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Is there any particular reason why the user reviews for every SATA SSD I've checked out are absolute dogshit? Trying to find an SSD for an older productivity laptop and I'm having zero luck finding any option that is particularly well recommended.

Friend had his MSI z77a-gd65 give up the ghost. It's throwing 19/55/4F codes and memory and PSU have been ruled out as the cause. There's no indication of any data loss on any of his drives and he had backups of everything critical, save for his bookmarks and saved passwords from Vivaldi and...

I need to lose some lard, so i'm adding a TV/Kodi box to my exercise room. Wall space limits me to sub-55" models. I only need 60hz 1080p with "OK" input lag for stuff like Xcom, willing to go 4k for a good deal though. What is my best bang for the buck option in the 48-50" size? Probably going...

I need to lose some lard, so i'm adding a TV/Kodi box to my exercise room. Wall space limits me to sub-55" models. I only need 60hz 1080p with "OK" input lag for stuff like Xcom, willing to go 4k for a good deal though. What is my best bang for the buck option in the 48-50" size? Probably...

Looking for an upgrade from my Nexus 4. It's in good cosmetic shape, but starting to get flaky and the battery life just isn't there any more, even with the usual suspect apps removed. My budget is $300-400. I was looking at the Moto X Pure 32gb, but I think they've been out for a while now...

So waaaay back in 2005 I went in for the best 20" IPS on the market, the NEC 20WMGX2. Blacks like a pool of India ink, viewing angles as close as I've ever seen to 180 degrees, zero input lag, glossy 1680x1050 display, all for a mere $580 each. I will say though, I totally have gotten my...

So my new Ivy Bridge box, that's been up and running for almost a month to the day, spontaneously rebooted itself about 20 minutes ago and is now in a reboot loop, refusing to post. The CPU LED is the only one that lights and then goes out after roughly 5 seconds when the system tries to...

*Build updated per thread feedback* Case not needed, Forgot about the brand new CM 690 II i bout on clearance many moons ago. I'm waaaay out of the loop, 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming: AMRA2, TF2, Skyrim, FPS Soldier Mother Fucker...

I've got a relative that needs a wireless solution for their new HD LCD. The spouse has vetoed running cat-5 (I'd have told her to pound sand...:rolleyes:) so we're looking for an inexpensive router that we can install dd-wrt on and throw it in bridge mode. The Linksys wrt54g seems to have...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc DX10/11 Gaming, Writing, Web browsing, Photoshop and Ilustrator use. Probably in that order. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? Under $1100 - 1500 if humanly possible 3) Where do you live? WI 4)...

So I guess that a girl is buying me a 360 for christmas, so I've got some game shopping to do, or at least a list to make. I don't play FPSs with a game pad and I maintain a fairly up to date PC. I'm already keeping an eye out for: Dead Rising GTA4 Dead Red Redemption Forza What else have I...

I've been severely out of the loop on PC hardware since roughly 2007, I'm brand agnostic for both CPU and GPUs but do require hardware scalling in my GPUs since the last 2 monitors I've used didn't support it. 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming...

This is probably a little retro, but I'm looking for a replacement for my modded original Xbox. The one my friend and I chipped ages ago seems to be finally biting the dust. If you've got a hard modded Xbox with a decent sized drive drop me a line and let's talk. I have Ebay feedback and Heat.

I've got a socket 939 K8N Neo4 Plat in one of my systems that I've been looking to use as a storage box. As those familiar with the board will know, it boasts 8 SATA ports, 4 300's running off the NForce chip set and 4 150's running off an on board Silicon Image Sil 3114 controller. My...

I've currently got my Steam folder and other games installed on a 250GB WD2500KS. From what I can remember this was the hot-shit 7200 rpm drive at the time and it was on sale. I'd like to upgrade to something that allows me to have all of my Steam titles installed at the same time, 1TB at...

I've been running my system since '05ish (pretty sure the only things that are original are the RAM, MoBo, case and mouse) It's still running well for me with the exception of my storage set up. Right now I'm running a 74gb Raptor as the boot drive and a pair of 250gb (pretty sure a Hitachi...

I switched to a pair of Koss UR40's for my mp3 player at work and really like the way they sound and the fact that I can still tell what's going on behind me. The sound crispness has really grown on me and I'm looking for some open cans for my desk at home. Prefer something that's fairly...

I'm very happy with my NEC purchase a few years back, but I've been running into situations with increasing frequency where having a second display to the left of the NEC would be very helpful. The new monitor would be used to: Display video in VLC Display/edit text documents Display my...

