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I got a habit of grabbing those cheap 2 Tb external laptop drives. I want to consolidate into my desktop as local storage. I am close to Microcenter (preferred) and have Amazon prime. I'm looking at these: Toshiba 5TB 7,200 RPM SATA III 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Desktop Internal Hard Drive $139...

A friend is looking to run an external monitor on her new laptop. Lenovo t440 which is HD+ 1600*900 14" She has $500 for monitor which should provide some options. She's not wealthy, so if there's a $300 or so option that meets her needs I'd like to recommend that. I think her desk...

I wanted to use SD or SDXC in my built-in SD reader Was wondering what kind of throughput I could expect (assume fastest card). (Sager np8150 - nearing the end of service life) I've edited files from a USB 3 external drive. It was slow, but worked. PCIe should be fast? Faster...

Friend wants to upgrade his gateway to play in Defiance MMO. Thinks he will need power supply and video card. Wants to buy from Microcenter. Thanks for any help. 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Web, light gaming. Defiance MMO beta is...

(I'd had a smaller budget 2 months ago, but got too busy to order...) 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Photoshop, some PC gaming. Photo archive / server. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $1150 including tax/shipping 3)...

Friend of mine had been getting memory errors. He picked up another set of RAM, popped them in and on 3 out of 4 sticks the labels on one side of the stick were smoking. I believe he may have been OC'd and had RAM with heatsinks. I was wondering what you'd take as the next course. I was...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Photoshop, some PC gaming. Photo archive / server. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? 900 not including tax/shipping 900 to include SSD and single 2 Tb drive 3) Which country do you live in? If the...

Any recommendations for vanilla boot disk? Something in the 120GB size. Something in the 240GB range, too. I got asked a quick question about whether intel was the way to go, but it has been a while since I've worried about SSDs. Thanks guys.

I'm trying to use a dual mini-jack (I think) port on my Samsung LED. Going from Wii (5 RCA - component) without having to use up an HDMI port. Going bonkers trying to find this. Might not be using the right name for it.

Friend has a laptop for work. Wants a "'catch-all' desktop." "No hard-core gaming." He's very close to the Cambridge, MA Microcenter. Budget 400-600. I'm thinking that the best Dell he could grab from the outlet might be his best bang-for-the-buck. Suggestions?

Thanks for the help! If you're gonna ask us to build/list a PC for you or seek advice about a build, please answer all of the following questions: 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming, photoshop (CS3 at the moment, but likely CS5 soon). Some...

NEED: OS drive RAM 4 or 8 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Web, Photoshop (non-pro user), in theory gaming but it has been > 1 year since I played a game on the desktop. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? 300 or so (not...

I'm getting ready to order FiOS for internet, tv, and some phone. From my limited understanding... fiber -> ONT -???-> verizon_router -> everything else I think that I want it set up ONT -CAT5-> some recommended dual-band-router -> ((verizon_router -> FiOS TV guide info) / everything...

Monitor for my Mom. Her 22" Samsung is flickering like mad on power-up for about 30 seconds. She's doing web browsing, email, etc. Any thoughts on these? http://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.phtml?keyword=22+monitor&category= I think the Samsung is overkill. Best Buy is...

I'd asked this in August when looking to upgrade as a way to free up hardware for a WHS. Now my desktop is acting up and I'm likely looking at new mobo/cpu/memory. 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Photoshop, web browsing, (theoretically gaming...

Unplugged everything before a trip and came back and can't get desktop to boot. I have no video out signal. All 6 phase LEDs are lit at first and then go out. The computer goes to sleep and wakes up. NUMLOCK appears to work, too. I'm going to hook up another monitor, but assuming...

I have a Droid and my brother has an iPhone. Is there any game like Zombie, Run! for iPhone? (Zombie, Run! lets you pick a destination on your map and then you have to avoid Zombies along the way. They appear on your map and pursue you. I had a good time dodging them at the local high...

Got asked about a quiet UPS. Computer goes to sleep and all is quiet, but there's the UPS fan rolling along in the background. Any recommendations for a reasonably quiet one? I'm assuming there's probably just a standard desktop and maybe a small inkjet printer used on this one. Do any of...

I've got a pair of TIVOs in the family room - Series 2 and Series 3. Am I going to need any special equipment if I upgrade to FiOS? Right now I'm on analog cable so just a couple splitters and I'm all set. (and likely the wrong forum but I'll toss this in here in case anyone has any...

Anyone have any thoughts / experience / recommendations on software for learning to speak German? Family trip in about 9 months, not sure I'm up to Sat morning lessons with the Mrs and daughter.

