Games PC CPUFilter: Is it worth upgrading from an Athlon64 3500+ Venice to a 4000+ San Diego? (plus a bonus question on 3GB RAM in XP and dual channel memory). [more inside]
posted on May 30, 2008 - 12 answers

How is physical memory recognized by a 32-bit OS running on 64-bit hardware? [more inside]
posted on May 14, 2007 - 8 answers

Shopping for a cheap used laptop: What are the minimum specs I should be looking for with respect to CPU, RAM, HD? I'm planning to use WinXP (maybe I'll settle for 2K), Open Office, and FireFox (including some AJAX-heavy web sites such as gmail, Google Docs, del.icio.us), with a wifi card. And not much else. I want to avoid "I'm always waiting for this stupid slow computer!" but not spend much more than the minimum needed to avoid that.
posted on Dec 18, 2006 - 24 answers

Help me upgrade my work computer to make it run better. [more inside]
posted on Oct 25, 2005 - 31 answers