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    Considering Upgrades

    Well, I'm looking at changing cases anyway, since I want to have side panels again, so the positioning might change.
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    Considering Upgrades

    Haha, one sits in a very narrow corridor between the ram and the heatsink, and the other sits directly in front of its socket, near the mounting bracket of the heatsink and beside the heatsink itself. If either move, which happens more than I'd like, I hear a grinding noise =P Not really...
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    Considering Upgrades

    It has two unsecured fans sitting on top of my power supply.... xD;
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    Considering Upgrades

    Yeah, my case thread's also gone into recommendations for upgrades, it seems @_@ Seagate ST2000DM001 were recommended instead of Cav Blacks. I also have a decidedly strange cpu cooler, which was my primary reason to want to upgrade, especially if i was changing motherboards. I was recommended to...
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    Looking For a New Case

    The side panels my contact attempted to get lasercut, and promptly cut through the metal supports and mounting brackets as well as screws that held them in. On both sides. I've sent messages to about 20 different places, three replied with negatives. Silver PC said they had it, then linked me...
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    Looking For a New Case

    Nah, the contact I got the system from tried to mod it and failed dismally... What would you recommend as a good upgrade, the board you linked or was that just an example? I'm starting work again now, so I'll do some quick searches when I can and might do a more thorough search when I get...
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    Looking For a New Case

    So in your opinion, don't worry about upgrading the CPU, just change the heatsink and get the Fractal? Also, where would that be in Bios?
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    Looking For a New Case

    Shh, it's gone now =P
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    Looking For a New Case

    My phone was being awesome, so I'll just edit this post. Yeah, the second link looks like it's slower and less efficient, but about half the noise. Not that it matters to me. It'll be about 3 hours before I get home, I can do a more thorough search then. So the Fractal will be my best...
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    Looking For a New Case

    http://www.austin.net.au/cooler-master-tpc-812-vertical-vapor-chamber.html http://www.austin.net.au/coole-master-x6-socket-am2am3-intel-socket-11.html Found these after a quick look, I'll look through PLE, MSY and PC Case Gear in more detail when I get home. it looks like we don't have the...
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    Looking For a New Case

    The Asus Rampage III Formula had two oc settings for the i7, one puts it up to 3.33 (which I'm currently running) and another that clocked it higher that I'll look at when I get home. Will either of them be a problem to run? I ran a p95 test on it, held at about 75C under full load with the...
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    Looking For a New Case

    That case looks pretty good, could put these fans in (they seem pretty low-q though). Are those Seagates as reliable as WD? I'm rather new to hardware in general, so forgive me if these questions have been asked before xD Would I be better off getting a better cooler if I can spare the money...
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    Looking For a New Case

    I'm looking at replacing them, since one is being a pain. There's more detail on the other thread I linked, I might replace them with 2TB caviar blacks. Your link doesn't work. And like I said, it's weird xD Might just buy another Cpu and install that, use the stock cooler on that. Don't...
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    Looking For a New Case

    Sure. Currently, I'm thinking of porting my entire system over, which contains: ASUS Rampage III Formula Intel i7 950 3 x 4GB Corsair Dominator ASUS GTX 680 DirectCU II Corsair HX 1000W I'll be looking to fit 2x SSDs, 1x DVD drive and 7 HDDs inside. I don't intend on going overboard with...
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    Looking for Opinions on My Headset

    Hello, I currently have an Afterglow wireless headset connected to an Audioengine D1, and I was wondering if I should upgrade. I got a PS3 I can connect the Afterglow to, and since some friends of mine have wanted me to start gaming on the PS3, which lead to the question, should I upgrade my PC...
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    Considering Upgrades

    Hi, I'm currently looking for a new case for my system http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2339694"]here, and I was wondering if I should bother upgrading some parts while I'm at it. This is a picture of my current setup: "]Link! I'm considering upgrading the motherboard, CPU and...
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    Looking For a New Case

    Hello, This is my current case: http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx145/ValentineShadow/Case/IMG_20130830_134953.jpg Its side panels were damaged, and unfortunately I have been unable to find replacements. So I was looking to upgrade; It's a full tower case, Lian Li PC-V2000, and I'm looking...
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    Looking at SATA III RAID Controllers

