Depends on your usage... I'm using 2GB and hardly fully utilize the RAM when browsing, downloading, playing multimedia (video and audio) and running other desktop stuff at the same time. The only time 2GB will be utilized are usually games, as newer ones use quite a lot of memory. 4GB would be considered very adequate for a long time..

IMHO.. 2 x 2GB would be faster.

Word... Clean your heatsink.. its probably clogged at top (under the fan).. You only buy a better heatsink if you want to overclock, or your room environment is hot (not much air movement).

Around RM100 to RM200.

Around 29C to 49C on average or idle, on load can reach up to 75C depending on processor.

This post has been edited by lex: Jan 4 2009, 01:48 AM

Depends on the motherboard. Is it the one in your siggy?

You mean 3rd party HSF (heatsink and fan)? Not necessary unless you want to overclock..

Depends on your budget or how much you are willing to spend..

Usually yes... The bigger the LCD the higher the resolution (more pixels to render). It also depends on the game.. whether its very demanding or not..

Yups.. More than sufficient..

Just enough only... The CoolerMaster Extreme 500W PSU real power is 450W. Usually for HD4850 I do recommend (real power) 500W PSU.. You can try and see your luck...

Nope, if its the stock one... Unless its a 3rd party one, then you can check their website and see if they have LGA1366 mounting kits for that cooler.

That Biostar 945GZ Micro 775 SE motherboard does not have a real PCIe x16 slot, if I'm not mistaken.. notice the word "1 x PCI-E x16 Slot (Compatible)", because the 945GZ Northbridge chipset itself does not have PCIe x16 connections. Thus instead the connections for the "PCIe x16 slot" comes from the ICH7 SouthBridge chipset which runs at slower x4 mode only. You can use a number of "compatible" graphics card but will not run at full (x16) speed. For the list of "compatible" cards, check this list. You may need to change the motherboard...

Already answered in the other thread here

This post has been edited by lex: Jan 25 2009, 08:14 AM

Should be able to... Refer to ABit NF-M2PV

What brand and model is that PSU?

This post has been edited by lex: Jan 25 2009, 08:58 AM

If its this one, then should be fine..

HDMI and DVI should be the same...

Looks OK to power up the HD4870...

Of course 2x1GB is better, since its going to run as dual channel.

Depends on your PC hardware. Gaming PCs eat a lot of power even when idle...

If afraid of high electric bills then get a dedicated low power PC... like those Atom based desktops (a.g. ASUS EEEPC, MSI Wind, etc), or build one yourself.

Having more cores can do more work (single thread per core, thus 4 threads for 4 cores simultaneously)... that is if the application has been designed to take advantage of many cores.

Did you try re-plugging it in? Other than that, it could be motherboard compatibility issue (may require BIOS update)...

Yes, that one is considered cap ayamz...

The front USB.. or the back ones on the motherboard?

IF you are not going to overclock the Q6600, then the E8400 would be a better choice. Usually people get the Q6600 for overclocking.. means that if you aren't going to overclock the Q6600 to 3GHz+ (reaching QX6850/Q9550 performance levels or higher) then its a big waste. By the way the Q6600 is considered a legendary (best bang per buck) processor with overclocking.

For simple stuff.. even XP or Vista Home is enough. However if your machine has more than 4GB, then its Vista Ultimate.. Still up to your choice..

Could be either motherboard or PSU.. Anyway, what brand/model and wattage is your PSU?

This post has been edited by lex: Jan 31 2009, 06:53 AM

Just show us the PSU label (take a snapshot)... Most probably from the specifications, it looks to be cap ayam PSU..

All brands more or less the same.. Just price difference.

Then you have to look at either low end graphics card (with passive heatsinks), or NVIDIA ones like 9600GT or 9800GT..

The GT version is always better... At RM400 and above, better get 9800GT instead. The 9600GT is best value at around RM340 to RM360.. However for these graphics cards, you will need a true power 400W to 450W PSU..

If you want performance with low temperature and low power consumption, its hard to decide... can't have both. The 9600GT and 9800GT runs cooler despite slightly higher power consumption, while the HD4670 has lower power consumption but higher temperatures.

Source: http://techreport.com/articles.x/15752/8





The 9600GT is (almost) the best of both.. Higher performance and lower temperatures than HD4670... however slightly higher power consumption than HD4670.

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 7 2009, 10:36 PM

More powerful graphics card always requires better PSUs... Cannot be avoided.

Should be able to run... No gurantees though (depends on PSU build, hardware configuration).

Yups those graphics cards will meet the requirements.. However since its an emulator, processor power is most important as well..

Looks OK, not much extra hardware in there... You can try and see...

The X1950GT of course..

First check the BIOS settings and see if the CPU clock ratio is set correctly. Sometimes it isn't set properly until you have used the "Load Optimized Defaults" function.. Also check your BIOS version and compare with the one on this CPU Support List. The E7400 requires BIOS version F4. Sometimes if the BIOS does not recognize the processor properly it might set the maximum mulitplier lower than default.

Check this example... IMHO its a luxury item.

Usually electrical leakage occurs at the power points such as the wall socket, power extension, strip plugs, etc.. Sometimes it can also occur if the Earth connection is disconnected or missing.

Yups. You'll have to use the Intel drivers usually instead of default Windows drivers for more display resolution modes.

Usually trilinear (or "brilinear" as nowadays many GPUs use that "shortcut" to get better performance, true trilinear have better image quality than "brilinear"). If your processor and GPU can handle better, then choose Anisotropic.

Usually..

Regular power? You mean the generic (cap ayam) brands that costs below RM100? Xtreme power is model name for one of CoolerMaster series PSUs.

Not sure which monitor you are comparing to... The "HD" monitors have 16:9 screen ratio while normal widescreen have 16:10 ratio, also the non-widescreen monitors have 4:3 and/or 5:4 ratio (almost square).