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It's been almost eight years since my last build and it is time to build a new one. This time I plan to go even smaller having recently acquired an ncase M1. I'd love to get feedback from the community to sanity check the build and make sure I'm not doing something dumb here. The plan is it use...

Read about this this morning, thought it would be a good idea to post here. There is a remote root exploit that effects ASUS WRT firmware used on RT-AC66U, RT-N66U, and other routers. The attack allows a specially crafted UDP boadcast to execute commands as root on any affected ASUS routers on...

I got in late on the whole streaming scene. My friends and I were enjoying using Twitch for awhile as we could hang out and watch either others Hearthstone arena matches or check out a new game someone was playing. Twitch recently overhauled there service and now has a terrible 15-45 second...

Developers from various open forks of of Solaris ZFS have come together to create the OpenZFS project. The idea is to ensure cooperation and interoperability between all the platform implementations of ZFS (illumos, *BSD, Linux, and OS X). http://open-zfs.org On some level I think this was...

Been doing a lot of research on headphones and sound cards with the idea of upgrading my PC audio experience, and I wanted to draw on the opinion of [H]'ers :D Let me start of by saying that open cans are a no-go for a variety of reasons mostly because my wife's PC is right next to mine in...

Is there a legitimate comparison to be made here? or is the is apple oranges thing? The Toshiba drives seem to be in the same ballpark spec wise (correct me if I missed something) but occupy a very sweet price point (3TB drive is currently on newegg for $150). Thoughts? For reference sake...

Anyone know how to force reboot a galaxy S3 without doing a battery pull? My wife phone froze on her and wouldn't respond to anything. I've tried about every key combination possible with the hardware keys and can't get it to restart. If I have to I will do a battery pull but this is not...

I'm planning on building an ESXi server at home (Build thread: http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1723448) and had a few questions about ZFS vdev configuration. I'm planning to use WD RED (probably 2TB size) and am trying to figure out whether I should one RAIDZ vdev or single disk vdev...

I've been lurking in this and the storage subforms for awhile to research a home server build. I'd love some feedback on what I've got so far. Usage would be for an ESXi server running two VMs. First VM would be OpenIndiana setup to be my NAS running a ZFS filesystem. Second VM would be a...

So I've been contemplating getting a Z77 mATX motherboard for my new build and I'm wondering what other [H]'ers would choose for a motherboard. Borrowed shamelessly from the SFF forum. I was originally leaning toward the Asus M5G but all the reports of bad ASUS RMA's have made me shy from...

Been looking at this one for my new build will fit great in my Arc Mini case. 80+ Gold PSU. CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX750 (CMPSU-750AX) 750W ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply -15% promocode -$20 MIR Free shipping Total ~$125 Update...

First build since 2008. Looking forward to building a new computer. Would love comments (sanity check) on parts I've picked out. 1) Usage: Gaming and Office programs 2) Budget: ~$1500 3) Location: Fairfax, VA 4) Parts: CPU, CPU Cooling, Motherboard, Memory, GPU, SSD, PSU and Case...

PCP&C Silencer 910W $115 FS $85 AMIR @ Newegg Pretty good even without the MIR. Not modular though.

Can the front fan filter be cleaned without removing the fans attached to it? Can you slide it out after you remove the front bezel? I watched about a dozen review videos and this was not clear to me so I'm hoping someone who owns the case will enlighten me.

Not sure if this is even warm but seems like a good deal on color laser printer for home. PostScript 3 Network Printer 10/100 Free shipping. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16828115140

So the people over at nmap.org made a visualization of the top million websites via scaling there favicon by popularity. Did anyone's website icon make it in? hardforum.com icon did.

Does anyone know if there is some Windows setting you can do to introduce sidetone in to your headphones, or would this have to be set in the VOIP program itself (currently using Ventrillo). Trying to figure out a way to help myself not yell in to the mic while gaming.

So as the subject says my Xbox 360 powers on but doesn't start. It did not red ring of death. No audio, no video, doesn't even sound like its trying to load. The power light in the center of the ring illuminates and the xbox power supply LED goes green and all the fans start, but none of the...

So I'm doing some planning for a server I intend to build to do a variety of things, but mostly as a file server and to back up my PC. I was planning on using a Raptor I had left over from a previous build as the OS disk and building a RAID5 array of large disks (probably 750s) to actually house...