    @smakme Yeah, a little xD Trying to follow though. Thanks for the breakdown of +- on NAS, that makes it a lot clearer. Unfortunately my network is kind of crappy, so I don't want to put unnecessary strain on it. I'm running one RAID 0 array currently for two of my Cav Blacks, and I was just...
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    Looking at SATA III RAID Controllers

    Should I run two Raid 0s then?
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    Looking at SATA III RAID Controllers

    If I were to run my drives strictly off my motherboard (ASUS Rampage III Formula) using software RAID, would it be better to run the WD Cav Blacks (1TB ea) in Raid 0 or Raid 5? Using either 3 or 4 of them.
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    Drive Letter Not Sticking

    @Mikeymikec - I couldn't find the system event log for anything that might relate to it at all. @Smoblikat - How would I go about doing the registry/ .bat stuff? I'll test it with HDtune in a moment.
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    Drive Letter Not Sticking

    No no, sorry, I meant that second one for Mushkins. Sorry, was a little tired when I wrote that
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    Drive Letter Not Sticking

    I've swapped the sata cable with my dvd drive, it still didn't stick. Why would that affect just one drive? o.o
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    Drive Letter Not Sticking

    Sorry, I meant the Windows Disk Check, cmd's chkdsk works fine. /f threw up no errors, running /f /v /r now.
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    Looking at SATA III RAID Controllers

    Hmm. So will it basically be like having a raid array on my system, except it's located externally? Any chance of being linked to a site that sells NAS boxes?
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    Drive Letter Not Sticking

    I can't shrink the volume, it says an unexpected error occurs and to check the System Event Log. I can't seem to find the associated event log in Event Viewer though. Windows is also unable to run a Disk Check, and even when a drive letter is assigned it doesn't show up on Disk Defragmenter...
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    Drive Letter Not Sticking

    Yeah, still doesn't work. I've deleted the drive, done quick and full formats, deleted and reinstalled its driver... Nothing
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    Drive Letter Not Sticking

    Er, Win7 64-bit
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    Drive Letter Not Sticking

    I'm using three Western Digital Greens at the moment, two WDC WD20EARX-00PASB0s and one WDC WD20EARS-00MVWB0. I have no issues with the EARXs, but my EARS is un-assigning its drive letter after every reboot. Any ideas what might be causing this, and any possible fix?
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    Looking at SATA III RAID Controllers

    Yep, I have spare space to shuffle the data on the drives to start RAID. Unfortunately I don't have any spare parts to build a FreeNAS box. If I'm understanding this video correctly, this is similar to DropBox, where it's stored externally and data is uploaded/downloaded as necessary? If so...
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    Looking at SATA III RAID Controllers

    Just personal use at home. Games, movies, music, etc.
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    Does Anyone Know the Model of This Case?

    So it looks like both Performance PC and Lian-Li do not have side panels for my case. Nor, does it appear, does anywhere else. Guess I'll have to replace my case entirely if I want to have a complete case again.
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    Looking at SATA III RAID Controllers

    Er, okay. So uh, RAID 5 isn't the best idea for what I want to do? Recap: I have 5 WD 1TB Caviar Blacks and 3 WD 2TB Caviar Greens. I am out of Sata ports for three hard drives, which are currently 1TB Blacks. Also, for a separate reason I do not know, one of my hard drives keeps unassigning...
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    Looking at SATA III RAID Controllers

    Sorry, I'm rather new to all of this, so pardon me as I try to process this xD I'm just trying to make use of all of my hard drives, since I have more drives than I do SATA ports. I was recommended to use RAID by a source (whose reliability I am starting to question) in order to access all of...
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    Is It Possible to Run a Desktop GPU On a Laptop?

    I don't know if this is the right section, but it involves graphic cards, so I'm gonna run with it. I've heard there's some sort of accessory that can be used to run a desktop GPU on a laptop? A friend of mine has a Toshiba Satellite C665...
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    Does Anyone Know the Model of This Case?

    Ah, I've used that to ask if they stock both side panels for a V2000. Just waiting for a reply.
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    Looking at SATA III RAID Controllers

    I'm using it on my regular system, Windows 7 64-bit. If you like, I can post my specs?
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    Does Anyone Know the Model of This Case?

    Tends to be faster to ask on a forum than by email, I've sent in a contact form. Regardless, thanks everyone again for all the help, it's much appreciated ^^
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    Looking at SATA III RAID Controllers

    Won't that slow down the read/write speed and/or lose access to drives?