Category Hardware

Computer builds, components, and toys.

New Computer Time

As posted on the other blog, this is the proposed build if I can manage to get the parts: Component Current New CPU Intel Core i7-2600 AMD Ryzen R5 5600X Motherboard Asus P8Z68-V/GEN3 ATX LGA1155 MSI MAG X570 Tomahawk Video…

New Video Card: Radeon R9 280

I had originally intended to replace my aging video card (HD 6870) shortly after building my current machine about 2 or so years ago but instead, ended up holding off on that for quite some time. I guess I just…

New Computer Build: End of Q1 Edition

We ended making a gigantic Fry’s run to build a new a computer a couple of weeks back because old faithful had been in the process of giving up the ghost for a about a year and some change. for…

The Apple Magic Trackpad & Windows 7

Just in case anyone else was curious, here is all of the collective knowledge that I was able to gather in regards to getting the Apple Magic Trackpad device to work in Windows 7 (64-bit in my case). It’s not…

HTPC Build

The build listed in the chart below is what we ended up running with for the HTPC that we built at the end of December. At long last, the dream has been realized. The ASRock motherboard that we had originally…

The Cyborg R.A.T 7 Gaming Mouse

My old gaming mouse was starting to circle the drain a couple of weeks ago, leading to a somewhat urgent need for a replacement. Now to be honest, I probably could have done more to verify that the issue was…