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I'll run all of this info by my girlfriend. Hopefully she'll make the leap and we can get this thing ordered and taken care of. Thank you!

Thank you for the replies! Is the external drive enclosure meant to protect the SDD during the transfer, or is there another purpose for it? For $8 I'd say protecting the SDD is already worth the cost! Also, is it relatively easy to swap HDD/SDD on a laptop. or is that something that changes...

Hi everyone! I had a great amount of input and help from the tomshardware community last year when I built my gaming PC, and now I'm back with the hope of seeking out input from the community once again. My girlfriend asked me to help her replace her dinosaur laptop. The laptop itself has...

That's a clever idea and will prevent me from having to take my case outside to dust it out in the future ;)

While others will likely make suggestions/point other optimizations out, I'll go ahead and suggest bumping up your PSU to a higher wattage. The FX-8350 is more or less destined to be OC'd, and you are already cutting it relatively close with stock power consumption.

What build? :)

If you happen to be building on carpeted flooring, wear rubber-soled shoes as a precaution. If no rubber-soled shoes, at least refrain from wearing socks during the build ;)

Many people who play online games prefer a wired ethernet connection. If this is the case, no card is needed. Will you need OS/monitor/mouse/keyboard?

I'd be weary about using a vacuum in the off chance that you accidentally vacuum a component or hit the hose against a component. I take my heat sink/fan out and use a toothpick to get the dust. I'm not sure what to suggest for the GPU fan, however.

Hi everyone! I've just finished ordering the build listed above. It's a bit more than the under $600 build I started with, but I'm excited nonetheless and I'll just consider it a late graduation gift to myself. Moo, I chose your answer as the solution because you kindly offered advice and...

Here is the final build with the larger capacity SSD: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($191.99 @ Amazon) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.79 @ Newegg) Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport...

Is there a difference between the MSI Radeon R9 270 and the Sapphire Radeon R9 270 other than 20 MHz clock speed and $15?