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    SSD or Mechanical HDD

    My relative has an external drive for backup. However I like to make an image of all my drives and especially for close family too so I don't have to reinstall everything all over again. They don't want to spend $100-200 on a SSD. So I gave them a choice of an Adata S510 SSD 120GB drive for $99...
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    SSD 128-160GB or SSD 64GB and HD

    My parents have had their Sata hard drive for a few years. I do make an image of the drive (in an internal mobile rack using Acronis) and in addition also backup their data for them on another external drive. I'm trying to convince them to buy an SSD and use their old drive as a backup...
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    G620 CPU, Radeon HD 6670 GPU + Antec Earthwatts 380 PSU

    Will this power supply power the G620 CPU, + the Radeon HD 6670 GPU + ASRock Z68 PRO3 GEN3 motherboard, 2 sticks of DDR3 1600 ram, 1 7200rpm sata HDD, 1 sata DVDRW drive, 2 led 120mm fans? Or should we go up to the 430 watt power supply? Or a different brand name?
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    Will a 6gb/s sata hybrid hard drive work on a motherboard with 1.5gb/s sata?

    I plan to purchase a Seagate Momentus XT 750gb ST750LX003 hybrid hard drive. I'd like to find out if a 6gb/s sata hard drive will work in an older 2006 Core Duo Macbook with 1.5gb/s Sata? I need at minimum a 320gb hard drive. An SSD would be too expensive and my current drive (Seagate...
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    ATX12V 8pin motherboard connection help

    EPS/ATX12V CPU Cable. I bought a new 1155 motherboard and have a question about this connection that attaches to the motherboard 8 pins. I have a Corsair 400Watt CMPSU-400CX power supply. They do fit into the motherboard but I'm worried about turning it on because the square and rounded tops...
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    32" LCD 720P Hannspree TV $269.99 shipped free

    + tax and $15 fee if you are a non-member making the total around $302 Just got mine yesterday and love it with Directv HD service. http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product...=1&topnav=&s=1
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    i3-2100 GPU or old 9600GT

    Which is better? Not really much of a gamer. But I like to OC a little for fun. I'm trying to decide whether to get a P67 or an H67 board. If I get a P67 I do plan on upgrading to a better GPU than the 9600GT. Not right away though. Or I could just get an H67 board and use the onboard graphics.
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    Will this ram work with this motherboard?

    I'm planning to get this motherboard MSI H67MA-E35 (B3) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130569 And this ram Gskill DDR3 1600 (promo code for $10 off til 4/18 so I can get it for $44.99) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-278-_-Product The motherboard supports only up...
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    Dell Inspiron 14R Core i3 Notebook $399.99

    Only 2gb ram and 250gb hard drive. Should be good enough for most and easily upgradeable in the future. http://configure.us.dell.com/dellsto...-14r-combo-mod Update: Hard drive is not easy to replace :( RAM is easy to upgrade though. Update: Free shipping coupon no longer works :(
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    E-350 or P360 CPU in a Notebook?

    My brother is looking to buy a 15.6" or smaller notebook with DVD drive under $400. The best 2 options I could find is a notebook with a E-350 1.6GHZ dual core cpu/ HD 6310 GPU, and the other notebook has P360 2.3GHZ dual core cpu/ HD 4250 GPU. Which is better for surfing the web, maybe...
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    Which is better Intel i3 380m or AMD Athlon II P360

    http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-Satell...418037&sr=1-14 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834214185 My aunt is planning to get a 14" notebook. Intel should have better battery life right? She is going to use the notebook to play dvd movies, surf the internet and check email...
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    Best GPU in notebook under $525

    I'm helping my teenage brother find a notebook. Either a 14"-15.6". 250-320gb hard drive 3-4gb ram. Windows 7 Home Premium. Webcam. Battery that will last 2.5hrs. Found an Acer for $634 on newegg but it's over his budget. It has the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470...
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    Netbook with $500 maximum budget

    Which would be a better choice for a young child around 5 or 6 who plays online games and videos at places like disney, cartoon network, etc.? ASUS Eee PC Seashell 1201N $484 (good ion graphics but slow atom cpu) http://www.amazon.com/Seashell-1201N...9047582&sr=1-1 or Toshiba Satellite...
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    Old 433 Celeron Socket 370 HEATSINK work with Pentium 1000

    I'm planning to upgrade the cpu in this old Gateway essential 433 computer with the i810e chipset. Will my old Celeron 433mhz socket 370 66mhz bus intel HEATSINK work with a Pentium 3 1000mhz socket 370 cpu? Are all intel socket 370 heatsinks the same? I plan to buy the 'cpu only' if...
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    Rivatuner 2.22 Fan Speed Problem

    I have an 8600gt video card. Latest Nvidia drivers. Not overclocking til I figure out how to make the fan speeds work right. I'm playing around with fans and temps. I used one of those guides to set up fan speed with regards to core temp. 40% fan...
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    Canon MX300 Printer freezes my computer

    I'm running Vista Home Premium. This is a new printer. If I keep my printer plugged in, eventually my computer freezes and I have to shut down or restart. When this problem happens on reboot the bios can't recognize my hard drives until I unplug my printer. I thought it was a sleep problem...
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    Dell 530 modem busy sound when using dsl

    My friend just bought a brand new Dell 530 using Vista Home Premium. She uses Verizon DSL which works just fine. But every few days her computer will start beeping a modem (phone) busy signal sound. It will go away after restarting the computer. She has no other internet connections set up...
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    Are IDE to Sata Adapters reliable?

