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Toner Refill Kits - worth it?

What do you think of the quality? Is the process as easy as they show in the video?
- drwoo123
- Post #10
- Aug 9, 2012
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Toner Refill Kits - worth it?

Was your experience with ebay of a similiar quality? Do you mind sharing the vendor? We ordered a set off ebay for our brother but the quality was just meh
- drwoo123
- Post #9
- Aug 9, 2012
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Toner Refill Kits - worth it?

Anyone have experience with getting their toner refilled with one of these local services like cartridge world. Did it work out okay or did the print quality degrade too much? Any color laser printer that does have good non-OEM replacement cartridges. I'm asking because we print a lot of...
- drwoo123
- Thread
- Aug 8, 2012
- Replies: 15
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Best Color Laser below $1500 - What do you recommend?

Which brand of toner are you using as replacements for the 4700DN?
- drwoo123
- Post #4
- May 25, 2012
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Best Color Laser below $1500 - What do you recommend?

I need to buy a nice color laser that can put out about 10,000 pages per month. I don't need an AIO mostly just strictly a good color printer. The main issues for me are: 1. Reliability 2. Cost of consumables - ideally low cost OEM - or high quality 3rd party 3. Speed - minimum of...
- drwoo123
- Thread
- May 24, 2012
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Solid All in One for a Small business 10 person workgroup - Recommendations?

I need to purchase a solid all in one (scan, fax, print) that can be used for a small business. About 10 users. Wired networking is a must have, wireless would be a plus. Laser is a must have, color is a plus. Duplexing is a must have. I would love the ability to do one touch scan to...
- drwoo123
- Thread
- Mar 2, 2010
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Computer Building
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HTPC - $700 - You tell me what to get

I may just run SageTV and Vista 64 unless someone has a better way for two tuners to work?
- drwoo123
- Post #6
- Aug 3, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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HTPC - $700 - You tell me what to get

No need for gaming. I have a dedicated box in another room for day to day computing / gaming. My tuners are the hauppauge HD PVR, USB based which can record STB channels in HD. Two of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...k=hauppauge%20hd%20pvr
- drwoo123
- Post #4
- Aug 3, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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HTPC - $700 - You tell me what to get

Finally deciding to pull the trigger on building an HTPC. Budget is around 700 +/- 100 You tell me what I should get. Reqs are: 1. Blu - Ray 2. 1080p mkv files 3. Record HD TV from 2 tuners. 4. HDMI - To a 46" Samsung LCD 5. Look Good. I've see the Antec Fusion Black case...
- drwoo123
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- Aug 2, 2009
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Computer Building
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Fixing my house

just an update at the end of the project. we finished and turned and were able to sub out the work. It came out amazing, and people absolutely loved the place. our total cost 42K. profit after realtor fees, and closing 77K. thanks for all the supporters.
- drwoo123
- Post #37
- Jul 21, 2009
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Fixing my house

yeah thanks for the warranty heads up. my experience has been that contractors rarely show up on time, and that is when their money is on the line. a lot of these contractors are licensed and insured but simply run subcontractors and do just the marketing on their own. regardless thanks for...
- drwoo123
- Post #33
- Mar 29, 2009
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Fixing my house

All the work will be contracted out. Prior to purchase, I did a walkthrough with a trusted contractor. His estimate with labor and materials was around 45K. I am budgeting 60+/- as a safety net. The plan is to be in and out of the property in 90 days. Thanks for the habitat link, I will...
- drwoo123
- Post #27
- Mar 28, 2009
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Fixing my house

roof is definately being done. no questions asked. we are not trying to do a quick and dirty job and get out. if we are even contemplating doing this for supplemental income (thankfully my own income is more than sufficient to run our lives) - then we want to do quality work. that being said...
- drwoo123
- Post #21
- Mar 28, 2009
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Fixing my house

Understood that right now isn't the best time for flipping. Which is why our backup plan is to just live there ourselves. We purchased at 132K. Every other house in the subdivision is valued at around 280-310 unrenovated. We aren't looking for cheap in quality, but rather cheap in price...
- drwoo123
- Post #11
- Mar 28, 2009
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Fixing my house

Well the house is going to require a lot of work - in order of 40-60K. We got it much much cheaper than market (saved 180K) b/c there was a major leak in the roof which caused the sheet rock in the living room ceiling to come crashing down. Needless to say the roof is the number one priority...
- drwoo123
- Post #6
- Mar 28, 2009
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Fixing my house

My wife and I have just bought our first fixer upper house. Where does someone go to get good stuff cheap. I mean things like bathroom fixtures, and tile etc. I know the larger stores (Home Depot / Loews) are alright. But I can't help but think there must be a better way. Does anyone know...
- drwoo123
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- Mar 28, 2009
- Replies: 40
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Disk IO benchmark

Just an FYI the machine feels more sluggish with a controller than without. It could just be my imagination, but thats why we have numbers.
- drwoo123
- Post #3
- Jan 22, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Disk IO benchmark

