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I need to assemble a new PC for general everyday use. I'm deciding between Intel Pentium E2160 Intel DG31PR mobo and AMD Athlon X2 4000+ Asus M2A-VM mobo If I go with Intel I get a better processor but worse mobo. With AMD I get a worse processor but a better mobo. I have no need to...

My pc keeps shutting down by itself ever since I upgraded it. I moved from a Athlon64 3000+, 512 MB RAM and ATI RS480 mobo to a X2 4000+, 2 GB RAM and AMD 690G mobo. The rest of the pc is the same: X1600Pro graphics, 2 DVD writers, 2 HDD's and a generic 400W PSU. Sometimes it works for...

I was considering an Asus M2A-VM mobo Athlon X2 4000+ 2 GB DDR2 RAM Anything better in the same price range? I'd prefer a mobo with an ATI chipset. I already have a graphics card so onboard graphics are not necessary.

Everything is 1.5 years old in decent condition with all the cables, drivers and documentation available. It has to bought as a package. I'm not interested in selling any component separately. Price Rs. 4000. Buyers from Mumbai preferred.

Source The hacker who cracked HD DVD strikes again by defeating Blu-ray Disc encryption Late last year, a crafty individual who goes by the name “Muslix64” circumvented the copy protection scheme used to protect HD DVD. Given the similarities between the copy protection methods used...

For all those who are like me and believe that Nero 7 is crap bloatware, here's the latest version of Nero 6. Realeased today, Jan 19. Download (33.35MB) Nero is a flexible, reliable, and easy-to-use application designed to write both data and CD audio to CD-R and CD-RW discs. It supports ISO...

Source 10. Apple iPod 9. Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 8. HDTV 7. Intel Viiv and AMD Live! 6. 802.11n 5. Microsoft Zune 4. Broadband Internet 3. Digital Rights Management 2. UPMC 1. Sony

PlayStation 3 Losers Need to Get a Life The launch of the latest generation of video game consoles has now come and gone. As usual, the launches coincided with a massive media orgy, hysterical crowds camping out at the megastores and some all-around bad behavior on the part of a lot of people...

Source With all the hoopla and wahoo about Sony’s Playstation 3 getting passed around like a hot potato, it can be difficult to keep things in perspective. It’s also easy for little details to get lost in the shuffle. Have no fear, though, because GamePro is to the rescue with a handy cheat...

Source XbitLabs reports AGEIA may have dual-PPU plans for its PhysX hardware physics accelerator card. The latest drivers reveal a revised hardware scene manager that allows multiple PhysX cards to operate in tandem to deliver greater physics acceleration capabilities. According to the article...

The TweakGuides Tweaking Companion Version 3.2 is the complete system optimization guide for Windows XP users. It contains an enormous amount of detailed descriptions and resources together in one free 175 page downloadable PDF file. Everything from the correct installation of Windows and...

I'd like to share this post from Tom's Hardware forums with everyone. I know the prices are in dollars but it still gives a reasonable estimate of which graphics card to choose. Source BEST GAMING VIDEOCARDS FOR THE MONEY: PCI-EXPRESS INTERFACE last edited September 27, 2006 BEST PCI-E...

Until recently the most important reasons for purchasing a certain graphics card was either image quality or speed in 3D games. Nowadays the PC finds its way to the lounge and is used more and more as a multimedia centre. Because of this change in usage the quality of playing movies and video...

Even though no application is accessing the net, data is being downloaded very fast. I ran anti-virus and anti-spyware scans but it didn't turn up anything. Posting my HijackThis logfile Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 9:22:43 PM, on 9/1/2006 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT...

I can't seem to understand why the bus speed is 199 MHz rather than 200 MHz. I haven't changed anything from the BIOS and my mobo dosen't even support OCing. See the config in the siggy.

The topic says it all. Post which company you dislike the most and why. It could be a bad experience with their product or tech support or you simply don't like the name.;) I'll go first. I hate Sony 1. They overprice everything assuming people don't know that you can get the same product at a...

Location: Mumbai 4 x 64 MB Samsung RD RAM. You need to buy atleast 2 chips or all 4 because RD RAM only works in pairs. 2 chips for Rs. 500, all 4 for Rs. 800. Price negotiable.

I've finally lost my patience with Nero 7. Stupid software is filled with bugs and every update requires a 100 MB download. I need a no frills DVD burning software that works smoothly. Should I downgrade to Nero 6.6 or better software is available?

The AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ processor will run at 2.00GHz and will contain 512KB of level two (L2) cache (256KB per core), while being made for the AM2 form-factor. Full story

Source AMD is killing off the socket 939 processors (except X2 4800+) by the end of the year. So anyone who wants to upgrade their socket 939 rig to dual core has to do it by the end of the year. This really $ucks. Why should I have to have to buy a new AM2 mobo and DDR2 RAM to go dual core when...