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    DHCP Server Location Question

    I want to get rid of my comcast modem and buy my own. Currently I use its DHCP capability. I also have it hard wired to a wireless router that only shoots the wireless, and acts basically as a repeater. It is my understanding that the DHCP server can be anywhere on a LAN. I would like to know...
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    Running your OS (always) from a USB

    Since flash drives are now pretty cheap and getting quite huge, I was wondering if I could simply run my computer's OS permanently from a USB 3.0 stick. This would then free up a sata connection on my motherboard for a storage drive. Would there be huge drawbacks to this? USB3 is listed as 5...
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    Personal Cloud Hard Drive

    Was looking at the WD MyBook Live which looks great in theory. I like the idea of remotely accessing files, mainly for kids movies when we travel somewhere. Has anyone had good success with this, or another personal cloud hard drive? I would rather keep my files locally rather than use a...
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    Router Channel Selection

    Wondering if any of you know a good app for scanning traffic on wireless channels so I can set my router to a less used frequency. I can't seem to find anything on iPhone, and it looks like iTunes has refused to allow these apps. Anything on a laptop that will allow me to see a graph of...
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    Syncing Folders with iPhone

    I recently saw that I am not syncint my apps with itunes from my phone. When I choose the checkbox for syncing my apps with my computer, the warning says that all apps and stored data on my phone will be replaced with the apps on my computer. I really don't want to lose my folder...
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    Convert phone port to ethernet

    Ok, I am really confused about why this isn't working. To give you some background, my home is wired with CAT5 cable and RJ45 connectors for all the phones. In my office, I have 2 ethernet ports which are "green wired". There is a junction box upstairs where all off the phone lines are...
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    Media server

    Am thinking about building a media server PC which may hopefully take the place of my BluRay player, which can be moved to the bedroom for HD naughty movies :). I really don't know what I need, and would love some input from anyone who has built one recently. 1. What YOUR PC will be used for...
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    Video Editing - Processors

    Am still making my snails pace research into upgrading my machine for a backup video editing "emergency" machine. Would like your opinion on the i5 650 vs. i5 760 650 is faster clock and higher turbo, but only 2 cores while 760 is 4 core. For a program like Premiere Pro, which is thread...
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    RAID Advice

    The mobo I am looking at supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10. As I know next to nothing about RAID arrays, what is the preferred option to use for protecting data without sacrificing performance? How many disks would I need? Also, Can I establish a raid system without wiping my current data? meaning...
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    Intel i7 930 processor $199 at Microcenter B&M

    Easily $90 less than anywhere else I looked. Sale should go at least through 10/31/2010.
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    Video Editing System

    We just built a pretty bad ass system to do video editing for work. The system included the following hardware: Core i7 930 processor Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Motherboard 12GB RAM 1600 mHz SSD We are using Adobe Premiere Pro, and as Adobe is a resource hog, we tried to find the best...