[coastie65]

Being Friday the 13th, I don't look for much "LUCK". :D

[ARock84]

Hahaha this is true, but its just Stupidstision like i like to say. Its my MOMS B-Day so there is no Bad Luck Here :)

[Tech4me]

Oops.....Forgot ......Its a good luck for me though.....LOL.

[techie4fun]

Coastie, I'm sending you a Private Message :D

[rgreen4]

Most of what I get seems to come out of Memphis which arrives in 2 days generally. Some comes out of Edison, and it's also usually 2 days, especially if I order in the morning. On my last order the el cheapo case (it just has to hold the stuff) came out of California, so it took the full 3. One thing I hate about Quicken, is that if you look for a transaction, say like last year, and then narrow it down to Newegg, it totals at the bottom. I could do without the total. It can be depressing to know how much I spend in a year on this stuff.

[ARock84]

Hahaha yeah I Spend a lot as well... A lot of it is needed and most is wanted to have something new! Most of the time I don't need it but its cool....I just seen a USB Power Stick on Tiger Direct. You charge the stick with your computers USB Port and it allows you to then charge different devices such as an IPOD or Phone... Comes with 12 cables for different devices... I think it was around $54.00... Still thinking if I need it.. ( Want it but do I need It?)

[coastie65]

Well. I've pretty much hit the wall with this eMachines. Guess I could get a new Micro ATX MOBO and start all over. :D

[ARock84]

Thats the Spirt! I love making new computers.... Just wish I could keep them sometimes! :(

[coastie65]

I could Change out the Hdd and go from IDE ( PATA) to SATA, but everything else ( Processor & Memory ) is maxed. Any further with a Graphics Card, would put me into PCIe 2.0, which seems like a waste, as it will downclock anyway. The 8600GT does fine anyway.

[ARock84]

Yeah Its better to start new that way the machine will be what you want and soon enough USB 3.0 will be out! so that will increase speeds! And you can take the old machine and turn it into a server !

[coastie65]

Actually, I think I've managed to sqeeze some performance out of this eMachines, as it is no longer your typical eMachines. I checked the MOBO specs to see how far i could push it, and then pushed. Newegg was there to supply the parts ( except the processor, that thing was hard to find). I haven't found a game yet where this thing has hiccupped on. My nephew was telling me a while ago that his HP was in the shop being reformatted and having the OS & drivers reinstalled. Apparantly his Dad had used it for some business work and got frustrated due to the slowness of it. I told him to tell his Dad that he should have brought it over, as that was a little much for the problem he had and I could have saved him a couple of hindred dollars. My nephew had over 3,000 emails in his box unopened that he was cleaning out this morning from my computer. I asked him how often he defragged and cleaned the thing and he said he didn't. I told him it was no wonder it was slow. I kinda got on him a little about that.

[ARock84]

HAha its kinda like that here at work.. People are like my computer is so slow I need a new one! I look at it upgrade the memory if needed and then disk clean up and defrag! Works like a charm!!!! :)

[coastie65]

Yeah, it could probably use a memory upgrade. As far as I know, it is still in "out of the box" configuration. He isn't but 15 and doesn't care about the housekeeping aspects. It is on 24/7 and he just turns off the monitor when he isn't using it. Maybe he'll learn.

[raptor]

E-Bays just like any place else watch the deals I watch an wait ontil the bidding is almost over if the item isn't to high I out bid them, they had a 32inch lcd tv for $300 and free shipping you can get an extended warrenty for $37 for 2yrs.E-Bay is nice to shop on they have every thing at one web site you just keep checking the price ontil you get the cheapest price any thing I ever brought I got in 4days or lest it only took 14days from Hong kong and there is a lot of free shipping

[raptor]

why didn't you just buy a 32inch lcd tv I got mine hooked to my computer by s video or you could use vga to hdi I have a computer picture 24 by 24 inch I can also play p2 and xbox360 games all I have to change channels

[coastie65]

Hey raptor, I have my PS2 & PS3 hooked up to a Toshiba Regza 42" Full HDTV ( 1080p ). The PS2 is hooked by way of component and the PS3 by HDMI. coastie

[raptor]

That's good I bet that would be super fun to play on, I play computer games to

[coastie65]

It's great to play on. I have a boat load of PC stuff as well, so three platforms in which to indulge.