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1. What is your budget? $250-$350, maybe $400. 2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? I've been using a bulky 17.3" Acer for awhile now, I'm ready to go back down to 15.6" or 15.4" 3. What screen resolution do you want? at least 1366x768 and I'm used to playing games at...

The biggest thing here is my wife does NOT game. She wants a "fast" video card so she doesn't have to see artifacts or hesitation when scrolling through spreadsheets or web pages. We originally bought her an HD4870, then an HD4890, and after determining that it took too much power, we moved to...

Reminds me of the Lenovo LT1423, a $350-$400 touchscreen introduced in January at CES2013, which would actually be useful for me since it matches my laptop's 1600x900 resolution. I don't need wireless connectivity or BlueTooth or a ton of features, or even a touchscreen. Somebody package a...

FYI I got lucky this morning and Acer listed another V3-771G, this time with i7-2670QM processor, 8GB of memory, GT640M graphics, 17.3 inch 1600x900 display, and two 500GB hard drives. For $619.99! That's $5 cheaper than the 15 inch one with the i7-3632QM and 1366x768 resolution. So that's...

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I did also find another with i7-2630QM and AMD graphics (awaiting seller response if its HD6490 or HD6770, please pretty please be the HD6770) but I don't think that's much better than GT520M. It's on eBay ends in 20min. The others are Acers, they are on eBay too but are buyitnow items one...

I am looking at two laptops in my budget at this time. I plan to buy this weekend but it may be next weekend before I actually pull the trigger. To keep the fanboys at bay, I'm not revealing the laptop brands, models, or other specs until after this is over, if then. LAPTOP #1: Intel Core...

I'm happy with the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro in my wife's computer and I have a Thermaltake Frio (the plain one, not the OCK or Advanced) in mine. Both i7-950 LGA1366 and no need to upgrade anytime soon. But I'm glad to see the Hyper 212 on top of the value chart and matching the Corsair...

Thank you for having this thread, I thought my hard drive was dying, but my hard drive was set to spin down after 20 minutes. I reset it to 90 minutes. Have not had the slow access/clicking thing happen again during my normal workday except for one time when I get on in the morning each day.

I can't select a best answer from myself, but mods, you can feel free to mark this closed and solved. Replaced the Sabertooth with the MSI Pro-E X58 board (used from eBay, because I'm crazy and don't see the point in buying a new 5 year old board). Good to go. Still need to repair the front...

Thank you for selecting me for best answer! There are so many 3 to 6 year old laptops out there with single core processors that can benefit from a swap to a dual core chip. As long as you match up the socket type, bus speed, voltage, and make sure it's compatible (manufacturer whitelists in...

Memory is Mushkin 999002 and it is NOT on the list (published September 2010, mind you) of approved memory chips. The thing is, NOTHING creating 12GB of memory from 3 sticks is shown to be supported. Is there a NEWER list that shows ALL compatibility, from higher density modern memory, instead...

System is built as follows: ASUS Sabertooth X58 motherboard Core i7-950 CPU 3x4GB Mushkin Enhanced Silverline PC3-12800 memory, triple channel, slots a1 b1 c1 XFX HD6870 video card Antec p182 case, Antec Neo Eco 620w PSU I also have a 90GB SSD, 1TB Seagate HDD, DVD burner, card reader, but...