Getting the most out of your computer

Disk Defragment

It's really important to defragment your computer as i found out about a month ago. I have had my computer for about 2 years now and i had yet to defragement. It took me a enormous amount of time to defrag but it made a huge difference in the end. Most of you know what this is but i met enough people that don't, that I figured some of you wouldn't.

Its really easy the only reason people don't do it a lot is because of how long it takes. You just go to Start-All Programs-Accessories-System Tools and click disk defragment. you should click Analyze first to see if it is even worth it. If It is just click Defragment and wait a good long while.

What does even do you ask?

Well, A hard drive works basically with movable arm writing and "unwriting" files on the disk" during deleting and moving of files and just normal computing some files might be split. In other words part of the file might be located on one side of a disk while the other part of the file is locateed on the opposing side of the disk. Since this "arm" can only move so fast your computer has to wait while the arm swings to the other side collecting the other half of the file."


Powerstrip

Powerstrip is a free program I found while trying to overclock my computer. Which is exactly what it does. So far I have not had any problems and neither has my Friend who also has it.

"Overclocking is the process of forcing a computer component to run at a higher clock rate than it was designed for or was designated by the manufacturer, usually practiced by personal computer enthusiasts in order to increase the performance of their computers. Some of them purchase low-end computer components which they then overclock to higher speeds, or overclock high-end components to attain levels of performance beyond their factory defaults. Others overclock outdated components to keep pace with new system requirements, rather than purchasing new hardware products as expected by the computer industry.[1]"

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overclocking

"PowerStrip provides advanced, multi-monitor, programmable hardware support to a wide range of graphics cards - from the venerable Matrox Millennium I to the latest ATI X1950 Crossfire and NVidia Quad-SLI 7900. "

Here you can read the rest and download the program.http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/ps.shtm

Anyway It greatly improved my graphics allowing me to play oblivion on great graphics between medium -high from medium. Which is a great improvement for free. The best part is how safe it is. It has many features that will allow you to restore your computer just in case.

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Overclocking will shorten the life of your graphics card. Probaly void the warrenty and could over heat your computer. Make sure its worth it. If you bought a brand new card for a lot of money that works great. You might now want to do it. But if you have a crappy card and simply want to play your favorite games without lag it could be a inexpensive option.

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