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    seagate 600 pro circa 2014, use it?

    I have a seagate 600 pro 240gb mlc ssd that was purchased around 2014 it has been used as a boot drive in a few different systems over the years. crystal disk info says it has 54% life left and 0 reallocated sectors. I am setting up another refurb system and thinking about using it as a boot...
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    lowest power video card?

    I have a dell 3910 with a 180w supply one of my programs does not like the opengl support on the intel gpu. It does not take a lot of power to run, just decent opengl support. System: Intel Core 12th Generation i5-12400 Processor (6 Core, Up to 4.40GHz, 18MB Cache, 65W) 512GB PCIe M.2 NVMe...
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    hd6450 replacement?

    I am looking for a cheap replacement for my hd6450. It is getting a little flaky and crashing the driver after years of good service. Its going in a hp 8300 so low profile and very low power draw. No games and just 2 1080 monitors. Prefer fanless but a quiet fan is ok. Any recommendations? Thanks!!!
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    Its a sad day

    My beloved apc sau1000 let out the magic smoke. It was on its 3rd set of batteries since I got it and had been through a set or more before that. It had been ailing for a while but I put off pulling it out and replacing it with the CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD I bought over the holidays. Many many...
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    Sound measurement for PSU reviews

    As suggested I am starting a new thread to post my ideas rather than junk up a review thread. One way I can think of doing it is have a case that is used for all the sound reviews, mount PSU in the case and use headers for it to plug into a bus with very heavy gauge wires leading to the load...
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    hardocp.com dns error.

    hardocp.com is coming up server not found on comcast. Has been doing it since early this morning. This site can’t be reached The webpage at http://www.hardocp.com/ might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address. ERR_NAME_RESOLUTION_FAILED
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    Thoughts on port isolation

    I am thinking that across the board for new installs and when someone needs a new switch to start recommend using port isolation aka hp protected ports for all networks. I already do so on the higher end network setups or in regulated industry networks. I also use client isolation when...
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    why backup needs an air gap

    And multiple copies so if the current media gets wacked. http://www.cso.com.au/article/551527/synolocker_demands_0_6_bitcoin_decrypt_synology_nas_devices/ "Synology network attached storage (NAS) devices, capable of storing terabytes of data, have been targeted by ransomware that encrypts...
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    seagate 600 pro 240 weird speeds on sata2

    I bought a seagate 600 pro 240gb on sale for my AMD athlon64 5000+BE system It is sata2,. This is my first time with a ssd on an older system. The overall speed of the system is vastly improved over the hard drive that was in there. os is windows 8.1 update1 clean install. AV was disabled...
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    blast from the past..3200+

    My main system went down from impending hard drive failure until I get a new drive in so im on my really old spare. Does an Athlon 64 3200+ 2BG ram w/ win7 win me the lamest computer of the day award? It isn't really that bad just slightly slower than my nook hd+ when surfing the net. I think...
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    XBMC is running fine on Raspberry Pi

    woooohoooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/571
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    highest performance for a 50W power draw?

    I need a low power yet reasonable powerful video card for remoteFX on my server then likely in a media pc later. Max power draw 50W DirectX 10 or higher. hdmi/dvi low profile. Low cost. Which chipset would give me the highest performance for a 50W power draw?
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    anyone else looking forward to Raspberry Pi?

    These little boards are really interesting. I am planning on getting several and using them for terminals for virtual machine front ends for my home office computers. I plan on running several win7 virtual machines on my server and replace several 100w+ systems with 5w systems and my server...
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    anyone used a StorCase DE400 with sat2/3 drives?

    Has anyone tried a storcase DE400 raid cage with sata2/3 drives and card? Also is an adaptec 2410sa pci-x card worth saving? Thanks!
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    win7 win2008 slow iscsi reads

    I am playing around with iscsi and ran into an issue. Writes to the 2008 server near max for the GB connection but reads from the server are 1/3 of the writes. Using ms initiator(7) and target(2008). I created a ram disk on both ends to eliminate the drive i/o as the issue and there was no...
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    IBM 39Y7393 670W

    Does anyone know anything about the IBM 39Y7393 670W non-hotswap. It is out of an m3, it was replaced with a hotswap. Anyone know what is the efficiency and wattage for the rails? Who makes it?
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    Home server PS size

    I am looking at rounding up some parts and building a server and it has been a while since I did one from scratch. Usually I just deal with pre-built servers these days. 1x Intel Xeon Processor E5506 80W 12GB ram raid card x 2 6 sas 15k drives 5 2TB sata intel quad GB nic. dvd burner...
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    Consolidating storage with iscsi

    I am redoing my home network and over the next few months adding a new server or 2(2008 server and maybe Linux) and 3 new workstations(win7-64 pro). Looking over my current computers they all have 1tb+ drives on them with only maybe 100GB used at most. I am thinking of not putting drives in...
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    which pump for using a car radiator?

    A friend of mine can get this radiator for free and we thought about using it for his new 920 rig 1993 Honda Civic EX Radiator Koyo Cooling 2-row plastic/copper Its about 14" x 14" 2 rows Would a MCP655 be enough for one cpu block(heatkiller?) and 1 vid card block?
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    anyone used SmartPOP2Exchange?

    http://www.jam-software.com/smartpop2exchange/index.shtml I am looking into a better pop3 connector and this one looks good. Has anyone used it in a production environment?
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    new 1984 model m mmmmmmmmmmmmm + mouse ?

    model m....nothing better! Im just posting this cuz it feels so good! I broke out my never used 84 after my 87 took its 5th pepsi bath and needs to be disasembled and cleaned. Now if I could find a very large USB precision optical mouse for under $40 id be all set! I was looking at...
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    Radeon opengl issue

    Is anyone else having issues with opengl on these chipsets? Mine is the 2100 on board. I bought it specifically too run an opengl application. I have tried 5 different drivers including the omega drivers. Any suggestions?
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    talk me out of a crt

    $300 budget, photoshop, no games.
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    5000+ BE overclocking

    Im at 3Ghz with default voltage. ga-ma74gm-sh2 motherboard ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro 92mm The fan is at 1800rpm out of a rated 2200 PWM controlled by the motherboard. speedfan temp is 43 one core 52 the other after 2 hours of orthos. 2 questions, is the core temp difference normal...
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    argh amazon nightmare

    One Monday I ordered a amd 5000+ BE from Amazon. They said in the email it would not ship until the 14th. They said there was no way too ship it sooner despite it being listed as in stock. I tried to cancel my order but website would not let me. I contacted customer service and they canceled...
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    $400 upgrade update! Thanks for the help!

    ordered it today thanks for the help! Antec EarthWatt 500W $44.24 shipped at buy.com after $10 google discount. AMD 5000+ BE amazon $84 shipped rest newegg: GIGABYTE GA-MA74GM-S2H AM2+/AM2 AMD 740G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard $69.99 A-DATA 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 $69...
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    450VX or 550VX?

    If the 450 is enough I would like too save a few bucks as I'm all ready pushing my budget too the max. ASUS M3A78-EMH HDMI 780G with onboard radeon 3200 AMD Phenom 9600 2GB ram but will add another 2 later. 4 fans DVD burner 3 hard drives tv tuner card. no overclocking or a mild...
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    very tight budget build ~$400... help needed

    total budget $410 max, less is better. This is an upgrade from a duel p3 800/1GB ram that I have had forever it seems like. Time frame: next 3 weeks Don't need case/os/kb/mouse will run Linux and xp duel boot No games will use for net, photo editing and an ap requiring opengl 2.0 support...
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