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I picked up a Chenbro RM24508M3RP5 rack mount chassis which seemed like a perfect way to build a low-cost storage server with some shucked 14 TB drives. Overall I'm moderately happy with the chassis except for one big issue - the fans are in high gear at all times, in wind turbine territory...

They've been pushing very hard to change that and it's only a matter of time from what Microsoft employees and Microsoft authorized distributors have been saying. According to them, the retail skus were supposed to disappear in November. However they're still available so who knows if...

While we're on the topic of what people clearly don't understand: GFC-02733 - Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit Service Pack 1Pack English DVD License Pack Brown Box Local stock levels at one distributer, Toronto - 3232, Vancouver - 425, etc. WN7-00615 - Windows 8.1 Edition 64Bit 1Pack...

I also have a Razer DeathAdder, the original and the newer 2013 with 6400 dpi and I'm at the point of my life where I hate Razer products. Despite the great tracking and nice feel of the mouse, the quality of their products is terrible and their drivers require you to create an account...

I'm using a Dell U3011 which I picked up on sale about a year ago and while most wouldn't call it a gaming monitor, it's been excellent and I have zero complaints. The picture is sharp, colourful and black all the way around. The only downside is I wasn't able to get a smooth gaming experience...

I've had two ZR2740w's and both have been running fine without issue. I believe one of them is a couple years old now and I have zero complaints. Using DisplayPort via AMD video card on one and Intel onboard something or other via DVI for the other. Wish I could offer advice but it might be...

I'd like to know if they've created an efficiently usable interface for their new operating system. Mac OS has a 'dock' on the same screen that you work, this other operating system had a 'start menu', various flavours of *nix have GUI's with menus... Windows 8 though, it has this stupid page...

I reverted back to previous version drivers which were a few months prior, few versions earlier, and the problem still exists. Tried on a different monitor, same problem. Wasn't under or over scanned but simply... looked like shit. So I took the card, tried it in a brand new system and a fresh...

Yea, I tried all those settings and then some, both the GPU scaling and the ITC processing, and neither of them have a positive effect on my view. No matter what I check and uncheck, small text is unreadable and large text is blurry. I'm going to try this on a fresh system and see if it's...

I recently replaced my trusty old shader unlocked Sapphire 6950 which was hosting two 27" LCD's with an HIS Radeon HD 7950 that was on sale last week at NCIX. Never heard of HIS but I figured I'd take a chance... Basically, I removed the old video card and plugged the new one in, hooking...

I sent mine back and ordered a Dell that was on sale for the same price. The Dell may have been the lesser of the two monitors based on arguable specs; unfortunately the monitor would only display at 720 x 1280 through dual link DVI cable (tested many, including the supplied cable). According to...

Snagged them all, great selection, thanks! Are there any file hacks for Tropico that can be done to support resolutions like 1080p? I tried hardware rendering over software and it glitches the graphics (ATI card). Edit: Just noticed the manual, in PDF format is in the...

I call bullshit on this fluff piece article. You're a bad driver if you're stopped by the police. Period. What?! Driven the wrong way down a one way street? What the frak does that have to do with gaming, almost everyone has done that once in their life. That doesn't make you a bad driver and...

Intel ICH9R RAID5 array, had a couple of volumes in the array, deleted a smaller 200GB volume and only one 3.5 TB array left and want to add the left over 200GB to the 3.5TB array. Attempting to "increase size" prompts me if I'm sure, I click yes and then I immediately receive the error message...

Called again, same response, could not speak to a manager for an inexplicable reason, there was a large communication breakdown. I was basically told the same thing I was told previously, regarding firmware, but in different words. I was also told I could replace the drives with factory repaired...