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I'm looking to upgrade my OS drive SSD from 120 GB to around 250 GB and I noticed that my motherboard supports M.2 cards. (The motherboard is an ASUS Z170 Pro Gaming) Is there a benefit to going with an M.2 drive versus SATA? Any recommendations for a 250 GB SSD drive? (only for OS; I have...

I'm looking to virtualize my HTPC because my ESXi host has plenty of extra CPU and RAM and it also supports Intel Vt-d (PCIe passthrough), but my motherboard (Supermicro X9SCM-F) only has PCIe x8 physical-size slots. Are there any PCIe video cards that are x8 physical size? (I'd prefer...

Hmmm, I'm just looking at my local Best Buy and they have an open box (in "Excellent" condition) of a Yoga 2 for $629.99. It's the haswell model with 4 GB RAM and 128 GB HDD. Is that a killer deal or just so-so? EDIT: Bummer, it doesn't have 802.11ac. :( (would be useful for Steam...

What's the best Windows alternative to the 13.3" MacBook Air? I can run Windows using Bootcamp, but the trackpad drivers aren't that great and I've been told if I'm going to primarily use Windows then to get an ultrabook instead. I plan to use the laptop 75% on the couch with the...

I'm currently using a Planar SA2311W monitor that doesn't support Lightboost and can't be upgraded to G-SYNC. I'm also running a GTX 690 video card. My current monitor is "decent" but I'm very sensitive to motion sickness and I think that variable framerates are making me feel a bit queezy...

Is it possible to get a decent 65" (or 70") for under $2,000 ? I know I can get garbage... (Best Buy sells a 65" Dynex for VERY cheap but of course it's going to be junk) My only requirement is passive 3D. Right now I have a 50" Panasonic plasma and I love it, but the active 3D hurts my...

Right now I have an iPad but I'm thinking about buying a Macbook Air (or similar) so that I can sit on the couch and play some PC/OSX games while my wife watches TV, etc. I already have a nice dedicated gaming rig downstairs in my office, but I was just thinking about something smaller I can...

Right now I have an iPad and I absolutely love it but it isn't perfect for all tasks. Typically I use it for browsing the web while watching TV, etc. However, I want something with for the following: * Watching videos (podcasts, etc) * Playing light/old video games (on the couch) **...

My car stereo (Parrot SMART Asteroid) can read MP3s off a USB 2.0 drive or SDHC card. Which is faster? I believe that USB 2.0 maxes out at 30 MB/s and I think SDHC is around the same time, right? What about random access? (since they are both flash memory, which is the fastest [?], it...

Which is the better reference card, or company: Gigabyte GTX 680 or Galaxy GTX 680 The Gigabyte one is $10.00 more but I've heard of them more than Galaxy. However, neither offer Advanced RMA or anything like that it seems...

Ooops. I meant GTX 480. So I guess I'll have to wait until the GTX 780? :) (I'm not upset at saving money of course, but was hoping the 680 was a bit faster...)

I'm currently running 2x GTX 485 on my Sabertooth P67 (16x/8x) and I'm wondering how it would compare to a single GTX 680. Are there any benchmarks for this? I've never been a big fan of SLI so I'm hoping to upgrade my SLI setup to a faster single-card setup but I'm not sure a single GTX...

I'm buying a server board because I'm building a server. :) It's just going to be for a home network/lab so I don't need anything too expensive...

Ahhh, thanks! Is it strange that NewEgg doesn't sell 8 GB sticks of unregistered ECC RAM? (They sell 2x 4 GB packs but not single 8 GB sticks of unregistered)

I'm going to purchase the Supermicro X9SCM-F. It takes DDR3 ECC Unbuffered RAM. It says "UDIMM" but I think this is the same as DIMMs? Anyways... what are the cheapest compatible 8 GB sticks? Also, what about 2 GB sticks? It seems like everything on NewEgg is "Registered" (buffered?)...