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celeron vs. pentium 4 In General - Asked by mr clark25	26 answers 23:14:47 1/02/10
[Solved] CPU usage very high... In General - Asked by leonessence	26 answers 05:22:26 7/15/11
Main PC board ECS MCP61PM-HM bios updates In AMD - Asked by Lrpba300	10 answers 14:33:46 12/09/10
[Solved] what is cpu over voltage error? In Intel - Asked by Deephakkrishna	10 answers 21:03:43 1/14/11
[Solved] 100% CPU usage! In General - Asked by moftasa	8 answers 17:31:33 4/19/11
[Solved] i686, i386 ,x86 CPU what are these? In General - Asked by slahamail	6 answers 09:36:52 8/02/11
Intel P67 vs H67 vs H61 Express chipset In Intel - Asked by DJ_Samu	1 answer 22:43:24 2/15/11
[Solved] high cpu usage by process svchost.exe (netsvcs) In General - Asked by Rahul27	2 answers 14:53:54 11/21/15
100% cpu usage while browsing with chrome and firefox In Intel - Asked by arpit.agarwal16	25 answers 10:03:12 5/20/13
Can I upgrade my Pentium 4 to anything else? In Intel - Asked by edokid	14 answers 17:24:35 2/19/11
Bent pins on CPU, now no boot up In General - Asked by Nobrains	7 answers 15:08:47 6/25/11
Intel's LGA 1156/1366 soon to be obsolete In Intel - Asked by Cobra_R	4 answers 18:56:30 2/12/10
Can I unlock 4th core on AMD Athlon ii x3 450 In AMD - Asked by fergiet	11 answers 11:48:43 9/04/11
AMD Turion II Dual Core Mobile P520 processor In AMD - Asked by jborge99	1 answer 15:12:50 12/01/10
Overclocking Intel Celeron 2.4GHz In Intel - Asked by mvalentino	7 answers 21:34:54 6/05/10
Overclocking Radeon HD4670 In Intel - Asked by ruben7	4 answers 12:33:45 1/01/10
[Solved] AMD FX 6300 settings In AMD - Asked by gaby_vulturu	3 answers 15:33:33 1/14/14
Phenom II X6 1055t CPU; Only 1 core active? In AMD - Asked by Rieno	20 answers 09:08:32 3/05/11
Which processor is better? In Intel - Asked by funtimefrank	2 answers 10:53:42 2/16/10
AMD Phenom II X4 - CPU Fan / Temp Question In Cooling - Asked by Schwarzerwind	3 answers 17:27:06 2/04/10
CPU Temp gets too high - how do I lower it? In Intel - Asked by sagar.auti	9 answers 04:34:31 5/16/12
Can i upgrade my laptops cpu to a dual core In General - Asked by latinsnake619	10 answers 13:15:29 7/30/11
[Solved] CPU Temperature 45 C When Idel state In Cooling - Asked by ManthanBhavsar	13 answers 09:03:17 5/07/12
[Solved] which is better Heatsink Thermal Silicone pad or greese In AMD - Asked by ddgls08	7 answers 11:58:58 9/26/12
compare intel e5700 and e6600 In Intel - Asked by figu bedu	6 answers 09:29:08 12/30/10
[Solved] Best Tools to Overclock HP pavilion g6 In AMD - Asked by celsoervin	2 answers 12:05:12 5/29/12
How to overclock my system but safely? In AMD - Asked by virtuasea	11 answers 05:13:44 2/01/10
How do I flash my BIOS? In AMD - Asked by Craigyyuna	23 answers 04:33:41 3/15/11
Safest overclock ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 In AMD - Asked by nuFF3	3 answers 01:16:58 11/05/10
Overclocking The 5670 In General - Asked by Matthew McQuillan	6 answers 13:57:53 3/10/10
DRAM Frequency, Timing Mode and Command Rate In General - Asked by agwing	10 answers 11:15:10 8/18/10
which processor? In Intel - Asked by Fingers	25 answers 21:59:30 6/16/10
[Solved] how do i overclock my intel dual core e5200 In Intel - Asked by austinebullet	18 answers 15:20:13 7/11/11
Why are there so many processes running? In General - Asked by SimasSevenfold	3 answers 00:52:43 5/07/10
How can I tell if my CPU is dead? In AMD - Asked by tcbarnard70	5 answers 08:19:41 10/25/10
My computer shuts down unexpectedly a In Intel - Asked by DoN	2 answers 14:39:28 1/06/10
[Solved] Serial No. & Year of Manufacture of AMD Processor? In AMD - Asked by rahulkhajuria	15 answers 07:59:13 5/24/12
Processor overclocking with software ? In Intel - Asked by Swagata	5 answers 10:02:45 1/02/10
core 2 duo vs. i3 what's the big difference? In Intel - Asked by Sherwin	3 answers 06:32:40 11/21/10
fan spinning too fast + monitor no signal In General - Asked by Happymeal	8 answers 00:59:41 4/04/13
How to overclock intel core 2 quad q8400 In AMD - Asked by ARCHI_POISON	3 answers 09:41:58 4/07/10
Overclocking Core 2 Duo E4600 In Intel - Asked by wastedmind	10 answers 16:44:28 12/11/10
Increase Ram Frequency from 533 to 800 In Intel - Asked by sammax	6 answers 09:54:57 1/09/10
Athlon II max supported RAM DDR3 1333? In AMD - Asked by smeee	4 answers 17:09:30 2/16/10
ACER MCP73 motherboard In Intel - Asked by kerfy	2 answers 15:31:23 9/28/10
[Solved] Pin on CPU broken... Am I doomed?? In General - Asked by Britt	18 answers 06:00:40 7/27/11
ecs mcp61pm-hm upgrading cpu In AMD - Asked by jimijames85	6 answers 07:02:10 3/28/11
can i upgrade processor in gateway all in one In Intel - Asked by kyle1985	6 answers 04:18:13 5/06/12
Black screen just after cleaning cpu In General - Asked by 1up1000	8 answers 10:41:15 9/07/11
How to overclock my C2D E7500? In Intel - Asked by coolvaibh2012	11 answers 13:12:15 2/18/12