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    New Receiver wanted - Home network Audio/Itunes etc

    So I have been working on automating my home for lights, fireplace, smart thermostat etc., etc. Everything runs well for now, thank you Kaido for some ideas on smart switches and remotes. Now my wife is home office, which is upstairs in our home. We purchased a Sonos Play:1 for her small...
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    Programs like Cognos Impromptu

    For over 15 years I’ve been working for a government agency, looking at relational databases, analyzing data, building reports and cubes for clients, operations, budgets, running queries etc. It’s all I do. In fact running ad hoc queries is 85% of my day based on constant urgent...
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    App to measure best signal strenght for WiFi?

    Would anyone be kind enough to suggest an app, either iOS or Android, or heck BB as well, that allows me to measure my WiFi signal? I am moving around my router over and over trying to figure out best place to put in in a 3 floor house, with a multitude of devices accessing it. I keep seeing...
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    Trying to extend wireless signal at farm -- Antenna booster or try a Repeater?

    Good morning. I am trying to decide on a solution for my father's rural small farm. He does not get any sort of actual high speed INTERNET out there. I have tried calling every possible solution (Canada here), and really the only option, which we went for, is using a Fido Hotspot device. It's...
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    Best Browser to save on data

    Hi folks, When using a cell phone's hotspot to connect a laptop for everyday use, what browser offers the best "compression" of data, for lack of a better description? The issue is that when the laptop (older Windows 7) connects to the hotspot, so it's connected through WiFi, it cares not that...
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    Upgrading to new iMac -- transferring data/apps etc

    Hi folks, My wife has an older generation iMac 27" with an original 1TB spindle HD, 8 GB of RAM and an i3 CPU. Ever since she did the latest OS update, Yosemite maybe... whatever is the latest OS... her system spins and spins and that old 1TB drive chugs along constantly making mechanical...
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    iPhone 6 broken screen

    God exactly 35 days ago I bought my wife a new iPhone 6 for her bday. Today as she was working a kid ran by and bumped into her and knocked it out of her hand and it smashed the screen. Phone still works. This is our first spple phone and we never got any extended anything coverage since in I...
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    Replacing GTX 580 SLI to....

    Hi folks, So I am currently running 2 580 GTX 3GB in SLI and have been pretty much from the day they were released. I have NO need for more performance for the games I play or stuff I do, and have loved these cards immensely but I am tired of the extra noise, the ridiculous power and extra...
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    QUIET Family Sedan??

    Good day all. All I want for Christmas... seriously, is a quiet, very quiet 4 door family sedan. I have owned a few cars in my day, I have access to my parent's car, my wife's car, her parent's car, my friend's car and other than her parent's 2014 Camry 2.5 LE, I pretty much HATE every car out...
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    New quad core Android media players XBMC

    Years ago I bought a Mygica 520 android media player, using a dual core A9. There were many media boxes like this, Pivos, geniatech etc. I've used this on my TV for ever and it runs XBMC. I love it but it is a bit slow if you wish to run any modified skins etc. Lately the bloody thing wont...
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    Handling in snow -- AWD-4WD etc

    I know it's summer now so kind of a weird time to post this but I have been wondering about this for quite some time now. For the last 8 years, I've been driving an Audi A6 quattro. My wife drives a Mitsubishi RVR (Outlander Sport), my dad always Subaru Outbacks but now has a Jeep. In all...
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    No explanation for dead mobo...

