Thank you everyone for your help. I did find a netgear that has an Access Point mode and even has external antennas. http://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-range-extenders/EX6100.aspx
Maybe I wasn't very clear... I would like an Access Point in the shape of the plug mount wireless range extenders. I like the form factor of those devices and how they automatically mount to the wall with no other wires or drilling into the wall required. I have an ethernet port already right...
So I'm looking for a wireless range extender in the plug mount configuration that can use the ethernet port as the input for the network, vs the output. I have a TP-link range extender that works okay as a range extender, but I also happen to have an ethernet port right next to the outlet I use...
The performance of the i3 vs a stock Athlon will be in favor of the i3. You haven't said you wanted to overclock but an overclocked Athlon will catch up to the i3 when overclocked (for the most part). But, the upgrade path on the Intel platform is far far far better than the upgrade path for...
For those reading this, an Intel W3530 is a quad core hyperthreaded Bloomfield at 2.8Ghz. http://ark.intel.com/products/41313/Intel-Xeon-Processor-W3530-8M-Cache-2_80-GHz-4_80-GTs-Intel-QPI
You can get any Haswell i5 quad core with a H81 motherboard for less than $300. The sweet spot right...
Well, I won an auction for an i5 2600k for $200. I guess I'll replace my i5 2500k in my main rig with this 8 threaded CPU. Now I need a motherboard and some RAM. I guess I'm not sticking to my budget. That's how it goes with this hobby though...
My Micro Center closed down. It was a sad day for all of us in San Jose.
I've got some bids on some 2500ks on eBay, but haven's seen any with motherboards at all. The processors alone are going for around $170 and I already lost one auction because I didn't go above $160. A used z68 board...
Thanks for the advice, but a GPU will never be a limiting factor unless I'm already playing on low settings. I can play on low and medium settings and I still get the same stuttering which means it is the CPU that is my limiting factor. I know the 7770 is not that fast, but it still looks okay...
I meant to say H81 and the cheap motherboards only have 2 ram slots so I wanted to leave one free. Single channel is like a 2% penalty and I'm willing to live with that.
Mantle didn't really help all that much and now the game crashes after every round
I'm looking for the cheapest useful CPU upgrade for a PhII 965. I run it at 3.6ghz on the stock heatsink.
The rest of the system is as follows.
Antec mATX case with Earthwatts 380W PSU
AM2+ mATX motherboard
8GB DDR2 800 RAM
AMD 7770 at 1.1ghz
This is a second PC for when friends come...
CPU choice: yes
Motherboard: Overkill. Are you going for an overclocking record? I don't personally see any sense in buying a mothboard for more than $200. I'm not in the market right now so I don't know the best boards out there, but this is just throwing money away in my opinion.
SSD Just...
You'll need to provide more specifics about each part # as well as some sort of comparison point for us to determine if this is actually a good price. It seems like more than twice what we would pay in the US. His your guy building this from scratch or is this an OEM box?
Yeah, I think I agree with this. A Q9560 runs at 3ghz, and for web browsing doesn't really feel any different than a Core 2 Duo at 3ghz. It's only when you try to do video transcoding and lots of image processing that the extra 2 cores come in handy and he won't be doing much of that. That...
He doesn't use any space at all on his harddrive. I don't think I want to have to manage two drives in his machine, and 500GB SSDs are rather pricey.
There will be no upgrades or future expansions that require more PSU power. I don't think he'll start playing Battlefield 6 in a few years and...
Computer will be used for work. It's going to my Dad who doesn't play games and really doesn't need that much power, but he gets set in his ways so I want this build to last for 10 years so I'm overbuilding it. He's also not all that price sensitive so I wanted to go for quality and longevity...
Very few phones are running an 800 class CPU in them and it's still not 2X faster than my 600. And the single core feels just fine running Windows 7. It's not a multitasking powerhouse but with Chrome running it loads webpages about as quickly as any other machine I've used since it's still...
Smartphones aren't faster than a Pentium D yet. I did a recent test on my single core Athlon 64 at 2.4ghz and 1.5GB of ram and this CPU posted scores on Kraken that were 2X what my quad core Snapdragon 600 at 1.9ghz could do. With a fast dual core near 3ghz he would be doing very nice for...
It sounds like you already own the parts. Don't do anything and enjoy your PC. There's nothing wrong with it. It's just not overclockable and that turns people here all weird. Next time come here before you buy not after and you'll do a bit better. The computer would be considered high end...
