Look under Disk Management.

You have to delete it first. Then create the partitions you want. Make sure you do not have any important data in that HDD before deleting.

Any latest, even high end graphics card can be used... depends on your budget. However you should be aware that powerful graphics cards will require good and beefy (true power) PSUs.

Dual channel a little bit faster, but usually you won't notice this unless you run some benchmarks.

Check the brand/model and wattage of the PSU.. Its much more useful if you can post a picture of the PSU label showing it power ratings (current and voltage). For example...



Yups..

Choices are HD4670, HD3870, 9600GT, 9800GT and HD4830.. All of these generally requires minimum a true power 400W~450W PSU. Some specific requirements... 9600GT requires 26A on the +12V rails, HD3870 requires 30A on the +12V rails.

Check and see if the PSU label is the same as the specifications here: SilverStone Technology Co., Ltd - ST400 specifications

9600GT and HD3870 ..

Means the total current for the +12V rails must be 26A. For single +12V rail, the current rating must be 26A or higher. For dual rail +12V (you will see something like +12V1 +12V2), the total combined must be 26A or greater.

How many +12V rails are there? Is it just a single one or two of them? It would be better if you can post a picture of the PSU label..

Yups, more than enough to meet requirements.

Actually you have got quite a good setup (from your siggy, I see a 9600GT there )... I would suggest upgrade only if you feel your machine is not up to task (e.g. games slow downs). If your PC still serves you well, then no need to upgrade your PC hardware first.. Just get the LCD monitor and see...

This post has been edited by lex: Dec 24 2008, 10:04 AM

When the machines starts, is it a blank screen... or is there any text or beeps? Have try looking into the motherboard manual on BIOS recovery procedure (usually may requires the use of CD/DVD drive or floppy disk drive) ?

Depends.... In gaming, it will be E6600 overall due to larger cache and higher bus speed.

More RAM means most of the game program can reside in the memory, thus less paging (use of "virtual memory).

This post has been edited by lex: Dec 25 2008, 06:25 AM

Good luck on hunting that one down... You'll have a higher chance of finding the Intel Atom than the VIA Nano..

Get a slot cooler.....

In terms of performance, a lot of difference.. QX6800 wins hands down, of course look at the huge price difference as well.

Stock cooler? Around 3.2GHz... if best luck, maybe up to 3.6GHz...

Yeah... Even lower power consumption plus HD video on Nettops and Netbooks..

I think you got some parts wrong here... The chipset used on the desktop Atom motherboard is 945GC which is the more power consuming one.. The chipset used on Nettop (e.g. ASUS EEE Box) and Netbooks is mostly 945GSE which is the low power one..

You have to check and see if the latest BIOS supports HDD sizes up to 1GB.. IMHO any BIOS that can detect more than 137GB (supports 48-bit LBA) should be able to recognize 1TB drives.

You can add a SATA card.. Just for your information, the average transfer speed of HDDs are around 33MB/s.. and the PCI bus is capable of up to 133MB/s.

This post has been edited by lex: Dec 27 2008, 10:46 PM

Its always better to run the memory in dual channel mode, in other words two identical sticks of RAM for the DIMM slots. Do not mix the RAMs. In gaming more RAM is always better.. Anyway, Phenoms require expensive high performance low latency RAM (DDR2-1066) for better (full) performance... whereas Intel Core 2 can pretty much perform with just value RAMs.

This post has been edited by lex: Dec 30 2008, 01:53 PM

Both identical EXCEPT the P45 chipset has two PCIe x16 slots (second slot runs at x8 speeds), usually for CrossFireX support...

Note that some P45 motherboards have only one PCIe x16 slot (manufacturer cost cutting).

You mean the one with a pair of wire coming from the motherboard and attached to the back plate?

It looks like an extra I/O panel connector... Usually for ports that could not fit on the motherboard's back plate (back I/O panel full house already).

Usually no.. for branded computers that is. There are ways to go around it, but depends on your hardware specifications... What is your Acer model?

Any AGP cards can be used.... Depends on how much you are going to spend.

Phenom is not recommended for 24/7 operations... your electricity bill will sky-rocket.

For large displays, graphics card with 256-bit wide memory bus is recommended... For example NVIDIA 9600GT or ATi HD3870 at least..

This motherboard can support SLI.. Unfortunately, in your topic you were originally asking about the M790GP-DS4H model, so confusion arises..

Unfortunately yes, Intel is the better choice especially when it comes to gaming and many other stuff as well. That's because majority number of programs are not quad core optimized, or are just single/dual threaded.. thus a faster dual core would be much more faster for the job. Phenom also has erratic performance due to CnQ sensitivity issues.. Also with Phenom, it is recommended to use (expensive) DDR2-1066 RAM if possible to get full performance.

OEM processors normally do not come with stock heatsink (and shorter warranty period), thus its much cheaper.

Compare Intel Core 2 Duo T9400 specifications and Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 specifications.. Google is your friend.

Nope, Core i7 motherboards use DDR3 RAM only. Your GigaByte Superb "550W" PSU real power is 450W, just adequate only.

Anything 1.6V and higher should be avoided unless its one of those "suicide runs". Also monitor the stability and temperatures when overclocking.

This post has been edited by lex: Jan 3 2009, 01:21 AM

Nope... It still depends on the motherboard and casing design (such as air flow).

As with the other forummers here has agreed upon... Graphics card with 1GB video memory is recommended for 1920x1200 display.

Recommended 400W "true power" PSU, with 26A on the +12V rail(s).

They work OK even if you put them "terbalik".. The heatpipe function is to transfer and circulate heat off the heatsink. As I said in one of my previous post, depends more on casing design and airflow..

The SATA to IDE adapter is around RM45... No gurantees it will work properly, depending on HDD differences and SATA port combination (for example some IDE HDDs may not work properly with the adapter).

You can try...

GigaByte EP31-DS3L mainboard = 260
CoolerMaster Extreme Power Plus 500W PSU (450W real power) = 184

Total: RM444

Just note that the GigaByte EP31-DS3L motherboard maximum memory capacity is 4GB... Its only useful if you are going to use 2GB (2 x 1GB) and later add another 2GB (2 x 1GB) for a total of 4GB.. However, if you are going to use 4GB (2 x 2GB) now then the remaining slots are useless..

If you are looking for more than 4GB, then look for P35 chipset motherboards (costs around less than RM300 nowadays) which supports 8GB memory. Anyway, can you tell us which Intel quad core you are going to use?

Those are usually for dual channel matching slots, same color DIMM slots = same channel pair = for a pair of matching RAM sticks...

This post has been edited by lex: Jan 4 2009, 12:32 AM