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m.2 SSD question?

I haven't kept up with emerging standards and haven't did a build for a long time. I am planning to buy the following mATX board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157675&ignorebbr=1 On the m.2 support it says the following: 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket, supports type...
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- Aug 1, 2016
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Help setup DNS for my website

Hi guys. I am renting a VPS. I thought i had things setup correctly but i don't. I need help setting up the dns for my website. Other than the entries for google apps there are only two entries for my domain: Type Host Value A...
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- Apr 3, 2016
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Networking
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Run our new house off of wifi?

It was for 5. His issue was one place where i wanted a cable ran. It was right above a finished garage. He said material would probably be about $300 and then he would charge me $80 an hour for two people. He said its very possible that it could take him less just doesn't know what he is going...
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- Post #6
- Nov 6, 2014
- Forum: Networking
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Run our new house off of wifi?

Hi Guys. Ya i think i'm just going to go wireless for now. If that doesn't work out then i guess i will have to get it wired. I really didn't want to spend that kind of money now considering we have to house payments until we get our other house sold and have to replace the aging furance in the AM.
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- Post #5
- Nov 6, 2014
- Forum: Networking
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Run our new house off of wifi?

Hi guys, in my previous house i had the luxury of having an extremely easy way to run cables. It was a single story house with an unfinished basement. We must purchased a new home and running cabling is going to be extremely complicated i think. Its a two story house with a finished...
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- Nov 6, 2014
- Replies: 16
- Forum: Networking
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Laptop buying help

Jason can you tell me what kind of coding you planning to do? Do you want to stick with a particular OS (MacOS,Linux,Windows)?
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- Post #2
- Jan 3, 2014
- Forum: Laptops
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relatively small and powerful laptop for +-$1000

HP Spectre 13t-3000 Touchscreen Ultrabook: i5 4200U, 13.3" LCD (2560x1440), 4GB DDR3, 128GB SSD, Win 8 $856 + Free shipping 13t-3000 Touchscreen Ultrabook for $1071 - 20% with coupon code PC92229 = $856 + free shipping Click customize & buy Upgrade to "13.3-inch diagonal Vivid QHD Infinity...
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- Post #7
- Jan 2, 2014
- Forum: Laptops
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New laptop - suggestions

Geesh there is one in every crowd isn't there? Dated? Hardly. I have a 2012 mba and its far from dated. In fact the 2013 mba while having better battery life is generally worse in performance. I don't want him to do anything. It doesn't bother me whatever decision he makes. He asked for advice...
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- Post #16
- Jan 2, 2014
- Forum: Laptops
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New laptop - suggestions

Did you happen to see his budget (600-800)? If you look for a 2011-2012 mba (used on ebay) he should be within or at least close to the his budget (especially if dad helps a little).
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- Post #14
- Jan 1, 2014
- Forum: Laptops
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New laptop - suggestions

I will beg to differ from a lot of the opinions on here. What do you want your son doing most of his time with this notebook....playing games or leaning to program? I think you should avoid a gaming type of laptop for a couple reasons i'll that i'll mention later. Are you stuck on him using...
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- Post #12
- Jan 1, 2014
- Forum: Laptops
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Can anyone help me determine the fair market value of my notebook?

Hi, looking to sell my current notebook (Dell XPS 17 L702X Sandy Bridge Based). I'm waiting to get a close fair market value of it. I've been looking in the fs/ft forums and the closest i could find was this: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2313913&highlight=l702x which was sold...
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- Jan 1, 2014
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Laptops
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Custom Doman & Multiple Email Services?

Do you guys know if its possible to use multiple email services for one domain? For example i pay for office 365 which i enjoy but i don't want to have pay for an account for each email address i want to make use of. I would like to use outlook.com for some. Office 365 does allow you to forward...
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- Nov 18, 2013
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Networking
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Managed Switch?

Its a hard choice. I've researched every one extensively and you will find both + and - for each. For example some people say the HP unit isn't really HP but rather 3Com. Even the interface says 3-com. There isn't a lot of extensive reviews for any of the units. So far i'm leaning toward the HP...
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- Post #7
- Aug 10, 2013
- Forum: Networking
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Managed Switch?

add the Cisco SG200-26 to the potentials....
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- Post #2
- Aug 9, 2013
- Forum: Networking
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Managed Switch?

