 is to copy the setup files off the CD and onto a USB Flash Drive and try and install from within Windows XP, but when I try and run the install I just get the message saying that the current installed version of Windows is newer than the one I'm trying to install and will not let me continue with the install.

     

    Is there any way round this at all? I really want to get Windows 2000 running on this laptop.

     

    I know there is a drive bay compartment available for the N400c that clips onto the bottom on the laptop to add CD-ROM functionality but I don't want to spend money on getting one of these as this will be the only time it would get used.

     

    Also the N400c does not have the option of USB boot from within the BIOS so can't boot from a USB drive either.

     

    I will appreciate any imput on this situation.

     

    Thanks :)

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