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ok thanks just looking for opinions. that refurbished thinkpad on newegg is actually out of stock with no ETA for being back in stock...and i was hoping to get a bigger screen than the 14.1" although the new slightly blemished one doesnt look too bad. ok so if i had it narrowed down to 3...

what do you think about this deal? http://www.techforless.com/cgi-bin/tech4less/LX.PH102.010?id=ea6nJp7c&mv_pc=1089

Battery isn't as important, but more is better i suppose. I basically just went to newegg and checked out what they had there for cheap, they seemed to be all intel-based. I have no preference and would look at anything.

I know this isn't the most exciting topic ever, but I'm looking to pick up a non-gaming laptop for my girlfriend for christmas. She will mostly be using it for web browsing, maybe spreadsheets, word, etc...not exactly a power user. I haven't been laptop shopping in a long time so I'm not too...

Hello, ok so I went to bed and everything was working fine, woke up 5 hours later and my pc was off. At first I thought I lost power during the night, so I pressed the power button and nothing...nothing from the psu at all. My PSU is an antec earthwatts 650w EA-650, I've had it for almost 3...

the AMD 64 X2 was released in mid 2005, so that is only a little over 3 years old. would the Athlon 64 FX-51 work? edit: nevermind i guess its an nforce 4

If the processor is 5 years old, isn't the cpu going to bottleneck even a middle of the road video card?

timberdoodle, you saved my computer :) I don't know why I didn't think about putting it in the original box, but I did thankfully..I put the monitor in its original box as well. During my trip, I had just stopped at a red light, and a kid behind me slammed into me. He was looking at his...

This might be a dumb question, but I am going to visit my family for a week or so (10 hour drive) and I need to bring my computer with me (don't have a laptop), and I was wondering if there was considered a proper (or improper) way to pack the computer in the car to prevent it from being...

yeah thanks, it fit. the thing that just barely fit was the 260 GTX card, thats a big mother.

Sorry for another question, I did try a search but couldn't find exactly what I was looking for. I want to slap a small fan on the NB to cool it, but I'm having a little trouble figuring out how I should do this. My board is a Gigabyte P45-UD3R, the heatsink on it is long and not flat. Here...

Ok thanks, that is good news. Now that everything is put together I really didn't want to have to deal with the S1283 inside the case...I haven't built a ton of computers, but that is a really big cooler.

I just fired up my new system a couple hours ago, a Q6600 using a Xigmatek HDT-S1283 and MX-2 as my thermal compound. At 3.15Ghz, I ran prime for about 30 minutes and my core #2 is quite a bit lower than the other 3. During temps at full load were approx 39,38,33,38. The ambient temps in...

Any idea what the max FSB you should use without attaching a small fan to the NB? I don't have one at the moment, I was probably just going to do a mild 9x333 overclock for my Q6600. Is it dangerous to go higher than that (or is 9x333 dangerous even) without a NB fan like in the article? I...

sorry