    What are the odds! So I’ve had my trusty i7 870 cpu running in a Gigabyte HM55-USB3 LGA 1156 for as far as I can remember, pretty much from the day that cpu was released. It has been FLAWLESS. Runs so cool, not oc’ed, had a Corsair H70. It’s just been the damn best computer (reliability...
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    Windows 8 drivers -- Intel 4000 graphics

    Greetings all. So I purchased an Acer 15.6" Laptop that is touchscreen and has Windows 8. So far love it. Now since it's new I decided to see what updated drivers might be available. I know it uses the Intel 4000 graphics chip with its Intel i3 CPU. When I check the graphics driver...
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    Soundbar suggestions

    Good day all. I just recently moved into my new home. Currently the basement is unfinished and my future project for where my current entertainment system will go. In my older home, that's where the whole system was. However, in the interim, sadly, everything is going into my new living room...
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    Professional Audio work - Sample Libraries and SSD

    Hi Folks. I hope I am in the right area for this. A good friend of mine is a professional music composer, editor etc. He mainly does work for commercials, TV Shows etc. When not using the gear at his work studio, at home he uses an older 2005ish Power Mac G5 with 2 dual cores and 18 GB of...
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    Thermal Compound curing time?

    I recently build my most current system which consists of Intel i7 2700K and using a Corsair H80 for cooling. Now on the day I built it which is now about 2 weeks ago, at idle the freaking thing was running STOCK at 38c across all 4 cores. I was a bit taken back since my earlier overclocked i7...
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    How long does a PS actually last?

    So back in 2006 I purchased a PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750 Watt PS. It's now close to the end of 2011. My friend said it should have died by now. It's still rocking -- has seen me through all my upgrades. On the other hand I've had other PS die on me from many different brands. Should...
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    Understanding wireless security and wired traffic

    Good day. I am hoping this does not sound too stupid. I have my house prewired. All my computers and server and media players are physically wired and connected to the main router. However my wife uses her ipad. Just for that I have had to enable wireless on my router. I am currently only...
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    Lucid Virtu on new Z68 chipset max resolution

    I love the idea of the Z68 based motherboards that can accommodate both the intel HD graphics and a discrete video card -- automatically switching between them based on the requirements of the system. Everything I read however tells me this feature is limited to 1920x1080 over the on-board...
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    Understanding raid 0 SSD help pls

    So I currently have a motherboard that does not support any sort of raid. Not only but it does not have SATA 6 either. I have 2 OCZ agility 3 drives which I wish to set as my primary OS in raid 0. If I use my current setup my SATA 3 motherboard, then within windows 7, in the admin settings I...
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    OCZ Agility/Vertex 3 in Raid 0 question

    Hi all, I currently have 2 OCZ Agility 3's 120 GB drives. My current system does NOT have SATA 6... just SATA 3. Plugging one in just as a standard disk... not in raid under one of my SATA 3 slots, gives me a performance that is not much better than my older OCZ vertex. I am asking and...
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    Any aftermarket HS/Fans for 3 GB Palit 580 GTX yet?

    So I purchased a 3GB Palit 580GTX a while back. Fantastic card, for most games it's actually decently quiet. However some games like Witcher 2 just send this card to the moon, so much so that the noise from the fan is unbearable. The temps hover around 75-80c when I play and apparently that is...
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    New to iMac, how to create a full backup?

    So my gf went ahead and bought a new iMac 27". Brought it home and set it up. Now I am scratching my head because it did not come with any actual Mac OS CD/DVD. I mean of course it comes with nothing kinda like buying any computer these days. Reading some info online I found the program...
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    SB and Video Encoding

    I currently have few rigs which I use for encoding. I am trying to actually quantify the difference it takes from a full DVD to a x264 conversion using Handbrake. I see benchmarks etc that show bar graphs etc... but I cannot seem to find something that says... ok it takes you THIS much on your...
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    Overclocking and memory slots and size...

    Just trying to understand something 100%... With newer mobos, does it still hold true that the more ram you have the less your overclock will be? If you have 2 X 4 GB of DDR3 vs 4 X 2 GB of DDR3 in say an i5 system... would it still be fair to say that if all else is equal, the fact you are...
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    SLI or Crossfire benefits ONLY if games support it?

    Was just trying to understand something from the multitude of info that is out there in regards to dual video card setups. Can I say 100% with confidence that if a game is not coded to take advantage of a 2 or + GPU setup and if the drivers for the GPU's don't have profiles made for the same...
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    Dual Processor vs Dual Core info?

