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    Microsoft Office 2010 and 2013 Benchmark Software

    Is there a benchmark software that focuses on the hardware performance for testing against the Microsoft Office suite? We utilize both Office 2010 and 2013. The focus needs to be on large file size Excel calculations and PowerPoint HD video playback. Perhaps I may have missed something, but...
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    quick critiques for Autocad build please

    the budget for the vid card is $100ish, so I went with $130 Quadro 400. If you say anything "2xx/4xx/+ nvidia gpu" will work fine, I'm not going to deny that. I just want to ask, will "2xx/4xx/+ nvidia gpu" in the $100 price range perform better? If not, I'm just wasting money on a "better" card...
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    quick critiques for Autocad build please

    I knew I forgot to answer a question. What do I need a HDD? storage? the PC will be connected to a NAS for main storage. is there any other purpose than that? true... I only buy lifetime warranty RAM. I'll pay a few dollar extra for it. my boss wants this done today. If you can pick a better...
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    quick critiques for Autocad build please

    the i3 2100 is roughly $100 plus a $50 mobo, equating to $150... my x6 1055T plus mobo are also $150. Let's no forget about the fact that I will be using other programs like a web browser and reading/making large PDF's. I assume 6 cores will help me multitask more efficiently... correct? Are you...
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    quick critiques for Autocad build please

    1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing. Autocad 2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread $500ish 3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from. Microcenter, Paterson, NJ 4. IF...
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    should I swap out my refurb PSU for my new PSU?

    awesome! one says yes, one says no, and another inquired about the quality of the refurbishing. lol I'm gunna need one more to tip the vote, preferably with good logic.
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    should I swap out my refurb PSU for my new PSU?

    I bought a refurbished Antec 500w for $15 shipped. It's in my main system for about 2 years now. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it. I just added a GTX 460 and it seems to be doing well. I just bought an Antec BP550 Plus for $45. I hear "it it ain't broke, don't fix it" a lot... so...
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    Printer not printing anymore...

    I just installed HP ePrint & Share and that works... so it's not a connection problem. Why isn't it printing through Autocad?!?!?
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    Autocad and google sketchup and other computer build help

    any way i can find out which program has what restrictions to what cards or am I going to have to do some serious googling?
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    Printer not printing anymore...

    PC #1 and #2 can print to the Dell Printer. They were able to print the HP Printer since last week when it was last used, but not today. Printer was not found and a possible driver problem seemed to be the error. PC#3 CAN print to all printer. Router #3 is a Wireless G Ethernet Bridge ALL...
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    Autocad and google sketchup and other computer build help

    I have a P4 (the old one without hyper threading) with integrated video chipset at work, and I'm doing autocad 05 and 10 on it. I know they "work" and I can manage with these hardware, I just want it to work well when I throw a lot of things at it. I cant have the jagged lines, cuz in google...
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    Autocad and google sketchup and other computer build help

    exactly what I needed to hear. my work is more engineering. I'll load Google Sketchup again with my new GTX 460 and see how it performs. If it's still jittery when I load the trees, I'll look into an SSD (that's what you would recommend, correct?)
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    Autocad and google sketchup and other computer build help

    I would like to start learning "solid modelling/solid rendering or 3D graphics" and a jittery computer will just deter me. I'm looking at the Nvidia website, and I see the Quadro 600 (entry level) is under $200. my understanding of "entry level" is that it sucks. Am I naively mistaken? I'm...
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    Autocad and google sketchup and other computer build help

    I've seen this and it doesn't do much for me. just because it's "supported" and "recommended" doesn't mean anything. Windows recommend 2gb of RAM and that's definitely not enough to run windows. I would like some wisdom, not facts. is it worth it to buy a quadro4 to replace my GTX 460? I'm...
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    Autocad and google sketchup and other computer build help

    I would like to concentrate my career toward drafting or design engineering. I'm already working for a site planning / civil engineering office doing this work. I'm doing autocad 2d and google sketchup for 3d, but I would like to learn how to do everything else too (mainly 3d in autocad and any...
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    Big Water 760i and Danger Den Maze5 GPU water block

    i decided im not doing watercooling... im going to oil cool it! i got my fish tank and mineral oil all ready to go. All I need now is acrylic to make a custom hard drive tray and I'm gunna have myself a fishtank computer. lets see how bad this screws up...
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    Big Water 760i and Danger Den Maze5 GPU water block

    I'm going after the fun / cool factor. If I need performance, I'd just upgrade the GPU or get myself a SSD. Getting a SB system is probably going to get me like 5fps extra. I'm not doing extensive CAD or SketchUp work yet, but that's for the future to decide if the next newest thing after SD is...
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    Big Water 760i and Danger Den Maze5 GPU water block

    as cheap as possible without wasting money on junk.
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    Big Water 760i and Danger Den Maze5 GPU water block

    that koolance is NICE! just what I need. Well... my case is in my sig. I would like the reservoir and pump to be located in my drive bays though. what kind of custom piece can you put together?
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    Big Water 760i and Danger Den Maze5 GPU water block

