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    Help me with a Laptop/Ultrabook for my son

    My son will be using it for the following: Yes its college for the next 4 yrs (I hope) It will be his main computer for this time. Other than the normal stuff like email, web surfing and research he may also use it for movies and probably try very light gaming. WOW, StarCraft types of games...
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    Help me with a Laptop/Ultrabook for my son

    Hello folks Im looking to get my son a Laptop/Ultrabook for school and I'm a completely clueless in this area. I know he mentioned the following items: i7 - 1tb HD 6mb RAM 15" screen I know he wanted it somewhat light, good/excellent battery and great performance. I looked on BB...
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    GTX 760 vs GTX 770

    Thank you all for your input. I ended up just going with an EVGA 770 because of customer support. In the past I had 2 cards have issues over a year after I bought them and they were both replaced quickly. One of them as actually replaced with a higher model since they didn't have mine in stock...
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    GTX 760 vs GTX 770

    Mostly first person shooter types and WOW. It was suggested to replace the video card before everything else. 1920x1080 Older system i7-920 CPU EVGA X58 mb EVGA GTX 275 FTW 6g Ram Corsair TX 750 Power Supply 1tb WD HD Antec 900 Case Samsung DVD Drive Windows 7
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    GTX 760 vs GTX 770

    I need to replace my video card and I was looking at the following two cards: GTX 760 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130944 GTX 770 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130948 My main question is it worth the extra $100 to go to the 770? Would there be that...
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    UG With Select Parts or a Complete Replacement

    Thanks for the info. I never really thought about just replacing the Video Card. I'm going to look into cards. There seems to be 10 different GTX 700's from EVGA. I was looking at this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130948 Or would I even see a difference with this...
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    UG With Select Parts or a Complete Replacement

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello folks I would like your advice if I should just UG key parts or just build a new system. I don't OC and I currently have the following: i7-920 CPU EVGA X58 mb EVGA GTX 275 FTW 6g Ram Corsair TX 750...
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    Build New or Just Upgrade what I have?

    I opened it up and thoroughly cleaned it out. It did have some dust build up that was probably causing some overheating. I do have a corsair TX 750 power supply. I generally game at 1920 Thank you all for the help and direction.
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    Build New or Just Upgrade what I have?

    Hello all. I mainly play WOW, Far Cry 3 types of games, and shooters. I have noticed lately the fans in my system tend to kick on alot more now and notice that the system seems to "bog down" more than when new. I would like your advice if I should just UG key parts that are causing the...
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    PC For Dad - Suggestions Please

    Thanks for the all the feedback. I took your advice and ordered him the Dell for $329 with the wireless card and ended up saving quite a bit from the initial build options.
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    PC For Dad - Suggestions Please

    I know his old Gateway has a 1.2 ghz maybe 1.4 CPU, 40g HD, 513 MB Ram, and a generic video card (onboard maybe)
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    Received new $5000 PC Build.

    It really doesnt matter at this point. He has it and is very happy with it so thats all that counts. Enjoy your new system
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    PC For Dad - Suggestions Please

    My dad is using an oooooolllldddd Gateway desktop that needs to be replaced. He uses it to pay bills, read the news, web cam with relatives and general web surfing etc. He doesnt need a monitor, keyboard or mouse. He went to Best Buy and was almost talked into a desktop for around $1k...
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    UG from current 23" to a 27"..Recommendations??

    I wanted to UG to a larger 27" LCD (Currently using a Samsung 2333sw) and have narrowed it down to the following: Viewsonic http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824116441 Asus http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824236091 Samsung...
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    Newegg 24 hour Mardi Gras Sale

    Hope this isnt a repeat and helps someone out. http://promotions.newegg.com/N...eb-0-2009/MardiGras24/