Recent content by 4eak

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    Please recommend Thin Mini-ITX Case, Cooling, and Power

    @ dave_the_nerd I may go with the 4670T, although I'm not excited about the drop in computational power. I'm already on the fence about getting an i5 instead of an i7 or comparable Xeon (if it could fit). What case are you using? @ Charlie98 I'll be running several VMs and pushing...
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    Please recommend Thin Mini-ITX Case, Cooling, and Power

    I need some recommendations on a build which is outside of my comfort zone. Here are the parts I hope to use: Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor Gigabyte GA-H81TN Thin Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard G.Skill 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (204-pin SODIMM) Samsung 840 Series...
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    Figuring out how to rebuild my machine. I need your advice, please.

    I already have Xeons. I'm not sure if I want to keep though. My opening post may not have been clear enough. The i7-3930K is very expensive, in my view. Is that really what is needed to get a similar experience/power level to what I had before? Benchmarks show it is way beyond it - that...
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    Figuring out how to rebuild my machine. I need your advice, please.

    Sorry about that, edited the specs in the opening post at about the same time you posted. peace, 4eak
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    Figuring out how to rebuild my machine. I need your advice, please.

    Hardware newbie here. I need your advice! So, my motherboard died last week. This sucks. The good news is that my wife said I can rebuild or buy a new computer (yay!!). I really want to keep my case, RAID controller, hard drives, PSU. Everything else I'm willing to replace. I need help figuring...
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    Anonymized Network Setup Questions

    I have some serious computing needs and some weird questions. I need to build a secure network that is fairly anonymized. It doesn't need to be pretty, and I don't mind spending plenty of time learning, etc., I just can't really afford to spend a lot of money (3rd world countries are poor). I...