Nathan
We recently moved, and our desktop PC is in a room that doesn't have any access for the internet, and the closest connections we have are on the other sides of the house. Is there a way i can use an old router as an adapter of sorts on my desktop so i dont have to run a LAN connection all the way across the house or pay for an adapter?
Answer
Depending on the router model, you might be able to configure it as a wireless bridge, http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57529336-285/reuse-an-old-router-to-bridge-devices-to-your-wireless-network/ but for the bother, power consumption, performance, etc. You would be better served with an inexpensive USB WiFi adapter.
It is easy to add WiFi to a desktop. You can get a wireless adapter for your desktop PC, they are very inexpensive. Many are under 10 bucks. http://www.amazon.com/s/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=excharge-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=wireless%20adapter%20for%20desktop&url=search-alias%3Daps&sprefix=wireless%20a%2Caps%2C377 There are two types, the easiest is a USB that just plugs in, the other is a card that involves opening the PC and installing in a card slot.
Unless you specifically need a wireless connection, I would not recommend it especially for a fixed device such as a desktop PC.
Wireless signals are affected by many factors including distance, wall density, electrical interference, directional antenna range, etc.
Wireless connection quality also varies and there is overhead involved in the transfer such as the encryption and decryption of the data used for wireless security.
You should try to centrally locate your wireless router or gateway up high and away from dense walls and electrical and 2.4 GHz wireless interference such as microwave ovens, cordless phones, baby monitors, etc.
For serious gaming or video streaming your best bet is a direct Ethernet connection. Ethernet is unaffected by wireless interference and will give you a rock solid, stable network connection.
If it is not feasible to run Ethernet cable your next best option is to use powerline network adapters. I wrote a review here: http://isp1.us/reviews/netgear-xavb2101-powerline-adapter/
Good Luck...
Depending on the router model, you might be able to configure it as a wireless bridge, http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57529336-285/reuse-an-old-router-to-bridge-devices-to-your-wireless-network/ but for the bother, power consumption, performance, etc. You would be better served with an inexpensive USB WiFi adapter.
It is easy to add WiFi to a desktop. You can get a wireless adapter for your desktop PC, they are very inexpensive. Many are under 10 bucks. http://www.amazon.com/s/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=excharge-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=wireless%20adapter%20for%20desktop&url=search-alias%3Daps&sprefix=wireless%20a%2Caps%2C377 There are two types, the easiest is a USB that just plugs in, the other is a card that involves opening the PC and installing in a card slot.
Unless you specifically need a wireless connection, I would not recommend it especially for a fixed device such as a desktop PC.
Wireless signals are affected by many factors including distance, wall density, electrical interference, directional antenna range, etc.
Wireless connection quality also varies and there is overhead involved in the transfer such as the encryption and decryption of the data used for wireless security.
You should try to centrally locate your wireless router or gateway up high and away from dense walls and electrical and 2.4 GHz wireless interference such as microwave ovens, cordless phones, baby monitors, etc.
For serious gaming or video streaming your best bet is a direct Ethernet connection. Ethernet is unaffected by wireless interference and will give you a rock solid, stable network connection.
If it is not feasible to run Ethernet cable your next best option is to use powerline network adapters. I wrote a review here: http://isp1.us/reviews/netgear-xavb2101-powerline-adapter/
Good Luck...
why is my computer hitting 98 C ?
Jim Bob Jo
my processor is an i5 2500k lga1155 and it keep sayin on core temp that when i do games
like minecraft of combat arms or left 4 dead i hit 98 degrees celsius which is ridiculously hot...
doesnt heat up when i play youtube vids or anything
its about 40-45 when im not playing games
im not sure if my processor is broken or what
i just made this computer 1 week ago and its been doin this ever since...
i have 3 other fans that cool the case down but they dont seem to be helping...
theres also a mini fan on my graphics card and a fan on my psu so i dunno why its like this
another note is that i accidently touched the bottom of the processor while trying to fit it in
but then like half a minute later its like DO NOT TOUCH PROCESSOR UNIT THINGS UNDER BELLEH!!!!-
and i was like ._.
so please someone help meh D:
Answer
You have one of the best and most cutting edge processors on the market. Your Austin Powers brand I52500K is designed to run cooler but work harder. How the heck it does that is well beyond my comprehension but I LIKE it. Your CPU chastising you the way it did for touching its' bellah is indicative of the Austin Powers brand and will also attempt to eat anything that comes walking by.When this CPU is properly installed it of course needs to be flush in its' cradle. Are you 100% positive that the processor is all the way in and the lever is all the way down? If it is then you are dealing with the stock cooler and you are dealing with those less than mediocre strips of thermal paste that intel applied. I installed it just to see what would happen. With temps up around 55c+ I immediately installed the Cooler I bought for this baby.It now runs 38-40 in BIOS. ALl the temperature monitors return 23 on some cores and as high as 33 on others during regular surfing. It gets up to about 41c when i game. If you did not fully seat the intel cooler and those little black pins on the inside of the white cips did not fully engage then there will not be full contact between your heatsink base and the curface of your CPU so the transfer of heat will not happen the way it should. A 50c increase during gaming is ridiculous. Have you used more than one temp monitor? http://download.cnet.com/HWMonitor/3000-2094_4-10793486.html & http://download.cnet.com/Speccy/3000-2094_4-75181811.html are a couple more. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh LOL. I know what you're talking about. Core temp suggests 98c as the tjmax er hottest temp before the computer shuts down. Actually the Tcase for it is 72.6 c aso the internal MIGHT be able to reach 98c but your would never even want to get CLOSE to 98c. Your temps are normal for a 2500K on stock.If I am mistaken and you are not confusing that Tjmax as an actual temperature then you need to reinstall that CPU or buy a real cooler like a http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103055 OR http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608018&Tpk=NOPCTUA%20D14 OR http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106178 . When you download speccy and see the summary your can click on CPU on the left and scroll down to your cores. Click the little drop-down arrows next to the cores to see the individual temps. These need to stay well below the 72.6c .
