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My daughter purchased XPS M1330: Intel® Core? 2 Duo T9300, 128MB NVIDIA® GeForce? 8400M GS, HDMI out, Vista® Home Premium, MEMORY 4GB DDR2 SDRAM, 200GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM), CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW Drive), etc. She is an art student with extensive use of Adobe software. Could this laptop...

UPDATE: Used hairdryer for 10 sec to mildly heat up components around CPU and it booted OK ... Will leave it ON through the day. **************************** Two noobs in trouble ...? Well, it looked great until this morning. After installing and updating OS over the weekend, I've...

Hey Guys, We put it all together this morning on our kitchen table. Installed Vista64 off-line (CD); ESET (NOD32) Smart Security (30 days) and the latest abit uGuru got from net using my laptop (CD). Vista rated it 5.9 across the board, except CPU at 5.5 (one day, but not soon, we might try to...

Thanks guys ... notes are well taken. I like the looks of the case (http://www.bit-tech.net/hardwa.../gigabyte_poseidon_/5) and the review is more then good. I should reconsider a choice of CPU heathsink and GPU; ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro has got a great reviews while ATI/AMD 3870 has been...

1. According to the http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/...jsp?ProductCode=241610, the dimensions of the case are: 200 x 440 x 495 mm (W x H x D) = 7.87" x 17.32" x 19.5" (W x H x D) 2. I'm looking for a silent system (if there is one). Plan is to keep a large ZALMAN CNPS9700 at the slow/middle...

:confused:Two noobs not in trouble ... yet! I've been using computers at work for 15 years, but never built one. My 12 years old son, who is a gamer big time, and I plan to do that during coming holidays. We took the plunge (2007 tax return) at NewEgg. I hope I did not overdo it when...

Tiamat & Operandi, Thanks for the tips! Never heard of Seasonic before. Checked the Net and found good reviews on S12 500W unit. Newegg carries it. Tiamat, can you be more specific on bungee cord and ear isolators. Don't forget, you are dealing here with a novice when it comes to a...

In search of absolute(?) silence. Total novice to water cooling. Got $1500 to spend. Need advice. Thanks in advance. Lian-Li PC-V1100B Plus (Black) or PC-V1200B Plus (Black) Zalman RESERATOR 1 Plus: CPU Water Block (ZM-WB3 Gold) VGA Water Block (ZM-GWB2) Northbridge Water Block...