Search results

So, my catleap Q270 gave up the ghost today... and doesn't look like it's an easy fix like a bad cap. Looks like it'd be $100 to get a sketchy replacement board that might or might not work... So new monitor time! I've started researching a new display to replace it and am having a hard time...

I'm looking to get a new 1070, and while most of my past cards have been EVGA and while I've been real pleased with them, they're significantly pricier than some of their competitors this time round. So I'm trying to get a feel for how others stack up... i.e., are some manufacturers (like...

Friend's looking to do a build; I'm trying to help keep him from overspending (he tends to way overspec...) but haven't kept up with stuff. He does have a few non-std requirements. He wants it to be quiet... and he wants it (and the monitor) to be semi-portable so he can haul it to a friend's...

Recently won a 2GB EVGA 660Ti in a Tanks tournament that I don't have a use for. Still in shrink-wrap. P/N: 02G-P4-3660-KR Looking for $180 shipped to continental US. Outside that we'd have to talk :) Will consider reasonable offers. SOLD

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Diablo 3, LoL, probably lots and lots and lots of World of Tanks (even D3 hasn't drug me away). Also, I tend to have 30+ tabs open in my browser at a time and every once in a while will crack 3 digits before scaling...

Well, my old mouse is finally dying a death I can't repair it from so it's time for something new. I'm a finger-tip only person. No claw, no palm. I want my palm resting on the mouse-pad and staying in one spot while my fingers do the work. As such... I'm one of the few people out there...

Is there a good online resource for getting up and running with Access? Particularly dealing with forms? And yes, I realize the limitations of Access. All I'm using it for is for personal use of a small data set that just doesn't have a nice simple 2d relationship that will fit well in excel.

I've been hunting an inexpensive laptop with better than 1366x768 res for a while now. Finally stumbled across a L670-BT2N25 configured as follows for $540 + tax with free shipping. Intel® Core™ i3-380M Processor (2.53 GHz, 3MB Cache) Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit 6GB DDR3 1066MHz...

Does such a thing exist? I'm looking for a laptop for my mom. She's an engineer, so while she won't be gaming or such, she will be doing some number crunching in spreadsheets and models and the like. So she really needs a decent resolution to be able to see enough to work in. However, none...

I'm looking to put together a 3rd system to use as a 1080p media-machine along with a bit of light gaming (sins and the like). However, I've not kept up with harddrives at all, so I thought I'd seek out advice as to what would be well suited for this. I'm thinking a single 2TB would do me...

Looking to help a friend build a system. May do mild OCing. Want the option for SLI down the road. Planning on 2x4gig sticks now, would want expansion room for 2 more. Thoughts?

Have a friend wanting a new display. I'm going to be suggesting the Dell U2311; but as I'm not sure how much she's wanting to spend, I'd like to have a recommendation for a solid TN in the $100-150 range as well. Might also be nice to know if there's a 27" 1920x1080 that's any decent in case...

I'm attempting to setup a system whereby a hotkey can be used to enable/disable a set of hooks to block mouse input and most all keyboard input from reaching the system. (so that a tablet can be safely holstered) However, I've determined that even if you have your global hook dll with it's...

Supposed I have a dll with an API consisting of: void someFunc(std::string arg); I call it from within an MFC application as so: someFunc("my string"); My understanding is that the constructor for std::string is called in my application's context (i.e., the memory for the string class is...

Consider the following: BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CMyHandlerThread, CWinThread) ON_THREAD_MESSAGE(UDM_MY_MESSAGE, OnMyMessage) END_MESSAGE_MAP() void CMyHandlerThread::OnMyMessage(WPARAM fizz, LPARAM buzz) { // do stuff } Multiple threads can post UDM_MY_MESSAGE to my handler thread...

I recently had my old wireless G router die on me, and am thinking that I'll just go ahead and move to N and put my old G card into a system at a different location. That said, I'm trying to keep price under $100ish. What are thoughts on: D-Link DIR-628 ($50-55) D-Link DWA-556 ($45)

If I want to go with something that's currently being made it looks like my choices are either settle for 1920x1080 or go with an e-IPS ZR24w or U2410. Would it be worthwhile to explore looking for either an old-stock last-gen 1920x1200 display, or a refurbed or used one? For instance I know...

I've been using my old original series optical Intellimouse for ages now... and for a variety of reasons I've decided to go with something new. I've used my brothers G7 and liked it, especially the battery swapping, but they're not made anymore. Lots of extra buttons aren't needed or really...

So... I've narrowed the field down a lot but I've yet to decide between these 3 :confused: I think at this point I've got to decide which tradeoffs I'm willing to accept... so with that in mind, I want to make sure that my understanding of the monitors is right. (I'm going to be using it for...

