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After going from a 24" 1080P monitor to a 1440P 27" (Acer K272HUL), I've noticed my mouse seems a bit sluggish, inaccurate and laggy. I'm using the onboard video from my Intel i5-4590 and Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI motherboard, which should be enough to support the resolution according to the specs...

I'm looking for a storage pool solution and will most likely go with FlexRAID but was wondering if there are any other (better) alternatives. Don't need any redundancy or parity, this will only be used to store media files which are fairly easy to recover. I do want two features: 1. Run on...

Many years late I'm sure but I'm finally looking to set up a RAID. My media collection has grown to span 3 drives now and it's just a hassle to find which show/movie is on which drive. I've been doing some reading on different RAID setups but everything seems to need a ~$500 NAS or a $1000+...

I'm planning to upgrade my computer, have a quick question about HDD setup. Right now I have a WD 640GB and two 2TB Greens. The 640GB has my OS and is where downloaded files go, whatever I keep is then moved to the Greens. I plan on getting a SSD for my OS and adding some more drives for...

I've been looking to buy a new monitor and was wondering do I really need one with a HDMI input. I won't be playing PS3/Xbox or watching Bluray DVDs on this monitor. Is a HDMI input useful for anything else besides that? Thanks

I have a Samsung sh s203b DVD burner but ever since two days ago it would always fail when burning. With Nero, it gives an error message saying something about "the block could not be read." I though it was just Nero so I switched to Cheetah but it also gave a "Logical Block Address Out of...

This is probably a dumb question but I'm going to be moving my desktop to a place with wireless internet. What do I need to connect? Will one of these things work? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833127080 Thanks

Can someone recommend a simple, easy to use wysiwyg website maker? I'm not doing anything fancy, just need to make a site for class. Simple formatting (H, BODY, TITLE, HR, etc), frames and tables are all I need to do. I do have access to my friend's Dreamweaver but would it be overly...

Well I did do a search but it seems as if the other threads had really specific needs. All I'm looking for is a simple tv tuner card that can let me watch tv on my computer and maybe record a few shows. Looking to get one that fits into a PCI slot and would prefer not to spend more than $40. Any...

Not sure if this is the right place to post this but what is a good, easy to use Windows theme program? I've seen a lot and just wanted to hear some opinions instead of spending hours trying them out one by one. So, WindowBlinds? RocketDock? AstonShell? Something else? Thanks

Does anyone have any experiences with Crucial's RMA? I sent some Ballistix RAM back last week and the person from support tells me it will take 5-7 days to process once they receive it before they send a replacement to me. Seriously, 5-7 days to process? When I RMA'ed a HDD to Seagate my...

I got a BSOD yesterday and after restarting, my video card drivers were somehow uninstalled and my DVD burner wasn't recognized anymore, but I reinstalled the drivers and everything was fine. However, today, my computer won't fully boot up. After the Windows XP screen, my screen would flash blue...

...should I take the funnel thing off? Currently the funnel thing is about 1 inch too far to the right and there's about 3 inches of space between the funnel and the cpu heatsink. Thanks

This is probably a really simple question but I did a search and didn't find anything. I know for video cards there's a proper way to update firmware: uninstall, run driver sweeper, reboot, install. Is there a proper way to update motherboard firmware? I have the Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L. Thanks

I'm putting together a new system and am wondering which PSU to use. I have an Allied 500w that came with the new case, and the PSU that's currently being used in my system, an Antec BU-500P. The Antec is a few years old, will it still work in my new system? The specs are: E8400 Gigabyte...

I'm about to put together my first computer. I got a retail E8400 and I heard that it comes with the thermal paste pre-applied. Is this true? Thanks

I have 2 Maxtor HDDs about 3-4 years old and last night I ran Seatools on them. They both failed the SMART test yet passed both the short and long test. What does this mean? They're working fine atm but will fail soon? Should I be looking for a new HDD? Thanks

I got a Dynex case recently and there's this black thing on the side of it that I don't what it's for. Am I supposed to put a fan there? I've included some pictures of it. Thanks

I'm wondering if this can be done. I have a 500GB Maxtor OneTouch 4 external drive but I don't need that much space for back-up. Can I open the enclosure and switch a smaller drive with the 500GB? I don't care if I can't use the Maxtor software on the smaller drive as long as the drive is...

According to the specifications, the 205BW has a 15-pin D-sub and a DVI-D for video input. My question is, can I connect a Wii to this monitor? Or is there some cable I can get to connect it? Thanks in advance.

I'm thinking about buying a Lenovo T61 with the following specs: Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7100 (1.8GHz 800MHz 2MBL2) Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista Home Basic Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista Home Basic Display type: 14.1 WXGA+ TFT, w/o Camera...

I'm looking to buy a case for my 2nd Gen iPod Nano. So far I 'm thinking about getting the Belkin Acrylic one (http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/6924003/wo/Py2KQrxSfCwo2pYA8JI1ib8GfZE/1.0.21.1.0.8.25.7.11.4.3) Does anyone have this case and if so, what do you...

So I requested an RMA order from Seagate and today they emailed me the RMA number today. I just have a couple of questions to make sure I do this right. 1. I just mail my hdd to the provided address now? 2. I'm supposed to "Secure each unit in 2-inch thickfoam rubber in a corrugated box. DO...

Can I use SATA drives together with PATA drives? I have two PATA drives in my computer atm and am looking to buy another harddrive. edit: Also, is there a big difference between 8mb and 16mb cache?

My 200GB Hitachi Deskstar hard drive has been acting weird the past few days. Whenever I try to extract rars, check pars, or anything cpu intensive like that, my system freezes and I have to press the restart key to fix it. However, playing files (music/video), moving files, and even playing a...