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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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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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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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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