Hey guys i'm looking for a ~20 managed gigabit switch. The main reason i'm wanting a managed switch is for VLAN support. Don't know what i'll do with the other goodies :). The three switches i'm looking at now are: Netgear JGS524E DLink DGS-1210-28 HP V1910-24G I remember looking into this...
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- Aug 9, 2013
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Networking
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Disk Activity on Windows 7

Rather than just starting to disable random things why not just figure out what is causing the disk access. Go to the disk tab in resource monitor and see what process his hogging the disk: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/datacenter/use-resource-monitor-to-monitor-storage-performance/4233
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- Post #7
- Feb 21, 2013
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Bye Bye Microsoft - Ubuntu (linux) vs Mac OSX?

Hi everyone. I've always resisted, for the most part, using any OS but Windows. After a horrible experience with a Microsoft Product (Windows Live) i've changed my mind. I will probably be blogging later about it and will be happy to link the blog entry to this post but after tonight experience...
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- Feb 21, 2013
- Replies: 30
- Forum: Operating Systems
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[Warm]SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB @ $219.99

Amazon has the 840 pro for the same price.
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- Post #2
- Feb 20, 2013
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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bios from bios-mods.com not malicious?

I have an old system that i want to use which has an ECS P43T-A2. When i bought it ecs advertised it as supporting achi. Well it did initially but the removed they support in a bios revision without any warning at all. I did a search on the motherboard and found a bios mod site where one of...
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- Jan 2, 2013
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Motherboards
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Help with transite (CTA) in chicago

Thanks at least i know i have access to that. I was using it from my computer and it looks like its going to become very useful once i figure everything out :P.
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- Post #4
- Nov 27, 2012
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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valet parking?

Like my previous post i have a question about a recent trip i'll be taking. The hotel i'm staying at only has valet parking. Its pricey ($52 a night). My question for all of you on what is the recommendations for tips. Are you expected to tip when they intially take your car or just at the end...
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- Nov 27, 2012
- Replies: 7
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Help with transite (CTA) in chicago

Ok i know this is going to be a total idiot question for a lot of you that live in a big city. I live in a relatively small city (where i live there is actually no bus service) and the only bus i've ever taken in my life is a school bus. I'm a frequently listen to the vergecast and remember how...
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- Nov 27, 2012
- Replies: 8
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Active Directory

Thanks guys for the reply. Conceptually it looks like you guys are correct it should just work. Unfortunately, due to a well discussed bug in my WD Live TV (which i doubt will ever get fixed), it doesn't pass the credentials correctly to the domain so it doesn't work. Now what i did for a work...
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- Post #4
- Nov 7, 2012
- Forum: Networking
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Active Directory

I've already setup my AD Server (Server 2012). Have yet to connect anything to it though. My only concerns are those devices i have on my network that stream files off the file server. For example i have those little WD Live TVs that i use to stream media files of my network. Of course the WD...
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- Nov 5, 2012
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Networking
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Old Generation SSD vs New Gen?

Thanks guys for the feedback. I seen newegg was having a special on the m4. I was actually going to get the same size (120GB) that i have now. It looks like it might be a waist of money though by the sound of it. My intel has been damn reliable.
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- Post #10
- Jul 4, 2012
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Old Generation SSD vs New Gen?

I have a 2nd gen intel SSD. I just upgrade to an ivy bridge system. Am i going to see that much performance on going from my 2nd gen intel ssd to something like a crucial m4? thanks...
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- Jul 4, 2012
- Replies: 36
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Cheaper Alternative to a Aeron Chair?

I want something descent not a walmart chair.
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- Post #3
- May 28, 2012
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Cheaper Alternative to a Aeron Chair?

I'm a programmer so i'm in my chair QUITE a bit. Are there any good chairs you casn recommend? All ive had up this point is chepo chairs from sales (80-100) usually. They usually fall apart in a few years. The one i have now actually has held up pretty well the leather is starting to crumble...
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- May 28, 2012
- Replies: 5
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Hd 4000 vs ati 5670?

