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Hello, I need to purchase a laptop for large amounts of data processing. We will be doing large Excel worksheets and Access database type work on the laptop. Could someone suggest a laptop in the $1000 range? The machine probably won't be used for vidya at all - so a strong graphics card is...

Hello, We have MS Surface Pro 3s for work, but we are finding that these machines are not very good at running large (500k rows of data) Excel calculations (v-lookups, sorting, pivots, etc). We are looking into getting a laptop to assist with the number crunching, do you have any suggestions...

Ah - I had thought that a video card was necessary for proper performance, thank you for that clarification. Looks like a hundred bucks is saved, lol. Do you think that the cpu/mobo is the best bang for buck? I am hoping that there are cheaper parts that will perform just as well for HTPC...

UPDATE 1: *** Decided to go with a modified The $400 "True Spirit of Mini-ITX" PC version of this build. I'm going to have to do some research and repost the potential build after work.*** UPDATE 2: *** Put together my list of parts, now I need critique. Had to sacrifice a lot of HD space...to...

Hi sosofm - The business does not need too much HD space, so 400GB would be overkill I'm considering getting the 40 GB instead of the 32 GB for an extra $20 or so.

Hello, We are replacing two computers at my brother's dry cleaners. The current computers only use 20 gigs of HD space, so I figured that it would be best to use a cheap SSD. My HD choices are below, all from newegg.com MOBO: $74.99 BIOSTAR COMBO6S3B AMD Sempron 130 AM3 NVIDIA MCP68S Micro...

Thank you for the heads up! I suppose that I can install it later as an upgrade if the HTPC seems a little slow.

Hello - I am thinking about making an HTPC for my mother's birthday, and this seems like a very good build! A quick question: What is the point of having the SSD? From what I understand, people use it to install the OS for a super fast startup right? I am assuming that my parents would just...

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Sounds like the best idea - thank you both!

Hello, I am thinking about parts for my new gaming computer, and I was wondering which would be better for this GIGABYTE GA-MA790GPT-UD3H AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard: 2 x HIS IceQ H567Q1GD Radeon HD 5670 1GB or 2 x Sapphire 100245HDMI Radeon HD 4850 512MB I will basically be...

So jealous... luckyyy~!

The one that supports xfire is $30 more than the one I have listed (after rebate) - I think I might just roll the dice on the original mobo.

I see - I think that I will try and roll the dice with the xII, never tried, but always wanted to. Is there another mobo that would be better for the price?

So you think the ram and GPU are ok? Maybe newegg will have a sale on a mobo I need.