I'm currently in the market for a new monitor... and while I've gotten a lot of feedback and done a lot of research on IPS displays, I'm not 100% convinced that they're the way I want to go. So... I'd like to get an idea of what good TN displays are out there and read up on them before I...

Do y'all see this as staying an apple-only feature for the near-term, or do you think we'll see other phones with this resolution (or similar) emerging later this year?

I've encountered a few annoying issues with an MFC dialog app moving between XP and Vista. 1) Under Vista there's more padding on a CListCtrl in report mode than in XP. When using standard Arial font, size 8; in XP if you do a GetItemRect then the height of the resulting rectangle is 15; in...

If I were to upgrade to a 460 how badly would my system be bottlenecking it (see sig)? What upgrades would you recommend for a balanced system? Note, that I'm planning on purchasing a 1920x1200 display soon, so assume I'd be gaming at that res.

I'm looking for a new monitor. 1920 x 1200 is a must. No way I'm giving up vertical resolution. 24" is a strong desire (it'd be really nice if it'd match up size-wise with my existing Samsung 204Bs) I'm undecided on panel type. As I've been happy enough with TNs so far (my 204Bs are TN...

My brother is currently using those horrid $5 (if that) computer speakers that are utter crap... think they came with a system 10 years ago or something. Anyways, he has a birthday coming up. Now, while I can't afford to give him expensive really good ones, I'm thinking that $50 should be...

I'm new to this whole smartphone thing, so I probably don't know what to ask for, so help me out :) I'd like to choose a phone that isn't going to keep me from switching carriers in the future (i.e., I had been leaning towards GSM)... but... it seems that for smartphones that the data...

My initial thoughts were that it'd be a simple thing to implement (designed for a single provider and single consumer). And it seems like it is... with the little assumption that your memory read/writes execute as coded. However, you can't make that assumption. Seems like compilers and CPUs...

As title says... what book(s) would you recommend? Which books are good at explaining which facets? I'm thinking that I could avoid a lot of frustration in my design process if I read up on this :) Thanks!

I've run my board out of SATA ports, and find myself needing 1-2 more. I'm thinking that grabbing a JBOD supporting RAID controller for my unused PCIe x1 slot would be the easiest and cheapest solution. That said, I figured I'd ask the experts what they thought... and if there's a...

So, one of my two Samsung 204b monitors has died (and is out of warranty... *sigh*). Anyways, I'm thinking of getting a replacement 24" 1920x1200 display, but I have no clue what the monitor market is like these days. I plan to use it for gaming, coding, web surfing etc. No graphics...

After reading the Aion thread, I've seen all sorts of posts comparing Aoin to WoW, but I haven't seen any comparing it to FFXI. As an ex-FFXIer, I'd love to see it compared to FFXI. Especially as FFXI and WoW are somewhat of an antithesis of each other. (A lot of things about FFXI that...

... and while I think I have determined that I don't need it, I'd like to know if the singleton implementation that I had put together would have had any nasty side-effects that I hadn't considered... as I'm sure that if I keep working directly with device drivers, I'll eventually have a real...

My coworker either has a faulty PSU (Turbolink LC-A350) or the motherboard is providing a faulty power good signal. He'll be bringing the PSU in so I can test it, but I'd like to have an inexpensive replacement lined up if it is bad as I suspect. I noticed that newegg has the Corsair 400CX...

I have an old system built around an AMD 64 3200+ with some flavor of an x850 in it (I think it's a pro?) I'm toying with the idea of adding a second gig of ram and maybe bumping the video card. However, I'm not sure the video card is really the bottleneck, or if the AGP bus itself (or the...

I'll start by saying that while I'm horribly new to anything related to putting together a site I'm not new to programming/design in general (I'm a software engineer that works on embedded systems). So... I barely know (maybe) what a CMS is, I barely know any html, and I am completely...

Started to buy this off of ebay... then thought I'd rather give y'all my cash :) I'll pay $10 shipped for a used copy or a couple bucks more for new. (i.e., ebay prices)

Looking for a card for my dad's new system. He's needing a DVI out to drive his new 24" display and I'm guessing that he'd like a second DVI port to drive his old 20" as well, but that's just me. So, the only real requirements is that it be PCI-E and have 1 (preferred 2) DVI ports. Other...

I'm needing some clue as to what to get for my dad's new system. He's put together a e6750 system that he's doing a mild OC on, but while he knows what to get for other stuff, he's not exactly into gaming and doesn't know much about vid cards. I don't like bugging y'all, but I dunno much...

I'm trying to figure out how I want to go about attaching ram sinks to my vid cards ram. The cooler I'm looking at getting (Accelero S1) has sinks included, however the thermal tape that comes on them seems to really really really suck. I'm wanting to avoid a permanent attachment... so I...