I finally got my Adaptec 31605 raid controller working. It is 3 500GB seagate sata drives in a raid 5 setup with a 256KB strip size. what kind of software do you use for disk io benchmarks? What are some good numbers I should be looking at? Would adding more drives to the array speed...
- drwoo123
- Thread
- Jan 22, 2009
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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good raid controller

i got the 31605 for about $415. so far so good. any good benchmark apps?
- drwoo123
- Post #24
- Jan 21, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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good raid controller

wow i have no idea how you got the 31205 for ~$200. Its mostly around 500-600 on ebay right now
- drwoo123
- Post #23
- Jan 4, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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good raid controller

wow those are some excellent deals on the perc 5i and 6i. do they work on most conventional motherboards? It is only $300 direct from dell. http://accessories.us.dell.com...&sku=341-7395#Overview I have a evga 780i board http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813188024 If it...
- drwoo123
- Post #18
- Jan 3, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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good raid controller

so what exactly are sas expanders?
- drwoo123
- Post #16
- Jan 2, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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good raid controller

understandably there is always something better. I am just wondering if in 3 months something significantly faster is on the horizon, then I can hold off. It's more a matter of timeframe, then needing / wanting the latest and greatest. My budget is definately not unlimited :) but my internal...
- drwoo123
- Post #15
- Jan 2, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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good raid controller

So if I get an 8 port 9650 for example, is there any way to connect more than 8 devices to it? If in the future I decide to get an additional external array then this would be helpful. Just poking around online I saw rumors of a newer / faster SAS spec - any ideas on how futureproof the...
- drwoo123
- Post #13
- Jan 2, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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good raid controller

point well taken. i didn't know that I can use my sata drives with a sas controller. that being the case it is a no brainer to go with a good sas controller for now, and get sas drives in the future when they come down in price. I've got 3 seagate drives that I bought back in march, which...
- drwoo123
- Post #10
- Jan 1, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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good raid controller

I can do PCIe x8. Have you ever had to use their technical support? That is the main issue that is steering me towards 3ware.
- drwoo123
- Post #6
- Dec 31, 2008
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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good raid controller

leaning more towards sata as i already have a few sata drives lying around
- drwoo123
- Post #4
- Dec 31, 2008
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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good raid controller

either sata or sas - scsi drives are too expensive
- drwoo123
- Post #3
- Dec 31, 2008
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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good raid controller

I am looking for a good raid controller. Any recommendations. It will probably be a raid 0 array for the operating system, and another raid 5 array for data. I can spend up to about $600, max maybe $700. Thanks in advance
- drwoo123
- Thread
- Dec 31, 2008
- Replies: 23
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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NVIDIA nForce 780i Raid Failure?

BTW: hardware is: MB http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813188024 3 x Hard Drives http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822148288
- drwoo123
- Post #2
- Jul 28, 2008
- Forum: Computer Building
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NVIDIA nForce 780i Raid Failure?

I recently got a dreaded access read error on my vista x64 machine at home. I have a NVIDIA nForce 780i MB and 3 seagate drives. 2 of the drives are setup as raid 0, and I got a read error. Thinking that the OS was hosed, I formated, and reinstalled. All was good for about a week, and...
- drwoo123
- Thread
- Jul 28, 2008
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Computer Building
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combining wireless and wired for one fast internet connection

I am renting an apartment that is lucky to have two different ISP providing internet each at ~15 Mbit. How would I combine the two into a 30Mbit connection. One is wired, the other wireless. I am running vista 64 and would love to use the speed on newsgroups. Thanks in advance. Tarique
- drwoo123
- Thread
- Jun 11, 2008
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Networking
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pci-x into a pci e slot

Let me preface.... i've been out of the loop for like 5 year now :). I just bought a nice raid controller off ebay without paying too much attention to the type of bus it was on. So I have a motherboard with 3 pci-e slots. EVGA 780i...
- drwoo123
- Thread
- May 8, 2008
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Computer Building
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strange powersaving behavior with new rig

I just built a new rig - and I am running with two LCD's. For some reason the larger LCD doesn't go into powersave, but the smaller one does. Here is the hardware: Video Card: MSI 9600GT http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814127333 Screen 1: Hanns G 28"...
- drwoo123
- Thread
- Apr 15, 2008
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Computer Building
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do i really benefit from dedicated raid

how much of a boost in performance did you get in performance with the adaptec card? my purposes are mostly that i need to run some server environments for personal use in a VM. specifically sql, sharepoint, and project server. for these purposes i know of two major bottlenecks disk io...
- drwoo123
- Post #7
- Mar 27, 2008
- Forum: Computer Building
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do i really benefit from dedicated raid

so far I've got 3 drives. I can pickup another without any difficulty. any good raid cards for a normal price on newegg or is ebay the best way to go?
- drwoo123
- Post #3
- Mar 27, 2008
- Forum: Computer Building
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do i really benefit from dedicated raid

so i've been out of the loop for a while. i needed to build a box for work so picked up the following: Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail EVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail MSI N9600GT 512M OC...
- drwoo123
- Thread
- Mar 27, 2008
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Computer Building
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media center pc

if i decided to ditch SD and stick only to HD would that make matter easier
- drwoo123
- Post #7
- Feb 5, 2008
- Forum: Computer Building
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media center pc

it will be a mixture of HD and SD to the other tvs. I have an older tv that is SD, and the 3 newer ones that support 1080p
- drwoo123
- Post #5
- Feb 5, 2008
- Forum: Computer Building
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media center pc

how does sage tv stack up against WMC?
- drwoo123
- Post #3
- Feb 5, 2008
- Forum: Computer Building

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