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    ASUS P8H67-I Non-Deluxe

    Ok I'm looking for someone who can help me on this. I've been seeking a LGA1155 mini-itx board with 6 sata slots. That's the #1 need. Only the zotac so far is actually out and it's not a great board. The ASUS P8H67-I Non-deluxe looks perfect....except it's NOT OUT HERE AT ALL. I've been trying...
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    Proof that small psus do work :)

    I just built a HTPC with an Antec ISK300-65 using a standard Core I3-2100, Asrock H67M-ITX/HT, 4GB DDR3, and 2.5" hdd. Not hitting over 65W from the wall even with 4 prime95 threads and furmark 1.9.1 going at the same time. And it's 22w at idle from the wall. I'd estimate that means it's using...
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    NAS System Question - ZFS Raid 1+0 or Raid 5?

    I've been planning out a ZFS raid based mini-itx server with probably 4 hds for the past year and maybe I'll finally pull the trigger sometime post-sandy bridge release. My original plan was to do a ZFS Raid-5 with 4X1TB drives, but now I'm thinking I could go with 4X2TB with ZFS Raid-10. This...
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    Enermax Modu82+ 625 Power Supply - Silence Champ

    Kinda surprised nobody started talking about this, looks like we have a new silence champ. Assuming good reliability/dc power(I'd like to see a couple more reviews regarding the build quality/etc), this would actually be my pick over seasonic/corsair, love the efficiency and extremely low rpm...
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    New BFG ES 800 PSU

    I shall quickly assume this is what jonny was mentioning as in the pipeline for bfg :) Very interesting design indeed. I hope there's some other models in the 500-600w range as it certainly looks like it could compete with seasonic/corsair for silence with the low speed 138mm fan...
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    New 80plus website categories

    I just noticed something interesting on the 80plus website, new specific categories for higher efficiency psus. http://www.80plus.org/manu/psu/manu_psu.htm Here's a breakdown based on website: Bronze is 82% min at 20/100, 85% min at 50% Silver is 85% min at 20/100, 88% min at 50% Gold is...
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    Unexpectedly bad review for Ultra X2

    http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/...wxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA== Paul really didn't like this one! I hadn't noticed the X2 series as it was displaced by X3 and X Pro in the enthusiast crowd, but looks like as usual, any wintech sourced Ultra should be avoided. I, for one, think their...
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    Hardocp $50 budget roundup interesting, but lacking

    http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/...wxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA== I'm looking at this and all I can think is...why didn't they actually include the GOOD budget psus? $50 is a pointless limit. Make it $60 and and you get FAR MORE good psus such as Seasonic S12-II 330, Earthwatts 380W, SPARKLE SPI350PFC...
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    Nas Case

    I've always wondered why this aspect of computer cases is so rare. I'm looking for a case for 4 hard drives in a NAS format such as the Infrant Readynas or Buffalo Terastation. Something that will work with either microatx or mini-itx. Very preferable to have 4 hard stacked on top of each other...
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    Skipping "Preparing Network Connections"

    I've noticed a major annoyance when my laptop is roaming on wireless, rather than on the main network it functions on (with ethernet). It will sit at the preparing network connections screen for 2 or more minutes, even if there are some working wireless connections that are programmed to be...
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    Image Viewer that reads Unicode

    Hi guys, I figure someone probably have some good info on something that's been bothering me. I've found very few image viewers that have full unicode file support. The only ones that I've found so far are Ashampoo PhotoCommander, ExifPro, Picasa, and the Microsoft viewer. Does anyone know of...