Operating System
MS Windows XP Media Center Edition Professional 32-bit SP3
CPU
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 3.30GHz28 °C
Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
RAM
8.0GB DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-25)
Motherboard
MSI P67A-G43 (MS-7673) (SOCKET 0)33 °C
Graphics
DELL 1704FPV (1024x768@60Hz)
512MB ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series (Diamond)42 °C
Hard Drives
977GB Seagate ST31000528AS (SATA)28 °C
Optical Drives
Analyzing...
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio
Core 0
Core Speed1596.5 MHz
Multiplierx 16.0
Bus Speed99.8 MHz
Temperature23 °C
Thread 1
APIC ID0
Core 1
Core Speed3691.8 MHz
Multiplierx 36.0
Bus Speed99.8 MHz
Temperature29 °C
Thread 1
APIC ID2
Core 2
Core Speed3691.8 MHz
Multiplierx 37.0
Bus Speed99.8 MHz
Temperature32 °C
Thread 1
APIC ID4
Core 3
Core Speed3492.3 MHz
Multiplierx 16.0
Bus Speed99.8 MHz
Temperature22 °C
Thread 1
You have one of the best and most cutting edge processors on the market. Your Austin Powers brand I52500K is designed to run cooler but work harder. How the heck it does that is well beyond my comprehension but I LIKE it. Your CPU chastising you the way it did for touching its' bellah is indicative of the Austin Powers brand and will also attempt to eat anything that comes walking by.When this CPU is properly installed it of course needs to be flush in its' cradle. Are you 100% positive that the processor is all the way in and the lever is all the way down? If it is then you are dealing with the stock cooler and you are dealing with those less than mediocre strips of thermal paste that intel applied. I installed it just to see what would happen. With temps up around 55c+ I immediately installed the Cooler I bought for this baby.It now runs 38-40 in BIOS. ALl the temperature monitors return 23 on some cores and as high as 33 on others during regular surfing. It gets up to about 41c when i game. If you did not fully seat the intel cooler and those little black pins on the inside of the white cips did not fully engage then there will not be full contact between your heatsink base and the curface of your CPU so the transfer of heat will not happen the way it should. A 50c increase during gaming is ridiculous. Have you used more than one temp monitor? http://download.cnet.com/HWMonitor/3000-2094_4-10793486.html & http://download.cnet.com/Speccy/3000-2094_4-75181811.html are a couple more. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh LOL. I know what you're talking about. Core temp suggests 98c as the tjmax er hottest temp before the computer shuts down. Actually the Tcase for it is 72.6 c aso the internal MIGHT be able to reach 98c but your would never even want to get CLOSE to 98c. Your temps are normal for a 2500K on stock.If I am mistaken and you are not confusing that Tjmax as an actual temperature then you need to reinstall that CPU or buy a real cooler like a http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103055 OR http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608018&Tpk=NOPCTUA%20D14 OR http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106178 . When you download speccy and see the summary your can click on CPU on the left and scroll down to your cores. Click the little drop-down arrows next to the cores to see the individual temps. These need to stay well below the 72.6c .
Operating System
MS Windows XP Media Center Edition Professional 32-bit SP3
CPU
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 3.30GHz28 °C
Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
RAM
8.0GB DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-25)
Motherboard
MSI P67A-G43 (MS-7673) (SOCKET 0)33 °C
Graphics
DELL 1704FPV (1024x768@60Hz)
512MB ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series (Diamond)42 °C
Hard Drives
977GB Seagate ST31000528AS (SATA)28 °C
Optical Drives
Analyzing...
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio
Core 0
Core Speed1596.5 MHz
Multiplierx 16.0
Bus Speed99.8 MHz
Temperature23 °C
Thread 1
APIC ID0
Core 1
Core Speed3691.8 MHz
Multiplierx 36.0
Bus Speed99.8 MHz
Temperature29 °C
Thread 1
APIC ID2
Core 2
Core Speed3691.8 MHz
Multiplierx 37.0
Bus Speed99.8 MHz
Temperature32 °C
Thread 1
APIC ID4
Core 3
Core Speed3492.3 MHz
Multiplierx 16.0
Bus Speed99.8 MHz
Temperature22 °C
Thread 1
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