OK I've searched high and low and know there are a ton of users that are running or have run the same set of hardware. I have an EVGA 8800GTS and a NEC 20WMGX2 monitor and I'm having difficulty getting the flat panel scaling options to work correctly. I've been dicking around with this for...

Mom decided to move the power cord from her computer out of the UPS, and plug it in with the washer and dryer. Now she can't figure out why a power surge fried the video port on her motherboard, insisting that it's some sort of computer manufacturing conspiracy. Last time I do work for family...

I got asked for camera recommendations by an acquaintance who's going into the P.I. field. The best I could tell her was probably one of the Cannon DSLRs as far as lens options and what not go. What features would someone doing that kind of surveillance need and which models would provide...

I'm wondering, is there is a way to sort directories in Windows by the total size of the contents? I can sort individual files in this manner but when sorting collections of directories I haven't been able to get it to work.

I'm looking to register a few domains related to a project I'm working on so as not to have to deal with cyber squatters later. I'm not ready to put any sort of content up yet, but will be within a year. My current host charges $8.88 a year for domain registration. Would it be best to use...

Well my beloved uTorrent 1.6 is banned on the new tracker I'm using so I need another option. I know that allegedly nothing else for windows is light and stripped down to the basics, but there has to be something else out there. What are you guys having good luck with?

I had to reinstall the drivers for my on board sound the other day and afterward my mic doesn't seem to be working at all. No power, no nothing. I've got an nForce 4 Ultra Board with on board AC97 that's worked fine for the last 2+ years. I checked my jacks and everything is connected...

I've been dicking around with this for about 10 hours now, WSGF says either it will default to the correct res (mine didn't, I'm running 1680x1050) or you can edit the .Bin with a hex editor to get it where you need it to be. I read the instructions, but I'm evidently a moron because I can't...

So I'm getting ready to order the Vostro I posted about before, is it worth spending half again the cost of the system for the better warranty options? Is there some secret sweet spot that the technically proficient can take advantage of?

Picky frickin' girls! grrrrr. Anyway I need some advice, She wants to go as cheap as possible, but refuses to consider a used system. She needs: b/g wireless 3hr. + battery life sub $550 price point Oh and did i mention it must be new? So far I've found the Dell Vostro series that looks...

My girlfriend needs a laptop when she goes back to school in a few weeks (never mind that it finally gets her off my computer :D). I'm looking for something that still has decent life left in the battery, windows XP (pro preferred) if it has an OS. Does not need to be a game-able system...

So I'm trying to send an email in Thunderbird from the accounts on my domain,it seems to connect to the server because I'm getting a prompt for: Enter your password for Admin on mail.myurl.com. Thing is I can't figure out which password it's asking for, I've tried everyone of the passwords...

So when i go to open my music folder it takes at least 30 seconds for the folder to "select." In other words, click, nothing happens, open another task and come back to that in in a minute, then it shows up as selected and can be opened. All of the other folders on that drive (and the...

Well i'm looking for a last gen laptop for bloging from the desk i drive at night. I'm looking for something with a screen size of less that 15", though for the right price i'd probably settle for a 15.4". Feature wise here's what i'm looking for: Centrino/pentium M or newer At least 512mb...

That S.O.B. must have been born under a good sign, It doesn't seem to matter how discreetly i knife/shoot/blow him up, Duty is on my ass like white on rice. So what's the trick?

Sah-weeet! In-store pick-up'ed, i'll grab it tomorow, thanks dude!

I'm probably coming off like an idiot here, i just got a skill that the game suggests i set to my left mouse button as my primary attack. Cool, how the fark do i do that? I've found multiple references to doing just this on the internet, but no place that describes how to do it. Like i said...

So I'm gonna start playing with my CCBBE Opty 165 tomorrow. What would be a good starting point to begin at? My goal is to get up to around 2.5 on air.

Just saw this over at Buy, best price i've seen on a new one in ages.

HAHAHAHAHAHA! just started my DL, hahahahaha now we have someting to do on the girls day off. :D:D

I asked this before in another thread but it got lost in the noise. I want to hear from anyone playing older games on their 8800 series cards. I need a new card to go with a NEC 20wmgx2, but my problem is that while I need the 1680x1050 support for newer titles but i still like to rip it up...

I'm seriously leaning in the direction of picking up a 8800gts this week. I stopped using Nvidia cards back in '03 after a required driver update broke my PC's dvd playback completely, it didn't matter what program i tried. So here i am, a 9800pro and a 800xl later, and i'm looking at the...