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well, ive been playing a lotta star wars galaxies, and my computers running a little slower nowadays, will cooling it down help it go a lil' faster, like some thermal paste and a new fan or two, maybe some thermal paste for my video card, don't wanna waste money, any help would be great
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03-26-2004, 12:23 AM
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if you manage to get it cool you can try overclocking your processor to make it go faster
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03-26-2004, 12:25 AM
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im using all the stock stuff, well stock mobo, cpu and ram, and its a compaq, so theres no option to increase the fsb so i don't think overclocking is possible, and on another note, i got about a 30sec response, now thats service
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03-26-2004, 12:32 AM
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the only way u will get higher performance from cooling was if u were to overclock it, but since u cant, thats out of the question.
you should do ur antivirus scanning, spyware scanning, defragment, uninstall programs u dont need, go to msconfig>startup tab and stop any programs from opening which u dont need to open. usually the only things u need to open are antivirus and video driver helper programs, thats about all that is needed, and this will improve ur performance a lot. last go to start>run>services.msc and disable any services u dont need, the biggest resource hoggers are indexing service and system restore service. if u dont want to have the xp theming u can disable that too and it will save a bit of ram.
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03-26-2004, 12:35 AM
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ok thanks, is there anyway to mess with a compaq mobo to make it oc'able
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03-26-2004, 12:44 AM
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Originally posted by Duffman3@25 March 2004 - 19:35
ok thanks, is there anyway to mess with a compaq mobo to make it oc'able
i doubt it, maybe someone has made a bios for it that will add more functions but its unlikely. you could try searching google for your motherboard name...or compag model number.
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03-26-2004, 12:45 AM
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oh well someday ill upgrade
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03-26-2004, 12:56 AM
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so lets say i wanted to spend about 3 - 400 on an upgrade, all i need is cpu mobo and ram, posibly video card but thats another story, what can i get
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03-26-2004, 01:05 AM
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Originally posted by Duffman3@26 March 2004 - 00:56
so lets say i wanted to spend about 3 - 400 on an upgrade, all i need is cpu mobo and ram, posibly video card but thats another story, what can i get
Your Compaq is probably worth more as an 'original Compaq'
Add that $400 to what you get for selling the compaq, and build a new one.
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03-26-2004, 01:08 AM
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well its not quite a compaq, cept for the brains, got a 120gig hd new spiffy case, dvd rw, video capture card and what not, eventually ill put all my spares into a second comuter to run all the crap not necesary for this one
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