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Thinking about actually buying a machine instead of building? Is this decent for gaming at 1440p and is the price reasonable? http://www.maingear.com/boutique/pc/ReconfigureV2.asp?saved=0&idconf=178479&act=placeOrder&idproduct=2415

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming and general use. I play many game types, shooters, mmo's and have now even messed with a few mobas. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $1500.00 us yes can stretch to $1600.00 if it means a...

I am looking for a new monitor and wanted advice. Currently running a Corei5 machine with a 780 and playing at 1080p. I think my sig is correct. :) I would like to bump up the resolution too 2560x1440p. Looking for something at 27" but I have no idea what specs to look for. I don't want...

Friend already bought this PC linked below and needs advice on Video Card. Something not over 300.00 from Best Buy. Planning on buying later tonight from Best Buy. I tried to save some money but does not want to wait for shipping. Using to play TESO at 1920x1080 on one monitor. Any card...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etcGaming 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? 1900.00 US including shipping and tax 3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible. Pompano Beach, FL 4) What...

I am looking to build a new PC when I get my taxes. I wanted to get a new monitor to go with it. I want something to game on and looking to get a higher resolution than 19x10. I have no idea where to start. I was looking at the Benq gaming series. I play some shooters and mmo's...

I am still using the PC in this thread. http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1661560&highlight= Earlier today while playing a game on Steam. I got a glue screen and had to hard reboot. Once I did all was fine for about 15-20 mins then it seems as if explorer crashed. I could move the...

Danny, I have a friend that just bought this http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-IdeaPad-15-6-Inch-Laptop-Metal/dp/B00ATANUT4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1362547601&sr=8-1&keywords=lenovo+y500 I told him I could build quite the beast of a desktop for 1200.00. Considering he is going to put in and...

Danny Bui Is this worth it? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=14-150-656&nm_mc=EMC-GD021813&cm_mmc=EMC-GD021813-_-index-_-Item-_-14-150-656 I currently have the HD 6870.. I got a third monitor and they are running pretty well.

Ok it is me again. All the specs are the same as what was listed in this thread. http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1661560 $190 - Intel Core i5-2400 CPU $133 - Asus P8Z68-V LE Intel Z68 ATX Motherboard $48 - G.Skill Sniper F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR 2 x 4GB DDR3 1600 RAM (Added 8 more GB of...

Friend of mine is looking to get a new card. His 460 died. He is running a dell system with an i7 and he mostly plays LoL and Diablo at 19x10. Other than that just general purpose computing. What would be a good card to replace it with? One that would be less than about $150.00 if...

Ok, Not sure if this is where I post about this but thought i would post here also. I am not sure where to post. Got to the OS install portion and since i didn't order an optical drive I decided to install using USB. I picked up a USB 3.0 drive and used the MS tool to setup a bootable usb...

My friend currently has this mobo. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131339 He has AMD Phenom processor. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003FVI2KQ/ref=oh_o05_s00_i00_details His old mobo does not support DDR3 he is looking to upgrade and wants to make sure he has...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? 1000.00 US, including tax and shipping. 3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible. U.S. Miami, FL 4)...

I have a friend that is thinking about buying this monitor. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009222&Tpk=GD235HZbid Acer 23.6 inch. He would like it to be at least this size larger if possible. I am wondering if there are any cheaper alternatives that will provide the...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming mostly, some video transcoding. Web Browsing. 2) What's your budget? 1000.00 give or take. Are tax and shipping included? No 3) Where do you live? FL 4) What exact parts do you need for that budget...

I was thinking of getting one of the new 6 cores from AMD. I have just a C2D now and since my board wont support the newer quad cores I decided to check out these. My question is #1 can I get a board that will run DDR2 and an X6? #2 Would I see a major performance difference between that and...

I am putting a machine together for a friend. She will use it to mainly play the sims and wants to crank all the details up. She is upgrading to an Althon II X4. I am wondering what mid range card would be best to put into her machine. Not trying to break the bank but anything around a 100...

I have a C2D E6750. What would anyone recommend for an upgrade. I really dont want to spend more than like 150.00. I play games quite a bit and just upgraded my video card. Let me hear it. Thanks

I want to upgrade but I a not sure if there would be a CPU that would allow me to see a big difference for a reasonable price. I have a BFG 680i SLI mobo. I have an 8800GT and I am thinking of buying another one as a cheap way to get some more longevity out of the card. Question: Is there a...

Picked up a 8800GT and am happy with it,only cost $150.00. Then I see that the price on the 9800GTX is only $199.00. To top that off the 4850 is out. Not an ATI fan so I want to stick with nvidia here. I need to know is it worth it to switch? I like the 8800GT single slot design. Don't know if...

I have the Westinghouse 37" 1080 P monitor and have really gotten used to playing at 19x10. Problem is I want to upgrade as I have two 7800GTOCs in SLI. I am wondering what would card would be worth the money. If I can get away with using one card for a while then upgrading to SLI later that...

I have a friend who has a P4 2.8 and 7800GS. Thing is, he wants to upgrade his processor and motherboard. He is looking at getting a mobo that has support for AGP and PCI-express. Question is will it be worth the money. He has like 250.00. I was wondering if he bought say a Pentium D 3.2. Would...

Can anyone suggest a registry cleaner. I want to use one but I dont know which ones are more popular and safe to use. If anyone has any suggestions or reccomendations that would be great thanks. Sorry if this is in the wrong area. Could an admin move it please. I just saw the general software...

My GF purchased this machine like 2 or 3 years ago. I immediately added more RAM and bought a PCI graphics card. The main problem is it has a Celeron processor. I am wondering if it would be less expensive and possible to upgrade the mATX board to one with an AGP slot and upgrade her to a much...