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    Gigabit Router question.

    Hrm. What if I have a managed switch (layer 3 for example) or a smoothwall or similar, would it not be able to (theoretically) "reconfigure" the package between different MRU/MTU's? NIC (9000) -> Layer 3 Switch / Smoothwall -> "Reconfiguring" -> Internet (1500) Internet (1500) -> Layer 3...
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    Gigabit Router question.

    Sadly no Jumbo Frames support on that one, else I'd have loved it =)
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    Gigabit Router question.

    Thank you for the replies, much appreciated! As I wrote on my "two solutions" I was going to use CAT6 cabling, Giga NICs and Switch all with Jumbo Frame support, and you confirmed this, which I thank you for. What I fail to understand (and want to learn) is why my transfer speed would...
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    Gigabit Router question.

    Hey everyone, I'm looking to upgrade my home network and while one could argue (which is reasonable) that gigabit home networks aren't really needed, or fully utilized, and a waste of money I still wish to pursue this. With that said, I'm looking at two different solutions (CAT 6 Cabling)...
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    How much power do I need really?

    Thanks again for all the help. Ended up picking the OCZ Powerstream 520. By all accounts seems like a solid and powerful unit, hopefully it will suit me well for quite some time =)
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    How much power do I need really?

    Ok, after doing even more research I've decided on the OCZ brand. So it's either a Powerstream 520 or a Powerstream 600. I'm not running a SLI config now (or within a year) but if SLI is here to stay I'd rather that my PSU could handle it easily. Thoughts between or two, or is it just a toss-up...
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    How much power do I need really?

    Great advice, I'll certainly take it to heart! Shame that I cannot find PC Power and Cooling in Sweden, I really love it heh. But to import, with time delay, custom fees ontop of the already hefty price...uhm no.
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    How much power do I need really?

    Seasonic, PCPC and Zippy are almost non-existant on swedish vendors. Fortron, Antec and to some extent OCZ is available along with numerous no-name brands. As it stands right now, I'm pondering between Antec Neopower 480 or OCZ Modstream 520. Thoughts?
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    How much power do I need really?

    I've heard of PC Power & Cooling, (hard if not impossible to find in Sweden, but I'll keep looking) but I haven't heard of Zippy. Could you give me a link? EDIT: Sorry for breaking the 4-hour bump your own post rule, wasn't my intention to bump, forgot :/ Won't happen again. EDIT 2: Hum...
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    How much power do I need really?

    Hi everyone, I'm just about getting done with my new computer build, and my old one is gonna retire as a smoothwall, so it's gonna inherit my current PSU, so I'll need a new one. I've been reading up on a lot of PSU's, and the names Antec, OCZ and PC&Cooling all seem to come out on top (if...
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    How often do you upgrade your rigs?

    Major system overhauls every 2 years or so. Individual upgrades when I can afford it, once per 6 months or so. Usually go with 2 cpus and 2 video cards per motherboard. More drives/memory when I find the "spare cash". When I do the major overhauls I try to get as high up on the ladder as...
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    Pro's and Con's with these two setups? (Trying to decide which one to get)

    I'm sitting on a 12/9 mbit half duplex vdsl+ connection now that is gonna be upgraded (got fiber into apartment now) into a 100/100 mbit full duplex fiber within a couple of weeks, so bandwith isn't much of a problem in and of itself. Being that I have never had an AMD system before myself...
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    Pro's and Con's with these two setups? (Trying to decide which one to get)

    I can wait a month or so without any problems. I can use my current setup for a little while longer and later turn that into a smoothwall and hide away in my hall. I really don't wanna go with AGP because that would mean I would be forced to grab a new motherboard (and possibly memory/cpu) the...
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    Pro's and Con's with these two setups? (Trying to decide which one to get)

    I live in Sweden, so only companies that ship internationally are companies I can use, aside from the local ones obviously :/
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    Pro's and Con's with these two setups? (Trying to decide which one to get)

    Interesting, you both have a very good point. The problem then would be to actually find anyone with 6800 GT's in stock, I've only seen 6800's, not any GT's or Ultras for sale here as PCI-E, and I'd have to go with another brand other than Asus, since they haven't (per their webpage) released...
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    Pro's and Con's with these two setups? (Trying to decide which one to get)

    Hey everyone, First post, but longtime reader and computer user/builder. Background: It's time to upgrade my P4 2.4 and my Geforce 5900 128mb into something else. Granted, I've been an Intel system user for a long time, but I'm open-minded and I am, like most of us I would assume, wanting...