LudoTheGreat

Is the G502 bigger? Is it a better quality build compared to the g402? the g402 feels like super thin and flexible plastic and has really shied me away from other Logitech mice.

Looking for a new mouse. Only real requirements are that it fits large hands, is heavy, and it's well built. I'm currently using the Logitech g402 and hate it. It almost fits my hand, it's only a tad small, but man is that thing cheap feeling. It's way too light and the buttons feel like they flex when I press them. The best feeling/fitting mouse that I have ever used was the R.A.T 7, but the sensor on that thing was horrible. I went through 3 mice before moving on. Anyone have any suggestions on something that fits my 3 requirements?

My thought as well. I think I will start with readding the video card. I forgot to add that the reason I got the SSD was because the HDD was starting to make some noise. You can hear it working while installing to. Not really bad noises, but you can definitely hear it working. Cool, I've also considered this.

So I am building a new PC and giving my old one to a family member. I decided to pull out my Intel 730 SSD and use my WD Black 1TB drive as the main drive. I also pulled out the 7870 as the MSI Z77A has onboard video. They don't need the 7870, so I figured I would sell it. I set the WD drive as my primary, plug one of my monitors into the onboard DVI, and pop in the Win7 home premium 64bit disk and start installing Windows. I should say I was running Win10 tech preview with the video card and SSD installed just fine, since the initial release of the tech preview. I delete all partitions on the WD drive and create everything new and start installing Windows. It did all the initial install process fine. On the first reboot it BSODs, I don't know exactly where because I had left the room while it finished the setup. I turn the PC off and back on and it doesn't post. Fans spin, drives (hdd and optical) spins and everything looks like it's going to post but it just shuts off. Then it tries again. Over and over in a loop. No beeps, no indicator lights, nothing. Just continually tries to post. I kill the power after a few attempts of it rebooting and give it a few minutes. Turn it back on and the same thing. Only this time it does it about 3 times and then says it could not preform the OC and asks if I was to continue with default settings or enter setup. I enter setup and set everything to default (it should have been in the first place). Now everything is set to default, I check that the video and HDD are all set proper and showing up properly. Everything looks right. Boot to Win7 install disk again and after the first reboot during the "Windows is preforming initial setup" process with the Windows logo and all, it BSODs (with some weird graphic artifacting) and starts the weird reboot cycle all over again. I let it do it's thing a couple of times in hopes that I would get the OC error again, but nothing. At this point it was too late in the night for me to do any troublehsooting and I just went to bed so I could get up at 4:30a.m. for work. Off the top of my head I don't know what could be wrong. I will be troubleshooting as soon as I get home from work, but where do I start? I am thinking maybe its the HDD or the video? Video because of the weird artifacting during the BSOD and the fact that the "detecting video settings" process of the install was probably the part the it actually BSODed at. Any suggestions are welcome. Here is the Parts list for the PC, minus the 7870 which I can reinstall to troubleshoot: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KLpYt6

Anyone have experience with this PSU: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0092ML1SC/?tag=pcpapi-20 I'm going to guess that I'm not going to max out a 430watt PSU either, but would it be worth going to 500 or 600watts to consider future upgrades?

As did I, definitely not doable.

That might be something I will consider, but unlikely. Recommendations for a different PSU? EDIT: Sorry, double post.

I want to spend as close t o$1000 as possible. It might be worth looking into though.

Amazon only "yet another budget build". I have $1150 top budget, but would like to stay as close to $1000 as possible. Want to be able to upgrade when disposable income allows. Orange is a plus, but not required. Here's what I have so far. I'd like comments, criticism, and recommendations (with explanations please, benchmark comparison/review links are better). CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K MOBO: MSI Z97 GAMING 7 RAM: G.Skill F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL 8GB (2 x 4GB) SSD: Already own an Intel 730 240gig HDD: WD Green 1TB GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 ACX 2.0 4GB GDDR5 256bit PSU: Seasonic ATX12V/EPS12V 750 Optical: Asus 24x DVD-RW Case: Corsair Graphite Series 230T Orange Subtotal (8 items): $1,061.42 EDIT: PCPP link - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qpVXpg

What's your take on Windows phone 10? I'm pretty much feeling the same way about Google these days. Thought I still like them as a company and think they do amazing things, I don't feel that their products offer as cohesive of an experience as what Microsoft is trying to do. I've been running Windows 10 on both my PC and my Surface Pro 3 and the experience going between the two devices is flawless. If they can pull that off with Windows 10 on their phones too, I think they could end up with a much better platform than what Google is doing.

