G'day my fellow [H]ardforum members. I've been away from the computer scene for quite some time now and I have a friend searching for a new laptop. Now i have a few laptops I've been eye'ing for him, but I thought I could use some wisdom from those much more knowledgeable than myself.
Budget...
Looking to pick this up for school. I will mainly be using it to read all my e-books (in nursing school and having a tablet with ebooks saves lugging around a ton of books). Is this a good deal for 175? Thanks in advance!
link for specs...
Dell Latitude D630 - Asking price: $315 shipped.
14.1" screen
Intel Core 2 Duo - 2.6ghz
4 gb ram
power supply
brand new oem 9cell battery
Win 7 Ultimate
-I can also add in docking stations (2 in stock) and extra power supplies (2 in stock) for fairly cheap prices.
Pictures...
The following items are for sale:
Swiftech Apogee CPU Block [SOLD]
Swiftech MCW6000 CPU Block [$15 Shipped]
(Some blemishes but does not affect the item's performance)
Swiftech MCP350 Pump [SOLD]
Swiftech MCR220 Radiator [$35 Shipped]
(A few blemishes that...
Hello all,
I am looking for a TV tuner that I can use to pull shows that I have recorded off the DVR. I'm not picky about which kind except that it has an external USB one.
PM me or IM me on AIM @ chken nudle soop
Thanks.
EDIT: I'm also looking for a reliable power supply for an old...
Tried searching for the answer - everything answer was irrelevant.
Anyways I have a theme for XP and the buttons to match - Theme is installed but I can't find out how to get the buttons installed. Anyone know how?
- Theme + Buttons...
hello all, i am having trouble fixing a friend's computer that reboots constantly. I have replaced the power supply and also replaced the cpu cooler and im quite sure that the problem now lies with the video drivers, but i am not sure how to fix it.
specs:
Compaq 6415cl
AXP 2000+
768mb...
as stated in the title, looking for a 19inch or bigger widescreen lcd, preferably samsung or dell and i am also looking to spend around $150, maybe a little more. PM me or IM me on AIM at chken nudle soop. Thanks.
Alright, now i have decided that i am definitely going for some sennheisers. Initially, it was going to be the HD555's, but that may not be possible because of financial issues so i decided to go for some cheaper ones. Now i play plenty of counterstrike 1.6 and sound positioning is very...
I'm thinking about picking up the Razer Barracuda HP-1. Is there any reason I shouldn't or is there anything else in the price range that I should consider? I mostly play counterstrike 1.6 and need a good range of sound. I'm looking to spend around $100.
im upgrading my loop for my new AM2 set up and have the following for sale
Swiftech MCW6000K CPU Block w/ K8 and skt478 mounting $30
Swiftech MCW50K GPU Block w/ GeForce 6 series mounting $25
Swiftech MCW20K Chipset Block $15
Take...
Well, here i am again, bored as always so bring it, ill go first :D
microsoft intellimouse explorer 3.0 and s&s steelpad, a perfect match :p
my keyboard isnt anything special so it will not have an appearance :o
i have the following for sale:
Pentium 4 2.8E OEM - has never been overclocked and is in good condition asking $75 shipped SOLD
Gainward Pro/760XP Golden Sample FX5200 Ultra asking $40 shipped
Infineon 256MB pc2700 Notebook memory - pulled from an HP laptop asking $25...
i thought id share some pics of my upgrades :D
look who came in.......EPoX 9NPA+ Ultra
lotsa accessories
mosfet sinks applied
cooler master hyper 6+, damn its a bitch to mount
ah look who else came in :p
wats inside
dont they look lovely together...
im sellin an AGP Leadtek 6800LE that unlocks 16x1, 5vp w/o artifacts and comes with all accessories which includes two games (prince of persia: warrior within & splinter cell: pandora tomarrow)
here are some shots of it:
some screen shots of farcry using this card...
