Recent content by Timbe012314

Hello, I am in the market for a new laptop for my wife. I use a desktop and have a laptop from work.. She's using a 6 year old HP laptop. She uses her computer for general browsing, word processing and downloading pictures from her camera (no heavy editing). I would appreciate...

Hey everyone I was trying to assemble a new build today. It's my first build in about 10 years. I can't seem to get the thing to turn on at all. I followed along with the new egg tutorial and attempted a test boot out of the case. I tried both shorting the 2 power switch prongs with a screw...

Hi All! What do you think of this build? I plan to play mostly older strategy type games Civ V, Total War, etc... I'm really extending my budget already, I know the GPU isn't great but it will be fine for what I need right now. What do you think? I am planning to buy today trying to buy most...

Hey Thanks for the heads up Combine! I think I will go with that build. Thanks for all your help. Alec, your comment was hilarious. Luckily Combine helped me out a bit on the videocard front. I'm just using this to gauge how the build stacks up, but what sort of performance do you think...

Lol great review! I understand that the card isn't great. The games I would be playing I can run on my 2.5 year old $500 work computer albeit they bog down eventually which is why I haven't played in awhile. Perhaps I could just save $70 and use the integrated graphics for awhile until I need...

Hi Everyone! I was wondering what you thought of this build. I am planning to buy this week. I will be using the PC as of right now for mostly older strategy/RTS games like Civilization and Total War and for work(mostly just multiple instances of excel and many browser tabs open). What do...

Hi All, Thanks in advance for any advice. I used to game almost exclusively on the PC but have gotten away from it. I am looking to get back into it, but not necessarily looking to really play BF4 or some of the new ultra intense FPS. I am planning on playing games like civilization V, Total...