You can technically use your old Vista 32 bit code to install the 64 bit version as long as you had a 64 bit disk. At least this is what I did with win7 when the store gave me the wrong disk. Vista isn't so bad once the PC is booted. It's the boot that makes that OS so bad.
My thoughts exactly. My 2500k runs at 4.4 ghz and I could probably go higher but my cheap motherboard and lack of needing any more speed keep it at 4.4. But, when and if new games come out that actually benefit from more than 4 threads, then I just might upgrade. But as it stands, the...
The introduction to the thread clearly states that I have an old desktop hooked up in the event that I forget to bring my laptop to work. This morning I forgot my work laptop and I'm perfectly happy tooling along on this Athlon 64. At home I have an i5-2500K at 4.4ghz and at work I use a core...
I wasn't looking for a scientific analysis of the CPU cores so the different chrome versions doesn't really matter. What I've always wondered is how do the CPUs in mobile devices compare to CPU's I've owned. I think a lot of us have owned an Athlon 64 so seeing how the Athlon 64 is still...
So I'm sitting here at my old desktop that I have hooked up for when I forget my laptop at home, and it's entirely usable for basic office tasks. So I decided to to a quick benchmark against my phone to give everyone an idea of how far mobile has come, and how usable old computers are vs new...
a $300-$500 5.1 computer speaker system is not high end audio. The onboard audio on a midrange motherboard will be sufficient for a computer speaker system such as creative's speakers. If you hear hiss, then you can later upgrade your soundcard but $500 is a LOW end audio system no matter how...
Get this one: http://www.cedarpc.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=29194
Athlon X2 at 3ghz with DDR3 2GB of RAM in one stick and a full width mATX case. 2GB of RAM may be enough for you and when it isn't DDR3 is an inexpensive upgrade since it has a free slot. It will also likely...
What iI meant is that his general parts list is a good build. The CPU, the Z77 chipset, the amount of RAM, the video card performance level. Those parts will make a balanced machine with longevity and upgradability. The other parts can generally be swapped out for equivalent parts with no ill...
I gotta say, this idea of using a low end 768p Plasma TV for your PC isn't a good idea. You should understand that size doesn't matter with displays, it's the size vs sitting distance that matters. I have a 24" monitor, and an 80" TV at home. I sit only a foot and a half from the 24" monitor...
The su4100 does pretty well for my wife still. I dropped in an SSD and it's fast enough for web and basic photo work. She's got a desktop with an i5 3570k and she uses the su4100 laptop more than her desktop. That said, you'd be better off jumping up to a Pentium at least. I'd just bite the...
Don't go with a dual core two threaded chip like a Pentium or Celeron for gaming. You'll run into a brick wall very quickly as newer games are expecting 4 threads which makes those CPUs turn from fast little gaming chips into a slideshow... The i3s game pretty well becuase of the hyperthreading...
I'll offer other advice. Just pop in the new motherboard. You're going from Z77 to Z77 and the only thing that would create a problem when switching boards is the SATA drivers and since you're on the same chipset that won't be a problem. I've done this several times back in the Nvidia chipset...
I have a different opinion. I run a small office where the computers are mostly expendable. If a computer goes down, it takes a day or so to buy a new one and get the person back up and running. This is better turn around time than a warranty would be and the computers are cheap enough that...
New thermal paste won't do you much good. It's not worth the effort in most cases. The stock cooler will cool the CPU at stock clocks, but it won't be quiet if that matters to you. And it looks like your motherboard has a built in GPU so you can sell your GPU when you pass it on.
The 6300 is...
Wait, first you say you have the motherboard already, and then you say you don't have the motherboard already you just like it even though it's 95W only, and then you say you already have the motherboard already. Could you make up your mind?
I'm not sure why you're against a small overclock on...
The Trinity chip will give you pretty much the same CPU performance as the FX4300 for the same price, but you will get a free graphics card in the Trinity. And at that resolution you'll do great with the built in graphics for now and since you can add a graphics card to either chip, the one...
Can I suggest that you go with a 128GB SSD for the OS? Even if you move the desktop and my documents folder to the spinner, your programs and games will install to the SSD by default and that's fine. But 60GB may eventually fill up and since this is not your PC but one that you support, I'd...
On AMD there are 8 integer pipelines and 4 256 bit floating point pipelines and each can operate on TWO 128 bit floating point operations at once. So, the CPU can operate on 8 integer threads at the same time, AND 8 128 bit floating point operations at the same time. So yes, this is very close...
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