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Best replacement LCD panel for Dell XPS 15 (L502X)?

I accidentally cracked the display panel on my Dell XPS 15 (L502X) laptop. It looks like I can just replace the LCD panel rather easily by looking at the Dell service manual, but I am so confused about all the possible choices for the replacement panel models. This may be a chance to upgrade...
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- Nov 25, 2017
- l502x laptop lcd panel
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Displays
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Any cutting edge motherboard/socket/cpu worth waiting for, before I build a new system?

Would that be better than X299?
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- Post #3
- Aug 24, 2017
- Forum: Computer Building
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Any cutting edge motherboard/socket/cpu worth waiting for, before I build a new system?

It's time to build a new desktop computer so I can get better video recording/playback performance for my 9 camera surveillance system (running Milestone XProtect on Windows 10). But before I grab the latest & greatest motherboard and CPU, do you think there's any new technology just around the...
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- Aug 24, 2017
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Computer Building
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Is it easier these days to swap out the motherboard without reinstalling Windows 10?

Last time I checked was years ago, when I was running Windows 7. At that time a clean install was the recommended approach. Now I'm running Windows 10 Pro and I'm wondering if Microsoft has made it easier to swap out the motherboard and CPU without having to reinstall everything. I have an...
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- Jul 10, 2017
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Motherboards
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Easiest way to migrate ICH9R Win10 boot drive to RAID 1?

I'm upgrading the drive on a Dell Vostro 460 which is running Windows 10. I would like to put the boot drive in RAID 1 after I clone to one of the two new hard drives. I think this computer has the Intel ICH9R RAID controller. I might also change the SATA port the boot drive is on...
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- Apr 7, 2016
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Fastest DDR3 memory I can buy for Z77 motherboard?

Yes I use up all the RAM when I do video editing when the surveillance camera captures something of interest and I export the video, it slows down, feels like it is paging to disk sometimes when I use certain editing features. I originally got 16GB rather than 32GB because memory used to be...
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- Post #8
- Apr 4, 2016
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Fastest DDR3 memory I can buy for Z77 motherboard?

Good advice. Yes the reason is I'm looking to expand to 32GB because the system is using around 10GB when the computer is idle (probably mostly for background video recording to hard drive) and then when I open applications (to process, edit the video etc.) I have 6GB to work with. When I...
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- Post #5
- Apr 4, 2016
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Fastest DDR3 memory I can buy for Z77 motherboard?

I have an Asus Sabertooth Z77 motherboard and I'm upgrading all of the other components to get the max life out of it without having to change the motherboard (already have SSDs, fast quad CPU, great MSI nVidia card, etc). I would like to make the Windows UI feel more "snappy" which I know can...
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- Apr 3, 2016
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Motherboard recommendations for video surveillance recording?

I originally started configuring Dell Precision Workstation T7600 so I could have 4x 3TB drives, but started getting into the $6,000 price range! So I decided I can custom build my own system much cheaper for my purpose, maybe for around $2,500. This computer will be running Milestone...
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- Oct 6, 2012
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Motherboards
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ASUS P5K Premium problems

Yes indeed there appears to be some kind of serious hardware problem on the P5K Premium. I RMA'd it and purchased an Abit IP35 Pro instead. I'm very happy with the Abit IP35 Pro. I highly recommend that anyone else with a P5K Premium return it to the store and get this board instead. I...
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- Post #11
- Sep 5, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asus P5K-Premium O.S. Install Problems w/ ICH9R SATA Controller

Asus should add this to their P5K Premium product specs: Hard drive compatibility: Maxtor only
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- Post #10
- Sep 1, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asus P5K-Premium O.S. Install Problems w/ ICH9R SATA Controller

I ended up RMA'ing the crapsus board and got the Abit IP35 Pro instead. Very nice, it has everything that the P5K Premium has (at least, I mean, those things that are useful for me) plus much better tweaking and fan control via uGuru. What irritated me to abandon this company is that Asus does...
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- Post #7
- Aug 29, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Is RAID 1 underrated?

Phrontis, what I find curious and puzzling is why half the articles say that RAID 1 read performance is the same as a single disk, and the other half say that the performance improves because pieces of the data can be fetched from either disk, especially during concurrent access. That is at...
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- Post #5
- Aug 29, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Overclocking Q6600 advice

I have a similar setup, with Q6600 G0, 4G Patriot DDR2 800 5-5-5-12, Abit IP35 Pro, Thermalright 120 Extreme, Antec 900 case. I am also a newbie first time overclocker and would be happy at 3Ghz. Can this be done with 800 RAM or did I pick the wrong parts? What would be the basic newbie-proof...
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- Post #8
- Aug 29, 2007
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Is RAID 1 underrated?

I see a lot of enthusiasts are setting up RAID 0, but I am wondering if RAID 1 is overlooked too often, and I would like to learn more about whether it offers a noticeable performance boost with concurrent access. For example, editing a video while running a virus scan at the same time. In...
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- Aug 29, 2007
- Replies: 13
- Forum: Computer Building

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