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    Speaker + G930 configuration

    hi guys, i recently got a new apartment and my pc is gonna be used to play casual tunes when i have guests over. currently i have a headphone setup with my g930, but im considering getting a set of speakers (no more than 2.1 as i live in an apartment). what model/brand etc would you...
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    Game recommendation

    hi guys, an avid dota 2 player here (no time for anything else these days due to life and other boring things). built a monster of a pc recently and was wondering if you could suggest a modern game that has elements (read storyline) and depth of old school classics like kotor1, age of...
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    Sound question

    hi guys, this is a rather specific question so please bear with me. i have a home PC that i wish to use as a main hub for all my data (already has 20+tb of storage space). in the past i used a logitech z5500 speaker system that connected to it, and a 2screens+projector set up. now that i...
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    I smiled today because...

    Ok, there seems to be quite a few negative threads out there so I'm going to be different and suggest a thread where you can all tell us about the last thing that made you smile and maybe make others smile too. It's not all bad and life is absolutely too short. Go out, play in the sunshine...
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    Sport car question

    hi guys, so I have to make a choice. Its that time of my life where I feel the need to get a decent sports car to compensate for....well whatever it is people compensate for anyways. I live in switzerland, and my budget is around $50 000. My options are as follows: European 2 seater...
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    Why wont it work?

    hi guys, just a quick one i have a wireless router and a new PC with a nas directly connected to it via cat6 (i have 2 nics on my mobo). i assigned the IP in the same range to the NAS and set the gateway the same as the router. however i can't see the nas from any other point in the house...
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    NZXT Phantom 820 question fans

    hi guys anybody here have the above case? i bought mine recently and wish to switch out the fans. any suggestions? currently its sitting on the stock Top: 1x 200mm Front: 1x 200mm Rear: 1x 140mm Side: 1x 200mm it has the capacity for Top: 2x 200mm (One included) or 2x 140mm or...
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    WD Red vs Purple

    hi guys i need to expand my storage by another 6TB and am wondering which option is better? my entire rig runs WD red, however I never heard of purple until now
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    Thank you anandtech for helping me build my new PC

    Specs Core i5 Intel 4690K (non overclocked, Arctic Silver used) Scythe Kotetsu cooler Asus Sabertooth Mark S Z97 motherboard 16 GB (8GBx2) Corsair Vengance Pro Silliber DDR3-1600 EVEGA 960GTX SSC Edition SSD Corsair Force GS 128GB WD 6TB RED WD 3TB RED WD 6TB RED Thermaltake...
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    Windows page file on an SSD

    hi guys should i disable it or leave like 100mb on it? old school user here
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    Case suggestion

    hi guys for the last 10 years i have been using the thermaltake armor (solid case no complaints) i am busy building a new pc and i was leaning heavily for the upgrade to level 10GT however the company i am buying from http://www.atelco.de/ is having issues with my delivery (they are...
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    Thermaltake vs Zalman

    Hey guys, I am building a new rig, and i havent done this in a while im going with a core i5 and a sabertooth board housed in a level 10GT thermaltake case. i wish to put some custom cooling, but last time i built something, zalman was the coolest thing out there...excuse the pun. what would...
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    Old veteran requesting assistance

    hi guys, i am finally building a new pc after nearly a decade of using the old and tested while i am up to date with cpu/mobo/ram, VGA is baffling me. what i want to do is have 3 screens 2 27" LED monitors 1 projector what i want is the following 1 27" to run dota 2 1 27" to listen...
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    2 screens and a projector question

    hi guys, so i decided to upgrade my rig and buy a new GPU. the set up i want to have is as follows: 2x 27" HDMI screens (one for gaming dota, one for playing videos etc while gaming). 1x VGA projector for movies in the evening (its connected using a 20m VGA cable to my bedroom) i am...
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    Two old samsung monitors help

    hi guys, i have the old Syncmaster P2770 (nonHD) screen. i had it for the last couple of years. today, i was given the Syncmaster SA550 which one should i keep? bear in mind, i watch movies and play dota on it. thanks
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    OS X and windows server 2008

    hi all, i recently upgraded the windows server environment in my office to windows 2008. now the only mac we have in the design center is refusing to connect to the shared n drive. any ideas?
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    outlook 2010 issue

    hi guys, my server is running 2003 exchange my outlook is 2010. it seems to me as if microsoft is deliberately trying my patience. What i did so far. I copied my pst file onto the default folder. Created my account. Set the above mentioned PST file as default. Now no matter what i...
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    Email to SMS

    Hi there, I am looking for a program that will give me the functionality to send sms' directly off the Outlook client. Does any such free program exist? Much appreciated.
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    Photoshop Guru's a little help please

    Hi guys, I have this girl in the office i work with that is always complaining how she is fat. Now if you look at a pic of her (below) you will clearly see that she is not. In fact, she is a belter. Ridiculously hot. Anyways, can someone help me photoshop this pic for an april's fool day...
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    7900GT issues

    Hi all, I had my 7900GT since it first came out and has served me well. When i bought her, i automatically upgraded the cooling to zalman fatality vga cooler It ran fine untill last week. Took off the cooler, cleaned it applied arctic silver. Checked the drivers, still no go The problem...
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    Assigning IP's at home

