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My ISP (Time Warner :() just replaced my Arris router with a Motorola router. It seems to work okay, both wired and with my Roku which is down stairs. But while my Macbook Air (2011, I believe) gets the full 30mbps if it's in the same room in the router, it plummets to unusable speeds just one...

So I've been using simple logitech 3-button optical mice forever, and they've set to a pretty low DPI. I think it's something like 400. My last one failed, and I decided it was time to upgrade, so I went with the Razer Death Adder. I absolutely love the thing. It's super light weight, and it's...

Looking for a machine to game and work with (I'm a game developer). I'm pretty flexible on what's below, but I did make conscious choices for just about everything. I live 10 minutes from a Microcenter, so I'll get them to price match/beat anything on the list, so if there's something cheaper to...

Would you guys mind taking a look at this build (updated), and let me know if you see any red flags, missed opportunities, etc.? 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming and coding. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? About $1,000...

It's rig building time! I'm due for an upgrade (it's been like 4 years), and I'm trying to decide on a video card. I'm definitely going Nvidia (I made the AMD/ATI mistake last time around), and I'd like some suggestions. I'm looking for good value and good performance. I don't have a budget, per...

I've had my Mamba (the original, not the 2012) for about a week now, and I'm really struggling to adjust to it. I'm pretty close to just going back to my simple 3-button Logitech optical, but I thought I'd share my issues to see if anyone can offer any insights on them. 1. I feel significantly...

I bought a Razer Mamba, and I am looking for a new mouse pad as it doesn't work well with my Razer ExactMat. Can someone suggest one that works well with the Mamba? I really liked my ExactMat, so I'll probably go with another Razer product. It doesn't need to be the best mouse pad ever, I'm not...

I bought a Razer Mamba on ebay and I'm noticing a couple of things that have me concerned. I'm wondering if these are just problems with the Razer, or if they're because the mouse is used. First, the mouse becomes unresponsive for a brief period of time if it is ever lifted up, even slightly. I...

My car doesn't have an auxiliary audio port, so if I want to listen to music via my iPhone, I have to use an FM transmitter. This works okay, but I'd rather just have my phone connect to my stereo via Bluetooth and stream audio that way. Is that possible? I know there are a number of...

I'm a little confused about what exactly Sandy Bridge does in terms of graphics. I've searched around a lot, but I haven't really found a concrete answer to this. If you built a system using a Sandy Bridge processor (ignoring the issues it's having right now), would you not need a graphics card...

I got a new 1080p LCD TV that I had meant to use as a monitor, but it's proving to be a little much. So I think I might move it downstairs to become my main TV which will be hooked up to an old XP machine (Core 2 Duo, 1GB RAM). Will a Radeon 3450 work as an HDMI output (audio and video) for...

I downloaded 10.12 CAP #2, and now I'm going to update to 11.1, but the release notes don't mention anything about a Rift Crossfire profile, which CAP #2 says it added. Do the most current profiles make their way into the drivers, unannounced, or do you need to also pick up the CAPs? And if so...

I want to monitor two things: 1. The amount of VRAM currently being used for both of my 5850's. 2. To verify that crossfire is indeed working. The CCC says that Crossfire is enabled, but ATI Tray Tools says that there is no crossfire support. I'd like to see both GPUs in action while...

I just downloaded a new catalyst profile from Rage (link), and I have some questions about it. It appears that what I've downloaded are preview profiles for the 10.12 catalyst . Will these profiles be included in the subsequent release as part of the new 11.1 drivers, or do they need to be...

I'm trying to find a 5850 to Crossfire with my current one. I've been checking Ebay, and I have my eye on Newegg and Amazon. The best they can do is like $210 with a $30 rebate. Microcenter isn't even in the ballpark. So right now my best bet is about $180 unless I get lucky on Ebay. Is...

My single 5850 is unfortunately no longer keeping up with some of the games I'm playing (on ultra high settings, that is). Starcraft 2 slows down during the big battles, and Rift averages at 20fps. I'm considering adding a second 5850 via crossfire, as newegg has them for $180 (after rebate)...

I'm looking into getting a wireless headset. It'll be mostly used for gaming. Audio quality is important, but it doesn't need to be extremely great or anything. I checked for the highest rated wireless headsets on NewEgg, and the top three differ by as much as $100 from each other (link)...

I lost the little block that connects my USB charger cable for my iPhone to a power outlet. I'm sure Apple would be happy to sell me a new one for like $20. Can anyone recommend a reasonable place to get one (hopefully for like $3 or so)? Usually I get things like this from Monoprice, but they...

So I haven't heard anything about the latest firmware update killing drives like the last one did. Is it safe to do so? I've heard that the update won't work for a Windows 7 RAID. Is this true? If not, I have a question about installation. The readme says to put the drive into "Legacy" mode, but...

I'm running a P6T deluxe v2 motherboard, with Windows 7, and for some reason my rear speakers don't work. I'm pretty sure the first time I ran my audio drivers, it said something about disabling some of the speakers to get things to work in 5.1 mode (which didn't make a lot of sense to me), but...

