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    Looking for a motherboard upgrade

    Hey all, I have an i7-920 on an Asus P6T (non-deluxe/SE/anything), and I want to perform a couple of upgrades to my rig, starting with a new motherboard. I bought a SATA III Kingston HyperX SSD, and thus want a motherboard (~$100) that'll natively support SATA III and USB 3.0 for my...
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    SSD KB/Mouse/System Freezes

    hey, so the disassembly just involved popping the back cover off, no messing with the keyboard at all. I'll try opening it up again to take a look, but I don't think that's the issue (could definitely be wrong). Will try the live usb stick and report back - takes a few hours for any issues to...
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    SSD KB/Mouse/System Freezes

    Interesting HW question for you guys. I recently bought and installed a Kingston HyperX SATA 3 SSD into my Dell XPS 15z laptop (swapped out the optical drive for the original HDD, so running SSD/HDD). SSD is plugged into SATA 3 connection, HDD to SATA 2 connection. SSD works swimmingly...
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    Best high-end laptop for performance, battery life and build quality?

    Except the Alienware is probably bound to be pretty nonportable (6.7+ lbs) and likely has bad battery life... Sigh...I just want the Vaio Z to come out. Too bad I'll have to wait until May/June/July :(
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    Best high-end laptop for performance, battery life and build quality?

    I've been looking around, but I can't find any really reliable benchmarks/review of the Quadro 1000 vs 2000's in the new Lenovo W520. They'll probably use something similar in the T420s, right?
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    Best high-end laptop for performance, battery life and build quality?

    Envy (14") used to be an awesome choice (17 is still decent at that price point, although I'd probably go for a custom Sager for the high-end desktop replacement)...except they killed off the Radiance Display (1600x900, 400 nits brightness). Without that going for it, it's kinda just an...
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    Best high-end laptop for performance, battery life and build quality?

    Wait for the upcoming M14X by the Alienware if you want to go that way. I'm waiting for the upcoming Sony Vaio Z refresh. If some of the sorta-rumored-sorta-confirmed specs are to be believed: Main Unit: Ultraportable-like, FHD or 1600x900 res screen, i7 (SNB), high battery life, SSD in RAID0...
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    Why is there no refresh for HP Envy with Radiance Display?

    I hear you on all of that! Just curious, what do you think the Vaio Z will have in the refresh if the SA has the hi-res and CF polymer? I'm planning to buy a notebook, and I'm in the high-end market, populated by Sony's SA/SB/Z and the MBP (boo)
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    From Samsung, to Toshiba, to Asus..

    I totally agree with you. I've been looking at a higher price bracket (~2000) for a laptop with a great/hi-res screen ~1080p. So far, all I get are customs like Clevo, ugly/huge Dells, or the newly-discontinued Vaio Z. *Sigh* I'll wait until the Envy, Vaio, and Lenovo refreshes occur, and then...
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    HP Envy 14 - thoughts? particularly re: fan noise/heat

    Cool. Yeah, I'm waiting for both the Vaio Z (I guess they renamed it to the Vaio SA?) and Envy refresh. Let's hope for some full-res screens for a change
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    Best 12-13"

    Yeah I agree with ^^^ I want to see the new line of Lenovo x201t's, and hope that they have decent graphics (doubtful, I know) Basically, I'm going to wait for the Vaio Z refresh (if it ever happens t.t) or have to wait until next year for a hopefully refreshed Macbook Pro 15". The Vaio Z is...
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    HP Envy 14 - thoughts? particularly re: fan noise/heat

    I'm also really looking into the high-end 15" MBP...I dunno though. It's a big price to digest, even with Education pricing. What're your thoughts on the new thinkpad T420s' that are coming out in a few weeks? Also, I'm looking into the Vaio Z (except Sony got rid of it on their...
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    HP Envy 14 - thoughts? particularly re: fan noise/heat

    i've heard good things about the Envy...except I'm sad that they stopped making those fabulous screens (Radiance display? 1600x900, 400nit). Too bad :(
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    [Dell 2309W] Red artifacts help

    Ummm I hate to do this, but the problem still abounds...bump?
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    [Dell 2309W] Red artifacts help

    Unfortunately, nope :( None of my apartmentmates have desktops, and I only have my DVI cable here.
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