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Hey. I have a fairly large (~3600sqr foot, 140 yr old, 3 story brick) house in a fairly WiFi saturated urban area, I have Gig Fiber coming into my basement into ethernet to the first and second floors, and a line run from the second to the third. Today, I have Fios crap-router in the second...

I have a 34" 21x9 monitor; with a 21" 16x9 on it's side next to it on an arm. Ideally; I think I want the 21" mounted directly above** my 34"; though My arm won't go that high. Any suggestions on how to either 'extend/raise' my desk so I can use my existing arm(Arm is just clamped to the side...

I moved recently; and the networking situation is less than... Ideal. My desktop is in the back corner of the house; the Fios drop in the front. I picked up this guy... Asus (USB-AC56) Dual-band Wireless-AC1200 USB 3.0 Wi-Fi Adapter...

I have a Mid 2013 i7 MBA connected via thunderbolt; and the monitor works great. I have an LG IPS225 sitting next to it vertical plugged in via DVI->Mini-Displayport to the second LG 34UM94 thunderbolt port. I can't seem to get anything to display on the second (last in line daisy chained)...

I'm currently running an old Core2 Duo Asus desktop as my htpc; has built in HDMI+Optical to my tv/receiver; and has worked well for me for years now. It looks like it's slowly dieing, so looking into alternatives. I would generally prefer to buy something small/efficient for this; as all I...

My wife asked me to recover her music collection off her old laptop, i believe it's this guy... http://www.superwarehouse.com/HDD2188/p/325010 http://storage.toshiba.com/techdocs/MK8025GASUserGuide.pdf ATA-2/3/4/5/6, it appears to draw power over the ATA interface. Any recommendations on...

To the best of my knowledge; I should be able to use the gtx 260 for PhysX (Bought 660 ti for Borderlands2) to offload. Is this still the case? My reason for asking being I'm debating whether I trust my PSU for both cards, and whether I should start shopping my GTX 260 around (660ti and BL2...

Currently running GTX 260 from when I built the machine(i7 920, 24gb of ram); pushing 2 1080p displays. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130433 Specifically; looks like I won't be able to max borderlands2; and bonus being I'd like to plug a few more monitors without...

What do people here use? My current setup being small stuff sync'd across my computers via dropbox; large file storage on nas (~3tb currently); and my photo repo stored on local SSD and backed up to NAS (~100gb currently). Specifically; I'm thinking about the photos/videos i've taken being...

I'm running a few year old x58 motherboard; 6 dimm slots. I'm looking to upgrade mem (3x2gb currently); but all the good sales seem to be on 4x4gb or 2x2gb kits. I know I could run dual channel; but that just seems wrong to me. Would I have any issues picking up a cheap 4x4gb kit; then...

I currently run a Intel X25-M 120gb as my os/game drive; and I simply need more room. The new Intel 520 launch has me looking; but is it worth it to buy a current gen SSD when my EVGA x58 doesn't support 6GB/s? I'm happy with my X25-M; but buying a matching drive is ~same price as a brand new...

Hello again. Anyone have reccomendations on monitor arms? I currently have 2x27" lcds on my desk; and they're killing me for desk space. I'm currently using a large old desk, with a likely upgrade to an Ikea Gallant in the nearish future. (I'd prefer a clamp design to something I'd have to...

subjective opinions wanted. I'm currently running a 260 in my rig; and am enjoying skyrim; but I can't play at ultra without some noticeable mouse stutter(1920x1080). If I toss a 560ti in there (2gb for 279@egg; have 40usd gift card) I can get new batman also(which I want); Will it be...

Amazon app store, today only. Plays like butter on my Asus transformer. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0052UZIFA?ie=UTF8&ref=mas_faad

Yamaha YMC-500BL NeoHD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882115211&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL031811&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL031811-_-EMC-031811-Index-_-Receivers-_-82115211-L0A @ the egg for 129.99 w/ promo code EMCKGJB22 I'm tempted... I want to get rid of the optical out of my HT...

http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=z2ijrKigPanlsHLD A friend is selling his cheap (~150 bucks) and i'm looking for a living room htpc box. I don't have cable; and don't care to DVR my OTA; so tuner is not needed. I want to be able to steam 1080p mkvs from my server and watch HD...

http://www.buy.com/prod/kingston-128gb-ssdnow-v-series-sata-ii-2-5-solid-state-drive-notebook/q/loc/101/214308845.html?u1=6-12056-nil-2-nil-nil Looks pretty good to me, almost 1usd/GB for an ssd w/ goodies...

