If you do want to increase the fan speed, download Rivatuner. But GPUs are designed to get hotter than CPUs...anything up to 90-100 C is fine.

It implies that it's using more RAM (or that something else is hogging your RAM). Have you changed the graphical settings in the game? Is anything like a virus scanner running?

No offence, but next time you do something like this at least read through a couple of build logs before you go out and order your parts! It's all very well to know what you're buying, but if you haven't a least read a couple of times what pieces fit into what of course you will be scared!!! You sound like you haven't even looked inside a PC before, what with your shock at all the wires!!!

Anyway, rant over. I'm trying to find the guide that helped me out when I first built my rig, but it seems to have been taken down from the forum. If I can get hold of it I'll chuck it your way!

Just be careful with it, though, and everything will be fine. One of the most common mistakes is not to put spacers between the motherboard and the case. Do NOT make this mistake! And the PSU's fan should always face towards the open part of the case, rather than pointing directly at a big metal wall!

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Not really most net books run 200 or so, even the higher ends go up to 300, I hate to bring up best buy, but as an employee there I know there selection, There is a , toshiba laptop, celeron 2 gigs 160 drive for like 349 (While not great will get the basics done even if boot up takes awhile). Not to much more. Of course if you want to spend 100 over that, there is a nice dell with a t3400 3 gigs and 250 for 449 at our store at the very least.

Ravirr

I was talking about a compact laptop, along the lines of one with an 11-12 inch screen. This would be the closest match for a netbook if you want a DVD drive. These tend to cost a lot. I assume that the laptops you mentioned are clunky, plasticy pieces of toot. I have an Eee 901, which I love. My dad, though, has the NC10, which I would say tops even the Eee. A really nice bit of kit.

Yeah it would be, but as you can tell he doesn't want to spend a lot of money. Most laptops I have seen with at least a 13 inch go for about 800 or more. So it is kind of getting out of the realm of possibilities. Either way yeah they won't be most the most fashionable, but they will be priced similiarly and provide all the functionality he needs. At a much more realistic cost. But its up to him. If his lovely lady is worth the 800 for a laptop more power to him. Or he can get a slim drive and she can put that in her purse also. He has option.

As others have said, full reformat is your best bet, with the Ubuntu suggestion coming in at a reasonable second place.

What, exactly, is your processor and the rest of your specs?

If it is a Core 2 Duo at 2Ghz, that's fine; there's no need to spend that much money on updgrading to the 7400 when you could easily clock it to the same speed. Even if you don't want to overclock it to that speed, I expect that Assassin's Creed wouldn't run any better on a stock 7400 than on your current CPU at stock.

If your CPU is a Pentium D (or Core Duo) you can't upgrade to the 7400 anyway without changing your motherboard.

Let us know your specs in better detail and we can help you more.

That processor will be fine for the Sims 3...only problem, I expect, will be your graphics card.

Anyway, the Sims 3 isn't a good game :lol:

EDIT: You'll be fine with Fallout 1 and 2 though.

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Afraid you won't get a netbook with a DVD drive, if you're after that you need a small laptop, which will be heavier and set you back considerably more.

Netbook wise, not a lot comes close to the Samsung NC10.

Ravirr

Not really most net books run 200 or so, even the higher ends go up to 300, I hate to bring up best buy, but as an employee there I know there selection, There is a , toshiba laptop, celeron 2 gigs 160 drive for like 349 (While not great will get the basics done even if boot up takes awhile). Not to much more. Of course if you want to spend 100 over that, there is a nice dell with a t3400 3 gigs and 250 for 449 at our store at the very least.

I was talking about a compact laptop, along the lines of one with an 11-12 inch screen. This would be the closest match for a netbook if you want a DVD drive. These tend to cost a lot. I assume that the laptops you mentioned are clunky, plasticy pieces of toot. I have an Eee 901, which I love. My dad, though, has the NC10, which I would say tops even the Eee. A really nice bit of kit.

I'd agree with that.

Best thing to do is to download Puppy Linux or DSL, mount the Windows drive through that, and see if you can access anything. If you can, back up everything that you need to to an external drive or something, and reinstall Windows.

For that price (or indeed double that price) you will struggle to get a laptop that will run games well. If I were you get a cheapo laptop if you really need one, and then save for a desktop to game on. Buying laptops for games simply isn't worth it. They cost the earth, then become obsolete in a couple of years and need replacing to continue gaming at the same settings.