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    Hardware compatability

    Where can I get information to see if my laptop is compatible with Ubuntu?
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    How good is a SSD cache drive?

    Basicly, is it worth getting one if the main storage is SSD anyways? For £37 extra is it worth it?
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    Check this spec please

    http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/ultraNoteII-14/EbCAs5GU67/ Looking to play 1080p over HMDI and old games / indie titles also over HDMI. Is it powerfull enough?
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    Need a good portable mp3 player

    Built like the proverbial "Brick Shit House", small, easy, full frequency, FLAC supported, no wireless connectivity, long life. Any pointers?
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    Back up, repair, restore (RAID 0).

    One of my drives is failing and needs to be RMAd. Can I image the whole array using an external HD, and continue to run windows from that image?
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    Power consumption

    Does RAM consume more energy when full, opposed to empty RAM?
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    Is it allowed?

    What's the forum policy on posting discount coupons for game referrals?
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    Committed Memory vs. Memory in use

    Can someone explain why "committed memory" isn't treated as being "in use"? If all my memory is committed then applications will start to fail from lack of "free memory" even though the amount "in use" is less than 20% of "available". It seems that if memory is committed then it is infact not...
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    Recommend a keyboard

    My current keyboard is comming to the end of its life (11years or so). The amount of crap that has worked is way in is starting to make me drop letters when typing. I need a gaming focused keyboard without fancy gimmicky crap. A few extra keys I can set to launch shortcuts of my choice would be...
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    Fault finding

    Something is crashing/stalling my PC overnight. I find the monitor blank with no signal comming from the graphics card, and I am unable to rouse it. Also the fan on the card is silent when it should be going full pelt from crunching. There have been no other faults or crashes. I assume it is a...
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    Silent cooling for Athlon XP 3200

    I want to turn an old PC into a dedicated box for distributed computing. I need a silent fan for the stock heatsink or a new heatsink/fan combo.
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    Distilled Water & Killstrips

    Is a killstrip really necessary when using (proper) distilled water? The mineral content of distilled water will be practically if not absolute zero, not to mention the osmotic potential. Isn't that enough to prevent algae? Or at least prevent significant growth? Wouldn't a killstrip cause...
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    Passive Watercooling Upgrade

    Since december my zalman reserator v2 has done a nice job of cooling my i7@4.1GHz. Now the ambient temp is climbing and I'm relying on the rear fan on my tower more and more to keep cpu temp below 81 celcius under heavy load, by blowing cool air across the radiator. Speeding the fan up increases...
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    Don't buy an ASRock X58 Extreme

    1st one died in less than a week, 2nd one died in less than 2 days. A quick google reveals this is not uncommon. Wish I done that before I bought it. Bye bye ASRock. Hello ASUS P6T.
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    RAID 0

    I have two WDC 500Gb drives in RAID 0. I was under the impression that data is duplicated and therefore I would have 500Gb usable space. However windows is showing 931Gb space. Is this right?
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    5970 Displayport

    Do I need an active miniDP->DP if I'm only using the mini displayport?
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    Recommend stereo desktop speakers

    Can you recommend some desktop speaker (2.0) models? Good to high quality <£100. Preferably with bass and treble control.
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    IPS vs TN + HiFRC

    Given that I can't find a decent IPS monitor that isn't plagued by high gamut, is TN with HiFRC really so bad (direct viewing)?
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