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headphones will work, although you would need to get some speakers to hear anything without using the headphones

While I cannot recommend a laptop for you (personally I'm a desktop guy.....lol), I will try and answer your questions: 1. Sites based on consumer feedback such as Newegg, Amazon, etc. are not all that reliable and should be taken with a grain of salt. Instead, for more trustworthy evaluations...

probably not, laptops are very limited in things you can upgrade, usually simple things like RAM and HDD

it doesn't matter whether you connect to the front or rear, sound quality should be the same. Most people find it more convenient to use the front panel unless you will be leaving the headset plugged in all the time.

once windows is installed on a given computer's hard drive, if you try and move that drive to an entirely different build (mainly a change in motherboard), windows detects that it is in a completely different system and will not work........period. As I said previously, you can move the Acer...

You will have to buy a new copy of whatever version of windows you are wanting to run and use the installation disk.

that's because the OS realizes that it is in a different computer. The OS license is tied/restricted to the original motherboard it was installed with. You can move the drive but you will have to spring for a new OS if you want to boot the HP from Acer hard drive.

the installation cd that comes with it should take care of everything, if not, check their website to see if upgrades are available

yes, it replaces your motherboards onboard sound

just any application programs you might want to run along with any games you plan on playing

I see no reason your two choices wouldn't work together. And as "thee_prisoner" mentioned, it is definitely a good idea to listen to them matched up together before buying (if possible). The only drawback to the speakers that I saw was they only produce 48 Hz to 20,000 Hz, whereas the amp will...

The power rating for speakers is the maximum power they can handle before damage to them is likely to occur. The power rating for amplifiers is the maximum power that it can deliver. However, you need to be careful when matching speaker/amplifier power ratings since different manufacturers rate...

never heard of building your own laptop, probably gonna have to bite the bullet and pay for a quality one if you want it to do what you desire

look on ebay to see what others are wanting and set your price accordingly (taking into account your laptops condition)