The HD 3870 with the fan trouble did at least last long enough that I wasn't out of luck unable to use belgian for a while and waiting for the replacement. The replacement is (the name is silly, but the card is great) an MSI Twin FROZR III GTX 570. Ooh, is it fast. Then, at the price, weight, and power requirements, it had better be. The ( Read more... )

As I'd upgraded my primary computer, belgian, I'd been using the cast off parts to build a new(er) version of secondary desktop, percheron. Of course not everything got cast off and some things had to be bought, but I could wait and usually deal with things when NewEgg had a needed item on sale. One thing I had planned on was moving the video ( Read more... )

I'd been using an old laptop in the kitchen wanted something newer. A while ago I saw that the Toshiba Satellite L755D-S5104 (15.6 inch 1366x768 screen, Quad core, AMD/ATI HD6520 graphics from the A6 processor, 4 GB RAM expandable to 8 GB, 500 GB HDD) could be had for a low price, but was just above Best Buy's 18-month no-interest threshold. I ( Read more... )