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ronch wrote:

840 EVO

This is the primary reason I would invest in a good UPS in this situation, although all the preceding comments are also quite valid.
If you make use of the ram caching feature from the EVO range and the power goes, anything in ram is susceptible to loss.

The Acer is using integrated graphics, while the Levono has an Nvidia card. From rendering and editing alone the Levono is miles ahead not to mention a necessity for gaming. Just be aware that you want the laptop plugged in while using the graphics card heavily, as it will eat your battery alive oth...

Might be a long shot but make sure there is nothing making contact from the motherboard to the case aside from the normal motherboard grounding points. It could be the PSU's protection circuitry kicking in to prevent damage to the motherboard if anything is shorting out.

An SSD is definitely in my future, I just don't think 256 GB is enough, and $500 is too much. I'm very practiced at playing the waiting game. I'm just not sure what I'm waiting for at this point. Another quad core mid 3 GHz CPU? I'm currently running one of these (not as a boot drive though, but if...

With regards to the 3770, will the presence of active VT-d /vPro/TXT silicon in addition to the slightly lower stock clock speed significantly lower the overclocking headroom ? As far as i can judge from the oveview post, aside from the inclusion of the extra features and slightly lower stock speed...

Hi, long time reader, first time poster, anyhow on to the question : With regards to the 3770, will the presence of active VT-d /vPro/TXT silicon in addition to the slightly lower stock clock speed significantly lower the overclocking headroom ? As far as i can judge from the oveview post, aside fro...