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    Port bonding

    Newegg sent me a coupon for 20% off select NAS's. I have been wanting the Synology DS1812+ for a while now and $879 was to good a price to pass up. The DS1812+ has 2 gigabit LAN ports. My router is a Netgear WNDR3700 running dd-wrt. The Synology supports port bonding but I'm not sure if I can...
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    How do I map a NAS drive and have it auto login?

    I have a new Synology NAS and I'm trying to get everything set up the way I want it. When I try and map a folder to my Windows 7 computer it works fine. When I reboot the mapped drive is gone. So I figure I'll check the "Reconnect at logon" box and I'll be good. Nooooooooope. Checking that...
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    Intel SSD at the $1/GB price point.

    You have to deal with a rebate but it does hit that $1/GB mark which I thought was still a year away. Microcenter has the 120GB Intel 320 SSD for $209.99 - $80 rebate which eventually gets you to $119.99 plus tax. If this is what you want and you are willing to deal with the rebate I wanted to...
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    PSN Welcome back program.

    Just a heads up for people with a PS3. The PSN welcome back program is live. You get to choose any 2 of the following games for free. • Dead Nation • InFAMOUS • LittleBigPlanet • WipEout HD Bundle • Super Stardust HD I have 3 users on my PS3 and I was able to download 2 games for each...
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    ASUS E35M1-M PRO AMD Zacate

    I am thinking of upgrading my Ion N330 board with the ASUS E35M1-M PRO. My Ion is slow in XBMC. Cycling through my movies I am experiencing lag and waiting a couple seconds for the fan art to pop up in the background is my primary reason. Does anyone have any experience with this board and XMBC?
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    How do I clean a dirty water block?

    I'm switching my computer over to a new case today and redoing/adding to my loop. When I took apart my CPU block I was a little disgusted to find it black with crud. I have attached a picture. The only thing I use in my loop is distilled water and silver. I spent a lot of time cleaning out my...
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    Samsung F4 2TB HDD - $95 shipped from Superbiiz

    Saw this on SD. http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=HD-HD204UI&title=Samsung-Spinpoint-F4EG-HD204UI-2TB-SATA2-5400rpm-32MB-Hard-Drive&c=CJ Coupon code: FALL15 This is the 3 platter Samsung 2TB drive.
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    Thermaltake BlacX Duet ST0014U Dual drive eSATA & USB (Recertified) $19.99 + shipping

    $24.99 - 20% with coupon code: TTCPN-TTSTORE20P-LABD10 Shipping was $10.09 for me bringing the total to $30.08. It's part of Thermaltake's Labor Day sale. You have to spend $200 to get free shipping.
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    Hybrid drive virus

    My buddy has a Momentus XT hybrid drive in his laptop. Kaspersky detected a worm but was unable to remove it or quarantine it. He made a bootable Kaspersky CD to try and remove the worm but it was unable to detect it. He formatted the drive and re-installed Windows, put Kaspersky on and it...
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    3D Blu-ray on HTPC

    So I find this Blu-ray drive at Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136181&nm_mc=AFC-SlickDeals&cm_mmc=AFC-SlickDeals-_-NA-_-NA-_-NA I notice it says that it comes with "Free 3D software, glasses and BD media". Since it comes with 3D software I am assuming the 3D...
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    Corsair CC800DW Obsidian 800D for $229.99 shipped

    http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?afsrc=1&EdpNo=4974703&sku=C13-2514&srkey=%09C13-2514&SRCCODE=LINKSHARE&cm_mmc_o=-ddCjC1bELltzywCjC-d2CjCdwwp&AffiliateID=lw9MynSeamY-Ms5f2tqvbWQLw3IEzyf_bw Use coupon code: JDN2641 Expires on 6/14
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    Need help initializing my drive.

    I built a new computer and I am using a SSD for my boot drive. On my previous PC I was using 2 150GB RaptorX's in a RAID 0 configuration. I did not "unRAID" the drives before I took it apart. So now I have stuck one of my Raptors in my Thermaltake BlacX eSATA. Every time I try and initialize the...
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    Core i7 920 overclock voltage. Is 1.475 to much?

