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This may sound stupid, but what are you using the PC for? Is it DVD playback or mainly music? This question does affect the answer. (for music) Going on-board optical like you're doing, is going to be about the best quality sound you're capable of, in stereophile terms. BUT, the limitation...

The laptop drives that people usually use for this application are a bit more resistant to shock and vibration, but they're still suspect to it. If you're really worried about the holes, then look into the solid state drives, if your wallet can afford it. The VoomPC's have been around for a...

If it's just a stereo reciever, my vote would be for a USB DAC... Something like the Hippo Hi-Fi Bloat.

I've got one vote for APC. What about some other brands like: Belkin, CyberPower, Opti UPS, PowerCom, and Tripp? (I've had trip stuff before and know the quality on most of their stuff)

From what I'm seeing, I'm thinking I'm either going to be upping my budget for a single unit to cover both computers, and the two amps (for surge protection/line conditioning), OR keeping the UPS in the same price neighborhood, and upgrading the power conditioner on the amps.

I'll be in the market for a new UPS soon, and I'm not sure what brands to look into. As of now, I'm running some name I've never heard of... A Circuit City special. Let me know if you have any suggestions. Here are the specs it needs to meet: -Power for 2 PC's (one running 700-800 watt...

Low quality, but $0.99 for 25 DVD+R's with free shipping... Worth adding on to next purchase.

Ever tried the Samsungs? HDD's is one place I've never used a Samsung product, but I've been satisfied with them in every other realm. I would tend to lean towards the WD's over the Seagates, as "back in the day" of my PC repair, I replaced more Seagates rather than WD's, but that's not to say...

Here's the options on a 3.0gb/s SATA drives: Seagate vs. Samsung vs. Western Digital Which is going to offer the best reliability? All offer latency and seek times well within what I need, and all are 16MB cache, and all are priced the same. The WD & Samsung are 500GB whereas the Seagate is...