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Hi all, Need some advice. I am helping an elderly neighbor who is trying her best to work from home. Her computer just died and I am going to help. I already sourced an HP ProDesk G1. It's got an i7 and 16 gb of ram. Here is the problem: She is working with photoshop. I don't think the...

While many factors contribute to the setting of the Clock, it is the terrible prospect of nuclear conflict that lies at the heart of today's announcement. There are still more than 15,000 nuclear weapons in the world. [snip] Meanwhile, as you read this, all of the nuclear-armed states are...

Rage against the machine or misunderstood hobo loving? You be the judge. The S.F. SPCA in the Mission District started using a security robot about a month ago in its parking lot and on the sidewalks around its campus, which takes up a whole city block at Florida and 16th Streets. [snip] For...

My old brick jump starter doesn't hold a charge very well any more. Anyone have experience with the new crop of lithium jump starters? I'm eyeballing a Weego Jump Starter Battery Pack+, Heavy Duty, 12000 mAh I kinda like the compact size but worry a bit about carrying a potential fire...

not the best price ever but pretty good. Monoprice via ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-i5-6600K-6M-Quad-Core-3-5-GHz-BX80662I56600K-Desktop-Processor-/232067995637?rmvSB=true

Close them all. The ones you know about and the ones you don't....... 5,300 Wells Fargo employees fired over 2 million phony accounts Old uncle Warren has fostered a culture of outright thievery and it has infected the whole company. I suspect this is just the tip of the iceburg. Just...

Magnum would have been even cooler hanging out in Hawaii, soaking up the rays, and using that juice to power his cool-mobile 308 http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/05/motorsport/ferrari-308-electric-world-first/index.html

Autonomous vehicles can't get here fast enough: AAA found that two-thirds of Americans familiar with the technology believe that automatic emergency braking systems are designed to avoid crashes without driver intervention,” said John Nielsen, AAA’s managing director of Automotive Engineering...

Really want a 32" 1440p Gsync monitor with 16:9 aspect ratio. I have a Acer B326HUL that is everything but Gsync. It ghosts alot and I want to get rid of it and replace with similar display size and aspect ratio. Anyone seen this unicorn in the wild?

2 pack of HTC earbuds with mic function for $10.- shipped at Daily Sale I ordered up a pair last week for going to the gym. Didn't expect much. These way exceeded my expectations. To compare I pitted them against a pair of skullcandy ink'd 2.0 and Etymotic hf5. These HTC buds are very close...

Toshiba Q series 512gb SSD for $199.- shipped http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...l_bare_hd.html The smaller toshiba q series get good reviews and scores. Not sure about this one so YMMV. Seems like a nice price to me, in for one.

What's the typical wattage draw for a 120mm AIO cooler? I imagine the pump mechanism would draw more than the typical 120mm fans alone. Anyone run a kill-a-watt test?

i5 4670k for $185.- with some hoops. Not flaming ones though, no rebates. Gota enter your email at Tiger Direct for a $15 off code. It should stack with code SAW139978 for a shipped price of $185.-

Help guys. I've got a new 4690k and HWMonitor is showing all cores running at same speed. Asus Sabertooth Z87 mobo that I flashed to most recent bios to accept the new chip. Mild overclock by setting multi to 44 and adding 1.0 mv to boost. Speed stepping is working and all 4 cores fluctuate...

SAPPHIRE DUAL-X 14-202-099 Radeon R9 280 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Video Card Not too shabby a deal. Comes with games. Nice to see VC prices coming back down to earth. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814202099

Sapphire R9 280 at newegg. $190 After promo code and rebate. Free shipping. Free games. This is the best video card deal I've seen in almost a year. Basically a re-badged 7950 boost. Lowest AR prices on 7950 with games was in august last year..... slightly cheaper around $175.- EDIT: Out of...

Need some brain power y'all. Help a fellow gear head out. I need to bolt to sheet metal without being able to get behind/to the back of the sheet metal. Kind of like fastening into drywall but hope there is something a little more robust than a plastic insert. Sheet metal screws alone are...

Sold my car yesterday. Three dudes show up to look at it. One of them is a darn Wikipedia of information and proceeds to grill me on every possible option the car may, or may not, have. Posi or open diff? What rear gears? Disc or drum rear brakes? How does it...

