Recent content by johnnyh55

I disabled all power saving and also the USB selective option in the power options.

I have a 2.5" usb3.0 hard drive enclosure that I bought and I put a toshiba 1 tb hdd inside of it. It works fine on every desktop computer I tried, it uses a really short Usb type-a to micro-b connector. When I connected the drive to my inspiron 5000 laptop running Windows 10 which has usb 3.0...

So here is the specs of 2 systems, which one would you choose? I already have all the parts to build system 2, just wondering if I should return them to buy the Acer System 1 Acer Pre built desktop Core I5-4460 8GB DDR3 1600 Ram 1TB HDD Usb 3.0 HDMI Built-in Wireless AC Built-in Bluetooth...

Ok I am in Canada so I can't comprare the prices with what they are in the US but I can either buy 2 pre builts sytems as follows: Asus Built desktop A10-7800 12GB DDR3 Ram 2TB Hard Drive Built in Wifi Dvd drive Usb 3.0 ports $500+ tax Or Acer built desktop Core i5-4460 1TB HDD 8GB DDR3 Ram...

For s system that won't be used for gaming and without a dedicated graphics card but heavy multitasking, lots of chrome windows opened at the same time, iTunes, YouTube, excel, flash video, which CPU do you guys recommend?

I have an acer 5742 laptop that was stepped on since it was on the living room floor and someone stepped off the couch right in the middle of the laptop(stupid I know). Then the laptop wouldn't boot into windows so I though the motherboard was cracked and I took it apart and had a look and apart...

So for heavy web browsing, should I be looking at getting lots of ram? Ram would have more of an impact than CPU? The reason I am looking to upgrade is because my 8 year old system died on the weekend and it wasn't exactly a rocket since I upgraded to Windows 8.1.

And would I see any speed improvements by adding a dedicated video card or not in this case?

I'll be doing a complete build but I was lost when choosing the cpu. Would an i3 Haswell be ok or should I spend more and get a skylake i3?

So I am looking to replace an 8 year old gateway PC with an AMD Athlon X2 and I don't know if a Core I3-4170 should be enough or should I go with a core i5-4460? Or, is haswell long gone and I should get a skylake Core i5? I would like the system to last me a good 5+ years and I mainly use the...

Ya that will be the permanent fix, i am just waiting for black friday to get a good sale on a new desktop but until then, a few capacitors is a pretty cheap fix.