Any opinions here. I'm in the process of building my new rig. I already have a 5670 that i just swapped out tonight because my old trusty 8800GT finally died. My I7-3770 is on its way. I am an overclocker but i won't be overclocking the i7-3770. Its fast enough. Also not a gamer. I do video...
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- May 18, 2012
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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i7-3770s vs i7-3770

I'm currently building my new right. I won't be overclocking. I'm having a hard time choosing between the i7-3770 & the i7-3770s. I'm trying to build something as energy efficient as i can. I'm not a gamer and will be using the intel integrated graphics even. Both of these processors turbo boost...
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- May 13, 2012
- Replies: 4
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Biostar TZ77B?

Thanks for the replies. The only thing i wanted, which i'm disappointed i won't get, is thunderbolt support. The only board i seen with that support was an asus board that was over $200 and who knows how much the adapter will cost. Hopefully PCI-E 3 has enough bandwith for thunderbolt and they...
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- Post #5
- May 1, 2012
- Forum: Motherboards
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Biostar TZ77B?

Guys just bought this MB today because of the awesome deal newegg is running (79.99 AR): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...8353&Tpk=TZ77A I've primarily used Asus or Gigabyte in the past. Never used a Biostar board. Hopefully they are descent. Any thoughts on the board i got or biostar...
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- Apr 30, 2012
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Motherboards
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BIOS password: what to do with Lenovo W500?

See this: http://www.tech-faq.com/reset-ibm-thinkpad-bios-password.html
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- Post #5
- Mar 22, 2011
- Forum: Laptops
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Just got an asus N53SV-XV1 and extremely disappointed....

http://www.amazon.com/N53SV-XV1-15-6.../ref=de_a_smtd Great notebook for the most part but the wireless card must be the worst POS out there. Also the documentation is pretty bad. I have a 4 year old lenovo R61 with an Intel 4965AGN Wireless N card. For the most part i really like the asus...
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- Mar 22, 2011
- Replies: 26
- Forum: Laptops
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making machine on the network inaccessable to other machines

Ya pretty much what i was thinking above but in the configuration i was thinking the 1st router would be the "safe zone" and the 2nd router would be the unsecure zone but i was hoping that there was a way without having to buy another router considering i already have two routers because i have...
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- Post #3
- Mar 16, 2011
- Forum: Networking
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making machine on the network inaccessable to other machines

Hey guys...one of my hobbies is malware product testing. I know.....how boring huh? I guess to each their own :). Anyways i know the basics of networking but what i really want is to make sure that the machine i'm doing doesn't have any access to any other machines on my network but it still...
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- Mar 16, 2011
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Networking
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Dell Notebook with Sandy Bridge & Sata bug?

How do you make sure its a B3? They just say 2nd generation. Don't see any "B3" listed.
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- Post #3
- Mar 7, 2011
- Forum: Laptops
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Dell Notebook with Sandy Bridge & Sata bug?

Ok i haven't been keeping up much but i've been waiting to grab a dell xps with a sandy bridge chip. I just noticed today at dells site that they are available. I heard somewhere that intel was allowing some sandy bridge chipsets to still be released with the SATA bug. Is this true? I want to...
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- Mar 7, 2011
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Laptops
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Convince me not to get a Macbook Pro

If it were me id go with the MAC especially considering how important graphic design is for you. I don't have a mac myself but i can't because of my needs. I'm a developer and use microsoft tools and yes i could still use a mac but visual studio + SQL Server already tax my machine enough without...
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- Post #50
- Feb 28, 2011
- Forum: Apple Laptops and Desktops
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Microsoft launches Forefront Protection 2010

I don't know about central management part of it but otherwise it works fine. There isn't any difference from it and the MSE V.2 . When you say misconfigured the only misconfiguration you could do is somehow screw up definition updates. There aren't many options to configure just like MSE. MSE...
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- Post #6
- Jan 4, 2011
- Forum: Security

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