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Basically new to gaming and looking for a little help with buying my first video card. Listed below are the parts bought so far (from Microcenter) for a new system build. After doing some research it's become evident gaming at 4K is too much of a GPU load for most video cards to handle. I...

I want to get back into trading stocks and plan to build my own computer. I don't think I really need need a high-powered gaming video card, but I do need a card that can run at least three monitors. I suppose I may do some light gaming, like flight sims. I need some help deciding which video...

Last year (2022) I bought a Dell 4K UHD Gaming Monitor - G3223Q. I have never updated the firmware but I think I should. However I've read that updating the firmware downgrades the image quality. And that Dell does not keep copies of previous firmware files for their monitors. So I'm on the...

I have several older model SSD 's that are brand new, never been used and still sealed in their anti-static bag and was just wondering if there would be any issue with installing them into a couple new builds I'm planning. I was thinking about getting a couple of new M.2 NvMe drives since both...

I'm building an ASRock Deskmini to use strictly as my trading computer. I plan to run Trader Workstation from Interactive Brokers and Thinkorswim from T.D Ameritrade at the same time and maybe a few browser windows open and possibly Excel. Nothing that will require a discreet graphics card. I...

I have a brand new Nintendo Wii U (Latest Model) For Sale: SOLD This is a brand new unused item. Super Mario 3D World Deluxe Set 32 GB and includes two pre-installed games: Super Mario 3D World Digital Copy Nintendo Land Game Digital copy

QNAP TS-269 PRO. New, never used or even opened. Purchased from Amazon. Price includes shipping to 48 Continetal United States. PayPal Only to Confirmed Addresses. This has a fast Intel Atom processor, great for PLEX/Transcoding. I was asking $350... QNAP TS-269 PRO LOWER PRICE Now $300

I been watching the price of the Squeezebox Touch and Amazon had it for $262 last week. I was expecting it to perhaps go even lower with Black Friday and after Thanksgiving deals but now its $285. :( Anyone seen good deals on the Squeezebox Touch or Duet please post a link. Thanks

I have it down to these three: NETGEAR GS108T NETGEAR GS108 TRENDnet TEG-S80G I'm just wanting to add Internet connectivity to another floor in my house. Need to connect several PCs and also possibly a file-server later on and maybe NetFlix to stream movies to a BDP connected to a...

Recently moved and am now having poor performance with my current setup. Current setup: Two PCs connected via wired network cables to a Linksys WRT54G (v. 5) wireless broadband router. PC #1 is on the main floor, in close proximity to the Comcast Motorola Modem and Linksys router and is...

I've looked and found no such motherboards available with GeForce 9-series mGPU in the ATX form-factor. Well, I did find one (just one) by EVGA that's ATX. But why none by Asus, Gigabyte or any of the other major mobo makers? While it's true that a lot of people looking for an IGP mobo want...

I was leaning towards an ATI 4870 512mb video card and almost pulled the trigger. But decided to do a little more research and have decided it wiser to go with a new GTX 260 core 216. I'm sure both cards run well but I'm gona lay my money on the Nvidia GTX line. So I have it down to 3 cards...

Anyone tried one of these yet? Looks pretty mean and seems to be a contender to the TRUE based on the comparison review that I found HERE. Nice that it comes bundled with a backplate and mounting hardware (unlike the Xigamtek S1283/1284) meaning it doesn't use the pushpin method. It also...

I need some advice. A lot of OEM versions of Microsoft Office are for sale on eBay. To make it legal to sell, they include a piece of non-peripheral computer hardware to be shipped with the software disks. I reckon the reason for this is because it's meant to be installed on ONE machine and not...

Well, on advice from others here, I bought the Antec MX-1 external HDD enclosure. I also purchased a Samsung Spinpoint F1 750 GB HDD to load into it. I didn't realize that the MX-1 came with an eSATA bracket so I also purchased a Rosewill RC-216 PCI Express eSATA II x 2 Controller Card so I can...

I'd like to know which PSU you'd give the edge to. Both of these PSU's, the Zalman ZM750 and the PC P&C S75QB 750W are highly rated with 80+ efficiency (83% efficiency for the PC P&C and 86% for the Zalman). Both have good reviews and they're also both comparably priced (PC P&C has a $30...

Hey guys, a couple months ago I snagged a Dell Precision workstation from the Outlet store. I wanted a prebuilt PC with two video-card slots (has an X38 mobo) running XP Pro to use for my stock trading computer. I certainly didn't need one with an Intel Core-2-Extreme CPU, but the price of the...

I need to get MS Office 2007 Pro and went to my local Staples store. It cost over $400 retail at B&M stores like Staples. I go on eBay and it's under $200 from many sellers listed as "Brand New Software/Sealed Box/Licensed for 2 computers." How the hell individuals can sell this on eBay for...

I have been looking at mobos for a new build and really like what I read about the GIGABYTE EP35-DS4 . But why does it come with two PCIe x16 video card slots, yet one is wired in such a way that it reduces the bandwidth to x4 ? What good is the second slot then? I want to run two separate video...

