[jessica breen]

Well, I checked the group policy settings for Chrome and there's no way to configure restricting downloads through there, which means there's no official way of doing it, and probably no way of doing it period for Chrome. So long as you have Chrome on your computer, you can't do what you want to do without a hardware infrastructure (advanced hardware firewall or local proxy service like pfsense, squid, or DansGuardian) to do it for you.

Ok dude, thanks for taking the time to help me with that.

[HARDHEAD]

Temperature: http://wpitchoune.net/blog/psensor/

Stress testing: http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=cpuburn, stress (should be in pretty much every distro's repo), http://mersenne.org/freesoft/, Furmark (works well in wine)

Right now PSensor isn't showing any info, just a blank graph. Just running Linux off of a flash drive right now, don't know if the lack of a full installation could be an issue (hard drive is hopefully coming later this week). Any guesses what's up? Also, first time I ran detect-sensors, it said 'YES' for something Intel related, but now it's saying 'No' a few tries later. Frustration.

CPU is idling a little high based on the readout in BIOS at 38C, but I'm pretty sure that's just because I didn't give the heatsink a good enough press to spread my thermal paste (IC Diamond dot application).

[Add Meeh]

im just curious is there a way to waterproof my computer, the motherboard graphics card and such
i want to switch to liquid cooled and dont want my computer fried lol

[.X chantelle .x Smith]

im just curious is there a way to waterproof my computer, the motherboard graphics card and such
i want to switch to liquid cooled and dont want my computer fried lol

Just keep dunking your computer in water and eventually it will adapt.

[TOYA toys]

While I would normally say that that is a downgrade, not an upgrade (due to my extreme prejudice against all things Pentium), I'll give actual feedback instead: it isn't an upgrade, but more of a move to the side, as that chip doesn't beat your current one (more GHz != better). Also it's a 45nm whereas your current one is a 65nm (assuming it's the Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 I think it is), which means your motherboard may not be compatible.


If your current motherboard is an LGA 775 65nm mobo, it probably doesn't accept DDR3

Thanks! This is the kind of knowledge I lack. The supported CPU info on my mobo is Socket LGA 775, Type Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Duo, FSB 1333/1066MHz. Didn't see anything that would allow me to "match" whatever the nm is between CPU and mobo, although it looks like it's important, even if they're the same socket type.

If more GHz doesn't mean a better CPU, what does?

I looked up my motherboard and yep you're right about the RAM. It says its "memory standard" is DDR2 800.

[Shiarra Curtis]

im just curious is there a way to waterproof my computer, the motherboard graphics card and such
i want to switch to liquid cooled and dont want my computer fried lol

Ummmm...you do realize that most forms of liquid cooling uses tubing right?

[cosmo valerga]

Well one of my sticks of RAM is bad, I didn't even get to test it, I tested one stick which found no errors after 15 passes, then I turned off my computer and took out the stick and inserted the "bad" stick. The computer would, turn on (hear the fans and what not) then immediately turn off, before the monitor even activates. So I tried a few times and i just wouldn't work, I reseated the RAM and everything else just in case. Still nothing. I even tried putting in both sticks to see if that would change anything but the only thing that made my computer start back up was removing the "bad" stick. So you where right it was in the memory.

I'll be ordering my new stick of ripjaws here shortly.

Thanks DEFRON.

[..xX Vin Xx..]

So, if my PC can run WoW at medium settings without trouble, and at high with FPS issues in highly populated areas, can it handle Skyrim? If so, on what settings?

[Trista Jim]

Any takers? With mods Skyrim has a [censored] ton of potential, and I need to know whether or not I'll have to purchase a new graphics card.

[Valerie Marie]

So, if my PC can run WoW at medium settings without trouble, and at high with FPS issues in highly populated areas, can it handle Skyrim? If so, on what settings?

Stock, you should be able to run it at medium with little trouble and an acceleration layer mod for the CPU heavy areas.

Any takers? With mods Skyrim has a [censored] ton of potential, and I need to know whether or not I'll have to purchase a new graphics card.

Just do not go too crazy with the mods and you should be fine. do not get too many texture packs because that will lower your fps.

[Alan Cutler]

Stock, you should be able to run it at medium with little trouble and an acceleration layer mod for the CPU heavy areas.

Just do not go too crazy with the mods and you should be fine. do not get too many texture packs because that will lower your fps.

Thanks! Any suggestions for texture mods that won't crush my PC?

[Glu Glu]

Thanks! Any suggestions for texture mods that won't crush my PC?

Most mods have different resolution packs. Stick to the 1024x1024 textures and you should be fine. Some mods even focus on putting out better quality 512x512s; I have some of these installed, even if I could add higher res ones; they're that good.

Anything higher is pointless overkill.

[Ella Loapaga]

Hiyas - I gots a weird issue ... I think? I'm trying to update my BIOS to the latest version. In my case, my nVidia 680i mobo to BIOS version P33. I downloaded the official iso, burned it onto a CD, restarted the rig, the CD activates and it runs me through the update screen and eventually says "flashing complete, etc." for version "3.3." Great, I'm thinking. But after I load back up and run msinfo32, the SMBIOS Version says 2.4, not 3.3. And both in msinfo32 and in regedit Local_Machine/Hardware/Description/System dates the BIOS as 9/4/08, not the 12/1/2009 or 8/12/2011 (depending on what you're looking at) for the P33 I just downloaded. What gives? Any ideas?

[Abi Emily]

Most mods have different resolution packs. Stick to the 1024x1024 textures and you should be fine. Some mods even focus on putting out better quality 512x512s; I have some of these installed, even if I could add higher res ones; they're that good.

Anything higher is pointless overkill.

Have links to any specific mods? I've been digging through The Nexus for a while now and haven't come across anything very specific.

[Andrew Perry]

Have links to any specific mods? I've been digging through The Nexus for a while now and haven't come across anything very specific.

I use 2k textures for my textures, but that is an extremely high resolution mod and I would not recommend it unless you hit vsync at high settings.

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=4387 works great for lowering your CPU strain and I prefer it over any other one out there. I tested the difference and i went from 30 fps in town to 50-60 fps while sprinting through the CPU heaviest areas of the game.

[W E I R D]

I use 2k textures for my textures, but that is an extremely high resolution mod and I would not recommend it unless you hit vsync at high settings.

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=4387 works great for lowering your CPU strain and I prefer it over any other one out there. I tested the difference and i went from 30 fps in town to 50-60 fps while sprinting through the CPU heaviest areas of the game.

Thanks again!

[flora]

I use 2k textures for my textures, but that is an extremely high resolution mod and I would not recommend it unless you hit vsync at high settings.

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=4387 works great for lowering your CPU strain and I prefer it over any other one out there. I tested the difference and i went from 30 fps in town to 50-60 fps while sprinting through the CPU heaviest areas of the game.

Skyrim 2k has a 1024x1024 version. It's in their Optional Files section.

TESVAL will *not* work with the latest patch. Which is cool because it's fixes were incorporated into it, anyways. Gotta love compiler optimization flags