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    Solid State Drives

    in Tech Reviews, Support and PC Builds

    Hello!

     

    I did a few builds personally and at work using SSD drives.

    One thing I find myself wishing is that I got a larger SSD drive!

     

    I spent the time to review newegg to find a decently reviewed SSD drive that had fast WRITE speeds. 

    All SSDs are going to have fast read speeds, but WRITE is where it's at.

     

    With that said, I would get at least a 240GB SSD.

    You'll notice you'll be slowly installing new programs that you want to run fast and take advantage of the SSD's speed.

     

    I.E. GAMES!

    Your load times for games will be very fast compared to your old magnetic HDDs.

     

    Brands, I've used Intel and GSkill with no issues.

    I have bought Kingston SSD, but that was awhile ago when SSDs were new. Still works, but it's "slow" compared to newer SSDs.

    Laptop for college/casual gaming

    in Tech Reviews, Support and PC Builds

    What makes that one appealing to you?

    Cost, Screen resolution, or how thick the laptop is? :P

     

    Here is another refurb from Newegg that is better!

    http://goo.gl/C7JD7S

     

    All around better laptop than the one you link to.

    Video card, touch screen (ik u dont care), core i7, 1080p screen, thinner laptop. Little bigger screen at 15.6"

    Specs:

    This 1.1"-thick laptop features an Intel Core i7-4500U 1.8GHz Haswell dual-core processor, 15.6" 1920x1080 IPS touchscreen LCD, 8GB RAM, 1TB hard drive, DVD burner, NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M 2GB video card, 802.11n wireless, Bluetooth webcam, 2-cell battery, and Windows 8 64-bit.

    $565

    Only bad part is the 2-cell battery.

     

    If you want new, here is an awesome deal:

    http://goo.gl/DuiXp4

    It features an Intel Core i7-4510U 2GHz Haswell dual-core processor, 1920 x 1080 (1080p) LED-backlit LCD, 8GB RAM, 1TB hard drive, 8GB SSD, 802.11n wireless, DVD burner, Bluetooth 4.0, 720p webcam, 4-cell battery, and Windows 8.1

    $749

     

    Both of these laptops have much better hardware than the HP you linked to.

    Yes, but have Windows 8/8.1 BUT you can change a setting and have it always boot to the Desktop and you'll never know you're on Win 8.

    Laptop for college/casual gaming

    in Tech Reviews, Support and PC Builds

    Hey Sim, glad to hear it.

    Very good hear. Of course lots has changed in life and gaming. Family and all now. Only really play Natural Selection 2.

     

    Here is a really good deal:

    http://goo.gl/bnoyV5

     

    Toshiba Satellite L50-AST3NX3 Intel Haswell Core i7 Quad 2.4GHz 15.6" Laptop

    Haswell Core i7-4700MQ 2.4GHz quad-core processor, 15.6" 1366x768 LED-backlit LCD, 12GB RAM, 1TB hard drive, DVD burner, 802.11n wireless, Bluetooth 4.0, 4-cell battery, and Windows 8.1. Deal ends July 7.

    Coupon Code: D2B7714  Knocks the price down to $680 from $750

     

    Only down side to this, which might not be a problem for him, is the screen resolution is 1366x768

    Laptop for college/casual gaming

    in Tech Reviews, Support and PC Builds

     

    “This item was recently used in a small business, has been tested, and is in working condition. Cosmetically, this item will have damage including, but not limited to, cracks, dents, gouges, broken / missing case pieces, and heavy wear. When applicable, the damage may also include screen blemishes such as spots, dead pixels, etc. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide pictures of specific damage.”

     

    eBay, where what you see isn't what you get.

    Laptop for college/casual gaming

    in Tech Reviews, Support and PC Builds

    · Edited by ZesteR

    hello from the crypt

     

    Hope all has been well sim!

     

    $500 budget is going to get you into the Intel Haswell core i3 & i5 (on sale) range of most HP and Dell laptops.

