I can buy a Gateway NV5929u (i5-430m) at MicroCenter $549 or HP dv6 2150us (i3-330m) at Staples $579. Purpose: kid going to college (general use; engineering, etc.).
HP is a top seller and Gateway is not (not for a long time).
Opinions on Gateway quality?? Specs. are better but if the...
The charts tell us an I5 is the best performance per dollar.
I've read many places
The I7's have diminishing returns in part because games are not optimized for 8 threads so the benefits are nil.
(I'm skipping the over clocking benefits for this topic)
But!
My machine is not a test rig.
I...
i woke up this morning to see my stock clocked pc at 9c and ive never had it go over 25c while using it..something wrong with my temp probes or something? i use core temp and for those wondering my house is 55-60f all year
its a quadcore amd x4 645
i was on the internet one night and all the suddon i was not able to view wireless networks..it said a network cable is unplugged, but i dont use any cables i have a wireless card...now i plugged in a ethernet cable directly from my router and i can connect just fine to the internet..i ran a...
Hello,
A few days ago my mouse stopped working. I replaced the batteries and now when I scroll over a drop down button nothing happens. I can't click on the button either, I have to use my arrows and when I left click to open a program nothing happens- I have to right click and then select...
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Hi,
I'm playing the COM and I have attempted my first space build of a ship
with the Aries. This ship does have the ability to build hulls of any
sort in space, but once the ship was built, it came out void of
engines, weapons or...
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Been paying a lot of doubles in Colosseum to see which pairs work best
together. These are my favorites.
Raikou and Suicune: This team works great together, I usually start of
with Raikou using rain dance to give him 100% accurate...
I am wondering what would be a good build for the games coming out this upcoming year
This is just for reference, so that means no budget. Please don't overdo it though (quad crossfire 7970's for example)
My current build is:
Intel core i5 2300 overclocked to 3.4ghz
MSI P67A-GD53 Motherboard...