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    Trying to install Windows 7 64 bit Pro and having trouble.....

    My wife's new laptop came with Windows 8, which I despise. I bought her a 240 GB SSD to speed up her laptop. After physically installing the new SSD I booted to the laptop BIOS and set the computer to boot from USB first. I have an image of Win 7 Pro 64 bit. I used Win 7 DVD/USB Download...
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    Did I buy the wrong vid card for my build?

    All: I just bought parts for a new gaming PC and am wondering if the video card I bought is a little weak for my purposes: I have a Samsung 25.5 monitor at 1920x1200. CPU: i5 4590 @3.3 stock with 3.7 Turbo Boost RAM: G. Skill 2x4 GB DDR3 1866 CL 9 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z97...
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    What vid card for my current set up?

    I have an older PC with a Core2Quad running stock @ 2.83 Ghz. I have an ancient ATI Radeon 3870 card and am looking to upgrade my vid card to play Witcher 3. I'm not in the market right now to replace my CPU, mobo and ram. My monitor resolution is 1920x1200. What's the best video card to...
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    Wife's friend want me to find them a new to them PC

    All: My wife is friends with a home-schooling family that is looking for a bargain machine that they can use for surfing and for their home-schooling software. Their limit is probably $350. I came across this used HP 6000 Pro on eBay. Buy it now price is $241: HP Compaq 6000 Pro Microtower...
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    Question regarding vid card.....

    All: My kids' home-built e5200 system had been acting flaky for quite a while, so I retired it. I found a cheap HP Pro 6000 mini tower business class machine on eBay. The motherboard has two power out sockets. Both are square with 4 pins. My Radeon 3870 has a 6 pin rectangular power input...
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    Why is does my MicroSDHC format to so low GB???

    All: I just bought a retail package Sandisk class 4 32GB MicroSDHC. It's for my tablet. I've formatted it for Fat32 and for ExFat in my PC card reader. I'm only getting 23.8GB formatted. What gives? AV1611
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    Control Panel doesn't see my new SSD

    I just installed a new Kingston HyperX 3k ssd in my puter. The first time I booted into Windows 7 it was detected and Windows installed driver software. The ssd shows up in "Device Manager". It shows up in the system bios. It does not show up under "My Computer". Am I being stupid here? Do...
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    New inexpensive build with high performance/$$$

    How well do these parts work together?? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130663 this mobo comes free with: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2E16820231488B http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116405 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150656...
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    Card to replace ATI 3870 with E5200.....

    All: I haven't upgraded my pc in over 3 years. I'm not looking to buy a whole new MOBO, RAM, etc yet, so am going to have to settle for just a new vid card. I have a Pentium DC E5200 overclocked from 2.5 to 3.0 on stock voltage. What would be my best bet for a new vid card? I'll be gaming...
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    Trouble connecting to Steam with Verizon 3G tethered computer

    Guys: I use EasyTether Pro to connect my Droid X2 to my laptop when I'm travelling. The phone just connects to the laptop via USB port. Works like a charm. I can check Gmail, surf anywhere including my bank website, use Ventrilo, but I can't get it to connect to Steam so I can play PC...
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    Best vid card for my Pentium DC E5300

    All: I'm stuck with my current mobo and proc for quite some time. I'm running a 3870 DDR3. My E5300 is oc'd to 3.0 Ghz. What's the best vid card that my CPU can feed?? My monitor is 1440x900 res, but I have a 26" Samsung 1920x1200 TV/monitor that I can hook up to it as well. Thanks...
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    Vid card to match to my Pentium E5300 @ 3.0

    All: I'm currently using a Radeon 3870 DDR3. My CPU is at 3.0 at stock voltage. I could always try to OC it more, but would really like to keep it at stock voltage. I'm running a 19" LCD @ 1440x900 but want to upgrade to 1920x1080. Ideas??? Thanks, AV1611 out......
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    American Eagle Tactical AE223 .223 Ammo

    My local Gander Mountain outside of Madison, WI is selling this nice ammo for $29.99 per 100 round box: This is a HOT, HOT, HOT deal for those with AR-15's anywhere near Madison, WI. For those not in the area is the same $29.99 per 100 round box deal through an online vendor. Shipping for...
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    Russian 1891/30 7.62x54R Mosin Nagant Rifle

    Aim Surplus is selling these for $79.95 each + shipping. A great deal. If you have a Curio & Relics FFL license you can get them shipped right to your front door. They're less of a deal if you don't have one and would have to have one shipped to your local gun shop (transfer fees)...
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    AR-15 Stripped Lower Receiver

    Made by Surplus Arms & Ammo. $59.95 at www.aimsurplus.com This is a screaming deal. Aim doesn't sell junk. Buy with confidence. http://www.aimsurplus.com/product.aspx?item=F1SASL&groupid=53 AV1611 out......
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    XP dual boot bombs out...

    All: I have a Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop. I did a fresh install of Vista Home Premium to remove all the Dell garbage and decided I wanted to dual boot with XP Pro. I booted into the Vista CD and shrank the Vista partition to half its original size leaving about 68GB of unallocated space on...