so i finally decide to take off the leadtek cooler and apply AS5 since my 6800LE has been running very toasty lately especially after unlocking the pipelines and vertex shaders
pics
ah everything taken off
ugh all that nasty stuff
everything cleaned
close up on the mem, hynix...
anyone by any chance looking to pick up this vga cooler?
http://www.jab-tech.com/Thermalright-V-1-Ultra-VGA-cooler-pr-3190.html
it carries a pretty hefty price tag of $49.99 :p
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813138270
looks promising, i lik the colors, pci-e and limited agp support, but so far i havent been able to find any reviews on it.....watchu guys think?
alrights...so my friend is sayin that cooler master cases are ugly and that this skyhawk one that he likes is much "cooler" looking than the centurion 531 and he says that no one thinks the cooler master one looks good at all....heck he even said the CM ATC-220 looks ugly bc of the green tinted...
watever happened to them? i remember bak in the nvidia 5 series and early 6 series they were all over the market and now u can rarely find them :confused:
my computer was working juss fine until i turned it off on saturday and wen i got bak and turned it on monday, i could not access the internet, i was connected but i could not log onto AIM nor could i use the internet, even after all my firewalls were turned off....after a bein fustrated i thot...
i was browsing the aerocool site and came across this case that was much lik the stacker
http://www.aerocool.us/p-case/masstige/masstige.htm
and its onlly $99 at newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811196012
watchu guys think?
sup guys i hav 1GB of UTT XMS ram for sale juss lik new with stock timings 2-3-3-6 and is about a few weeks old and im selling cuz id lik sum TCCD ram and my board only goes up to 2.8 vdimm
pics
reads 32M8BDA WI1750516 from left to right and if u look closely there are two...
before i get flamed for stating the psu brand, i wanted to kno wat peeps thot about it since a member of the board that ive been talking to lately who owns this psu says that its +12v rail is strong and stable but its +3.3v rail is a lil low and definitly recommends it for me, before anyone one...
hello i hav an antec true power 380s in my system that im using and it sparks inside the power supply every time the PSU switch is on and i plug the cord in and it has fumes and the burnt smell heres a pic of where it sparks
the red part is where it sparks.....ne ideas??? the psu is...
hello all.....i juss recently bought a gig of corsair xms and it doesnt lik overclocking at all so imma get sum different ram....wat should i get in this range? help me out please! thanks for looking :D
hello all....i had a question about my mobo randomly frying......yesterday afternoon i came home and attempted to turn on my pc but it wouldnt turn on. a few hours before i installed 1GB of ram and it was running flawlessly, now it wont turn on. i tested all parts including the psu, ram, and...
anyone seen the new AeroCool heatsink? the GT-1000? seems pretty nice to me, altho overpriced its got sum nice performance and its gold!
Manufacture's site
Reviews: 1 2
compatible across 4 platforms and comes with a nice and silent fan; not too shabby performance, on the...
im looking for an athlon around 1ghz and i might consider a duron.....looking to spend $15-20 and i also hav a vantec stealth 120mm to trade......hit me up on aim with watcha got ( ChKEn NudLe sOOp ) thanks
alrite i am currently running 512mb pc2700 2-2-2-5 ram @ 240mhz A64 system and im feelin the need for 1gb of ram....i was wonderin if i should get 1gb of xms 2-3-3-6 for $160
( LINK ) or 1gb of xms 2-2-2-5 for $223
( LINK ) how high does and the xms 2-3-3-6 oc compared to the 2-2-2-5...
i hav an antec 250w smart power that i would lik to use becuz the powmax 400w overheats and is loud and i was wondering if it would provide enuff for this system:
pentium 4 2.8e (prescott)
gigabyte board
2 optical drives (dvd burner and cd burner)
gainward fx5200 ultra
1 40gb wd hard...
seems lik an interesting board:
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=13-188-001&depa=0
anyone notice nethin about the second picture thO??
pic
hav ne of you guys been able to use the xp120 on this mobo???? says on the site that it will cover the first dimm slot and i was wonderin if anyone has been able to use this heatsink on this mobo using another dimm