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I was looking around MicroCenter's Fairfax VA pages (window-shopping due to Amazon not being able to keep the EVGA 1050Ti Superclocked cards in stock) when I spotted the SKU in the title above (which is quite new - and therefore, quite odd). I actually would have expected it earlier (especially...

Those that have a GTX 1060 and also play DX11 games, what RTS titles are the games that show their best??

I was scanning for a BR player to step up from my current DVD player when I ran into this surprise on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Blu-ray-BD-JM57C. Yes - it's refurbished; however, it includes everything needed (from cables to batteries for the included remote) and it supports...

I've found some new (but apparently OEM) nVidia GTX 760/192-bit 1.5 GB (yes - odd memory configuration) discrete GPUs that I'm considering for bottom-end swap-ins for desktops upgrading to Windows 10. (These are basically the equivalents to the old GTX 750 that was designed for this role which...

Given various issues, which is the better *brand* as far as RX480 8 GB quality these days? Choice is between ASUS, MSI, and Sapphire; ASUS and MSI are the brands with which I have the longest experience, Sapphire has the highest price - by all of $10USD, and this will be purchased retail...

Passive cooling and PCI-E x1? I can see the first; however, as far as I am aware, PCI Express x1 doesn't have enough bandwidth even for basic graphics - has any other AIB gone here? The Power of PCIe x1 | ZOTAC

I'm looking at factory-refurbished GPUs again - this time of the refurbished sort. (Why refurbished? I've actually had good luck with them - my current GPU is a refurb, and it's WAY outlasted the warranty.) The choice is between the Visiontek R9 290 (NOT 290X) and the blower-cooled (also...

Woot.com is now a subsidiary of Amazon, and can be logged into with your existing Amazon credentials. (I'm posting this here because it is relevant to the Discussion section of Hot Deals - not for any other reason. I have nothing against Woot - or Amazon, for that matter.)

The latest 353.54 nVidia Forceware driver pushed out by Windows Update (newer than the driver from nVidia) also has a welcome surprise for those of us with non-i-Series CPUs; the CPU requirement for GameStream goes away. (The GPU requirement remains, though.) Has anyone tested the feature at...

The headline sez it all. The two cards are priced identically. The selected card will go into an MSI Z97 G55 SLI (not due to any interest in SLI - it's the lowest-priced Z97 board available - a MicroCenter open-box special). My current GTX550Ti will either drop to backup duty or be used...

Mom's new Pavilion 23 showed up this afternoon, and - except for one goof by HP - is everything it appeared to be, and then some, and is making me eat crow in the process. The goof (by HP) is including the wrong "keyboard" - the keyboard they forgot was the one with the included LeapMotion...

My mom pulled the trigger on an HP Pavilion 23 g116, and i have only one question - is the CPU soldered into place? (The only reason I am asking concerns possible CPU upgrades down the road, such as an i3 or possibly an i5-K in LGA1150, replacing the existing G3220T.)

Depending on local store stock, the G3258/MSI Z97 PC Mate motherboard bundle is back at MicroCenter - the price has actually gone down, though (the CPU dropped $10USD to $49.99 - the motherboard is still $40USD in the bundle). That means that the bundle is once again cheaper than the...

What differences are there between the PentiumG 3250 and the similar-sounding G3258? While I am still looking to build around the latter, the former sounds like the closest equivalent in OEM PCs, and I'm wondering what real-world differences there are between the two.

I'll be doing the final stage of the upgrade (replacing GTX550Ti with EVGA GTX750Ti Superclocked) this week (barring last-minute snags), and I have two questions about nVidia GameWorks/Streamworks in tandem with the Pentium AE (AKA Pentium G3258). 1. According to the documentation...

That barely-rounding-error price difference between i5-4670K and i5-4690K is, apparently, driving sales of the latter - at least in this area's MicroCenters - only Fairfax, VA has any. (Towson and Rockville report empty shelves.) What I find REAL surprising is that i7-4770K and i7-4790K have a...

Absent any real non-partable GTX8xx parts, some nVidia AIBs have taken to creating GT73x/74x products from (apparently GTX750/750Ti GPUs that failed QC somewhere). It's not every AIB (EVGA is noticeable by being missing - same with PNY) - however, why does such a critter exist? I'm looking...

I saw two Intel SSDs while browsing the MC Rockville, MD stockfront - 120GB Intel 530 (complete kit) and 240GB 335 (complete kit). For some odd reason, the spread between the two is all of $15USD (rather small, considering that one is twice the capacity of the other). Because of that small...

I'm looking hard at this GPU to replace my refurbished GTX 550 Ti - not that the GPU itself has any issues, but due to my replacing the CPU and motherboard (hopefully within the next month), and right now, this GPU makes more sense than even GTX 760 (because I'm only capable of 1080p/60 due to...

120 GB - http://www.microcenter.com/product/411530/M500_Series_120GB_SATA_60Gb-s_25_Internal_Solid_State_Drive_(SSD)_CT120M500SSD1_with_Marvell_88SS9187_Controller 480 GB -...

