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    TV show Duckman and DeusEX

    Holy shit, I'm watching it now and heard Deus Ex. The fuck.
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    Elite Dangerous

    Elite Dangerous and Star Citizen seem like games for well-off techy/nerdy adults with disposable income and no kids (so time). I'll bypass these tbh.
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    Best way to clone boot SSD to boot SSD? [SOLVED]

    Hey all, Thanks for the replies. I ended up attaching the drive, creating a partition with disk management and then using the Samsung tool to migrate data over. It went smoothly and the newly created partition is aligned. Will mark this solved, in this case anyway. Kind regards, Lsv
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    Best way to clone boot SSD to boot SSD? [SOLVED]

    I'm not sure, I'll have to find the CD. It came with an HBA sata card as part of a software bundle but that was years ago. In any case I'll probably end up using the Samsung tool and if it did not allign the drive correctly I'll use gparted on a live cd to allign the drive after cloning...
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    Best way to clone boot SSD to boot SSD? [SOLVED]

    Hey all, I recently purchased a new SSD and am hoping to just clone the drive. I am going from an Intel X25-M to a Samsung EVO 840. My plan is to use the Samsung tool but I can't find information on cloning a boot image? I'm hoping to make this as seamless as possible :) I also have...
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    Cramming a i7-4930 into 1u chassis... crazy?

    It's easy to find 1U passive heatsinks for a certain socket. The problem is that 1U Chassis tend to have a million 40mm fans in front or some fancy blower design - making them super loud. Which is exactly what OP got in a number of replies.
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    Cramming a i7-4930 into 1u chassis... crazy?

    It will work, it will just be loud. This is no different than fast enterprise class chips in a 1U chassis.
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    Reasonable temps for an i7 920?

    My i7 920 is currently doing 54c idle. Goes to about 65c load. I run my fans are uber low rpm and bring them up to 100% during load to keep the temps manageable on load. I've not seen any issues and this rig is 5~ years old now.
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    Asus 6950 DCII 4 monitors?

    No one replied, so I just bought a passive 5450.
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    Asus 6950 DCII 4 monitors?

    Hey all, I can't seem to find a thread providing a solution to this. My desired setup is 1x 1920x1080 monitor + 3x 1280x1024 monitors. How should I set this up? For whatever reason my 6950 just doesn't let me have more monitors setup. It says I need to disable monitors before I can...
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    Passive GPU for HD video playback

    Thanks, the use case is specifically related to this actually. Another poster said replace the main system and go integrated, however, his system is an i7 930 and 12gigs of ram in an Asus P6T SE. It (the system) is for is music production with Albeton Live and he's just recently bought an R4 to...
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    Passive GPU for HD video playback

    Hi all, A friend of mine has a music production computer with an old PCIE X850 in it that has a very loud fan. He does not game and is looking for a passive card which is capable of playing back 1080p video and also has HDMI out. I was thinking a Radeon 5450 or perhaps 6450. Thoughts?
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    How much RAM is too much? 32gb? 64gb?

    Honestly I don't know anymore. Unless you are running a shit-ton of VMs you don't really need more than 8gigs. Heck even 4 is ok. Here's my webserver during mediocre load for example: Real memory 7.76 GB total, 1.25 GB used Virtual memory 7.96 GB total, 155.19 MB used Games of course use...
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    Help Pick Extreme Air Cooler

    D14 is great but the phanteks is 2x140mm fans right?
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    This new EVGA case has blown me away

    Looks alright, I do like the 500w PSU... if it's not loud. It would be nice to see at a brick and mortar store to compare with the prodigy.
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    Rosewill RSV-R4000 build

    The cabinet is this Ikea Lack which I got in Canada for $34.99. Fits just over 7U. Regards, Luis
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    Rosewill RSV-R4000 build

    Hey all, I recently put together a little server build out of mostly used parts purchased from these boards, HWC and craigslist. I figure I'd make a post about this case to provide my thoughts during the build and additional thoughts about the project for anyone curious about getting one or a...
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    Best storage spaces alternative?

    +1 for Flexraid, however it is worthwhile to see this comparison which the snapraid guy has on his site. I'll actually be using Flexraid in my production box which will provide an NFS share for storage and my VMs. Regards, Lsv
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    SSD for linux boot+mysql?

