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    DIY SERVER BUILD and Security forum?

    I would like to build my own server. Can any of you suggest links or any HELPFULL information or links as to how to go about doing this on a modest budget and what components might work well together? Thanks! to all that reply. Also, would it be helpfull if Anandtech had a seperate computer...
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    system build

    I have to create a dvd from video tape and then make copies. (a lot of copies!) I would like to build a system that would have a bank of 8 or 9 dvd/rw's (nec, pioneer, maxtor etc.) that would make copies at the same time. anyone have any ideas on how and what to use for this? i don't have a...
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    Extreme Water cooling - tell me what u think

    i did a version of what you are trying to do 4 years ago and it worked too well even when i covered all the lines to the waterblock and the wb with 3/4 in. insulation. condensation is a computer killer! check out what asetech had to do to solve the problem and you will have to do the same thing...
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    clawhammer or newcastle

    hi, i called western digital, gave them the serial and model #'s and to your and my surprise there ARE fluid bearings in the 36 GB Raptor hard drive, at least in the one I have (MDL : WD360GD-00FNA0, 25 NOV 2003). the tech guy told me that all of them have fluid bearings. cooler is better...
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    clawhammer or newcastle

    first, i would like to thank everyone that responded to my posting. so..... now that i have called AMD 4 times to speak with their tech. dept. "they" tell me that "newcastle's" have not been released to anyone, anywhere yet, and that the "clawhammer" core 3000+ is not a "defective" 1 MB but...
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    clawhammer or newcastle

    hi, i'm new to this so, i hope that i am in the right forum. my apologies if not. i'm looking to buy an athlon 64 "newcastle" and all i can find online is the "clawhammer". amd told me that "claw..." was an older core design. does it matter which one i get? also, i want to know how to determine...