I'm eyeballing a 2004 CLK500. Hardtop, 120k miles, asking $8500. Anyone here ever own, ride, drive, wrench on, or otherwise have an opinion on the sexy hell I'm about to get into?

C,mon admit it you would so eat that fresh juicy Big Mac or Grande Gordito off the floor if you accidentally dropped it http://www.aston.ac.uk/about/news/releases/2014/march/five-second-food-rule-does-exist/ And now you can do so in complete safety

Mozilla has officially jumped the shark http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/12/us-mozilla-advertising-idUSBREA1B1OW20140212 As a long term firefox user I'll be unistalling with a quickness. Wonder if this Pale Moon I keep reading about will have this problem?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2014/02/12/used-cars-less-dependable-jdpower/5403139/ "The widely watched report card on how well cars hold up over time says owners of three-year-old vehicles (2011 models) reported 6% more troubles than owners of three-year-old vehicles (2010 models)...

Residents Annoyed by Stray Chickens Disturbing the Neighborhood Suburban Fairborn Ohio has extra chickens. Just drive by and grab a few. If that was my neighborhood I'd be PISSED but I wouldn't be hungry

Alright, I'll admit it I'm cheap. I usually use the cheapest fans I can find. But these are just downright cool looking Looks like a bass speaker. :wub: I can't really even see my fans inside my case and I want one. Anyone ever use a Sharkwhatever fan?

Hi all, Been using ubuntu netbook remix 10.10 on a foxconn sz-901 netbook for a few years now. Functions well and does what I need it to do with one exception. Lately though it does not process updates. The update window says fail. Is there any reason to worry? Should I go ahead and put...

NZXT has a new bracket for closed loop GPU liquid cooling: Looks similar to a home made dwood bracket from overclock.net. It's cheap at $30.- Not alot of compatability info available from the website yet but it's nice to see a major manufacturer stepping in to help us use these cpu coolers...

Here's the situation: I'm flying down to San Antonio to visit an army buddy. I've always thought it would be cool to buy an older no-rust car and drive north. My budget is $10k. If you were picking a coupe with a decent size engine what would you choose?

Is it just me or are GPU prices going through the roof? When the 760's were released they were at $240-250, some with little rebates. Good luck finding anything under $260 now. 7850 1gb were going for $150-160 a couple weeks back with huge game bundles and $20. rebates on several cards...

Newegg has NZXT tempest 400 mid-atx for $40.- after rebate and free ship

Hey there anand best and brightest. I've got a ati 5870 I'm tinkering with. I've already re-done the paste, which helped alot with both noise and heat. In game my temps stay below 70 with 35% fan speed. This is fairly quiet and cool but I want more. I'm looking to take it to the next...

Don't want to threadjack. This is a follow-up to : http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?p=32778356#post32778356 I thought I was getting a bargain on a ATI Radeon 5870 over at Ben's outlet. My words of caution to anyone else considering items from them. Their website clearly says...

If you have an A&P around you and drink coffee listen up: 8 o'clock coffee is buy one get one with your card. 2lb bag of 100% columbian for $16.- and I get another free? I snagged the limit of 2 combo's. That works out to less than $4.- per lb. Fresh pot is on and I'm getting hit up for...

Hi all, I've used the same ECS A785GM-M AM3 mobo for at least 3 years now. The bones of my system have seen two athlon upgrades, and now the phenom in my sig. The dilemma.....I hear AMD has stopped Phenom production. I'm eyeballing a microcenter deal on a 1090t. $160 gets me the last CPU...

Anyone ever try it on case interior? How did it turn out? I've used dynamat on car audio installs and started thinking about how this tech might be applicable. Your opinion and/or experiences would be appreciated.

Recovering faster than I expected. Crystal ball prediction of price drops in January. http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2011/12/02/western-digital-lifts-dec-qtr-view-restarts-thai-mfg-shrs-up/

Need advice folks. I've got a FSB OC of 250 on a locked multiplier AMD quad. See below for pic. Is it unusual to get DDR3 1333 to OC to 1662? I ask because I am thinking about upgrading from 4gb to 8gb but am not sure I want to sacrifice a good OC to get an extra 4gb. What say you?