Post: My Computer And What Can I Do To Make It Better
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07-30-2013, 07:42 PM
#1
Okami
Known As Yukuku
System Manufacturer: HP-Pavilion
System Model: m8125x
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
q6600
Memory: 2048MB RAM
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT 1gb
Internal hard disk drive
400 GB
Hard disk drive speed
(7200 rpm)
What can i do to make it faster and better Thanks. Kind Of Dont Want To Change Motherboard Or Cpu.
08-06-2013, 03:26 AM
#20
Millz
Worth the Weight
Originally posted by 9412
Thanks for the reply I have tryed it in all my computers and its not working in any of them but I read online that I'm not the only one it could be a problem between 1.0 and 2.1
PCie is backwards compatible, you might have a defective card. Pcie 1.0 x16 is the same as PCie 2.0 x8. Since most GPU's cannot even fill up all the bandwidth on PCie 2.0 x8, you should be fine picking up a 7850 or a 7770 from somewhere as your upgrade for this machine. Your issue should be ensuring that your PSU is 80+ certified and comes from a decent brand, as well as making sure it has enough wattage for the components. Your CPU while old is still strong for lighter gaming, so a GPU upgrade would be more beneficial at this time. Also, RAM is reported in 1/2 of what the actual speed of the RAM is if you are using a program such as CPUz. DDR stands for dual data rate, so just multiply that by two to find what frequency your RAM is running at. If your motherboard or DRAM report otherwise (there should be a label on the RAM sticks themselves), then that is the value that the RAM is running at and you do not have to multiply it by two.
08-06-2013, 03:45 AM
#21
Okami
Known As Yukuku
Originally posted by Millz
PCie is backwards compatible, you might have a defective card. Pcie 1.0 x16 is the same as PCie 2.0 x8. Since most GPU's cannot even fill up all the bandwidth on PCie 2.0 x8, you should be fine picking up a 7850 or a 7770 from somewhere as your upgrade for this machine. Your issue should be ensuring that your PSU is 80+ certified and comes from a decent brand, as well as making sure it has enough wattage for the components. Your CPU while old is still strong for lighter gaming, so a GPU upgrade would be more beneficial at this time. Also, RAM is reported in 1/2 of what the actual speed of the RAM is if you are using a program such as CPUz. DDR stands for dual data rate, so just multiply that by two to find what frequency your RAM is running at. If your motherboard or DRAM report otherwise (there should be a label on the RAM sticks themselves), then that is the value that the RAM is running at and you do not have to multiply it by two.
CPUz don't show my ram stats not sure why and maybe I do have a defective card sadly I got it from eBay I tryed to return but the guy waited till 45 days was up and then changed his email
so I guess I'll have to go with its defective but what's funny none of my computers beep when I have it inserted the fan spins but nothing on screen
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