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So, getting older and having less time to spend on gaming and keeping up with PC hardware in general. I have a general idea on where I'd like to end up, but I'd like to get there in a way that makes sense and where I'll be happy with what I end up with. Right now I have a desktop that I...

This problem is bizarre, so I am posting here trying to see if it's a sign of a possible SSD drive failure that I've never heard of before. This is an existing build, it's ran for ......3 years or so with one video card failure and no other major issues in that time aside from a weird powering...

This problem is bizarre... it started by not booting into Windows. I did a memtest and the memory was showing bad on one stick. I've already started an RMA on the memory and it won't arrive until Thursday. So I thought all was good running on one stick, computer was used for 4-5 days and...

This is for my mother, she insists she needs a 17 inch screen and would like to get a backlit keyboard. From my browsing it seems like the 15 inch ones are of the biggest variety. It's just used for email and youtube videos, absolutely no gaming. My issue is here that I have no idea on...

He currently uses a Dell Vostro 400, which is like 7-8 years old. Hopefully that puts the list of questions in context. I will say that he's disabled so trying to pin down what he does and would like to do with the computer is crazy difficult and seems to change every time I ask. 1) What...

So finally got something resolved with Time Warner, bought own modem, got an antenna but still have to figure out how to wire both cable and antenna into the tv portion of the household wiring.....probably simple haven't looked yet at what it'll take. Starting to look at trying some internet...

They are charging a leasing fee, and are unable to provide me with a modem that works properly so far. I had one, it started frequently disconnecting. After letting them fuck with it remotely for 2 weeks off and on, I got it replaced. They sent me home with one that wouldn't even power on...

I've not done any serious programming work in close to 10 years. I graduated university, had a job while I was in college I didn't feel like I got much out of. And when I left that place without an offer I was told I "relied too much on existing software/programs instead of developing my...

So my brother has a Dell Vostro 400, I wanna say it's at least 6 years old but not more than 8. He's terrible about noticing issues with his computer until it basically doesn't work. So I have no information leading up to what it does now. It never sends anything to the monitor screen...

So I had one of the BFG 1kw PSUs, and this morning it decided to die. I have to say it was the most eventful PSU death I've ever personally witnessed. So the reason I'm posting is that I put a "lesser" PSU in. After going over the motherboard the best I could without unmounting it from the...

I have been noticing that my CPU in my main machine had been running a little hotter than i would expect with the temperature dropping outside and it generally being cooler in the house. So the V8 Cooler Master I have is only getting up to like 400 RPMs ever. Fan is shot for whatever reason...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc I am just going to put him down for gaming, he says maybe which will eventually turn into a "This game plays like crap." in a month. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? 1000 tax and shipping...

I posted something similar to this in hotdeals section, and have started getting the achievements so I don't have as many to get when the event starts. But there are a few Im unclear on, so I figured I'd post it here for those you who may not know about it yet. From what I have read on steam...

Check out these webpages: http://steamtreasurehunt.wikia.com/wiki/Winter_Objectives#Upcoming_Objectives http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2272641 So far the information that is verifiable from it bears out. So it appears the winter sale will begin the 19th or 20th and run...

Has anyone had any luck getting support people at Origin to straighten out old EA accounts so that the content is only associated with one Origin account? I have had issues for years with battlefield and how each different version of it associated accounts. And it wasn't a big deal since you...

I recently installed pfsense, and it's a generally default install. I played with a couple package installs and removed them, so there's the possibility of some lingering effects there that I didn't notice. I used to have my dedicated TF2 server I'd use occasionally that worked fine with...

Decided to go with pfsense, since there was no feedback I am removing post contents and closing thread if I can.

My parents house is basically an old ranch style home that was added on to with a 2 story + basement. So I can only guess at the materials between where the signal is weak and where I have installed a DGL-4300 (Dlink Wired and Wireless gigabit router). It resides in the basement which is...

I am a new seller, although I've been on the forums a number of years and have bought a few items which are reflected on my heatware listing. Even bought a Dell monitor carrier from way back when, I think it was before heatware existed. My heatware is: http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=68732...

A local county government sold a lot of electronics, it was stated that it came from a local community college and that everything in the lot was lost property that was never claimed for at least a 6 month period. I bought the lot for other items included in it, but it had a lot of cell...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? *** It is a Gaming PC and web browsing mostly, but I do use it for some photo editing but not enough to influence a decision. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? ***300-350. The 50 dollar margin...

I've been on the forums for a number of years and I've bought a handful of items. Have a couple heat transactions to my name, but I have never sold anything here. I know Craig's list in an option, but I help my dad out by listing car's he has for sale on Craig's list and it's amazing how...

Im part of a family plan with my parents and brothers right now. I think it's actually 2 plans with 3 phones on each plan. Basic service, just voice with a certain amount of minutes...I can't even say for sure if it has texting (I find it annoying) and I doubt it has any kind of data plan...

I have been looking to get books of various subject matter on the cheap, which usually means trying to find them new on sale after they've been out awhile and aren't current or interest has died down. I did a little searching to see if anything popped to the forefront, but it seems like Amazon...

I bought a BFG 1200 Watt LS series PSU when they were on sale back in December from Tiger... I'd say roughly 2 weeks later I noticed the walls of the case near the PSU were kinda warm and that the back of the the PSU was warm but didn't have much air flow. So I checked the fan in it the...

I have been using a 9800 Pro for a few years and it partially died a few months back, lost it's 3d capabilities. I recently bought a 6600 GT from these forums and it went bad in a 24 hour period upon receiving it. So, I am looking to find something that this cooler will fit onto...

My newest machine is a 939 based Opteron 170, 8800 GTX, 2 gig ram, etc etc. So I'm basically looking at upgrading the mb/cpu/mem, reusing the video card and rest of components. Then take the mb/cpu/mem and push it down to the next oldest machine...and use it's components to get my brothers...

So, my brothers computer recently has started doing bizarre things. Randomly corrupted files, and just random behavior until it finally killed some important files in the OS. So, while I think the memory is just dieing. Memtest shows it throwing errors, I tried messing with the BIOS settings...

Was thinking about raceway on the bottom of the desk...and maybe even mounting a few things on the bottom of the desk (switch, usb hubs, power strips, etc). But I haven't really found any good adjustable way to mount the switch. Was thinking about just zip tieing it to two strips of the...

I've recently reinstalled Windows on an old computer with a 900 NF, it was detected fine by windows. Problem is when I hook up the USB port it complains about an unknown device and I can't find any driver for it. So I was thinking it may be a problem with not having the old install disk I...