Help me upgrade too pls

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20 Oct 2005, 05:14 PM
Josh

Help me upgrade too pls

So check it. I have a computer that is only used to do a few things.
It houses all the media. Azerus is always running. iTunes is always running. Soulseek is always running. Its usually streaming media to my xbox too.

It likes to get all worked up and freeze at 100% processor usage.

Its a pentium 4, 1.6 ghz w/ 768 megs of ram.

I'd like it to run all these programs smoothly. I'd like to start making Divx rips of my DVD collection too.
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I don't give a shit about games or anything like that.

I'd like to run dual displays.

I've been using laptops for so long that I don't know shit about anything anymore. Can anyone help me out a bit? Reccommend some parts, whatever.
20 Oct 2005, 05:53 PM
Dyne

toms hardware has a decent setup for $500 here and dwhile it says "gaming pc" its pretty good for anything.
http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20051014/index.html

or you can never go wrong with the sharky listings (tho probably overkill for your needs)
http://www.sharkyextreme.com/guides/...708_3550661__2
20 Oct 2005, 09:08 PM
cka

Quote:

Originally Posted by Josh

Azerus is always running. iTunes is always running.

yeah, upgrades aren't gonna help with your 100% cpu usage here
20 Oct 2005, 10:18 PM
Josh

My p4 2.8 ghz laptop with 512 megs of ram used to be in this situtation, and it never pegged and stayed at 100%.

So I imagine that if I get the right system together anything is possible. Even running two programs AT THE SAME TIME!
21 Oct 2005, 12:11 AM
cka

not those two
21 Oct 2005, 12:59 AM
Josh

I can run them both at the same time on my laptop. I know its possible.

If you don't want to help me then don't help me. But please stop being a bandwith wasting douchebag and cut out the useless posts pls.
21 Oct 2005, 03:49 AM
kedawa

I don't think it's your specs that are the problem.
I've had four times as much shit running on my old Sempron 2200 with 512MB RAM, and I don't think it ever locked up.
21 Oct 2005, 04:35 AM
Johnny

You might have a ventilation problem causing your system to overheat, or some piece of faulty hardware. You system really shouldn't just lock up like that normally.
21 Oct 2005, 04:49 AM
arjue

Once my friends computer kept fucking up, and when we opened it up, a loose wire was jammed in the cpu fan.

This does not help Josh in the least though.
21 Oct 2005, 06:07 AM
voltz

I was thinking you may need to install another gig of memory with all those programs you're running.
21 Oct 2005, 08:11 AM
Dyne

Quote:

Originally Posted by voltz

I was thinking you may need to install another gig of memory with all those programs you're running.

he only mentioned 2......where did "all those programs running" come from?
21 Oct 2005, 12:38 PM
cka

azureus will eat cycles for breakfast (like any bittorrent app), and the last time I used iTunes for windows it used nothing short of 300mb of ram and about 3 hours' worth of CPU time...
21 Oct 2005, 03:58 PM
Josh

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dragonmaster Dyne

he only mentioned 2......where did "all those programs running" come from?

To be fair, there are three up there.

I'm willing to buy a new processor and motherboard if it'll make a difference.

Currently my computer does not do what I need it to and this is unacceptable.
21 Oct 2005, 07:34 PM
stormy

My laptop is a 2ghz P4M with 768MB RAM and it can run all that stuff and more with no problem. You could probably use a fresh install of windows and a switch to bitcomet. I think you'd be fine after that.

But if you want my spare(NIB) 939 motherboard for cheaps i would hook you up.