    QUESTION: 1. Do we like the XSPC Rasa 750 RS240? 2. Will a loop from the pump > CPU > GPU > Radiator > pump/reservoir be ok? like... can it handle the gpu AND cpu or should I stick with CPU only or else I have to get a stronger/larger pump n reservoir?
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    Big Water 760i and Danger Den Maze5 GPU water block

    I was more concern about space. The Big Water can fit into 2 drive bays. That's exactly what I want. I have no problem switching to higher quality items, but where do I put everything?
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    Big Water 760i and Danger Den Maze5 GPU water block

    I want to get the Big Water 760i and I'm sure I can figure out how to install it once I get it. I've never had a water cooling setup before so I have a few n00b questions. 1. Do I have to use Thermaltake's products only when I'm using the Big Water 760i kit? 2. If not, can I link the Danger...
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    Sync hard drive across the internet

    windows live mesh isnt working very well... problems: 1. In my HD videos folder... it keeps saying "Processing changes" and never stops. 2. In my regular video folder, it says folder are synced, which they all are already. I added a video to test out the syncing process. it is now sending...
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    Sync hard drive across the internet

    FolderShare apparently is the older version of Windows Live Mesh...
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    Sync hard drive across the internet

    ok I found a solution... well fix... well alternative. I just moved everything in my hard drive into one folder and sync those folders. I rather not have to click twice to get to my files... but oh well
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    Sync hard drive across the internet

    I have two hard drives, about 500gb each. I also have another set of these hard drives with the same exact files in another computer 45 miles away. What can I do to synchronize these hard drive at a certain time of the week? CrashPlan does backups and doesn't synchronize the files. Dropbox...
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    Reinstall windows? or PLUG N PRAY!!!! YEA!

    lol but the boxes look exactly the same!!! omg lol I think I'll just backup all my steam files and reinstall. I do this so much for everyone else... I just feel like I'm killing my computer when I reinstall!!! (ignore my psycho self) All my data is on a separate hard drive anyways...
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    Reinstall windows? or PLUG N PRAY!!!! YEA!

    I'm going from Asus P5Q-SE to Asus P5N-D... since the chipsets are completely different, I might as well as reinstall windows completely right? but... they're asus... and they're box looks soooooo similar... wouldn't a plug n pray be a "lets give it a shot" moment? hehe i just checked out my...
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    low framerates help ati 4850

    it's def. the drivers. "catalyst control center command line interface has stopped working" I'm going to OC my cpu back to 2.8ghz i keep getting BSOD from time to time during windows boot up (OC or no OC). BSOD goes away if I unplug my other hard drives, sometimes. This is what I'm...
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    low framerates help ati 4850

    ok i fixed the problem... sort of... it is the drivers, and it is CCC crashing that's messing up everything. I simply attempt to open CCC until it doesn't crash and opens up normally. once CCC is open, the game runs like normal. so... how do I stop CCC from crashing?
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    low framerates help ati 4850

    i only play left 4 dead so I don't know how well my 4850 plays in other games, but all I know is the 4850 runs at >60fps with my settings maxed out to the fullest at 1080 resolution. If I reinstall my drivers, I'll get those frame rates (yesterday), but right now (with no change in settings) I'm...
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    Durability of a CPU w/ and w/o OC

    I already told you what stats... hypothesis testing. and of course we don't have numbers to crunch, but u gave a clear "I don't care if it's 0.01%" and with that number, anyone who knows stats knows that isn't enough to claim that it lowers the lifespan due to it's variation of lifespan. so...
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    Durability of a CPU w/ and w/o OC

    here's the problem I have with what you are saying. Fact: the life span of all of the same chips are not the same (example, all Q6600 will not have exactly equal life). Can we agree that there is some sort of deviation? If we do, and OC'ing does decrease at a certain percentage, then the...
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    Durability of a CPU w/ and w/o OC

    lol ok... has it happened to you? right now, you're just spouting what you read, what I read, but I never seen it happen. I don't even hear stories of "my friend's friend's friend's chip fried out of no where, probably from his high OC" Like I said, all my CPU's are overclocked, the oldest and...
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    Durability of a CPU w/ and w/o OC

    I agree completely, but has anyone ever had a CPU die on them after prolonged use with safe OC?
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    Durability of a CPU w/ and w/o OC

    I've read so many post and articles about how the life a CPU is shorten due to overclocking. I've had about 7 or 8 processors through out my life from some Pentium 3 to my current quad, and all but the P3 was OC'ed to the best of my ability. Not one CPU has died on me yet. There was even one...
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    42" LG HDTV as monitor. ati 9800xt as graphics... problem?

    its using vga input on the monitor. so vga output from computer to vga input on lcd
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    42" LG HDTV as monitor. ati 9800xt as graphics... problem?

    My cousin's build is: Pentium D 2.8ghz ATI 9800xt AGP 2gb DDR 400 her LG monitor, which is 720p, well it's more like 734 or some scaled crap, well, I'm using the 9800xt to display the monitor, but it's a bit blurry. it's not as sharp as I would like, not as sharp as my 8800gt output to...