Due to an upcoming motherboard change, I'll be going from G41/Eagle Lake (PCI-E 1.1) to Z87. The target motherboard in question has two PCI-E x16 slots (2.0 and 3.0) - it does NOT support SLI (which is a non-issue). Which slot would be the best choice for the GTX550Ti until it gets replaced?

Since I'm caught in the grip of #Titan (no bus service), I went back to MicroCenter, Amazon, and EVGA's sites (respectively) to get more pricing info on the EVGA non-reference cards, and picked up on a surprise - despite the EVGA GTX750Ti SC being a factory-overclocked version, it doesn't...

I'm really beginning to despise paper-launches - in this case, it's the continued hooraw around the GTX750 and GTX750Ti - the first Maxwell-architecture products. While they don't support SLI, they aren't meant to go there - these are bottom-end (practically sub-mainstream) GPUs targeted at...

Okay - I'm finally going to replace my platter drive (as boot drive only) with an SSD - the platter drive will still be a storage and secondary boot drive. I have the drive choice narrowed down to Samsung v. Intel; oddly enough, the reason for the narrowing is availability, not price, as some...

The subject line says it all - which is the better choice? The two motherboards are the same price, and other than the Pro also supporting wireless (which is a non-issue for the planned use) have identical (mostly) features. (Multi-GPU is a nice option, though not planned - both boards support...

I'm asking because I see this version on sale at a local retailer for the SAME price as the regular edition ($39.99) - so what extra is included? (Hopefully at least a soundtrack CD and a coffee-table book.)

This is NOT a digital download, but the retail-boxed package; the digital download is actually $20 more - hence my shock. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/crysis-3-windows/5743784.p?id=1218690246422&skuId=5743784&st=categoryid$pcmcat174700050005&lp=3&cp=1

I was looking over MicroCenter's current sale pricing on nVidia GPUs, and saw some rather surprisingly low pricing on some GTX760 based cards; the even bigger shock was the lowest-priced of the lot was the ASUS GTX760 DirectCU II -...

While I was at MicroCenter Rockville yesterday (looking for a specific refurb sound card, which I found - that is in another thread), I found a fair few quality motherboards in the yellow-tag area, including the ASUS Z87-A. (Yes - they had more than one.) What really grated my (Wisconsin)...

I've run into a rather odd pricing quirk among entry-level PCIe sound cards - specifically, the refurbished Recon3D vs. the X-Fi XtremeAudio; specifically, the card WITH the DSP (the Recon3D) costs less ($22USD less before taxes). Given the quirk (and the refurbished nature of the Recon3D)...

From what I can see, the differences between the basic Sound Blaster Z and the basic Recon3D are minimal to nil (both, in fact, use the same SoundCore 3D audio processor) - what exactly *are* the differences between the two in typical gaming (or even PC audio) use? I'm posting the question...

I actually used to *have* 5.1 speakers for my PC a few years back - however, when the control cable on my Creative Inspires got chewed by the family dog, I was unable to get either a new control cable or repair the one that went; therefore, I dropped back to either stereo speakers or stereo...

Because my (refurbished) GTX550Ti is holding up in everything *except* BF4, I'm looking down the road at eventual replacements, and, due to previous experience with it in non-personal hardware, naturally, the GTX660 came to mind. Advantages - no PSU upgrade needed (same power requirements as...

Sounds like both boards have their issues - taking that into consideration, which is a better matchup for an i5-4670K build? Bundle spread is $5USD in favor of Z87-A. Both boards support SLI - however, that is NOT a primary concern. (The winning mobo will be used with a single NVidia GPU.)...

http://www.microcenter.com/product/414773/GA-Z87X-UD4H_Socket_LGA_1150_ATX_Intel_Motherboard It's another in-store-only deal; however, the surprise is: 1. This is Z87, which normally isn't cheap. 2. The lack of bad reviews (not just @ MicroCenter, but elsewhere). 3. The price is...

I'm trying to decide which 120 GB SSD to purchase for my desktop - the choice is between the two drives in the topic. The spread between the two is $10 (Samsung's favor) at MC Rockville (likely purchase source due to immediate availability). However, the Plextor has a two-year-longer warranty...

As I stated elsewhere, I've switched from AMD to nVidia (refurbished GTX 550 Ti, which is still more than holding its own). Because my performance needs are relatively sane (no more than 1920x1080 on a single display) and I'm not looking at the high-end, I started looking at other single 6-pin...

The what - http://www.microcenter.com/product/409617/GeForce_GTX_550Ti_1GB_PCI-Express_Video_Card_-_Refurbished Why I'm curious - the price, of course. If you have a 400W or better PSU and take the PCIe GPU bus, these refurbs make nice backup cards (or even primary cards, if you're currently...

That price typo that appeared in the Haswell launch ad on the Gigabyte GA-Z87-UD4H has been extended throughout the month of June - $144.99 with a Haswell-K CPU (or $184.99 alone). Confirmed via the June monthly ad at the MC site (just got the linkage in my e-mail today). That not cheap...

Okay - so far, the general reporting is that overclocking Haswell biteth (lower heatwall than even Ivy Bridge); however, the question nobody has said is how well does it run stock compared to previous-generation Intel quads (or AMD multi-core, for that matter). While it may not matter that much...