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    Wireless Private LAN for Small Business

    Hey all, I'm building a Private LAN for my academic research lab, and need some advice. We will be syncing around 10 client computers with one central data backup computer, and I wanted to get some input on routers / USB adapters. We will need a Wireless N router, 10 Wireless N adapters...
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    New Custom Build for Server Application

    Hey all, My boss decided that we need to network all of our computers together in our research laboratory for data backup and storage (after we just had a HD fail). However, he's adamant against a home build for warranty reasons, so he's leaving it to me to get some information. However...
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    Data recovery on work computer

    Hey all, As the resident guy in my research lab who knows ANYTHING about computers, I was tasked today with recovering research data from a drive that crashed. I know, in before "lol backup." Anyways, I extracted the drive from the tower and plugged it into an external USB enclosure...
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    Headset help!

    Hey guys, I'm currently in the market for a new headset, and I was thinking that a wireless option might be good for me. My tactic for the last few years was to buy mediocre headsets, because no matter what happens the microphones always seem to die out on me one way or another. I've tended...
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    i5 stock HSF question

    Hey guys, So all my parts came today for my new build, excepting my third party HSF... which clearly won't arrive until at least Monday now. However, I'm really impatient to get this new computer up and running! Is the thermal paste that comes pre-applied to the stock Intel HSF adhesive...
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    Bottom mounted PSU intake fan

    Hey guys, I'm installing my new PSU into my new case, and it's a bottom mounted, with the intake fan pulling from beneath the case, through a mesh. Since I keep my towers on the floor (albeit a wood floor), what will this do in terms of dust intake? I'm tempted to point the intake fan...
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    Should I partition my drive?

    Hey guys, I'm building my new computer (most of the parts came today), and I'm debating partitioning my 1TB drive, as I can't afford SSD. One partition would be for OS files, and the rest would be for whatever other shenanigans. What's the thoughts of the collective? I've never...
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    Heat Sink + Fan recommendations for i5

    Hey guys, I just bought my new build, and was debating doing a mild overclock of the i5 processor I got. I read a bunch of reviews / guides on overclocking this sucker, but all of them seem to go for the hardcore OC that requires a heat sink approximately the size of your face. I was...
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    SSD advice

    Hey guys, I just bought most of the parts for a new build, and I was debating throwing in a SSD into there as well. I was browsing Newegg, and I ran into this interesting bit: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820139004 Basically, it looks like the exact same drive, but one...
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    Thermal Paste questions

    Hey guys, I'm looking to build a new i5 core pc, and I'm looking to do some minimal overclocking. Since I've never done any OCing before, I always just ran with the default cooling that came in the cpu box, and I know next to nothing about this stuff. All I can recall is that, back in the...
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    Requesting suggestions on build

    Hey guys, I'm looking to create a PC for office work, gaming, and general multimedia. Looking to build the entire thing for around $1,000, but I'm willing to go up a little to get the best performance vs price ratio. Will be buying from the US, intend to do a little overclocking, and I'm...
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    SSD for OS drive only?

    Hey guys, I know that SSD drives have insanely high performance boosts over the traditional magnetic head drives, but compared to the cost per gigabyte of the magnetics, I can't justify getting a large SSD. Because of this, I was wondering whether I should get a small-ish SSD (maybe 64...
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    Looking to build new PC

    Hey all, I'm currently in the need of building a new system. My current system is 3 years old and is starting to show its age (due to fans starting to die and spontaneous system reboots). Unfortunately, in these past couple years I haven't really been keeping up with the market, and I don't...
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    Issues with new memory

    Ok guys, I've tried a lot of stuff and couldn't figure out what the go was, so I figured I'd come here for help. I'm using a "DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD" motherboard, which was previously using 2x512 PC3200 memory. It's my parents, thought I'd upgrade it for...
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    Newbie having issues with WLAN in 2-story apartment

    Hey all, I was just wondering if you all could offer some cheap and/or quick optimizations for my home network. I am a poor uni student living in a 2-story condo, and unfortunately my desktop is having connectivity issues with my wireless. My laptop gets about 3 bars (out of 5) when...
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    Computer performance recently slowed significantly

    Hey guys, I'm a long-time lurker, but I believe this is my first post... I have a problem that I can't solve myself, so I figured I'd open it up to the community and see if any of you are generous enough (and knowledgeable enough) to help me. I decided to scavenge the "template" from...
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    Help dealing with LCD screens

    Ok, I posted this in the Video section a few hours ago, but unfortunately didn't get the response I was looking for... instead I just got two people saying 'I love the 2005FPW!" Maybe someone here can give me more detailed help... Here's the original post: /quote I am currently looking to...
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    Flat panel display recommendations

    I am currently looking to buy two flat panel monitors; one for my parents who are primarily looking for increased desk space, and one for myself, a gamer, since my dorm room doesn't really allow for my 19" CRT. While reading Anandtech's reviews, I found that the highest recommended type was...