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    Help picking a reliable X79 board for workstation

    Hello, I am building a workstation to last me for several years. As such, I am prioritizing reliability and silence when selecting components. The two choices I have narrowed myself to are the Intel DX79SI and the ASUS P9X79 WS. The Intel is less expensive and has fewer PCI-e slots, but...
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    Cloning existing install on 512B sector drive to 4K sector SSD

    Hello, I just took the plunge and bought an SSD (Samsung 830 256GB, if you're interested). My current machine has an old PATA 180GB system drive with a Win7 Pro X64/Mythbuntu dual boot. I'd really rather not do a fresh install of windows on the new drive. I can lose the linux install since...
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    Quiet Case Recommendations for a Workstation-eqsue system

    I have pretty sensitive hearing, so as I am planning my new system I am trying to find a case that is quiet. I am looking for suggestions from users of any case who think they have sensitive hearing. I'd also love to hear from owners of the cases below. I have read several of Dustin's...
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    PCI SATA card

    A family member gave me a 400GB seagate harddrive for my birthday. I found out, unfortunately, that it uses SATA and none of my desktops have SATA (yes, they are that old). Since I am a ways off from upgrading to anything that supports SATA, and I don't want to bog down the performance of the...
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    Folder Synchronization/comparison

    I am working on a friend's computer and I backed up several of his important folders to my file server running SaMBa. However, just to be certain, I want to double check that all the files copied correctly and that even the hidden folders/files were copied. Every application I've tried so...
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    Taking Hardware Suggestions for a new Workstation

    So, I rarely have enough money for a PC, but I've saved up, and I need a workstation that will last me at least 5 years. I personally want to build it, so I can choose the parts. This system will do just about everything: A/V Editing/TV recording, gaming, software development, internet. I...
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    Dimension 4100 CPU compatability

    I found an old socket 370 Pentium 3 (Celeron, maybe) Tualatin 1.4 GHz, that runs a 100MHz FSB, has 256k L2 cache. I have an old Dell Dimension 4100 that I use quite a bit, but the CPU is feeling its age, so I was curious if I could put this CPU into this motherboard. I don't want to put it in...
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    CPU compatable with Dimension 4100 Motherboard?

    I found an old socket 370 Pentium 3 (Celeron, maybe) Tualatin 1.4 GHz, that runs a 100MHz FSB, has 256k L2 cache. I have an old Dell Dimension 4100 that I use quite a bit, but the CPU is feeling its age, so I was curious if I could put this CPU into this motherboard. I don't want to put it in...
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    IPTables vs pf

    I'm building a "busy box" for LAN parties that will act (among other things) as a firewall/router. The only thing that is determining the OS that I use is whether the OS can run the Steam Linux Dedicated Server. I know FreeBSD, which has pf, has Linux Binary Compatability, so that OS is an...
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    MediaWiki help

    I'm setting up a Wiki based on the MediaWiki software for a college. One of the requests is that articles are only editable by users with accoutns (not anonymous users) and that the discussion pages are editable by all users (including anonymous ones) Anybody out there with experience...
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    The lesser of two cards?

    I'm giving one of my old systems to a friend who really needs it (his system is even older and is dying) but I have two AGP cards, and I want to know which card is better. I have a Geforce2 MX400 with 64MB of SDRAM and a Matrox card that I think is a Millenium G450 (there's no label on the...
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    Which old CPU is better?

    I recently inherited some old hardware from a friend's kid brother, 5 old systems to be exact. Not every system works, so I am taking the working pieces from each to build a single good system. The system will be hosting Half-Life1 dedicated server (under Linux) for small LAN parties. But I...