I downloaded the drivers for my new 5850, but they don't seem to work in Windows 7 (Enterprise). Has anyone else run into this? They get to the point where I'm offered the choice to install or uninstall old ATI drivers. Whenever I select either option, I get a message saying "Catalyst Install...

Two questions: 1. Are any upcoming games known to support tessellation? 2. How on earth does it work? Does the developer add additional geometry information that gets used if tessellation is enabled, and not if it isn't? That doesn't seem right, but surely the hardware can't be doing...

I overclocked my 920 to 3.6GHz last night, and I have a couple of quesitons. 1. I'm amazed at how easy it all was. All I did was set the BCLK to 180, and it did everything else for me. It set the memory frequency, the QPI, the uncore, and one other thing. It runs perfectly stable, so I think...

I've got my 920 overclocked to 3.6GHz, and it's been running stable under a full load (Prime95) for two hours. The problem is, with the case side panel on, it got up to 87 degrees Celsius, and I'm not even sure it would have stopped there. As soon as I took the side panel off, it cooled down to...

I pre-ordered my XFX 5850 over 3 weeks ago on Amazon for $260, and it still hasn't shipped. I'm at the point now where I'd take either a 5850 or a 5870 from XFX, Asus, or MSI, if I could just get the thing to ship. The rest of my system is just sitting there, ready to game. I check a number...

Beware the new firmware update. I'm not saying it's what killed my Intel SSD, but my Intell SSD definitely died an hour after I installed it. I installed the firmware (in IDE mode, not RAID), it ran fine for a while, then windows crashed and I get an error on one of my drives. It may be...

Amazon has two 5850's in, one by Sapphire and one by Visiontek. I can't find any 5850 comparison articles, can anyone make a recommendation, or a compelling reason why one might be better than the other? I'd like to order tonight, if possible. Thanks!

I thought it would be fun to hook my computer's power-on connection up to a wireless (802.11b/g) receiver of some sort with a chip on it that would periodically query Twitter for a command to power the PC on. I know how to do the software portion, but I don't know what would be involved in the...

I'm a very inexperienced overclocker. My only attempt was bumping my AMD 2500+ up to a 3200+, though it was unstable (it would crash about every two weeks). I'm eyeballing a new build, though I already have the processor (a brand new i7 920 for $200, I couldn't turn it down). I won't be...

With Bing's amazing cashback program, I can get 20% of an Asus P6T Deluxe. That's like $58 saved. I'm going to be waiting for the new Nvidia cards before I do my big build, but the double cashback program ends in August (which means the savings will drop down to 10%). So let's say the new...

I've been looking at the intel SSDs all week, and no one seems to have them available. I heard about a recall 2 weeks ago, is that still going on, and the cause for the lack of availability? Or are they just flying off the shelves?

I'm a little confused, here. Newegg has two 6GB kits of OCZ DDR3 memory, the gold and the platinum. The gold has timings of 8-8-8-24 and the platinum has timings of 7-7-7-24, but the gold costs more than the platinum after rebate, and they cost the same before the rebate. Why might this be...

1. Would 12GB of memory be overkill for a computer built for gaming and software compilation? I was considering just doing 6, but now that motherboards and operating systems can support so much, if there's a significant performance increase in doubling that, I think it would be worth the small...

The past two days now, I've had a problem where Gmail won't load properly, sometimes, unless I let its attempt timeout and I click "Disable Labs and try again." This has happened several times on the same computer (though it's happened on a different computer as well), on the same browser, so...

I recently purchased this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236051 and I'm quite happy with it, but I'm noticing that a line of text looks different at some locations on the display than others. For example, if I have two lines of green text that are supposed to be...

My Linksys router started acting up a while back, such that every now and then it'll drop connectivity repeatedly until power cycled or a sgnificant amount of time passes. At first I thought it was a range issue. The router is on the first of two floors of my townhouse. The computers upstairs...

I have a new Asus display, and I really like it. I'm running it as the primary of two monitors, with a GeForce 6800GT. The problem is, when I set it to its highest setting, 1920x1080, which the monitor should support, the screen jumps up and down by like half a centimeter. It doesn't flicker, it...

I'm very excited about the prospects of SSD, and while I'm not planning on buying one until at least this summer, I'd like to know two things: 1. Does striping them offer the same performance benefits that striping two (or more) HDDs? And how do those benefits scale with adding more drives...

Does anyone know of a better way to sync podcasts with an iPhone? The problem I'm experiencing is that I can only choose to upload 5 or 10 of each podcast, and 10 is too big to fit on my phone, but 5 leaves nearly 2 gigabytes free. Is there a way to tell iTunes to do at least 5 of each, and then...

I've typically run at 1280x1024, but I'd like to be running at a higher resolution. My computer supports very high resolutions, but I'm thinking 1600x1200 is a good step for me. At this resolution, however, I'm having trouble reading text. I've upped the DPI to 120, and I think I will up it...