Need help to make this game work.. I don't know how to.. Just say's insert DVD cd

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I've been running a pc based router for a while and I've recently been having problems with it (clarkconnect). I'm ready to go simple and just use my modems built in firewall and a switch. However one thing I do like that clarkconnect has is a photo gallery (Gallery | Your photos on your website).

How hard would it be for me to setup a server that would meet the requirements (web server, php)? I'm thinking some linux variation but since I suck at using linux with a command line I'm not sure if I will be up to the task.

My current "router" pc is a 700mhz pIII w/512MB of ram and a 40GB hard drive.

Sorry for the crap pics, my only camera is my blackberry (I don't have an ipod either - I suck, I know.)

What is everyone's thoughts? I have not had a chance to hook it up yet. The big heatsink raised up is something that has a casing on it, so no more info there. It is a Pentium 4. The RAM is just sets of resistors where the chips should be and has a sticker on it "thermal dimm" - these came in it. The little things in the lower right are 4-pin headers, like an aux audio jumper. I have a good idea what this is, but I need to fire it up first.

Newegg.com - A-DATA 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory

Newegg.com - CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory

Newegg.com - Patriot Extreme Performance 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory

Newegg.com - OCZ SLI-Ready Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory

Cant really decide which one to get. Hopefully I could get some input here to make my decission I was kinda going toward the patriot memory for its timings.

I remember building my current computer at the end of 2002 with a P4 2.8ghz cpu that cost $450 . I was young and blew all my (parents) money building two computers that cost a little over $3000 in total .

My budget now is around ~$500.

I have a pretty good idea for what I want but I am really struggling as for which processor I want to get. These are the ones I narrowed it down to:

Core 2 Duo e8400 3.0ghz 6mb cache 45nm
Core 2 Quad q9450 2.66ghz 12mb cache 45nm

For as long as I remember I wanted to get the e8400 since its a great price for a 3ghz chip and it runs cool and uses very little power. I never wanted to get a quad core because I want to minimize heat output and power use but with the above prices its hard to not spend $60 more for double the cache and double the cores.

So people know, I don't play games but I like my computer to be future proof since my current one lasted me almost 6 years I don't upgrade much.

Which is it then? Dual core or Quad core?

the rest is probably going to be a nvidia 9600pro, 4gb memory and some p35 motherboard. I will use my current drives/case/powersupply (480watt).

i have a ze4560us laptop, hp's website lists the max ram upgrade at 1gb, anyway i can upgrade to 2gb???

Hey guys,

i'm not such an overclocking enthusiast as i used to be. At the moment i'm planning my next upgrade (first one in 3 years). I'm currently running an Athlon 64 3500+ on an nForce 4 Ultra MSI board (worst choice i could make) with 2GB of RAM.
For the first time since my good old Pentium 2 (233 o/c at 300MHz ) i'm going with Intel. I don't know what it is about AMD, but at the moment they don't seem to offer the cpu of choice for me).

Aaaanyway, here's the setup I chose. It's rather basic (I don't need all the kiddie stuff like SLI, not even RAID, WLAN, etc.):

CPU: Intel Q9450 (Quad 2.66)
HSF: AC Freezer 7 Pro
Mb: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3
RAM: 4GB Corsair XMS2 DHX DDR2-800

The rest i can take from my current system, like my Lian-Li case, vga (7900 GT/GTO), hdd (200gb samsung sata), dvd-rw.

Besides your comments to that setup (which are welcome btw), I have another question: Can i use my current PSU (Nexus, 400W) with this setup? I think 400W should be enough for such a system. I could look that up, but that would be no fun - i finally wanted to utilize that forum again

Is lower better?