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    Which power supply?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_supply_rail Multiple +12 V Rails As power supply capacity increased, the ATX power supply standard was amended (beginning with version 2.0[3]) to include: 3.2.4. Power Limit / Hazardous Energy Levels Under normal or overload conditions, no output...
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    Which power supply?

    I'm going to explain this one last time whether you won't to believe it or not is up to you. Your PSU works just like the electrical system in your house you have a 100 amp main load center with 4-15 amp circuits 2-20 amp circuits and 1-30 amp circuit why is your house wired like this safety...
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    Which power supply?

    A Quote from PC Power And Cooling, does Johnny Guru design and sale power supplies no! With all the hype about multiple 12-volt rails (ads claim that two rails is better than one, five is better than four, etc.), you would think it was a better design. Unfortunately, it's not! Here are...
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    Which power supply?

    did not say the card itself requires that I meant the requirements will say to have at least a 26 amp single +12 volt rail my whole point was there is no real "need" for multiple rails plus none of you guys even realize these PSU's are not 100% efficient meaning there is some wasted energy...
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    Which laptop?

    Got computer repair diploma and certs in 2002 been in electronics service my entire adult life if it's electronic I have repaired it seems there are a lot of people here that think they know way more than they actually do and can't wait to disagree even when their wrong
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    Which power supply?

    The main reason why they split the rails was for safety because so many PSU makers use crappy small gauge wire that was to long and not capable of carrying heavy current safely. A single rail is it's actually easier to regulate current on as opposed to multiple rails where rail balancing can...
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    Which power supply?

    theAnimal I don't care what your sticky says you completely missed the point
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    Which power supply?

    both units are Seasonic made but the single 52 Amp +12 rail is best for heavy demand multi rail power supplies with smaller amperage ratings are not all they are cracked up the largest +12 volt rail on the Antec is 25 amps a lot of video cards have a 26 amp or better minimum demand from the...
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    New Budgetish build

    I would be more worried about amperage on that PSU more so than the watts
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    Acer Aspire One Netbook issue

    I would suspect ram as well
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    Which power supply?

    Henry Chinaski hate to burst your bubble but this Corsair is even better Bronze cert. with a 7 year warranty for an extra $20 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139012
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    motherboard thermal paste requirements?

    actually you would be better off adding fans to those coolers part of the problem with those heatsinks is they lack any real mass compared to a CPU heatsink so they can not dissipate as much heat
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    Which laptop?

    thanks chusteczka
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    Which laptop?

    In my market I see mainly HP and or Compaq followed by Dell Toshiba and then Acer the biggest majority of the HP products that come in are just out of warranty with dead boards the other brands I see come in a lot of them beat to crap but only have normal stuff wrong with them hard drive died...
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    Which laptop?

    you know I'm sure your right it's obvious to me that you know way more about this stuff than me I should just bow out in light of your knowledge,
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    Most affordable way to securely store 5+ TB?

    very true 1000 DVD's would be to much did not think that one all the way through lol..
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    uhoh - I think I just formatted the drive with BOOTMGR

    you can repair the MBR with easy bcd
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    Most affordable way to securely store 5+ TB?

    just burn weekly DVD backups and store them somewhere safe honestly you have more to worry about from drive failure then fire or flood
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    Which laptop?

    I am speaking overall across the board of all brands HP/Compaq has the highest number of system failures on their laptops here is a bit of reference to that point: http://www.squaretrade.com/htm/pdf/SquareTrade_laptop_reliability_1109.pdf I have been a tech since late 2002 and own my...
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    Which laptop?

    you have to be careful with refurbs most times they won't have the full warranty
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    Most affordable way to securely store 5+ TB?

    right that would be strictly a static storage cube
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    Which laptop?

    not only do their laptops blow but their imaging software is horrible horrible horrible
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    Which laptop?

    HP/Compaq are crap and that's a fact I have more of their laptops come into my shop for serious hardware failure than any other laptop brand on the market
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    Most affordable way to securely store 5+ TB?

    ah man your gonna make me cry lol...
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    Most affordable way to securely store 5+ TB?

    man 3 pages later we end up with exactly what I said in the third post
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    Best Desktop Deals?

    Oh really?
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    Blue Screen of Death Madness

    56 degrees at idle is high if the paste made a 30 degree difference that's not normal you must have had a retention/contact problem with the heatsink
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    Biostar MCP6P M2+ - Code 12 - not enough resources

    check your BIOS and make sure the BIOS sets IRQ's not the OS
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    Keep getting Blue screen

    drivers may not function correctly in an under power condition
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    Keep getting Blue screen

    yeah your power supply is just not enough for your system especially being overclocked
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    Keep getting Blue screen

    here just get this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139005
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    Keep getting Blue screen

    Are you not the one who overclocked it? If it's a black edition the multiplier may have been raised or non black the FSB
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    Keep getting Blue screen

    Yeah if the video card is not getting enough power that can happen. Try putting your CPU back at stock speed and see if it helps a bit just as a test
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    Keep getting Blue screen

    yeah your asking a lot of that PSU remember it's not as much about the watts you need amps everyone falls prey to this
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    Best Desktop Deals?

    Do yourself a favor and go with a custom built PC with OEM deals you are going to pay more money get less machine and less warranty.
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    Most affordable way to securely store 5+ TB?

    The whole point of this thread was to find a storage solution that was not a bank breaker yes there are much better faster ways to do this I think we all agree on that but 5TB of storage with backups does not come cheap so please keep that in mind at this point I think we have given many choices...
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    Keep getting Blue screen

    nope get a corsair and you'll be much better off please post the rest of your system spec
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    Keep getting Blue screen

    that has three +12 volt rails 2 at 18 Amps and one at 15 kinda on the light side it's better to have a single heavy +12 volt rail of around 25 amps or more when using any kind of large dedicated video card
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    Keep getting Blue screen

    I would make sure you have a proper power supply preferably one with a single large amperage +12 volt rail here are the power requirements for the X2 version of that card: 550 Watt or greater power supply with two 2x3-pin PCIe® power connectors required (750 Watt and four 6-pin...
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    Keep getting Blue screen

    what are you using for a power supply?