    I just built my new computer and have been playing around with overclocking it. It is also my first water cooling setup. In order to get 4.4GHz stable I have to use 1.475v core and 1.4v QPI. After running LinX my highest temp spiked at 79C. So I feel like my new water cooling setup is doing its...
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    Cleaning you radiator

    In the WC FAQ sticky tells you the clean out your rad especially if its new. It recommends against using vinegar because of the copper tubing. It basically tells you to boil distilled water. Pour it in your rad. Let it is for 5 to 10 minutes. Then pour out half the water and shake. Repeat 6 to...
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    I may have damaged my new radiator.

    I screwed a couple of my screws in a little too deep. I tried to take pictures but you can't really see anything. It's impossible to get a good angle. How can I tell if I just bent the tubing or if I punctured it? What can I do if I did puncture it? Can I put a little epoxy on it? It's a...
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    30GB OCZ Vertex SSD $67.74 after rebate & BCB w/free shipping

    I saw this on SD and could not resist getting it for the boot drive on my HTPC. Here is the Drive: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4364403&CatId=4214 Search for "Tiger Direct" through Bing to get $17.25 Bing Cash Back.
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    Any [H]ard members overclock their i7 930 yet?

    I bought an i7 920 from Microcenter a couple of weeks ago for $199. It is still in the box unopened. Now they have the i7 930 for $249. I read the review on Bit-tech http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2010/03/01/intel-core-i7-930-cpu-review/1 and they make the thing sound like the second...
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    Swiftech MCP655 question.

    I just got my Swiftech MCP655 pump for my first water loop. I says right on the pump "Max fluid temp: 140F (60C)". I am fully expecting fluid temps higher than 60C to come off my CPU. Is this a problem? Should I set up my loop: Pump->CPU->Rad->Reservoir->Pump? I was thinking it should be...
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    New to water cooling. I have a few questions.

    I have been doing a lot of research on this topic. I am building a new Core i7 920 system and I want to water cool it. I already bought a Swiftech MCP-655 pump. I have decided to go with the Apogee XT CPU block. I also bought 3 Scythe Gentle Typhoon 1850RPM fans for the radiator. Here are my...
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    PCI Express x16 not just for Video cards?

    I want to build an Atom/ION based HTPC that will also act as a sort of NAS allowing me to share my audio and video files with all the other computers on my home network. This board looks like it will fill the part nicely: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813500036 However...
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    Netflix on PS3

    If anyone is interested my Netflix PS3 DVD arrived today. It works great. You do have to have the DVD in your PS3 for it to work though. It is not an installation disc. It streams HD and SD video. You can select things from your instant queue or you can browse movies and TV series by category...
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    2.4Ghz vs. 5Ghz 802.11n

    I have been doing a lot of reading about wireless networks. Here is my main question: Is there a substantial performance advantage to running 802.11n in the 5Ghz spectrum? The reduced range 5Ghz offers will not effect me because I live in a small NY apartment. I have very thick solid walls...
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    Thinking about ditching my SB X-FI Gamer

    I think I really hate this thing. I bought the SB X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Professional Series because I thought it would give me better sound in games and a couple of more FPS by taking some of the workload off my CPU. The first thing that really pissed me off was the complete lack of...
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    Switch or Router?

    A friend of mine has a cable modem connected to a wired router. He has 175 feet of cat5e going from that router to the xbox360 in his bedroom. He also has a computer in his bedroom, so he has to unplug the cable from his Xbox to plug it into his computer to get online. Should he get a switch...
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    OC fail or Vista64 is a peice of crap?

    I have an e8400, Abit ip35 PRO (Beta 16 BIOS), 4Gig of RAM and I am running Vista x64. With 436MHz FSB and a Vcore set in the BIOS at 1.295v OCCT shows my system as stable. Orthos doesn't give me an error but the program crashes after an hour or so. Adding more voltage doesn't seem to help. Does...
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    E8400 core temps 12 degrees apart

    There is 12 degrees difference between my two cores. Is that normal? [/URL][/IMG]
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    E8400 1 degree on air! w00t!!

    I just finished building my new computer and what can I say; that ThermalRight Ultra Extreme 120 is amazing. It's 70 degrees (21 C) in my apartment and my TRUE 120 is cooling my CPU (E8400) to 1C. w00t. But seriously, temps are going from 1C to 249C in Uguru. Everest 2.2 home won't even try...
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    Need some hardware advice please

    I have to build a new system in the next week or so. I have several components already but I need advice on RAM and a motherboard. I will mostly be using my computer for video encoding and some gaming. I don't have time to wait for the Q9550 to come out so I was planing on going with a E8500...
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