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    Best upgrade for Pentium 4?

    A pc at my wife's office is in desperate need of attention. It's an HP desktop, with a Northwood 2.4ghz P4. 512mb of ram, running Windows XP, and a 75gb hd. They have some legacy software that they are not confident will run on anything newer than XP, and they want to spend as little as...
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    GTX 470 for $50 - take it?

    I've got a 4770 (non-k) and I'm currently using its onboard graphics. I run linux, and up until very recently, was using the onboard to drive three displays, and I never gamed. That machine is now pretty much collecting dust, and only runs one monitors. A coworker told me he has an unused...
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    Haswell with 3 monitors "just works" w/Mint 15

    FYI, I built a new machine using an i7 4770 and a mobo with vga, hdmi, displayport, and dvi. I just received my third monitor today, a Dell 2412M, and plugged it in via displayport. The other two monitors are 23" 1080p monitors. I'm running Mint 15 x64 with Cinnamon, and version 3.9x of the...
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    Any problems going from DisplayPort out to DVI/HDMI Display?

    So Haswell can run three displays, independently, as long as one of them is DisplayPort. I don't have any DisplayPort monitors at the moment. Browsing NewEgg shows that DisplayPort equipped monitors are more expensive than HDMI or DVI equipped displays. Would there be any problem with running a...
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    Subjective haswell experience

    With the help of some on this board, I am in the midst of an upgrade. I don't do anything cpu intensive - I don't game, I don't transcode, I don't even serve up media. I just do java software development. The majority of my cpu time is fairly idle, with the exception of software builds and...
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    Samsung 840 Pro - unpartitioned space *required*?

    Overprovisioning question: does this drive need free space that may be partitioned, or does it required *unpartitioned* space to operate efficiently?
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    Anyone install on Haswell?

    Just got in my Haswell parts (4770, 16gb, Samsung 840 Pro 256gb, msi mobo), and I am having all kinds of problems installing Linux Mint 14 (Nadia) 64bit, both Cinnamon and KDE. Having all kinds of weird rendering problems from the live CD's, and the installer is just freezing at 66% "Configuring...
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    Feedback on software development build

    I've pieced together a machine for java software development (and some virtualization [VirtualBox]) and would like some feedback. I had originally planned on trying my hand at overclocking, but have since decided against it. I don't necessarily have a budget in mind, but I'm thinking <$700 US...
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    Any "official" way to suggest articles?

    Is there any official way to suggest articles to Anantech, or to request articles on certain topics? With the release of Haswell, I've been hoping that somebody would actually put this whole three-display stuff through its paces, but every outlet seems to be ignoring this functionality...
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    Real RDP alternatives?

    I've been tinkering with all kinds of remoting options to remote to my Mint14/Cinnamon desktop. That machine is running 2x1080p displays. My client is a Win7 laptop with a 1600x900 display. Using xrdp or vino, I can get into my main user session and see everything, but once logged in, I have...
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    Complete overclocking novice questions

    I've never overclocked anything, but I understand the concept. I'm interested in possibly OC'ing my next build, but I have some questions. Purpose of the build: I don't play games. The next build is purely for java development, and will run linux. The only reason I'm interested in OC'ing is...
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    What is Haswell's "collage" mode?

    I want to another purely non-gaming build, and I was pricing out equipment based on a 3770k. Then I read about Haswell's support for three displays in "collage" mode. This has me very interested. Anybody have any ideas about what this actually means? I'm interested because I want to run three...
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    Switching Desktop Environments - taskbar across monitors

    I posted this on another forum, but it got no traction, so i am posting it here. Currently running Mint14+Cinnamon. It appears that Cinnamon cannot stretch the taskbar across multiple monitors. It may seem silly, but I think this just might be a killer for me. So now I'm on the looking for...
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    Programming for teenagers - know any forums/communities?

    I'm teaching my son some introductory programming stuff. He has gone through two semesters of the Kid Coder series, but IMO there was too much hand-holding and not enough critical thinking. So I've decided to start assigning him "homework" myself, but I'm running out of ideas. I'm looking for...
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    CPU upgrade from i5-2300?

    I have an off-the-shelf PC that I purchased about two years ago. It is a gateway DX4850-27eu. Full product specs are here (max mem capacity is 16gb, unlike the 8gb listed): http://us.gateway.com/gw/en/US/content/model/PT.GBL02.017 I would like to upgrade the CPU. I don't care about graphics -...
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    Video card for dual display under ubuntu

    I'm planning on a linux/ubuntu build, primarily for java development. I want to support dual monitors in an extended desktop scenario. The motherboard I am considering has no onboard video. So, which video card will be sufficient and have good driver support? I don't [think] I need a...
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    java development / unbuntu build

    Well since I'm retarded and put my original thread in the wrong section the last time around, I've decided to give it another try in this section. I need help putting together a build. I've been out of the hardware game for like seven years, so please go easy on me. I want to put together a...
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    java development / unbuntu build

    I need help putting together a build. I've been out of the hardware game for like seven years, so please go easy on me. I want to put together a machine for java development, under ubuntu. It will be running stuff like eclipse/myeclipse, mysql, multiple jboss instances, and possibly some vm's...
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    Core unlocking, easy overclocking - non-windows machines?

    I've been out of the hardware game for a long time. I've noticed that a lot of modern boards advertise features for unlocking cores and easy overclocking. How are these features implemented? Are these features implemented in the bios, or in windows programs? I ask because I plan on an ubuntu...
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    mobo for phenom x4, integrated video

    First post - I'm putting together a parts list for a new build. I've been out of the game for a long time now; the last time I did anything other than change hard drives was back in 2003. Anyway, I want to build a machine for java development, including database stuff and even multiple vm's...