I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve made some impulsive buying decisions recently and I have been going round and round with what to do now. I’d like some suggestions on what would be the best way to utilize these two CPU chips, but first let me explain what I originally wanted to do and how I...

Vista Home Premium that came preinstalled on my Dell XPS 420. XP Pro came preinstalled on my Dell Optiplex. I'm sure I could use the XP Pro disk that came with the Optiplex machine to install XP onto the XPS 420. But after it's installed, can I use the Product Key that's on the sticker of the...

I recently got an XFX 9600GT to replace the weak 128MB ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO card that came with my Dell XPS 420. The 9600GT is about the most powerful card I can install into my Dell without upgrading the PSU. However, I'm unsure of what I should do to ensure everything goes smoothly. I...

I heard that the 2007WFP (wide-screen) model is a lottery, with some getting an S-IPS panel and others getting S-PVA. But how about the non-widescreen 2007FP monitor? Any know for sure if Dell 2007FP would comes exclusively with an S-IPS panel? Or is the 2007FP just as much of a lottery as it's...

I'm on a budget but want to upgrade my computers audio. I'm currently just using on-board sound and wanted to know what y'all thought about the M-AUDIO Revolution 5.1 sound card? I'm wondering if this would be a decent choice for music listening via 5.1 computer speaker set-up? I'm open to...

OK, I decided it's time to upgrade and decided on a 9600 GT But just take a look at the deals being offered right now. If you were hunting for this card, which one would you go for? 1.) EVGA GeForce 9600GT Superclocked $179.99 - $15.00MIR - $20.00 promo code "hardocp32420" = $144.99 with...

Current rig: Dell XPS 420: Q6600, 3Gb, Vista Premium, Radeon 2400 PRO card w/375 PSU. With the cost of Video cards dropping recently, I've been considering a SAPPHIRE 100225L Radeon HD 3870 512MB to play COD4 @ 1920 x 1200 res. My only concern is the minimum power requirement of 450w. But...

Hey guys, I need a little advice. I need to add an eSATA port to a Dell Optiplex GX620 that's running XP Pro. I want to connect an external HDD Enclosure that has both USB and eSATA ports. The Dell only has USB and I'd like to take advantage of the faster eSATA connection. The Dell already...

I searched through this forum looking for info on Rosewill RX81-US HDD Enclosure, but found little to no info. I did find quite a few positives about the following Enclosures though: Antec MX-1 Thermaltake MAX 4 VANTEC NST-360SU-BK All seem to be fairly similar (except the Antec...

I now have two Dell PCs, one with XP and one with Vista, I want to use the new Vista machine for music, videos, entertainment apps, downloading MP3s, e-mail, browsing the net, etc. I also day-trade the stock market and I want to use the older Dell PC strictly for my stock trading platform...

Would you: A: Get the faster G. SKILL (PC2 8500) 4GB (2x2GB) kit. B: For about the same price two A-DATA (PC2 6400) 4GB (2 x 2GB) kits (8GB total). Want to OC an E8400 to 4GHz on a GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L, which would you go with?

I have an old Pentium III PC that's running Win 98se that I want to retire. I was about to go through the laborious task of searching directories/folders for files I want to keep, i.e., spreadsheets, emails, program setup files, word docs and adobe files, etc. Then I'd have to move them all to...

I'm about to start Vista Home Premium for the first time. Having never used this OS before, I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask if there's any helpful hints y'all can offer to make sure things go as smoothly as possible. Not sure if this is a silly question but I'd rather look like a noobie and...

I was hunting for the best price for Vista Ultimate 64-Bit and came across this CDO version. It's cheap at only $165 shipped, but it the CD ONLY version which is described below: "CD Only does not come with the retail or OEM packaging. Product keycodes are included if the software requires a...

I'm building my first rig and plan to use it for gaming. Right now I'm not much of a gamer at all but feel like I'm missing out, so what the heck. Now I'm far from a teen (in my 40's) and this PC will likely be placed in our living room and connected to our 40" 1080p HDTV. So needless to say...

Building my first rig and decided I might as well take the Vista plunge. I've read that the retail version supposedly allows the user to move from one computer to the next, while the OEM version cannot be transferred to another PC once it is installed. So does this mean that if I install the...

Hi Y'all, I'm debating whether to upgrade my 7900GT KO 256mb to the new 7950GT KO 512mb The thing is I'm almost at the 90 day deadline (day 89) and I'm a little unhappy about the way eVGA does the step up. They deduct the cost I originally paid (the price I paid at newegg) from thier msrp...

Hi guys, I wanted to get some opinions on this but first let me explain a few details: I'm in the middle of swapping CPU's. I recently bought a Pentium D 950 and installed it in a Dell XPS 600. I had a friend help and we used AS 5 and followed the instructions on the Artic Silver website...

Hi guys, I know the Conroe Core 2 Duo is what everyone is talking about, but i have a couple quick questions about a Pentium D 950. I bought a barebones system a couple months ago and since I never installed a CPU before I had a friend help. He was showing me some things and several times he...