Recent content by Doug Hobkirk

I am an old geezer who wants to experiment with games. My PC is a Dell XPS 630i (Core2 Quad 2.4 w/ 4GB) and the MB has 2 PCI x16 slots (somewhere I saw "running at x8"). I'm still running XP but plan to change to Vista. My screen is two (I might experiment with 3) 19" LED's running at 1280x1024...

You don't say where this deal is. That's selfish! So I googled your description and Voila, Tiger Direct is selling it for $49.99 with low shipping (under $5). Is that the same item? http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2979418&sku=S153-9905

Thank you much, Mother Your answers nailed it for me.

SSD is still pricey. Flash storage is cheap. Is SSD much faster than USB 3.0?