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    GPU Support for new 27" 110P Monitor?

    Isn't that overkill for my needs? Would displayport drive from the on board graphics drive the 1440p monitor OK? I don't care about frame rates and gaming stuff for this rig. Also, my case is full ATX so size isn't an issue.
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    GPU Support for new 27" 110P Monitor?

    Here's my system - old but still not too bad for what I do! I'm currently using on board graphics. Intel 3570k P8Z77-V LK motherboad 16GB Up until now two 24" monitors 1080p have been fine, but my goal is to get a new 27" monitor greater than 1080P. I won't be gaming, just need to support...
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    Cloning Disk/OS to new SSD

    Several months ago I migrated a 1tb spinning drive to a 500GB Evo 850 using the included Samsung Magician software. But first I shrank the partition of the source drive to 500GB. I was pretty amazed by how well Magician worked, after reading that a clean install was usually needed. Great to save...
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    CPU Fan Not Spinng - CPU Header Low Voltage?

    Thanks! The cooler is a big XIGMATEK, and to replace the CPU fan the MB has to be removed. The rubber fan mounts that attach to the cooler fins makes things complicated. I'll need to get a 4 pin adaptor to connect to molex, only have 3 pin to molex.
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    CPU Fan Not Spinng - CPU Header Low Voltage?

    I have an old AM3 system - AMD Phenom II X4 955 and Gigabyte MB. Not my primary rig, This system is used for light stuff and a single virtual machine. OS is Linux Mint. It recently overheated and noticed the CPU fan wasn't spinning. When I give it a flick with my finger it spins up. I...
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    WD Easystore External Discussion

    Here's the result -
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    WD Easystore External Discussion

    Unlike most of you, I'm using the drive un-shucked. Thailand version, paid $150 for it on BF. I'm using FreeFileSync to mirror an internal drive in a Windows 10 workstation to the easystore attached to a blue USB 3.0 rear port. Getting 80 - 90 MB/sec write speed. Is this on the slow side? Any...
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    Why does Windows 10 keep waking up my external hard drives?

    Yup and there's nothing like Windows 10 waking up from sleep in the middle of the night with disk activity.
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    WD easystore 8TB - Write Speed

    moved to different thread
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    Hosting Feedback - Where can I get hosting...

    For Wordpress Siteground is really good. I used a client's account and very easy to deal with and excellent at problem solving.
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    Urgent Help ! Bought Online Seagate ST4000DM005 instead got ST4000DM004....Is this Bad ???

    Sorry if off topic, but this is why I bought the 8TB USB drive from BB. I have two identical 6 bay NAS that are kept in sync, and that data backed up to the 8TB. I think this is a good strategy - two similar NAS synced and a single large drive kept off site.
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    WD Easystore External Discussion

    $129 OOS - NYC area
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    WD Easystore External Discussion

    I got the $159 version. Not $130 but good enough. Nice off site backup for my 6 drive Nas.
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    One big drive vs. multiple smaller?

    Selling those drives isn't a good idea. Nobody wants to spend money on used mechanical drives. SSD drives or enterprise NAS drives are different. Can you keep those drives and backup to a single 8TB USB drive, such as the BB black Friday special?
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    Recover REFS volume showing up as RAW

    Boot a PC using a Linux live CD with GUI of your choice - Ubuntu or whatever, and view the drive either installed in a USB enclosure or connected to a spare SATA port. Recently I was able to recover data for a friend that was marked as unformatted under windows. I used a SATA port since the...
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