I am considering adding a WHS for about $750 then realized that perhaps I could upgrade my current rig and use leftover parts to make a WHS. So I'm here for a reality check to see what I could get for about what I'd spend on the WHS (ignoring the fact that I'd need a case and WHS license)...

(reading some threads in this forum makes me think I'm on the right track - sorry if this has been done to death) Thinking 2 of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136351 with EX485 for 4.25T advertised. non pro-photographer with about 1T data (and likely...

Am I going to regret not getting all the memory I can? I own *2* songs on iTunes, though that might change. I haven't done a lot of vid, even on my desktop... I do take a lot of photos, but don't see myself sticking a ton of them on the iPhone... My good pal says he's got 8 and...

My old XPS2 17" w/ 6800 go problem: power connector loose (holds charge, have to put wire under tension or can order a $25 Dell part) problem: no hard drive but there's an OS key (XP Pro) problem: drivers - easily gotten from Dell I'm going to put $300 on here since I have to put a price...

I got a "C1" memory error on my 680i and think I'll need to replace it. Specs in sig. Recommendations? I may migrate to Vista-64 to run Photoshop CS4. In theory, I play games, but I've been too busy in RL to play too much in the last 8 months or so... don't see that changing too much any...

laptop - OFFICE '03 desktop - OFFICE '07 I was able to open a .pst from the laptop on the desktop. Woot. I'd like to keep the two in synch, probably with the notebook driving things but maybe still able to add items to todo and have them migrate across. Any ideas? I was thinking I...

See my .sig for laptop Thanks guys - sorrry buried with less time to read now that spring has sproinged. I'm a little under the gun so have less time for research than usual. I need to upgrade my laptop (computers - 4th hobby) so I can photograph (3rd hobby) a bunch of stuff at an upcoming...

I just ordered a wireless for my new XBOX and had a few questions. 1. What is Microsoft charging for points? Newegg has 4000 at $50.00 but don't know if that's a good price. 2. Are all the songs that had been available (e.g. Juke Box Hero) still available on Marketplace (I'd think so, but...

I bought an ICY DOCK enclosure and am doing a data transfer to it via USB 2. Transfer speeds are 21 Mb/sec which seems slow to me. The disc was quick formatted (brand new WD 750 from 'egg). Is this slow? I expected it to be quite a bit faster. Suggestions?

How do I check framerates while playing? Is there a console command? I've got the console enabled in mp and finished the game in sp. 'stats fps' isn't cutting it... doh

Putting aside the PC-5300 memory... should this m9080n overclock? I have a friend jonesing for a new computer and there are these HP Quadcore boxen that are just at the end of his price range so he was wondering if they could OC. I'd worked him up a nice box at New Egg and at AVADirect...

My buddy popped in his new 8600 and powered up and no video output - it looked like the machine did boot. Removed vid card and on-board video was good to go when powered back up. I'm going to have him reseat the board and try again since that's often the problem. I'm going to go through...

Just started OC this rig I got in April E6600 evga 680i revised a1 Corsair 1142 FAILED at 3100 (8 mult * 387.5) CPU at 1.4 but CPU-Z reads it as 1.38 FSB at 1550 Corsair 1142 at 2.1v at 5-5-5-15 Prime95 running for about half hour with temps steady at 54 on the cores and 60 on the...

Options for lower end vid card Gateway 832GM Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz 1.0 GB RAM 250 GB HD up to 224MB DDR (shared) video memory Intel Graphics Medica Accelerator 900 Available expansion slots: 1 PCI, 1 PCI-E x16, 1 PCI-E x1 Assuming he can find room in the case, any suggestions...

My network INTERWEBS SDL MODEM ROUTER (with wireless) SWITCH (1000M) 8 ports office desktop (1000M)office laptop (1000M) office NAS printer switch in basement (100) 5 ports wife's computer (100) (far side of house) I want to get better access for wireless out on the far side of the...

VANTEC NexStar3 NST-260U2-BK 2.5" USB 2.0 External Enclosure - Retail It has an IDE interface but the HD on Newegg are showing ATA6 or SATA. I want the ATA6 ones, right? TIA

I've got a desktop that had been acting up a bit and I just want to get the box up and running. I've got a laptop that's working ok, but need to bite the bullet and do something with the desktop. I have an extra copy of XP Pro (unused license) and was thinking that I'd just disconnect the...

I have my new 24" Dell and was wondering what might look good for a dual monitor set-up. I've got about 17" of width to work with (although I can shift things around a little bit. Any of the other Dell's pivot so the 24 short side (14.5") would be the same as the long side on a smaller...