Solid State

So in a few months, I'll be going away for a while, and my old laptop won't cut it. Dead battery, crap performance, just overall not great... So I've been looking at these "budget" offerings from HP and Asus, and for the money, they seem pretty good. I don't care about a ton of performance...

Assuming I didn't care how much it costs, should I be going with a tube amplifier or a solid state amplifier, and why? I know there's a lot of articles on this, most of which are quite indecisive. The stickied guide suggests that tube amplifiers are less noisy, but are there any other pros/cons...

I am planning on getting a Samsung 840 Evo for my laptop. I use this laptop for DJ use which obviously means it requires a hell lot of processing power. However, I have a awful CPU. The CPU bar rockets whenever I load a song. Will getting an SSD compensate? Will it solve my problem at all?

I've Probably read 50 articles and forums by now. What will work? What won't work? What is Ideal? Watts, rms, peak, peak to peak, Ohms, wiring, bi-wiring, solid state, tube, cheap, expensive, how do you match it all up? A chart would be very helpful. I don't mean any offence but I likely...

I have a Sony laptop (VGN TZ-191N) with a 25 GB solid state hard drive that has huge space issues. I am wondering if it is possible either to replace that SS HD with a larger one (in which case I need to mirror what is on it now to the new drive) or to add another SS HD within the case. I've...

I'm not sure if this is even the right place for this, I'm new to solid state drives. If I want to use an ssd as storage, how do I go about it? Would I have to install the drivers during the first installation of the os? And how can I tell if it is working properly? If hipm and dipm are on does...

hi so i'm going back to uni in a month and i'm a engineering student so i'm looking for a pretty good laptop both for gaming and 3D modelling here are my specs Intel processor i5 or i7 have at least 2.5 Ghz and 3M cache should have a decent graphics card something that can pay new games on...

Lenovo thinkPad W540 Hard DriveHelp me decide RAID HDD, 500GB, 5400rpm, RAID HDD, 500GB, 7200rpm, 1TB RAID Hard Disk Drive, 5400rpm, 128GB Solid State Drive, 2.5'', SATA3, Dual RAID SSDs 512GB Solid State Drive, 2.5'', SATA3, Dual RAID SSDs

Hello Tom's Hardware community, I have come to a tough decision between 2 laptops that will primarily be used for gaming. The first is a Dell Ultrabook 6430U with 8g of ram, a 3rd gen quad core (8 thread) i7 processor @ 2.6ghz, a 128gb ssd, and a 14" HD LED display. It does not have a dedicated...

I am pretty new at wiring speakers properly, I am trying to wire 10, 20 watt 8 ohm speakers to a 30 watt amplifier. speakers: http://w.mawebcenters.com/midwestspeaker/ecommerce/speco-sp-502a-5-1-4-2-way-in-wall-ceiling-speaker.html amp: cant find a link for it online but i have this: SHOW...

It has an i5 4200m processor, 128 gb solid state drive, 4gb PC-3 12800 DDR3 SDRAM Intel hd 4600 graphics

I have decided to upgrade my laptop (Dell N5010) by upgrading the ram (from 4gb to 8gb) and by replacing my shit hard drive to an SSD drive. My laptop is 3.5 years old so I am not looking for the best possible products that might be expensive too. I just want to upgrade it to last another 2...

I would like to buy solid state hard drive to install on my Asus N53SV Laptop and would like to know where or if I can get a disk with all the original drivers for an easier re-install. I bought the laptop used and it already has a different HHD but its a 5200 rpm drive and I dont know why they...

hi im wanting to build a new computer to run 2 separate operating systems simultaneously id like to run both windows 8.1 pro and some form of Linux id like for both operating systems to have their own hybrid drives so the operating systems can both be saved to ssd. id also really like it to be a...

Hello all, I have a Sony Vaio SVE1712BCXB laptop. Recently I've been considering upgrading the ram and hdd. I would like to know: if I purchase a new SSD and install Windows 7 Professional on it, would it still function properly with the hardware on the laptop? The system came with Windows 8...

Hey Guys, I am looking for a new laptop and cannot find a suitable one! And guys please stay inside of the UK i dont want to have to get a laptop shipped over from the US :) Here are my answers to the survey... 1. What is your budget? £400 - £1000 2. What is the size of the notebook that...

Hello I am looking for a laptop capable of heavy multitasking and moderate video editing. I was going to purchase the Lenovo Y510P with dual 750Ms and 16gb of RAM (i7-4702mq version), when I realized it weighed far too much for carrying around all day :( Does anyone have any recommendations...

Hello I'm kind tight on cash at the moment and I was wondering if it's possible to use a fully rectified tube amp as a dac thank you. FACE PALM! Turns out that the receiver I have is just a really good solid state and I am basing this on the quality of the sound it is a marantz 2245 so I...

I'm ordering an Lenovo edge E530 and wondering what would improve overall performance the most , adding 2GB of RAM or adding a 16GB Solid State Cache drive. I'm trying to keep it under $600 so I can't get both. Current Specifications...

Hello everyone, I'll try to keep this simple and strait forware. I have an alienware m15x specs: intel i7 q 1.73ghz, 4MB dell RAM, ATI Radeon Mobility 5850, 256gb 7200rpm, windows xp 74 bit pro. I would like to either buy a new alienware or upgrade my current one. Dell approved me for a 1200...