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Quote:Originally Posted by Jeffwx7 Personally, I use this for my HTPC. Nothing fancy, but it is relatively inexpensive and works well for basic stuff. Yup I got one of these too and it works good. Plus the build quality is...
Quote:Originally Posted by felladium While I've looked into disk imaging, I've never really put forth the effort to actually do it. I should tinker with that soon...especially for my kids' PC. Yeah there's nothing to it. It's...
Quote:Originally Posted by ABcephei i was just told last night that if i use my product key once i can't ever use it again, but i read before that you can use each product key on up to 3 computers. so, if i used it already i'll have...
I've got 3 PCs at home that I keep backed up (my sig rig, wife's laptop and our HTPC) and I have a RAID1 setup on my PC with a pair of 3TB Caviar Greens. I keep images of my system on the RAID1 array and for my Wife's lappy and the HTPC...
I used to have a G700 and your battery life is on par with what I had. Something that can help a bit is to make a "Desktop" profile for when you're not gaming and set it to "Power Saver" and put the polling rate as low as it can go. ...
Quote:Originally Posted by DTTD Looks like I did that wrong. Does it seriously affect it? Yup - it'll put uneven pressure on the CPU. I know it's a pain, but it'll be worth fixing.
Just another thing to watch for when mounting the cooler is to be sure the bracket on the back side of the board is oriented the right way. There will be a cut out for two of the screws on the socket back plate like this:
Quote:Originally Posted by Bazinga69 hey can anyone let me know how hard it is to remove the thermal armor? i have a white case and i was considering painting it white, and what kind of paint is the best. I don't know much about...
Yeah the Vengeance has a solid heat sink. You can setup the Silver Arrow with one fan in the middle and the other one toward the back of the case as you were thinking. Just make sure both fans are going the same direction and...
What kind of RAM do you have? Depending on the type, you can sometimes remove parts of the heat spreaders to make them shorter (i.e. older Corsair Dominator, G.Skill Trident X, etc...)
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