Recent content by bcastle

OK. I pulled the trigger and bought the Intel 660P m.2 2TB today from tiger direct for $310 (missed the $260 price on newegg and kicking myself). I know its half as fast as the EVO Pro version, but I can't justify that $550 price and I really wanted all my crap on one main drive, so i didnt want...

I'm looking to buy a 2 TB SSD and then use my current (3 yr old) HDD as a back up. I also want to start setting up a decent whole system backup system as I don't do anything now, other than backing up my reports online or saving random stuff on a 4 TB external that I don't use that often. My...

I was able to install a few updates from a windows ultimate disc, but kept getting a "desktop manager stopped working" errror. But I wised up and used my wireless connection for those updates. It got me to thinking about reinstalling win 7 home premium again and using my wireless connection for...

I'm going to go on a limb and say that your solution is to go and buy another disc with key. Sadly none of the stores around my house only have windows 10. I could TRY and find one only, but a quick search yields digital downloads only. The disc isnt the problem. The key isnt the problem as I am...

some random vendor online for probably $30 give or take. not exactly newegg, MS or amazon. Seemed legit enough.

I forgot to mention that those 2 keys that crapped out were for 2 separate computers. All the other computers I upgraded got new keys as well, albeit a month or so later, but after I installed and fully updated them without out a hiccup.

Even if I bought a new license key, reusing the same disc shouldn't matter as far as the updates are concerned if I skipped the enter product key code screen.

I want to say I bought it online a few years ago. I've used it to upgrade Vista and XP computers in the past along with one other new build besides this one. I bought new keys for all of those computers. No problems like this. I have had 2 keys that I bought online crap out on me a few months...

Fresh build, all new components. Installed Win 7 Home Premium from a USB as per ASUS instructions for the H170 board. Windows runs, but I can't install any updates except for the first 3; windows update agent 7.6.7600.320, update for windows (kb2685811) and update for windows (kb958488). I...

I ended up getting the lg 34um67-P and Im just going to keep the graphics card for now. Not really a big deal at the moment. I'm sure running the monitor on this GPU will still beat running it on the 6600k. After I get more money, I'll just donate this card to our church computer and get what...

I'm about to build my next rig after my CPU and monitor get here this week and I'm currently running Win 7 on my old POS. Nothing from this computer is being used except maybe a hard drive as a back up. I have a new drive. Should I do the Win 10 upgrade first on my old computer first to get...

I've basically bought everything for a new build including an EVGA GeForce GTX 970 04G-P4-2976-KR. I'm waiting on the i5-6600k to go on sale on newegg. Now I need a monitor. I run dual acer 23.5" 16:9's at church and like the size of those. For a brief time newegg had the lg 34um95-P with a...

I did some looking at some mobo's and saw an ASRock Z170M board that says under display: "Supports DisplayPort 1.2 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2304) @ 24Hz or 4K x 2K (3840x2160) @ 60Hz and Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2304) @ 24Hz" I'm not set on this...

its been a while since my last build and I'm eyeing the 29" 2560x1080 monitors. I see the new i5's will power 4k resolution with out discrete cards. Would I be able to even run the super wide screen 21:9 monitor without a discrete card? I'll get one later. I'm looking to build around cyber...