    I have a Biostar TP35D2-A7 motherboard. This board has one IDE Controller (therefore only 2 IDE devices) I'm currently using an IDE hard drive as my master and an IDE dvd burner as slave. I want to be able to use my spare IDE hard drive rack to Norton ghost my system from time to time. I...
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    Which AGP card is better X1650 or X800GTO?

    There's a rebate deal for a AGP x1650 at newegg for $71 shipped after $20 rebate. http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814102085 Or an open box AGP x800GTO for $68 shipped. http://www.newegg.com/Product/...?Item=N82E16814102609R Which is the better deal?
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    AGP 6600GT, 6800XT or X800GTO?

    I currently have a Radeon 9600 256mb AGP. It's just barely cutting it for Oblivion and not at all for Medieval 2 Total War. Which one of the cards above (AGP) would be better? The 6600GT only has 128mb the other 2 have 256mb Thanks
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    Which AGP video card for my older Athlon XP 2800 CPU

    I currently have a AGP based Radeon 9600 256mb. Also an Athlon XP 2800, 2 sticks 512mb (1 gb total) pc3200 ram I'd like to buy a better video card (not enough money for a complete upgrade) but I don't know if my cpu can handle any better. Would a Radeon X1650 256mb AGP...
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    What's better AGP 256mb 9600xt or X1550?

    I'm looking to upgrade just my AGP video card. Any recommendations? I found a 9600xt for $56 after rebate. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102043 X1550 for $68 after rebate http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102081 I currently have an Nvidia...
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    Macbook and Bootcamp Imaging Problem

    A few months ago I got my first Mac computer a Macbook. I immediately put Windows XP on it via bootcamp. Because I wanted to slowly warm up to using the mac. Now I use the Mac 99% of the time. The other 1% is for light gaming or special apps that need Windows. I'd like to know if there's '1'...
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    Safe Mode With Networking Doesn't Work

    I recently upgraded my motherboard to an Nforce 3. Formatted & reinstalled Windows XP Home. Everything works fine except. I want to be able to use safe mode with networking. But it doesn't work. I'm choosing safe mode with networking. Networking adapters does not show up in device manager...
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    Upgrade Help Gateway Essential 433C Celeron

    Does anyone know what the best cpu I can put on this board is? It's listed on Gateways site as a (Bryant) motherboard R1 (Part #2509462) * Intel® Pentium® III processor in a 370-pin Plastic Pin Grid Array (PPGA) socket with 66/100-MHz host bus speed * Intel Celeron? processor in a...
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    Upgrade Old Pentium 2 help

    Can I do this? My motherboard is an Intel SE440BX-2 It has the latest bios. Currently there's a P2 350mhz. I don't know whether its a Slot 1 or socket 370 Is there an easy way to find out by looking at it without taking off the heatsink/fan. Or a windows or linux program. Or even better a...
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    Wireless Question

    I'd like to know if you only have 1 computer on a wireless router can that single computer (it's a desktop) be setup wirelessly? I've never done that before. My main computer has always been wired and now a friend of mine has run into a situation where being wireless would be the best solution.
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    What is the P6 connector used for on a PSU?

    I'd like to know if the P6 connector is a necessary connector. My friends PSU just went bad and he's trying to find a psu that will fit in his Gateway case. His computer is about 3-4 years old. I have a spare one available but it doesn't have the P6 connector. I'd like to find out if my psu...
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    Long boot time is quite annoying

    It is not the Windows part that is bothering me it is the long (what do you call it... 'post' time) Takes about 1 minute for my motherboard bios (it finally does a beep) to start reading from my hard drive and start the windows boot process. What could be causing this? Help please.
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    Sempron Vs Pentium

    I'm trying to figure out which is better a Pentium 4 1.7 Ghz or a Sempron 2500 I currently have a P4 1.7 and need to either buy another board ($40-60) or sell the P4 (for around $40-50) and get a sempron 2500 board combo (about $87). I don't want to spend much as you can see.
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    Reuse retail heatsink?

    I need to replace my parents current motherboard. I want to keep the cpu and heatsink. The heatsink came with the cpu in a retail box. Is there any reason why I should not use this heatsink/fan? I'm not going to overclock. The cpu is a P4 1.7Ghz
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    Can't share my wireless notebook folder

    How do I get this to work? I'm running Windows XP Home on my main desktop computer and my wireless notebook. Both computers are connected ok to the internet. I can ping both computers. I even enabled sharing of my printer. But I can't figure out how to share my wireless notebook folder...
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    Help! Upgrading laptop hard drive

    I have an HP Omnibook 4150b 500mhz laptop with a 4gb drive. HP told me I could upgrade to thier 18GB drive for $200! Should I just buy a 20gb drive from newegg for $80? Or do you think this won't work?