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    Anyone used a Silverstone SG13? What do you think?

    I'd love to get some opinions on this case. Especially compared to the Coolermaster Elite 130. What kind of cooling did you use? I'm looking at just using stock cooling and not overclocking and putting a quiet 140mm fan in the case. Worth it? Another case worth looking at that's small...
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    College tuition

    It's really simple. Do you guys think that our system makes sense and is good for the country? 1. In the US you can get a mediocre education with a $35,000 job waiting for you on the other end if you're lucky, and still pay $120,000 for a 4.5 year degree. Even if you were lucky and went to...
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    Picking a UPS

    I have never needed to buy one before. I'm building 2 midrange rigs using most likely 500W corsairs with PFC and a NAS with maybe 400W. How do I pick one out? I messed around with the online selectors for brands like APC and Cyberpower but I don't know. I'm definitely not looking to...
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    27 inch 1080p or 1440p?

    Kinda curious. I have to build two new systems and am looking to save money. Since 4k content isn't ready is 1080p all I need? One might be used for lightroom and the other lots of excel so is 1440p a better option?
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    NAS, server, and/or USB drive

    I'm a but confused on my options. Right now I have backups and data in two countries and countless drives. It's a mess. I can't use the cloud since my internet is too slow. 1. I want central file storage for my family. I'm thinking of just keeping a SSD in each machine and letting everyone...
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    Tsunami - old but worth a look

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spg62-MrYpQ I had seen a lot of the videos from the Fukushima tsunami but missed this one somehow. Thought some might find it interesting.
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    How fat are you?

    BBC has a calculator on their site http://www.bbc.com/news/health-18770328 That's using the USA as my country. And I'm 5kg overweight at the moment. Otherwise I'm at 95%. More interesting though is that the USA is one of the fattest countries in the world. They list it as number 6...
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    Universal Healthcare in the USA

    Had someone get into a big debate with me the other day about everything Anti-American and he brought up Michael Moore. I had to run the gauntlet from 911 to fat people to capitalism. The works. Now I've read some of his books and seen some of his movies but we're talking years ago. Never...
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    Building a small PC for air travel

    I'm a ways out from actually doing it but I am seriously considering building a small machine that I can take as carry on between countries. I have been looking at ITX and Micro ATX but as far as I can tell the only real difference is no SLI capable ITX boards and they're a bit more expensive...
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    Building 2nd PC

    1. Using it for: Mostly for malware analysis. A second rig to tinker around with VM. 2. $600 USD or less. 3. USA 6. I have an old, dead, Core-2 Duo rig that I'm going to pull the following out of: DVD-RW 40GB HD. If it doesn't use SATA I have a 320GB laying around. I have an old GTX 260...