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    SSD Installation via imaging

    So I'm looking at a Sandisk Extreme SSD on sale: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820171567 and thinking I might take the plunge. I'm not sure if 120 gig is big enough (more on that later) but I'm wondering about the install. Is it possible to decrease the size of data on my primary...
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    Dark Red Screen Tint on alternate boots

    Every other time I boot my machine, the screen comes up with a dark red cast, almost as if the green and blue channels aren't working. Actually it can boot a few times ok or a few times with the red but it's mostly every other time. The boot screen will come up with red writing, the windows...
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    Drive Lettring Suggestions - Does it really matter

    I just built a new system and am trying to come up with a sane lettering solution. Here's my old system: b: data 1 (internal) c: OS d: factory image e: dvd burner f: c drive backup (external) g-j: all sucked up by a multicard reader (only use g) k: data 3 (music) l: data 2 (external) m: l...
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    Disk Imaging and File Backup

    I'm looking for software that will create a bootable drive of my OS hard drive and will do incremental backups of my data. I work with a large number of images my backups are basically copies of the files. I like having uncompressed files with the same folder structure in my backups. My...
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    Installing Win 7 in a seperate OS partition

    I'm installing Win 7 on a clean drive (my first PC build). Is there any advantage to partitioning the drive with a partition just for the OS? Is there any reason to partition at all? It's a 1tb Spinpoint.
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    To RAID or not to RAID

    I'm a photographer wil ots of large image files. I have a new system that I'm just assembling (my first) and I'm agonizing over whether or not to use the hardware RAID in a RAID 1 configuration. I didn't have enough hard drives so I thought I'd add RAID later; Well Win7 won't start if you...
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    Newb doing first build - Couple Questions

    My motherboard finally arrived today and I'll be starting my first build. Should I leave extra hard drives, video card (I've got an h67 board with graphics), card reader, dvd burner and wireless lan unplugged when I first fire it up to minimize possible errors/problems, or do I just hook it all...
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    To OPK or not to OPK - fresh Windows 7 install

    I'm doing my first ever build and will be installing an OEM version of Windows 7. Other than being able to design my own cool splash screen and not violating the EULA, is there and advantage to using the OPK? Disadvantages? Any hints on doing the Win 7 install would be welcome too.
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    Best Book / Diagnostic Disk

    I am about to embark on my first pc build. My previous pc cam with PC Doctor which could start from to bios screen or windows and did a pretty good job of diagnostics. I need a boot disk for an i5 2500 Sand Bridge build with Windows 7 that have some decent diagnostic tools. Any suggestions?
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    H67 chipset with GPU?

    I was ready to get an Intel DH67CLB3 $109 with an i5-2500 3.3ghz cpu when I decided that my photoshop rendering and HD video editing would go a bit smoother with an inexpensive graphics card: Sapphire 100293DP Radeon HD 5570 1gb - $55 AR Now I'm questioning my decision to go with an H chipset...
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    Internal Card Reader Speed

    I need an internal card reader to upload from CF cards. I saw some that also contained firewire and eSATA ports and having eternal drives that connect this way, I thought it would be a nice feature. I noticed that the interface on a lot of the readers is USB 2.0. What good does firewire or eSATA...
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    Budget GPU for Photography

    1920 x 1200 i5 2500 on h67 board 8gb ram (expanding to 16gb) No gaming No 3D Need DVI Need open GL Photoshop rendering of 500mb files minimal hd video editing (not doing any now but would like to) It looks like there are a number of 1gb cards for under $100 and I've had some chipsets...
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    What's wrong with Intel MOBO's?

    It would appear as though Intel MOBO's have a pretty good combination of features for the price: http://www.compusa.com/applications/...3&Sku=I69-2237 for a non gaming h67 system, yet nobody on here ever uses/reccomends them. Why?
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    Sandy Bridge Memory

    Thinking about a Gigabyte 6 Series GA-H67A-UD3H-B3 Intel H67 Intel Core i5-2500 BX80623I52500 Processor combination with http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231310 or: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231423 for 8gb with room to go to 16gb in the future. Am I...
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    Samsung Spinpoint F3 Open Box

    Newegg has these cheap. Any thoughts on open box HD's?
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    New Build - Where did I go wrong

    This pc will be used exclusively for photography (just a very small bit of hd video editing). Large image file (400-600mb) rendering/processing and writing and NO gaming. Based on advice in other threads and what my needs are here is my list: Thermaltake V3 Black Edition Mid Tower Case -$35...
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    New PC Build For Photography

    I'm a photographer and will be building a new pc for work. I regularly work with images in the 200 - 800 mb range and transfer folders with 10-30 gb of data between drives. File transfer speed, image rendering and file saving speed are all important. I also do a bit of work with HD video, a very...