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Hi all you nerds out there! I have a relatively simple question. What laptop should I buy for college? It has to meet a few criteria. Portability - I need to be ale to carry it to my classes. Power - Hopefully have an i5 or i7 with 8 gigs of ram min. Graphics card is optional. Build/Usability...

Okay, and that can be plugged into any old usb port correct?

Well actually i do have an external HP SimpleSave drive, if i plugged that in, could i back it up to the SimpleSave?

So i booted up my pc this morning, and it opened to this thing called "MEGATREDNS" and it said "S.M.A.R.T status bad" i looked it up and i know that it means my HDD is failing... I tried to contact Hitachi, but i got nowhere. How do i back up my files?? I have a 256gig crucial ssd, but that...

So, I'm building a new desktop PC, because my current one is failing quickly these days. I want to take the hard drive from my current computer, which has all my files and whatnot on it, and put it into my new computer so that i will have all my files and whatnot without having to transfer data...

i saw an xfx radeon 7970 for $289. should i snatch it up? its $80 bucks off. so you guys think i should go with a haswel build instead of amd? (intels just so much more expensive....)

i saw an xfx radeon 7970 for $289. should i snatch it up? its $80 bucks off. so you guys think i should go with a haswel build instead of amd? (intels just so much more expensive....)

Isnt Nvidia all around better than amd? i might be subdued to all the stereotypes.... For gpu's that is

Does this look good? which parts need to be changed? any feedback appreciated :) *i know i need dvd drive + opperating system PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/287OM Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/287OM/by_merchant/ Benchmarks...

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/278uK Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/278uK/by_merchant/ Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/278uK/benchmarks/ CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX...

that sounds good, maybe i could put a bit more money into at gpu and not get the special fans... idk any advice there is appreciated! And thanks alot for simplifying that, it really helped. maybe i will wait for the new chips :)

Thanks alot guys, yea, the mobo didn't seem that good, so ill check out some of the other ones :) And i might be getting a gigabyte 760 if i get the money for christmas which would be a better gpu. um TheinsanegamerN, could you say what you said in your reply, but a bit more straight forward...

Ive never tried an mATX build, but this looks pretty sound to me, how does it look to all the experts out there? PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/21dag CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($117.97 @ SuperBiiz) Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard...

i was going to go with a corsair cx one. I just forgot to update it in my build thingy... lol. is corsair good?

Cooler Master HAF 912 - High Air Flow Mid Tower Computer Case Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive $69.99 GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3P AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard $64.99 GIGABYTE GV-N760OC-2GD REV2.0...