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    Quick question on an SSD.

    I'm considering a new SSD, currently have an OCZ Octane which I got back in March 2011. 125G, runs well so far. http://www.storagereview.com/ocz_octane_ssd_review I'm not very tech-savvy when it comes to specs, but I'm considering getting a new drive for two reasons, mine is currently...
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    New reasonable budget Photoshop build

    Budget is sitting at around $600-$700 I already know that I want an i5-2400 Power supply I picked out to be the Antec EarthWatts 500. Memory, not sure yet, depends on motherboard. Case, Rosewill Challenger.. My concern is the motherboard and video card. I'd like to have HDMI out on...
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    ASUS' BIOS updated fried my MOBO - help for replacement suggestion

    Well no thanks to ASUS' update BS program, I can't reset my mobo apparently (talked to a local computer tech on the phone). ***wish i read this link before doing the update http://superuser.com/questions/29221/how-to-recover-from-failed-bios-update *** So now I'm looking for a replacement...
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    SATA purchase

    I've been out of the loop for awhile in regards to harddrives and remember Seagate having problems with some of their drives a couple of years ago. So I'm looking for a drive to be my main boot drive for XP. From this list here, any suggestions and best bang for the buck...
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    Laptops without CD-DVD drives

    Anyone own one and in retrospect wishes they didn't? I like the idea of having something light, thin and portable, but just wondering if there are times where people wished they had a CD/DVD drive for whatever reason. As well, most programs require them to install programs don't they or is...
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    Quick and easy question (I'm sure)

    I had to swap the guts out from a case into a new one for my father, it was my first "build" and it went pretty smoothly actually. One question is the RAM. The mobo is the Asus A7N8X-X http://www.devhardware.com/c/a/Motherboards/Asus-A7N8X-X/ It has 3 slots for memory the first 2 on the...
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    Swapping out a case, narrowed down to 2

    My father's case's power button is busted so now I'm looking for a simple case to swap out the internals into a new case. I've narrowed it down to InWin and Antec 1) http://www.infonec.com/site/main.php?module=detail&id=442996 or 2)...
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    true or false

    having a lot of desktop icons is bad for RAM and startup. heard yes and no im confused :confused: