need computer help!

[Jake]

I'm ashamed to say it was the monitor.



The computer wasn't booting but that was bc it was waiting for a prompt

[jnovo22]

Glad that was figured out. Could have been worse.

[rconverse]

Any suggestions on wireless routers? The one I'm renting from Comcast is awful. It pulses in and out. My cable speed is 75Mbs but I may increase that if I get another TV.

[scrock25]

I need recs on a decent laptop under $500.... saw this one on Newegg:

http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=34-232-795

Can anybody tell me if that's a decent system at that price point?

[Joruus]

Originally Posted by scrock25

I need recs on a decent laptop under $500.... saw this one on Newegg:

http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=34-232-795

Can anybody tell me if that's a decent system at that price point?

Unless you plan on doing any hardcore gaming, that one is a buy. It'll run some games, but not a lot of the new stuff (ie Fallout 4).

[ExistenceNow]

Originally Posted by scrock25

I need recs on a decent laptop under $500.... saw this one on Newegg:

http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=34-232-795

Can anybody tell me if that's a decent system at that price point?

Holy shit. I have that exact one sitting in my Amazon cart. I just haven't been able to pull the trigger on it.

[Joruus]

Originally Posted by rconverse

Any suggestions on wireless routers? The one I'm renting from Comcast is awful. It pulses in and out. My cable speed is 75Mbs but I may increase that if I get another TV.

I have this one: http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Wi-Fi-...=Netgear+C3700

This one is kinda the extreme: http://www.amazon.com/ARRIS-Motorola...rds=SBG6782-AC

[scrock25]

Originally Posted by Joruus

Unless you plan on doing any hardcore gaming, that one is a buy. It'll run some games, but not a lot of the new stuff (ie Fallout 4).

Plan on doing zero gaming.

[scrock25]

Originally Posted by ExistenceNow

Holy shit. I have that exact one sitting in my Amazon cart. I just haven't been able to pull the trigger on it.

I mean, those specs though...

[rconverse]

Originally Posted by Joruus

I have this one: http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Wi-Fi-...=Netgear+C3700

This one is kinda the extreme: http://www.amazon.com/ARRIS-Motorola...rds=SBG6782-AC

Thanks!!

[scrock25]

Originally Posted by scrock25

I need recs on a decent laptop under $500.... saw this one on Newegg:

http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=34-232-795

Can anybody tell me if that's a decent system at that price point?

Originally Posted by Joruus

Unless you plan on doing any hardcore gaming, that one is a buy. It'll run some games, but not a lot of the new stuff (ie Fallout 4).

Originally Posted by ExistenceNow

Holy shit. I have that exact one sitting in my Amazon cart. I just haven't been able to pull the trigger on it.

Originally Posted by scrock25

Plan on doing zero gaming.

Originally Posted by scrock25

I mean, those specs though...

Just snagged it on Newegg for $446.49 after getting $23.50 off using a promo code and going the free shipping route.

I think $446.49 is a really decent price for that machine. Read reviews online and ran it past a couple of techie buddies who seemed to be in agreement that it's a good buy.

Last new computer I got was for Christmas in '08 so I'm excited for some new tech.

[ExistenceNow]

What was the promo code? I may have a few more beers and join you.

[scrock25]

Originally Posted by ExistenceNow

What was the promo code? I may have a few more beers and join you.

Either MBLNOV2615 (5%) or VCOBF15 ($25). The one for $25 comes out to $1.50 more than 5% on the list price.

The former I think you needed to be a member of some website in order to be able to redeem it, and the latter you simply had to use a VISA to purchase it.

Problem is that when I went to redeem the VISA one the website kept telling me there was a problem. I was definitely using a VISA too. So I had to use the one for $1.50 less. Not a huge deal in the grand scheme of things.

[ExistenceNow]

Cool. Thanks, man.

[scrock25]

[ExistenceNow]

Every time I click on my cart, i get an error 404. Tried it on computer, phone browser and phone app. No matter what i do, I can't get to my cart to pay. Been trying to two hours.


I guess Newegg doesn't want my money.

[scrock25]

Dude sorry Matthew

[scrock25]

It is sold out, might have something to do with it.

[dobyblue]

5th gen i7 proc, 8GB RAM, no gaming? Oh yeah, that Asus should be blistering fast for everything else, great price.
You will be in awe of just how quickly it responds to everything else you'll do outside of hardcore gaming/video editing.

[scrock25]

Glad my wife told me to check Newegg yesterday morning before I got out of bed, only took me 15 hours to pull the trigger

[jnovo22]

Originally Posted by rconverse

Any suggestions on wireless routers? The one I'm renting from Comcast is awful. It pulses in and out. My cable speed is 75Mbs but I may increase that if I get another TV.

Are you renting the wireless router? Or just the modem?

We had just the modem. I swapped it out for this

I have this in my wishlist, waiting to purchase

[rconverse]

Originally Posted by jnovo22

Are you renting the wireless router? Or just the modem?

We had just the modem. I swapped it out for this

I have this in my wishlist, waiting to purchase

Uh...What's the difference?

[ExistenceNow]

Originally Posted by rconverse

Uh...What's the difference?

Modem receives the webz and provides them to the router. Router sends out the wireless signal and creates the network.

[ExistenceNow]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

5th gen i7 proc, 8GB RAM, no gaming? Oh yeah, that Asus should be blistering fast for everything else, great price.
You will be in awe of just how quickly it responds to everything else you'll do outside of hardcore gaming/video editing.

Is the AMD A-10 significantly slower than the i7? There's a laptop on newegg now for $399 that has the same specs as that one, with the only difference being it has a A-10 7400p processor as opposed to the i7.

[TwoStep2888]

i7 is prob more powerful, but I wouldn't say it's a significant difference, my laptop has an A10 and it runs just about anything well

[rconverse]

Originally Posted by ExistenceNow

Modem receives the webz and provides them to the router. Router sends out the wireless signal and creates the network.

That's right. I remember a few years back I had a separate modem and router. The piece I'm renting is both, so I'll be looking for one that's combined as well.

[dobyblue]

Originally Posted by ExistenceNow

Is the AMD A-10 significantly slower than the i7? There's a laptop on newegg now for $399 that has the same specs as that one, with the only difference being it has a A-10 7400p processor as opposed to the i7.

Doesn't appear to be a big difference if all else is similar.
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i...-AMD-A10-7400P

[ExistenceNow]

Originally Posted by TwoStep2888

i7 is prob more powerful, but I wouldn't say it's a significant difference, my laptop has an A10 and it runs just about anything well

Cool, cool. I really don't need it to do much, as I don't game or edit media, so I'm hoping the difference for regular stuff is negligible.

Originally Posted by dobyblue

Doesn't appear to be a big difference if all else is similar.
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i...-AMD-A10-7400P

That's the exact page I was looking at, but don't have the tech knowledge to know exactly what they were talking about on each point. Gist I got was they were comparable, with the AMD being more power hungry. I don't care about yearly spending on my electric bill, I just want enough battery life to watch a movie on a plane (which is pretty much the only place I'd use it where I wouldn't have access to an outlet) and I think it will let me do that; so I can live with that difference.


I went ahead and pulled the trigger.

[TwoStep2888]

good, good *cashes AMD endorsement check*

[ExistenceNow]

Well if I'm gonna be sold by someone, I could do a lot worse than TwoStepnumbers.