    Hi there, I have the following set up at home: 1 Desktop PC running Windows XP SP3 1 24 port switch various laptops that connect to the switch What i need is a program that will automatically assign IP addresses to any laptop that connects to my switch so we can lan easily. Is...
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    Going around admin policy

    Hi all, I am one of the admins at my company. Recently our boss used a group policy to block off firefox.exe and asked me to see if his method is foolproof. I am trying to hack it. Unfortunately the change of name/location is not effective, so my next step is to try change the process name...
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    Projector question

    Hi all, Gonna be spending the bonus on this little thing Link The location im gonna set it up is in my bedroom with the wall being 4m from the projector. Then i'm gonna run the cable through to my PC in the computer room next door, and its gonna be used as a movie viewer. Any...
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    Mobo died just in time

    So for the past 3 years i had the trusty fatality from abit (an8). It sadly passed away last night. Let it rest in peace. **initiates a moment of silence** right. Now that that is done lets pick out a new mobo. Here are the requirements: It has to be intel. I have used AMD till now, and...
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    Considering getting an older car

    Hi all, Just recently got a new job that allows me to spend a little more on a car. Am currently driving a dec2005 Toyota tazz 1.3. Fuel efficient and all, but really a crap car in terms of the hotness factor. So I decided to upgrade. And I saw the beauty 1997 Mitsubishi GTO at a dealer...
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    How many forum users does it take to change a lightbulb?

    1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently 7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs 1 to move it to the Lighting section 2 to...
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    Manage my home PC while at work

    Here is the problem. At home I have an uncapped line. At work I have a proxy line that monitors bandwith. What i want to do is get files from rapidshare and other sites that use authentication to my home pc from work. Is there any way to do so? I was thinking remote desktop, but have never...
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    Secure sharing over a large network

    The setup is as follows Users>Active directory Now i need to set up a folder on the server that is going to be highly protected and only 3 users will have access to it. Within the folder will be document files (.doc,.exl) that need to be modified by those three users on the fly, and also...
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    Excel picture disappearing

    I have an excel spreadsheet. I added a picture, and as i scroll up or down, the picture keeps on disappearing (going invisible) Things i tried: Bring to front Copy-delete original -paste new pic over Running out of ideas. Any assistance is greatly appreciated Regards Z
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    Music player that will play simultaniously over lan

    Ok here's the deal. We live in res. Some of our friends want to see if a collective of speakers will outdo a single awesome speaker system. So as a result (since we are all connected over lan) we need a program that will play the same song at the same start time. Anyone know of anything of...
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    FTP Commander Replacement

    The problem with ftp commander is that it only has 2 windows. any program that has the ability to connect to 2 or more different servers and copy data between them. as it stands, now, i have to copy everything across to my hard drive, and then i gotta upload it to the second server. any help is...
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    dxva_sig

    Whenever I open a video file, it makes a small txt file in the same folder. I have been wondering about this for years. Any suggestions?
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    Bragging topic

    Just acquired him. Named him Loki. Quite a fella. He is my first pet and he is awesome. He is a pure Siamese and he is not nocturnal, ie he sleeps when i sleep which is an added bonus. http://img360.imageshack.us/im...139/lokiandodinrc1.jpg Whatcha guys think? I think you already...
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    Bragging topic

    Just acquired him. Named him Loki. Quite a fella. He is my first pet and he is awesome. He is a pure Siamese and he is not nocturnal, ie he sleeps when i sleep which is an added bonus. http://img360.imageshack.us/im...139/lokiandodinrc1.jpg Loki2 Whatcha guys think?
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    Cataloging software

    Heres the deal I spent many years acquiring media (songs in particular). I would get a cd, rip it, rename it to the following specs Artist Name-Song Title As soon as i got enough mp3's, I would burn it onto a dvd. I would then manually catalog it into an excel spreadsheet and reference it...
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    Adobe reader updater

    I dont have a fast internet connection (slower than dialup) and am wondering if everytime i start acrobat reader, if there is a way to disable its updater? Any help is greatly appreciated!
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    Considering going water

    I am heavily considering water cooling my rig. Now im not new to air cooling, but since i have never used water cooled setups, i would like to hear your opinions first. I'm gonna start small. Thermaltake Big water 735 http://www.thermaltake.com/product/Liguid/DIY/cl-w0075/cl-w0075.asp...
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    The best wireless mouse out there

    I have an G15 keyboard. I also have a microsoft intelli mouse wireless explorer (1st generation). I heard good stuff about the G7, and it would look nice next to my keyboard. The bad side is that it only has one side button, hence back and forward is nearly impossible with browsing I like...
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    Is this cooler any good?

    Fatal1ty FS-V7 Its a zalman cooler for the gpu. I never had experience with them, as i used to have a tt giant 3 on my old 6600GT. So what are your opinions? Should i get it? (i oc quite a bit)
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    Is 8ms response time good?

    I am considering buying a acer AL1916A, and it has a 8ms gray to gray response time. Is that any good for gaming? Any assistance is appreciated.