    Is there a brand you want to avoid?

    Know what size monitor?

    I'd suggest a 15.4" or 15.6"

    Does he care for Win7 or Win8?

     

    Here is a good deal going on at Tiger:

    http://goo.gl/F1fshI

    Samsung ATIV Book 2 Intel Core i5 8GB Memory 1TB HDD 15.6" Notebook Windows 8.1 64-bit - NP270E5J-K01US

    $500

    It features an Intel Core i5-4200U 1.6GHz Haswell dual-core processor, 15.6" 1366x768 LCD, 8GB RAM, 1TB hard drive, DVD burner, 802.11n wireless, Bluetooth, media card reader, webcam, USB, HDMI, 6-cell battery, and Windows 8.1 64-bit.

     

    If you he wants touch screen, Lenovo is putting on a sale now.

    http://goo.gl/IEoW6Z

    Lenovo Flex 2 (14 inch)

    $579

    It converts into a touchscreen tablet and features an Intel Core i5-4210U 1.7GHz Haswell dual-core processor, 14" 1366x768 LED-backlit touchscreen LCD, 4GB RAM, 500GB hard drive with an 8GB SSD, 802.11n wireless, Bluetooth 4.0, 720p webcam, 4-cell battery, and Windows 8.1 64-bit.

     

    A great place to start to research and find codes, current sales, etc is DealNews.com

    Thoughts on Firefox 4.0?

    in Tech Reviews, Support and PC Builds

    I really enjoy it. Especially cleaning up the top toolbars, which is valuable real estate on a laptop with a small screen.

     

    I am sad that I lost all my saved tabs, and by default it doesn't ask me if I want to save my current tabs or not, just saved them be default. (I like choice!)

     

    I'm still getting use to switching from Xmarks to FF Sync in regards to tabs.

    Ubuntu 10.04 released

    in Tech Reviews, Support and PC Builds

    I've been beta testing it and very happy with it!

     

    I haven't had any issues with it not recognizing any of my Hardware, and even suggesting proprietary drivers. i.e. nVidia Video Card and Broadcomm wireless chipset.

     

    I am still getting use to the "mac" style windows and the "social networking" additions to the OS.

     

    Also, I'm a fan of Dropbox and won't be using Ubuntu One.

    Setting up a LAN party

    in What's Up?

    · Edited by ZesteR

    Yup! I found it!

    The stealclient.dll was 0k . lol.

     

    I now have CSS, TF2, and HL2DM setup under C:\HLServer

     

    Now I just need to find sever.cfg files for HL2DM and CSS.

     

    And some hacking to get into the internet on campus :)

     

     

    Alright I'm all setup!

    Im sure it's wise to update the servers right b4 I leave to the lan, haha.

    Setting up a LAN party

    in What's Up?

    · Edited by ZesteR

    Hey Mookie

    Thank you so much for all the info!!!

     

    At the moment, the LAN party is on Saturday and I've setup a TF2 and HL2:DM server on the laptop.

     

    Im having issues though with TF2 and getting it to connect to the steam cloud. (Want unlocks if I can get internet access)

     

    I've set sv_lan = 0 but it seems to be unable to access the steam cloud. (Yes I have internet atm)

     

    There is prob.a 5% chance I'll have internet access. but if I can get my laptop to connect and just that. I would be happy. That means the server can at least connect to the Steam cloud.

     

    Any help would be awesome! Thanks again.

     

    Quick note:

    When I log into steam on my laptop. then start up the server. I have access. All is well. But that means I have to play on my laptop (which I wont)

     

    I get an error when I start up the server without Steam open. Saying the steamclient.dll is not setup to run on Windows . I can get u the exact if u need it.

     

    Another note:

    I might have messed up something with the directories when I installed HL2:DM.

    I think Im going to delete it all and redownload today. And put them in separate folders. (Was hoping that I could save HDD space, but idc atm)

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