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The slot connection is the same size, even if the board on the card is bigger, the only concern would be if there wasn't enough clearance in your case for a longer card.

In general, price/performance wise, Intel is better at the high end, AMD at the lower end, and it depends on the use for the machine in the middle. So, the question is- What is your budget and what are you trying to do with the PC? That is, business, media, internet surfing, gaming...

Sounds like you have a ground loop issue, (click here for involved explanation- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_loop_%28electricity%29 but simply put some your wiring is bleeding magnetic fields that interfere with other cabling's signals). The simplest thing to try first is to "twist" your...

That is to be expected, that is your CMOS battery, and removing it resets your BIOS to all of it's original default settings.

I believe the laptop is *supposed* to select between the two depending on graphics demand. If you enter your BIOS (reboot, press f2 while booting) there should be a Graphics Configuration selection on the Advanced page, there you should be able to either select the discrete card or disable the...

I'd also suggest googling guides for overclocking R9 280x's, both written and video (youtube). There are almost always really good step-by-step guides for overclocking pretty much any computer part these days.

Well you can either use AMD's OverDrive then adjust the clocks there, or you can use a program from one of the card makers like MSI Afterburner or Sapphire Trixx. Just ramp things up in small steps and watch your temps, and back off if you start having crashes.

If you want to be extra safe/sure then go to www.dell.com, select your country at the bottom of the page on the right and then go to the Outlet from that page.

With most laptops like that, what happens is it uses the integrated graphics for lower demand processes, then kicks in the 840m for more demanding tasks (like games with better graphics), it does this to save power as the integrated uses less power than the card. I believe Nvidia calls the tech...

A less technical version- https://www.whatismyip.com/what-is-a-proxy/ TL;DR- A proxy is when you run your internet connection through another machine in order to hide your own IP.

You can buy a converter for digital to analog, just make sure you have a digital out cable (or that the converter comes with one). Not recommending this one, but by way of example-...