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    What's the purpose of NAS that supports Plex?

    I've seen a lot of people getting very excited over NAS that supports transcoding/encoding on the fly, but really, what is the benefit? Why wouldn't you just have your computer connect to a MUCH CHEAPER NAS and run plex from the PC? Am I missing something, aside from maybe a slightly lower...
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    HDD Warranty Services, Returns, and Privacy

    I just had one of my Western Digital RED drives fail in a Synology RAID. I've never been someone who would return hard drives before, because they contain personal information. However, I just bought this thing for $150 less than 6 months ago, and would really prefer to just return the...
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    Synology Hybrid RAID - What's the point in a 2-disk system?

    I recently purchased a Synology DS212j and installed 2x 3TB WD Red Drives. Upon formatting the disks, it asked me to choose a method of initiation for the drives, and I went with the defaul "Synology Hybrid RAID". I have now looked into this a little more and it appears that the "Synology...
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    Overclocked AMD Phenom II X3 720BE, now temperatures soared?

    My temperature sensors obviously don't work after the unlocking of the 4th core, but I do show TMPIN0 and TMPIN1 in Hmonitor. It seems to be showing idle around 55º C, but then right when I start playing Skyrim, it starts shooting up. I left it on once (before I realized the issue) and came...
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    Upgrade - is this worthwhile?

    Currently, I have: Phenom II X3 720 BE HD 6870 4GB RAM Is this a worthwhile upgrade: Core i5-3570k Compatible MB 8 GB RAM Thanks. In my research it seems that for gaming the X3 720 is still fairly adequate, and this upgrade may not be worth the coin? Should I instead upgrade my RAM and...
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    Very scared, RAID5 not showing up. Any ideas?

    I have a RAID5 setup on an eSATA storage system w/ 10 slots. I have 5x2TB, for a total of 8 TB setup in my RAID, and then a single 2 TB drive as a backup/other drive. Today I started up my drive, started a video file, and then all of the sudden heard the "disconnect" sound in Windows, the...
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    Can I combine two sticks of each RAM type? (8 GB total)

    I already have this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231193 and am looking to upgrade to 8GB, and found this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277 Can I purchase the 2x2GB of the second RAM type. It seems to have the same timing besides the...
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    What's holding back my PC ?

    What's holding back my machine? I'm trying to run oblivion (Old game!) in what I would assume is highest settings, and I'm still getting some lag/delay and bad viewing distance... AMD Phenom II X3 720BE ASUS M4A78T-E 790GX AM3 Motherboard 4 GB RAM XFX RADEON 6870 1TB 7200 RPM HDD
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