I'm currently running 3x2gb sticks in triple channel in my x58 board; and everything is fine. My question comes in; i ahve 3 slots open; and keep seeing 4gb sticks go on sale; How about a bump? If i ran 3x2gb+3x4gb in the same mobo; would I run into any issues? I'm thinking of adding a...

hola. With rig in sig (hey that rhymes :D), i just picked up a second hand pvr-350. I have simple needs, and have standard Cable. What i want: windowd game/etc on 22" lcd, TV on 21" crt at same time. Option to set and record shows which i can archive for later watching. (if i miss heroes...

I currently have an opteron 170 w/ 2x512 mushkin (cas 2.5). Before i put vista in (waiting on better xfi drivers) I want 2gb ram. Will i be able to run 4x512 sticks with 1t on the 170? I had 3200 previously which could not run 1t@4sticks; but did they improve the controller on my 170 to where...

Everything will be ordered from newegg unless I happen to find a significant price savings else where, haven't dug too much yet. Opinions on build? Person I'm building for will never over clock hence the mobo. I was given price point of 750 and carrying 7200/8mb hd and dvd rom from another...

Hello. I'm looking for my first LCD; it will be sitting next to my 21" IBM p260; replacing an old Dell 17" in a dual monitor setup. I want it to sit at about the same height as my 21" CRT; and be widescreen preferably. I am looking at the Dell 2007, as my price max would be ~300usd. I plan...

http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/26/2039213&from=rss Mildy interesting to say the least i think

I'm doing a build, and have < 200 bucks for vid card; and that should be fine for what it will be used for. I am looking at the MSI 7600gt to put in an a8n-sli mobo(future upgrade to sli always nice) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814127217 I am thinking the 2 slot design...

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1828384 250gb seagate(5 year warrenty?) USB 2 and firewire. Seems like pretty good deal to me

Hi. I have an X-FI Xtreme Music blahblahblah; and have a stupid question. Is there a registry hack or something where I can convert one of the 2 non used 1/8th in the back to another line out? I want to leave my go-vibe plugged in at all times; as well as my 2.1 mx5021's. The only real...

Ok; when playing a full screen game(CS:S specifically) I randomly get a display curruption, kind of like really tight plaid checkerboard pattern of misc colors. The display curruption makes me think it is video card related. However, I was getting the samescreen curruption over the summer...

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I have a pair of Senn hd212 pro's and some Shure e2c's i use dependign whether or not I feel like wearing my glasses or not. My Senn's i've heard wouldn't benefit too much from amping; but i've heard that my Shures could sound much better amped. I currently have them plugged into a 5 dollar...

hi hi. I just sold my case so i'm going to give myself some room to grow by getting a CM Stacker. Anyone have any reccomendations for places to buy? I'm looking for the black version; if possible. Newegg actually seems the cheapest but someone here might have a better idea...

I more disk space, and instead of buying a 400gb storage drive i plan on just getting a rapter and moving over to that as boot drive (need format anyway) I heard rumers of a 148gb sata II rapter comign out before xmas however; and if thats true I either want that drive; or want to wait till...

Good deal imo; picked up 2. cheapest seems to be 60+ on froogle.

hi hi. I'm looking at an lcd to replace a 17" crt in dual mon setup (21" trinitron crt will be on vga head on card) What i'm looking to get would be http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824179014 this 8 ms L90d+. I will be using it in conjunction with a 21" crt...

hi. I just got my hands on some juicy new ram last nice (tcc5 oz gold 2-2-2-5) and started playing with it. I had assumed my oc was always limited by the craptastic ram I have now. So i pumped my htt down to 4; put up a 166 mem div; and started pushing pushing pushing (rig in...

hey. I have an old dell optiplex gx1 sitting next to me that i recently moded a bit. It made a loud whine originally which i attributed to the old 10gb maxtor that was with it. Well; while asnding/puttyiong the case down; i put a newer 40gb maxtor from my old rig in; and this quieted the rig...

www.woot.com cheapest price on froogle is 10 bucks for one; 3 for 15 seems liek a good deal. i got a buddy i'm gonna sell one to for 10 and keep two for cost of shipping. cool

i just put a 3200 venice in the rig in my sig (newest bios as of a month or two ago) nwo; as i was cleaning the as5 off my winchester; i realized that i might have stability issues changing cores without a format... Will I? I'm booted on the machien righ tnow and its almost acting funny...

ok... I was handed 600 bucks and told "hand me a tower to web browse on and that my kid can do his college papers on, has to run good. i dont want my kid playing any gamse on it though" and this is what i did. http://cslab103.cs.edinboro.edu/~c192887m/done.htm i was thinking semperon...

hey. Not to whine here; but waht do you guys think would be a good psu for a grannie comp; 1 200gb hard drive; winchester 3000+; gigabyte mobo; floppy, and 1 or 2 120mm fans, 9600np (got cheap) I'm on a tight budget building this thing to begin with; and there will be no further...

Hi. I have ~60 bucks, and am lookign for a silient pretty nice lookign case. Any suggestions...?