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Tried this keyboard in a store. Right size, feel, and minimal bs bezel and media controls, pass thru for my mouse I love it... But just resting my fingers on the keys will sometimes be enough to register a press on the red switches. Would the tactile bump on browns be enough to help, or do I...

I have a teacher friend in need of a new work from home laptop. I know the AMD based laptops are routinely hobbled by one spec or another and Lenovo has been doing some shady things with preloads. Dell, Lenovo, HP, are all asking over $750 for 4th gen i3s. Who manufactures the $/perf laptops...

I need a new behind the head headset, and am having difficulty finding much of a selection. I'm not an audiophile, so I don't need a $100+ set of cans, but I need something better than a no-name set that picks up everything but my voice and sounds like the bass is coming from another room...

I have no idea what I am getting into. My niece and nephew currently fight over my sister's iPad 2 to play Minecraft. My sister is convinced that if they each have their own tablet, they can do homework using their school's app without argument or having to share. I issued a reality check, it...

SO, my father currently computes on a 12 year old dinosaur that he can't be bothered to maintain and the combination of all the bloated software he refuses to part with or update has finally brought the machine to a complete halt. Time to build him a budget SFF for father's day and make the old...

So I have this Gateway P-171x FX gaming laptop that I just can't bake any more life into. The screen, however, is still good and I could use a nice 'new' WUXGA display. After disassembling the bezel, I discovered the following: A single 50-pin connector connects the entire contents of the top...

My sister has had enough of her ages old blackberry, and is looking for something easy to use with a big screen that is not too expensive. It has to last all day with constant use, as this is her tie to work when she is out of the office, which is most of the time. I'm not a big phone guy, so i...

As in the topic. Not in stock at the egg, compUSA/Tiger, Amazon. Unless I'm misreading things, there's a 125w and a 95w version with different SKUs. Where is this phantom part?

I bought a PII 555 BE with the hopes of unlocking the other 2 cores in my ASUS M4A88T-I SFF build. Unfortunately, I got a bum chip and it takes 1.35v or so for stable stock speeds. I don't expect B3 BD's to be an amazing saving grace, and I don't expect ASUS is going to give me a bios update...

Tiger Direct / CompUSA has the Asus EEE 1215B-PU17 (AMD E-350) in red/silver/black for $150 off. It's either this or the HP DM1Z right now, and for $100 less than the HP, makes upgrading to its potential (SSD+RAM) that much easier.

I've been researching netbooks for the past few days, and it really seems that the AMD platform with a SSD is the way to go here, but I've run into a bit of a brick wall. I'm comparing the netbooks listed in the topic and can't seem to find any difference between the two different Asus...

Hi there. Due to silly family brand loyalty, I'm locked into getting a Sprint phone (which might not be so bad what with all the not-so-unlimited data plans flying around). I've never owned a smartphone before, and the Photon is already available while the SGS2 is still in limbo, waiting for a...

I've got an ASUS M4A88T-I with a SODIMM of G.Skill's F3-10666CL9S-4GBSQ sitting in it. I've been getting a intermittant BSODs in Win 7 with the 7E bugcheck (SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED) after or while playing games. Sometimes the system hangs. I chalked it up to bad drivers, but I...

Did a forum search and saw the Xarmor U9W keyboard, the Razr Orochi and Microsoft 5000 wireless mice, and the Logitech MX5500 mouse/keyboard combo. Are there any other decent bluetooth mice and keyboards? Preferably ones that don't require a proprietary dongle, as my mainboard supports bluetooth.

Just installed a 555 BE into an ASUS MA88T-I. Runs fine on 2 cores, but if I enable the ASUS core-unlocker switch, the machine powers up, fails to POST, then powers down. The computer keeps trying to power up unless I stop it by cutting power through the PSU switch or holding the power button...

As seen on Newegg for $230 at time of posting http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131433 Takes 1 6-pin PCI-E power connector and has 2 headers for CrossfireX

Doing my research before clicking the button and plunging into my purchase for a SFF system, I've come to learn that the Silverstone 450w PSU that comes bundled with the one version of the case can be a whining, performance killing dud that can't be trusted over 300w. The alternative Silverstone...

Going to pick up a 6850 in the coming week for my SFF build. I WAS going to choose the MSI board but I got sick over the weekend and missed out on the $138 AR+free shipping deal. Here are the contenders: MSI: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127576 Sapphire...

1. What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming, compiling C++, Python, Java, running SQL (University IT student work) 2a. What's your budget? $500 2b. Are tax and shipping included in this budget? NO 2c. Is your budget flexible? Slightly, within $100 2d. Is cost a driving factor in...

I was the proud owner of Gateway P-171 FX up until a few weeks ago. Now I'm not so proud. While I was poking around Cyrodiil in TES:IV, the display cut to black and my audio locked up, repeating the last tone until I hard-powered down the system. "No big," I thought, "This has happened...

I'm planning out a budget SFF build since my 3 yr old gaming laptop has now overheated and blown the motherboard twice, this time out of warranty. I haven't ever used more than a single GPU solution, I've never really seen the dollars to performance gain ratio very attractive. I don't typically...

Does anyone know of any kind of virtual audio device that would allow me to use my audio out as my audio in? Essentially, I want to recreate creative labs "What U Hear" recording option on my laptop's crappy integrated sigmatel/IDT audio. What I am not looking for: Audacity, TotalRecord or...

Bought this machine a year ago and it's been just phenomenal... until recently... I've moved into a new apartment where I can't keep the AC at a nice frigid 68F. When playing newer games, (made in the past 5 years) my laptop will crash to a black screen, and the last few bits of whatever...

I've a 3.5" SATA drive I want to hook up to my notebook's eSATA port, but only one enclosure on Newegg has an eSATA connection that doesn't require a desktop bracket for power: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817364014 I think it's a bit expensive. Might I have some...

Got iced on the BestBuy P6831 FX deal? Looked good but didn't want to void your warranty with the CPU upgrade? Here's a reheat on an upgraded version of that laptop! Consider: http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529667906.php Preserve your warranty, and get a 1080p capable screen with...

I've done a bit of research and I've finally decided on buying my laptop from RJTech.com, since they seem to have the best price/performance ratio for their machines. However, I don't know how well their components last. Also, their warranty only allows for one repair/replacement. Has anyone...

Since none of the Dell/Alienware laptops are offering the 8800M on their website yet, I took a peek at Sager's equipment. Essentially, the difference between these two Clevo rebrands is the processor. NP9xxx uses a desktop (Conroe) processor, whereas the NP5xxx uses a mobile (Merom)...

Around Christmas, I'm planning on building a desktop replacement system. I'm not up to snuff on mobile technology or vendors, so I've poked around Dell/Alienware and some place called xtremenotebooks.com since they offer preorders of the M8800 GT. I'm not a fan of vista, as I play a lot of...