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The hardest part of the whole deal would be finding something with Windows 7 installed, so keep in mind if you want 7, you may need to have a copy on hand to do so. Dell seems to have a lot of laptops that have a screen size smaller than 15" and the ones that do run well over your budget...

Check to see if the fan is spinning first. Some motherboards may be finicky if they don't have a fan on the CPU fan header. This can usually be disabled if it does exist. The 3-pin (or newer 4-pin for PWM needs) have the connector keyed so it can really only go on one way. If you can't tell...

For your needs, SSD's while fast, should take a back seat to reliability. SSD's are still in their infancy compared to the traditional stuff. A RAID 1 array, as Wicked Mystic advised, would be a good move for your backup. Having some 7200RPM drives in their, while not as fast as an SSD, wouldn't...

Without knowing what the settings correspond to in milliseconds, that would be void of specifics, but generally, the lower the response time is, the smoother the image can be. It seems that fastest would be your best bet.

If a BIOS update for the problem, I was suggesting an exchange, but if the BIOS configuration helped, that's good. The latest PCIe standard is at PCIe 3.0, and the main focus is higher bandwidth than PCIe 2.0, which was faster than PCIe 1.1/1.0. Unless you saturate the PCIe lanes with your...

Anymore, video cards are pretty much all PCIe (PCI Express) slots, specifically the x16 (number of PCIe lanes to said slot), which is also the longest variant of this group of expansion slots. For those low-end video cards combined with your current parts, any solid 400W from a quality brand...

It's going to be dependent on the motherboard and chipset. If the maximum VRAM allotted is 768MB, you can max out the RAM capacity and still be stuck at that amount. If you haven't been in the BIOS yet, that would be a good place to check. That's where the option to adjust the shared RAM (VRAM...

While you could do a part for part swap of anything on the motherboard, there's not much to look into. The drives shouldn't have an impact, so you're left with the CPU or RAM. The CPU would be the more likely culprit, due to some PCIe lanes coming off it, but even so, the 2nd motherboard doesn't...

Correct. I have this particular cooler myself and can confirm there is a backplate. The only downside to a cooler with a backplate comes if you don't have a cut out behind the motherboard if that's installed. You have to look at the package for a cooler, but it should indicate wether or not...

I don't use it, but with her iPod, she's able to transfer and sync files through iTunes. I believe you need to have iTunes recognize the iDevice first. I know there's a walkthrough in the software. Of course, the iPad will need to be connected to the PC with the appropriate data cable.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/static-x-frontman-wayne-static-dead-at-48-20141102 Not sure who's into harder or industrial music, but this guy and his iconic hair has died. I saw Static-X live at Ozzfest, and they put on one helluva show.

I'm not entirely sure, but have you tried using iTunes for this?

I would certainly start with a different power supply. I don't think you would need a 1250W for testing, but a hearty 700W would be fine for starters. Another thing that you might want to check is what other stuff is on the same circuit as the computer. Often, a circuit has an 1800W capacity...