    I have done a bit of research on-line in regards to dual processors vs dual core (or more than 2 etc.), but it seems so much of the data dates back to 2006. I was tasked at work to look into upgrading our systems. We are currently running Intel P4 1.8 and also some other crap Intel P4 D...
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    SATA 6GB and SSD?

    I am trying to wrap my head around this... with the newest batch of SSD's using the Sandforce controller... and possibly raiding them, is there ANY reason to use a newer SATA 6GB controller or must the SSD drives also have the newer SATA interface? Are there SSD's that have SATA 6GB interface...
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    8800 GTX to ATI 4550

    My old time father brought in his computer as he has having some OS issues. Usual for him, he accepts every pop-up in the world. Anyhow, the tech at the store told him the 8800 GTX (I had installed in his system, since I had no use for it), was infinitely weak in comparison to the video card he...
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    Restore using Windows Home Server and SSD

    So I have my main computer, which has Windows 7 currently installed, and it's on an older-type SSD drive. I have just purchased a new OCZ Vertex 2 SSD drive. I would like to use the "RESTORE" feature from my Windows Home Server, which backs up my main PC weekly. My question is that the new...
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    Just bought a 980X... I think I am going to throw up

    So I pulled the trigger: Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 980X 6 Core LGA1366 Gulftown 3.33GHZ 12MB Processor Retail Box and a: EVGA X58 ATX LGA1366 DDR3 3PCIE-16 PCI-E1 2PCI SLI SATA2 eSATA Dual GBLAN Motherboard (132-BL-E758-A1) Both from NCIX. I am going to be sick to my stomach. Why I...
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    The point of upgrading? Game Changer?

    I am really having an issue with the whole new and constant release of new cpu's and technology overall. Like most others, I really "want" to upgrade. I don't NEED to upgrade but there is this and that which comes out, either from Intel or AMD, which softly suggest to me that I should upgrade...
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    For OS Drive -- OCZ Vertex Turbo 30gb vs Intel X25-V 40GB

    Anyone that can shed some light the on the best option for a Win7 64bit OS installation on any of the following two SSD drives? OCZ Vertex Turbo 30 GB Intel X25-V 2.5" 40GB I have found the price to be roughly the same and close.. not taking into consideration the extra 10 GB of space the...
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    Where is my bottleneck?

    Hi folks. I wonder if I can pester you all for some advice. I currently have my Intel Quad 9550 running at 3.4 GHz. 8 GB or RAM, ATI 4890 video card. Games are on an OCZ Vertex 120 GB drive. OS (win 7 64), on an OCZ Vertex turbo 30 GB. All other files, storage, movies, music on a WD Caviar...
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    Codec hell

    Ok so I managed to fubar my Windows 7 premium 64bit installation by trying to get my codecs working correctly. I was trying to use Windows Media Center to work properly with all my movies. I read about getting MKV to work in WMC, then using CoreAVC, then getting FFDSHOW to be used for some but...
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    More important: Good receiver or good speakers?

    I need to upgrade my Home Theatre system. I currently already have a top end"ish" centre channel speaker and subwoofer which I did a lot of research on and bought when I could afford/sale etc. Currently I am thinking of purchasing either the Onkyo 607 or the Onkyo 707 or if there is a better...
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    Best way to retain video/audio quality DVD rips

    Greeting all. I am working through ripping my DVD and BR library to my Windows Home Server. I am using DVDfab which currently just rips to ISO format, full movie, full menus etc. I love this program and very happy with it and paid to get a fully registered version. I am trying to rip all my...
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    Remote Desktop Performance

    Can anyone tell me when I log into my server (or any other computer on my network), via Remote Desktop -- this includes my WHS... what exactly is running the remote desktop? The computer I am running the remote desktop on or the actual computer being accessed? Is there anything I can do...