If you need some advice on how to upgrade
your system, let us know! This section is devoted to giving upgrade advice.
Check out our answers to some other people's questions below. If you're wondering
why we didn't answer your question on our pages, or want some guidelines about
what type of questions to submit, read the
System Upgrader FAQ.
If you have simple questions about specific processors, such as "what
is the difference between a Celeron and a Pentium II or Pentium III?"
then check out our ChipGeek
section. Inside that page you'll find Processor
Specs, with all kinds of information on all kinds of processors.
Please read it over before you ask a processor question!
Specific Questions we usually
don't answer
(why and where to get help!):
1. What Motherboard do I have?
2. What exact processors can I upgrade to in my proprietary
system?
3. How do I support / troubleshoot dual monitors
in Windows 98? NEW
Answers posted October 8, 1999 NEWISH
I'm gonna tear my Pentium III apart
Set your system up and burn
it
PCI modems not required
Deep six your Baby AT
Double stuffed Celerons
Answers posted September 16, 1999
New motherboard in an old case
Replacing the klunker
Improving my box
Mismatched SECC
Answers posted August 13, 1999
Yo, where's my L2 cache at?
Get around built in AGP
video
Can I get a 66?
OEM Hard Drives - dOn't
Expect Manual
Answers posted July 23, 1999
Quick Answers on bus speed
and form factor
Ice Age on my system...
Can I use dual video cards?
Can I wire a laptop monitor
to a desktop motherboard?
Upgrading a P133 system
Gaming | Chips
'n' Motherboards | Video and Sound Cards | Memory
|
Speed 'n' Performance | Peripherals
| Storage |
Problems | Miscellaneous
Gaming
Will 300 MHz help out my Quake game?
Is now the right time?
Upgrading for gaming supremacy on a budget . . .
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Chips 'n' Motherboards
Mating the Celeron into a board
Cyrix MII bus speed settings
What does the A stand for on Celeron 300A?
Upgrade or wait for the AMD K-7?
Keep my Com Ports Clean
Searching for the Maximum PIII
Cyrix 366 vs. 350
Scourge of the 66MHz bus
Socket 5 Question
Should I upgrade my processor?
Is it worth it to go to Voodoo and MMX?
Windows 98 says my Celeron is a Pentium II?
Can I upgrade to a 433MHz Celeron?
Will I be able to upgrade my K6-2 to a K7 or K6-3?
How do I set up my motherboard for "dual voltage?"
Since I have an AT case with drives, should I just upgrade
my AT motherboard?
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Video and Sound
Cards
Is my sound card freezing my system?
My Voodoo3 shuts down my monitor
How do I fix choppy video and slow graphics?
Should I worry about a 2D/3D combo and 32-bit color
for a 200 MHz machine?
How can I get better video performance out of my machine?
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Memory
Is it my memory or my processor that's slowing down my
computer?
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Speed 'n' Performance
Upgrading for Performance on a budget
Faster Processor for Photoshop
Is Windows NT faster than Windows 98?
Can I overclock my Hewlett-Packard Celeron machine?
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Peripherals
What should I do to make the K56 to V.90 modem transition
successful?
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Storage
TV Tuner and SCSI storage
I Promised IDE get a bigger HD
Copy vs. XCopy
What do I do about a flaky floppy?
Is there a guide for setting up master-slave hard drives?
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Problems
Win98 upgrade has fouled my IDE connections
Why can't I boot my AMD K6-2?
Why does my system clock reset?
My machine keeps freezing . . . do I need a bigger hard drive?
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Miscellaneous
Upgrading costs too much
Splitting up the Internet
Can I upgrade or fix a broken motherboard in a laptop?
Is my machine
Y2K-compatible? Should I upgrade it if not?
Two Quick Answers
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Quicks
Two Quick Answers
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