Worth it? Not worth it? Would love to hear opinions. How comfortable you were using a credit card to buy something of questionable legality on the internet (for us U.S. folks)? I'm really close to just pulling the trigger on it as I've heard it solves a lot of blu-ray playback issues for...

So I came upon an interesting scenario working on my current project. Given that in Java a running thread cannot be garbage collected even if its reference count is zero. Can an object holding a running thread be garbage collected? Reason I'm interested is that if a thread holding object can be...

So my retired gaming rig (now doing light weight file serving duty, as well as hosting some of my programming projects and an SVN server) popped a couple caps on the motherboard. Very loud pops. The only thing is though that the computer didn't shut down, in fact I've rebooted it and its posted...

Are there any HDTV's out there that will allow an attached computer to control them? (Like turning them off and on, just like monitors do). It's really kinda irritating that I have to keep around the TV remote simply to turn on the TV and then use my Media Center remote for everything else, the...

Could one of you db guru's explain to me the finer points of clob vs. varchar. I know what they are but the info I'm looking for is performance characteristics, storage space, etc. I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that some of this is probably implementation dependent, but I was hoping...

I'm interested in picking up a license for personal use. I've read the extensive comparison chart and wanted to ask if anyone actually makes use of the Pro exclusive features and would miss them? The difference seems so small.

Regarding TCP socket (java.net.Socket) in Java. What's the design contract regarding the OutputStream object returned by getOutputStream()? Is it guaranteed to either successfully send the data (meaning the data actually gets to the remote host) or throw an exception? I'm worried about it...

My HTPC has a wireless card in it, and an unused wired NIC on the mobo. Would it be possible for me to use the wired NIC to bridge the wireless connection to the Xbox360. Basically make them share the connection.

I feel kinda noobish as I just discovered that Vista allows symlinking in the file system. I like to have my user profiles (read: XP- C:/Docs and Settings | Vista - C:/Users) separated on to a different drive than my OS, as my OS drive is a raptor and I'd rather not clutter it up with user...

Is there anything wrong with cooling an OC'd cpu with a cooler that uses 4-pin PWM? This may seem like a silly question but I see a lot of coolers that come with manual fan controls, and I'd rather not bother with it. However it makes me wonder if there is something inherently wrong with PWM...

Not sure where this thread should go (here or cases), but since I'm planning on OCing I'll ask here. My inital idea for a fan config was to get 4 low RPM 120mm scythe fans as intake on the side panel, and use some moderately higher RPM 120s on the top blowhole for exhaust and in the front for...

and free shipping too!!!....o wait :D

So I'm planning on building a new computer, first Intel build since I switched over to the thunderbirds back in the day. As always asking the community for a sanity check and some comments. Note that not all of these parts are being purchased from Newegg, the links are just for convienence...

So I've been searching through [H]forums for a handy reference posted by a member here once upon a time, big thanks to enginurd. Assuming this is all accurate, is it possible to hit 3.6 on a Q6600 G0 with good air cooling? I'm thinking of pairing a q6600 with an evga 750i ftw edition...

Dead deal. Rebate link for those who bit on it: http://www.zipzoomfly.com/rebate/10005963_041408.PDF

Does anyone have any experience with this set and making it work with an HTPC? I went in to Sears today to check out the Sharp Aquos LC42D64U which is an awesome display, but it was right next to the Sony KDL46V3000, and the Sony looked even better. Problem is I know for sure the Sharp supports...

If you use a wireless card to game on in Vista, and don't have any problems with it (frequent pausing due to crappy drivers, or other issues), please post what card you are using in this thread. Also please include details about what utility you use to connect the to your wireless network...

Here's what I've got so far... CASE: Antec Black Aluminum Veris Fusion Black 430 Micro ATX http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811129030 Video: PALiT NE/960TSX0252 GeForce 9600GT 512MB http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814261001 Optical Drive: LG...

I've done a pretty good amount of research in perpetration for building an HTPC. I just wanted to see if anyone knew of any "gotcha's" related to this particular display. I plan on running DVI -> HMDI cable from the HTPC (driven by an 8800GT), mostly for HD-DVD and Blu-ray playback (LG Combo...

Both cards installed fine, the computer POSTs (I'm typing from it right now), both cards have spinning fans. Problem is one of the 8800GTs is yellow splatted in Device Manager with the error "This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use. (Code 12)" Specs: Vista x64 169.44...

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