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    Replacement for Hyper 212 EVO fan

    The fan on my 212 EVO is beginning to vibrate, so I think it needs to be replaced relatively quickly as I believe it is starting to fail. First noticed it a few days ago on startup, and then it went away after a couple of minutes (fan was still spinning). Now it takes a few minutes longer on...
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    Looking for good monitor repair site or guide

    My Samsung 215tw died over the weekend, either the backlight inverter or ccfl giving up the ghost. I am getting a new monitor, but was thinking that with some online help I might be able to breakdown the 215tw and see if failed capacitors might be the culprit. I would do this with my 8 year old...
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    Mobile wifi for one month? Options needed...

    My wife is going to be in a one month rental and does not want to spend the extraordinary costs to get internet hooked up in the house. It would be much easier to get a usb modem that could use a prepaid plan (or even better, one you could just top off) to access the net. Usage would be...
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    List of RT Apps?

    I can find a list of Android and iPad apps with a simple search, but Microsoft does not appear to make such a list available. I tried searching their app store, but unless you are in Windows 8 or RT I guess you cannot see what they are offering? I figure I must be missing something because...
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    Thinking about a new GPU

    Thinking about a new GPU, but not %100 certain I will pull the trigger. Answers to sticky first: System specs: i5 3570k, Hyper 212+ cooler, 8gb ram, XFX 5770 (1GB), 1680x1050, Corsair HX 520 (about 5.5 years old, still going strong as near as I can tell), all inside an Antec P182 (just over...
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    Video Card sound level chart?

    Anyone know if there is a site that does noise comparisons for video cards? I know that individual reviews will often show noise as compared to certain other cards, but that usually does not help when compared against an older card.
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    AsRock Z77 Pro3, Win7, TV Tuner

    I am generally pretty happy with my mobo, and it has been up and running for about 2.5 months now. One quirky issue is that while in the Pci-e x1 slot my Hauppage HVR-1800 would sometimes "disappear" from device manager, and I only noticed once I started watching TV via Windows Media Center...
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    Upgrade after 5 years

    I should have some free time in about a 2-3 weeks to upgrade my current desktop. It is about five years old – E6750 on a Gigabyte P35-DS3L, 4GB ram, and a 2+yr old Radeon 5770. Gaming at 1680x1050. I rarely play the most current games, I generally purchase them at highly reduced cost 1-2...
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    Wait for Vail or WHS now?

    I have a couple of purchases I want to make in the near future, not sure of the best way to go about it so could use some advice. I have been able to do some looking around on these forums and other places, but still have gaps in knowledge. The main purchase I am looking at is a WHS box. Was...
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    5770 in an older motherboard

    Hi all, I was looking to upgrade my system from an 8600GTS (passive cooled, quiet is important) to one of the Radeon 5770 series. I game at 1680x1050 and that is not likely to change until my current monitor is lying in a melted plastic lump on my desk. I realize that most PCIe 2.x devices...
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    Low noise to quiet video card request

    All, I need to upgrade my video card, currently I am running an E6750 (stock), 4GB of DDR2-800 on Win7 HP 32bit, game at 1680x1050 using a 8600GTS from MSI that is passively cooled. I don't have much time for gaming, so usually some older titles stack up and I get to them much later (for...
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    Win 7 HP backup - not to network?

    So, I am about to upgrade to Win 7 HP off of Vista HP SP2, and see that there is no longer the ability to backup to another network location. Questions: 1) I can still do full backups to another drive on the same computer, correct, using a Win 7 tool, or is this gone as well? 2) When I build...
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    Saving iTunes settings before Win7 upgrade?

    I am currently running Windows Vista HP SP2, iTunes 7.7.1 and will upgrade to Win7 HP in the next day or so. The upgrade advisor recommends uninstalling iTunes, and re-install after the upgrade is complete. No problem, except the iTunes is in support of my wife's iPod, and I'd like to make sure...
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    DVR-MS Toolbox and WIN7 Upgrade question

    I'm preparing to upgrade from Vista (home premium) to Win7 Home Premium. Currently I use Dvrms toolbox to do commercial editing etc. of my dvr-ms files. Should I uninstall prior to the upgrade, then re-install dvr-ms toolbox, or will the upgrade run fine regardless? Thanks. RE