    Thanks for the input. I also avoid anything but Intel, Crucial and Samsung for SSDs. So I'll probably go with the cheapest option from one of those companies. Lsv
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    SSD for linux boot+mysql?

    Hi all, I am nearing completion of my server and I figured I could use some input on what SSD to purchase for the box. Below are my uses cases and size required. Use Cases: Ubuntu OS/Boot (though the box is 24/7) MySQL db (Max 5 connections, low IOPS) DB size = 500megs/year Reliability>Speed...
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    Motherboard for FX8120?

    Yea $100 is competitive, I'm certain I could bargain down but it's from HWC, a local enthusiast forum and it's BNIB. So I'm ok with that :) The board I'm going for is this Gigabyte http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=26_1207_1205_335&item_id=042705, $77 after IR and MIR which...
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    Motherboard for FX8120?

    I'm buying the 8120 for $100, 8350 is $195. Thoughts?
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    Motherboard for FX8120?

    Thanks! I'll pick up that Gigabyte. $77 locally, can't go wrong!
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    Motherboard for FX8120?

    It appears I'll be able to purchase an 8120 locally to upgrade my aging BE-2350 based linux server. My use cases are: Web host (Nginx/SQL) Media host (flexraid raid-f across a shit ton of drives with some spare adaptec sata cards) VMs (Virtualbox as a service) Additional services as needed No...
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    New Inwin Case - Only $700

    Displays $700 case, uses the ugliest DVD drive ever.
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    6g vs 12g ram

    I have a similar i7 920 @ stock for silence and went up to 12gigs due to work. While it nice having my production applications and a game in the background that I can switch to at any time without the need for work I wouldn't need the 12gigs. Lsv
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    When did DDR3 prices skyrocket?

    I just checked Newegg, cheapest 32gb ddr3 kit is $179! Just over Christmas they were selling for $80~. What gives?
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    Trying to find the best heatsink solution (4u case, limited clearance)

    Thanks for replying to the thread, I've used Frostytech's 4U list before but you never are certain heh.
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    Cheap rack mounted server case

    $80+shipping Check the feedback before pulling the trigger.
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    Fractal Design Define XL R2 - Massive Fail??

    Massive fail. The whole point of the Define XL was that it's a Define XL. This may as well be called the R5.
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    NEW AIO inbound from Corsair and Swiftech

    All of these pre-sealed water cooling solutions seem overpriced. Most of them are fairly loud on the pump and at $100+ I'd get the best performing HSF. Although, space wise you can shove these in pretty small cases and get damn good cooling.
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    Are intake fans necessary?

    I will always use more intake fans than exhaust. The intake fans should have dust filters as well. You lost airflow with the filters but if you use extra fans you can make up for the lack of air and less dust means less maintenance and same temps for quite a good while.
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    SteelSeries Qck Heavy - Smelly?!

    Hey all, Just got myself a Qck Heavy after using a QcK+ and I have to say it smells like rubber and chemicals. Anyone else with this pad notice this? My QcK+ never had a smell issue but this one is really pungent, maybe because of the thickness. Hope the stank goes away :) Lsv
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    Just soldthese :D

    Because potato. OK?
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    Cheap Mobo for 8 core AMD server?

    My bad, I guess I don't really have a budget. Though the current box is a BE-2350 and cheap AM2 mobo and needs an upgrade badly. Micro/regular doesn't matter, at least 4 dimms for a max of at least 32gb. Lsv
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    Cheap Mobo for 8 core AMD server?

    Hey all, Looking for a cheap motherboard to shove an FX 8120 into for a cheap Plex/FTP/AD/encoding box. Unsure as to what my options are, I won't be Ocing but I would like it to be as reliable as possible. Lsv
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    Die Antwoord

    After taking in all the information OP placed in this thread I've come to this conclusion about Die Antwoord; Nope.
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    Ivy-E confirmed Q3 2013

    I wonder if by Q3 2013 my i7 920 will show it's age. I sincerely doubt it... CS:GO runs great, SC2, and all of my work software.
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    No ghosting monitor...does it exist?

    They're called CRTs :P
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    I filed a BBB complaint against Nzxt

    That's too bad to hear but maybe they'll see this post and fix up.