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What version of the Aura software are you running?

Out of curiousity, what motherboard do you have?

I have the older (ie not the brand new "digital" RGB) Phanteks RGB LED Combo kit: https://www.amazon.com/Phanteks-PH-LEDKT_COMBO-Strip-Combo-Retail/dp/B01HUFMIZ2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526181667&sr=8-1&keywords=phanteks+led+combo And I have an Asus Z370-I ...

Looks like OP wrote the question then never came back. :(

Much of your answer revolves around how you plan to use the software (for example, if it's two people, and the Windows guys give you a server with a \Server\PDFStuff share, and you can make your own subdirectories to organize, is that sufficient, or do you need more?) - and you haven't provided...

Here are a few ideas: 1. Ensure they log in as non-admins. This is obvious but it sounds like you haven't done it. Everyone should have their own account, or the default account should be non-admin and to install things you should then switch to (only) your admin account. 2. Ensure MS...

It sounds like you are all over the place as far as what you are looking for and your IT group, which may be just one person, has little clear direction given to him and little planning given to him. I sympathize. I suggest you come up with a direction and architectural layout for what the...

Assuming the older, thick iMacs are the Thunderbolt-equipped models, that sounds like a reasonable plan. That gives you fast USB3 on them, plus HDMI out, as well. That could work pretty well. Not cheap (I saw $300/ea) but it would make a simple, clean upgrade and would allow 2 SSDs, if you...

None of those machines have USB3, so you'll be limited to USB2 speeds of perhaps 25MB/s - 30MB/s. With an SSD in there, it will be better than a SATA HDD for some things (random access) and very slow compared to the HDD for non-random access. I'd go to Thunderbolt on the newest iMac. Far...

The second-gen i5 is significantly faster than all the others. The major change, though, is Thunderbolt - it makes adding the SSD trivial. Just plug in the cable and go. That's the key difference. Few people have the time or skills required to open the iMac to add the SSD internally (and for...

...for all but the 2011. For the 2011, you can easily buy a Thunderbolt to SATA adapter ($99) that will let you keep using that machine for another few years. The speed hits 300MB/s, which is a night and day difference compared to the HDDs in the machines, and not that much slower than the...

Some though just don't need it - I don't, for example, because my LG 34" includes USB3 on it already (for the mouse and keyboard that's switched between the TB2 and DisplayPort and dual HDMI ports...) - I'd rather not pay for it in this case. That said (sigh!) I did buy one for $10 because I...

I bought the $1399 MBP13 at BestBuy the other day. I had a $500 MBP17" "upgrade" (trade-in) gift certificate - from a dying MBP17 2011; without it, I wouldn't have touched the MBP13, but with it, it made the machine much more reasonable, at about $1050 after taxes. I consider this the logical...

I had something very similar happen: Late 2011 MBP 17" with AMD graphics (most 2011 Mac models with AMD graphics experienced a recall...) Bad camera Dings on case After it was all said and done, I got the MBP17 back from Apple with all three things fixed. I was very impressed! And this...

At just 12, a used white MacBook C2D MY2010 would be OK. She'd use it for a year or two and then you'd know if she'd need or want something better. I bought one about a year ago for $200 from Craigslist; now they should be less. I added a 128GB SSD (trivial... takes a screwdriver and 15...