Cool, Zenfone looks to be one that I will have to research a bit more. I'd love to see what the G4 has to bring, but have zero interest in any iPhones. The Note 4 was one of the phones that I wanted that I never gave into buying. I kind of wish I would have now. I dislike the plastic feel a lot, but it's not just that which makes the galaxies feel cheap. Its the constructions and build quality of the materials themselves. The Moto X for example is completely plastic (unless you go with leather or wood. the wood is nice, but my leather one lifted like a bitch), but one of the most solid phones I have held in a long time. They don't flex, the backs are solid feeling, and the finish they put on them makes it look a bit more quality compared to Samsung. This is just personal opinion though of course. I've used a lot of phones over the years. The original Galaxy, S3, S4, a ton of Motorola phones, and nearly as many HTC phones. They are all different when it comes to upgrades. Motorola's Moto X phones have a hard time running the OS stock, out of the box. I'm completely dissatisfied with it performance wise. The Galaxy line, great preforming phones in the beginning. Once the carriers start releasing updates for them, they start to have performance problems. My S4 was so slow at the end that I was more than happy to give it back to the company I was working for when I left. The M8 how ever, is still blazing fast a year later. Thought, I'd like to see how it preforms once Verizon gets Lollipop on it. I wouldn't consider myself a power user when it comes to phones. It is my main way of connecting to the internet, email, FB, etc, but I don't do much more than that. I don't play games on it and I don't download random software. I understand the need to clear cache partitions and how to manage space on the internal hardrives. Along with all the other things one needs to do to maintain the quality of their phones over time. I'm fairly confident in saying when phones performances are week that it's the phones hardware/software configuration and not so much something I am doing. Though, if it was my wife or some random person making complaints, that would be my first thought as well.

The OnePlus is out of the question for me, unless they have a Verizon option. Verizon is the only carrier in my area. The M9 just looks meh, not new that makes me want to replace my M8 and the camera is still crap. I've owned each Galaxy phone up until the S5. They are all cheap looking and feeling. There has not been one yet that I thought looked good. All of the hardware becomes outdated and preforms poorly after a generation or two of updates. Just not worth the money for the quality of the hardware in my book. Might as well buy another Moto X. Nexus 6 is not a good phone. The performance issues, build quality and lack of stock makes me not even want to consider it. My wife works for Motorola Mobility, in the executive customer relations department and the Nexus 6 and Turbos are their two phones that have the most problems. The new Moto X or the rumored Moto X plus I have thought about, but I own 3 different Moto X 2014 and 2 Moto X first gens. None of them are good phones. The latest Moto X is so under powered I have a hard time with it lagging out just trying to flip through the apps window. The next gen stuff will have to be really something for me to consider another Motorola phone. I don't have any problems with the photo quality on the Moto X 2014. It's 1000x better than the M8. The M8's camera is laughable at best. It looks like the M9 is not going to be much better either. If it ends up that the M9 camera issues is just software related I might be getting that until something better comes along. I am interested in the Note 5, but I don't want to wait until late in the year for another Note phone. I might consider it once it's released, but I need something to replace what I am using now (I switch between Moto X 2nd gens and the M8).

So both the Galaxy S6, S6 edge, and HTC One M9 have been announced. All seem very lack luster to me. The S6 edge seems to be the better of the 3, in terms of innovative and leading edge. But Samsung has really destroyed their brand in my eyes the past couple of Galaxy phones. Bloatware, cheap products, etc. Everything else seems kind of meh to me though. I'm in the market for a new phone, but I am not in a rush. I've been waiting for some more Windows 10 phone announcements as I am considering making the move to that platform, but again they all seem kind of meh. So what phones are you guys excited about for 2015? Any rumors, teasers, leaks that you have seen that have perked your interest?

Man you guys play some bad games. Minecraft is the best game on that list and I haven't touched it in like 2 years...

It's much less 1990's now. Easier to use. The layout makes sense. I for one am for the change.