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    SOHA NAS drives

    I apologize if this has been covered, but my search came up empty. I'm looking to purchase a NAS appliance sometime in the next 6 months. I'm looking at 8 bays, probably around $1000, with offerings from Qnap and Synology being the leaders right now. I'll be using this for the following tasks...
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    Maximus VI Hero + Realtek

    I just picked up this motherboard for a new PC I've built. Since my old Creative board is a PCI card, I couldn't use it in the new rig. So I'm trying out the onboard and for clarity it stacks up pretty well, but I'm frustrated by one facet. I can't seem to expand stereo sound beyond the 2...
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    ESXi 4+ motherboard

    I want to set up an ESXi box at home. Trouble is when I went to Whitebox HCL website (http://www.vm-help.com//esx40i/esx40_whitebox_HCL.php) , all the motherboards they had been confirmed working were out of stock in the brands/configurations I wanted. I was hoping to get something that...
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    VMWare ESXi and video

    I'm thinking of replacing several of my test servers at home with virtualized boxes using ESXi and new hardware. In addition to the existing servers, I was toying with the idea of creating a Windows guest server with the purpose of running PlayOn on it, a service which transcodes video to the...
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    Mobo for VMWare box

    I've been building computers for gaming for over a decade now, but I'm into new territory here and trying to keep this on a budget so I'm reaching out to the forum. I'll need to give a little background so bear with me. What I want to do is put a box together and then use VMware to slice it into...
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    Replacing P5W-DH Deluxe

    Well, with less than a year owning the thing, my overclocked E6600 system is in the shop being repaired. Normally I do it myself but I just don't have the time anymore. After a power outtage the video on the system didn't output (yes it was a behind a surge protector. No I don't really trust...