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    dual 4K capable GPU

    Wife does primarily photo editing and web editing on her PC, got her dual 4K displays. She'll play an occasional video game, but don't mind running games at 1080, no need to game at 4k for her occasional use. What GPU will get me there? Alternatively I'm not opposed to buying one GPU per...
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    Poor cooling with megahalems

    So i got my I5 2500K and saw idle temps around 35*C with a minor OC of 3.9Ghz (all i did was up the BCLK to 105) If playing Crysis i'd see load temps well into 65 C. I decided if iw as going to do any overclocking i needed a new cooler so did some reading and decided to spring for the...
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    P8P67 Deluxe wont detect raid card in 2nd PCIE slot

    I've been playing with my PCIe Areca ARC-1210 raid card in my new setup and finally by putting (squeezing) it in the bottom PCIE slot i get it to work, nothing seemed to allow it to be detected when it was in the 2nd PCIe slot on my board. I looked through the bios (even tried disabling the...
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    When do the Sandy Bridge i3's come out?

    Buddy of mine is wanting to build a budget HTPC, and really liked the pricepoint of the i3. But I have yet to see any available. Anyone know when they'll be out?
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    Will you be going 2600K or 2500K?

    Just curious what others are planning to purchase. at roughly $100 difference i don't think the extra threads, or cache are worth it. benchmarks show the two CPU's running nearly identical, even anands review showed the i5 on top of the i7.
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    Long range baby monitors?

    little out there I know...but my neighbor and I have a predicament...anytime I need him to come over while the kids are napping to help with something it's an ordeal because the baby monitor won't reach across the street... Can anyone recommend some that have a serious range? We're talking...
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    Quiet cooling for i7 & new GPU's

    I'm looking to upgrade my 'old' C2D Conroe, to an i7 and whatever the new GPU's are (been out of this for a while) I currently use a scythe ninja to cool my c2d, i'm going to assume the i7's use a new mounting system so I'll have to find something new. I will be overclocking, not going for...
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    Can't get dual video cards to work in Vista (3 monitors)

    I recently acquired a 3rd large LCD to place next to my 2 2407's. I picked up an nvidia 8400GS pci graphics card to give me a 3rd PCI slot. my 2nd PCIE slot is being used for a raid card... In any case. i cannot get vista to boot with the 2nd card installed. my primary card is an 8800GTS...
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    1000VA/600W Ultra UPS -- Good Deal?

    Anyone have any experience with ULTRA Ups's? I've had fine luck with their PSU's. I need a new one but not sure of any deals going on currently.
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    Windows Server event log backups

    we currently limit our log files to be 4-8MB. We are logging nearly everything so they fill up pretty fast. What do you guys use to backup the logs? I'd like to be able to keep say...2-4 weeks worth of logs, but not keep all the events in the event viewer because it tends to slow down when...
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    To fix...or scrap?

    I've had a set of Cambridge Soundworks 510D 5.1 speakers for about 4-5 years now, I love these things. They're not the best anymore but they were a gift, and they worked great. I recently returned home from a trip and they did not work when i came back. I don't think it was any kind of...
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    The housing market...Good time to buy?

    I'm sure others are in a similar position. I currently live at home with my parents. It's not really a problem, except that I wouldn't mind having a garage, and start building some equity. I've begun looking at houses in the area, the market is at a low, I looked at a house on Sunday that...
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    Upgrade advice?

    Well my parents need a new computer, and I typically use these opportunities to upgrade my own rig, and pass mine off to them. I've currently got a P5B Deluxe with an E6400 running at 2.9Ghz on air. Being out of the loop for a few months I've missed the latest gen Motherboards. My...
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    Calling all IT guys...Inventory Tracking system

    Well, the company I work for currently has NO method of tracking any of their inventory. From things like SecureID key fobs, Treo's, Blackberries, laptops, etc. What I'd like to do is start tracking this stuff - because its ridiculous for our company to not know what we have...I shudder to...
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    Question about mini-dv tapes

    ok we have two kinds of tapes. One says its for HD, one doesnt.... http://www.bestbuy.com/site/ol...50003&id=1168042839565 http://www.bestbuy.com/site/ol...50003&id=1130981881759 Whats the difference? MiniDV and HDV both compress the same way. Why do they charge THAT much more for...
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    Print screen software

    I'm trying to create a visual "How To" for our users to perform some tasks, and Would like to incorporate screenshots into it, the problem is, windows does not capture the cursor, and I want to have the cursor in there as a pointing tool. I tried a google search and a lot of the results just...
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    YAH(headset)T: Any BIG over the ear USB headsets?

    I hate small headphones, I like big headphones that go completely over my ears, and a mic that is flexible and will rest in front of your face. Think Pilot headphones... I don't need stellar sound quality its just for voice (FSX and WOW), and ambient WoW sounds. As long as the mic quality is...
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    Any GIMP equivalents for video editing?

    I've used Premiere, but don't own it, so I'm looking at some alternatives because i can't afford premiere at the moment. are there any gimp equivalents for video? What are good alternative softwares? I'd like a bit more capability than the windows movie maker software. I do have an HD...
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    Can I have Outlook download gmail sent items?

    I like to use outlook to manage my email and contacts...is there a way I can have it download my sent items from gmail?
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    When ground beef turns brown

    I typically live by the "if it still smells OK or doesn't have a smell its OK to eat" rule. But I am curious, is there some sort of fact about ground beef and when its "OK" to eat still? If you leave it in the fridge for like 2-3 days, it starts to turn brown. If its brown but still smells...
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    Is now the time to buy a new card?

    So i've got a 7900GT OC currently....it works great in games, and worked great in XP. However Vista drivers seem to be kaput. Every now and then I will randomly get "the video card driver has stopped responding, vista was able to recover it" I get it all the time, regardless of what I'm...
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    Anyone goto Virginia Tech?

    Buddy of mine is an RA, and said campus is on lockdown because of a shooting? Doesn't appear to have hit the news yet - but if you goto school there be safe. Pretty sick/sad that people do this crap...
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    YAH(house)T: Advice on roomates vs living alone

    I'm 22, 23 in a few days. Live/work in Fairfax VA. Graduated from College last May, took the summer as some vacation personal time, accepted my offer to start at a Government contractor in August. Things are going great at work, just got a raise, my commute is 10-15 min if i leave at the...
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    Anyone have experience w/ aftermarket Webasto sunroof's

    I own a 2007 Mazdaspeed3 - its not offered with a sunroof for whatever reason (the speed 6 wasn't offered with one at first either) Its said that there may be some roof supports and thats the reason - but nobody REALLY knows for certain. Anyways - Anyone gotten an aftermarket sunroof...
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    64-bit vista nvidia drivers - randomly freezing?

    Just installed 64 bit vista last night, have an Nvidia 7900GTO - Installed the 64 bit vista drivers, and twice now my screen has gone blank - and then come back and Vista tells me "your video card driver has stopped responding temporarily, we were able to recover" It never did this in 32bit...
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    LSI's Megaraid Power Console Plus HELP!!

    Need help using their power console... Here is my situation. I have 3x750GB drives in Raid 5 currently on my MegaRaid 300x8 PCI-X SATA card. I would like to add a 4th (and eventually 5th) drive to the ARRAY. I see I can add a drive to the LOGICAL drive - this however is not what I want...
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    How to beat back baldness

    so i've noticed i'm a little thinner on top than normal. I'm only 22 - and well it runs in the family. anyways - was going to try Rogain - but damn $25/mo? What have the people of ATOT tried and been successful with? Figure might as well try fighting early rather than waiting for it to...
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    Bachelor Party Ideas?

    Long time buddy of mine is getting married in July...7/7/07, he more picked the date because it worked with everyones schedules, and was convenient that it was trip 7's. He's not really a gambler, he won't enjoy going to a strip club, and he's getting married in SW VA (bachelor party could...
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    Vista box...hard to open?

    It took me a very long time (longer than it should) to open the vista box... anyone else have the same issues? i was trying to open it like a book...rather than just open it...like taking a book off the shelf is the best way i can explain how it actually opened.
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    Issues with my Asus board...constant BEEEEEEEEP

    holy crap could this be anymore annoying... Constant beep as soon as I turn it on. started randomly about an hour ago, temps are fine, removed all hardware..still does it. Can't flash the bios, doesnt seem to load the bios flash tool... Clearing CMOS does not fix it. Any ideas? It...
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    Linux & my LSI MegaRaid 300x8 Sata raid card...how?

    How do i get this to work in gentoo? If i load up the live CD it works like a champ and I can access it as sda, i see no lsi logic modules to load in the kernel...the device obviously works since I can access it with the live cd.
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    new GS108, how to get gigabit?

    Bought these from buy.com a while back when they had em for ~$30 for the 8 port. Figured what the heck, why not. Finally got around to upgrading my network, pug it in, and well...only the 100Mbit light is lit. On any cable. I've got a gigabit card in my main PC, and in my server as well...
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    heard of officepro2007download.com ?

    Heard of it? I got this in the mail...it looks legit but the website only lets you download a 300+mb file, but there is no content on the site? Text Text sketchy? free? legit? thoughts? -Matt
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    Any SD Card repair tools?

    can't format it in the camera OR the pc...randomly happened last night. 2gb card, windows says its not formatted, tries to, fails. same with the camera. dammit its brand new too :(
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    Convert from NTFS/Fat32 to linux FS

    I highly doubt this is possible...But i was curious if anyone here has done it- or has suggestions on HOW to do it? Problem: I have 3x750GB drives in raid 5, about 300GB free. I am pondering converting my server from Win2003 to linux. Why? No real reason other than ive become much more...
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    Opty 165 VS. Core2 VS X2

    I'm rebuilding my fileserver. My current file server is a dual athlon MP 2400+ setup. Its nice, but i need to upgrade its not chugging fast enough for me anymore. I use my server for backup video encodes and video capture, so while I leave most stuff running overnight, it'd be nice to not...
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    C2D Board with PCI-X?

    anyone know of any? The only ones I see are dual socket...and $400 This dual AMD needs replaced but i need to keep my raid card. I just need a board with pci-x and gigabit ethernet...GRR Thanks
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    Best $200 Point & Shoot camera? SD**0's still top dogs?

    bout a year ago i almost bought an SD450. Instead I bought my D50, and now do plenty of shooting with it, and got some new glass for it too. I have been playing with the idea of either buying a new lens and polarizer for my D50, or buying a P&S camera. I lug my D50 around a lot when I know...
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    Still audio problems on a P5B Deluxe board...any updates?

    I still have the clicking and sound issues with the onboard sound on my P5B Deluxe. I'm overclocked on a E6400 @ 3Ghz. No issues at stock speeds. I know others had this problem and many overclock on this board so I cannot imagine everyone going without sound. Any tips?
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    are YOU going to preorder WoW: BC?

    Or do you think there will be deals on it...or will it be hard to get just like WoW was originally?