Actually while I do have the benefit of of the 16x pci I have to use an flex itx psu and a low profile card. The max that newegg sells is a 400w that's the minimum requirement for the gpu. That makes me worry I always give myself a 150 to 300w of head room. I don't like cutting it that close especially if this computer is gonna have to stick around for a long time.

I have a lot of Acer monitors, they're great, but that's a whole another story. I prefer HP but WalMart only had the eMachines and Acer that had any real gain over the netbook.

By heart I'm an HP person, by dollars I like what Acer brings to the table, and finally, as a last resort there's eMachines.

But to each their own. This will serve its purpose for now then onto bigger fish in time. I might just gut this thing and build it from scratch.


P.S. I don't sit on a truck load of cash so I make with do, my uploads aren't really to "show off", but merely a way of me to show how I try to make the most of my desk and still have a comfortable work space.

i need to do some better cabling

Originally Posted by Ivan the SoSo

Not that Acer has exactly a sterling reputation

Oh man, Acer will always have a soft spot in my heart. When I was a kid, my dad used to come home from the Acer refurb store every couple of months with some new toy. I remember the first Aspire we got where the monitor was the same color as the case. I think that beast came with win 95, talk about a difficult transition from 3.1. lol. I think I was about 8 years old.

He used to go to the Logitech refurb store too -- brought home this awful cross between a mouse and a joystick Logitech had been unable to sell. I remember playing doom with that thing. IDKFA anyone?