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  1. Waterguy

    Assistance on RAID 1 setup

    Hi Chaps, I am hoping to setup RAID 1 storage at work across a SSD (OS drive) and an empty HDD. - To prevent downtime if the OS drive crashes. I havn't used RAID before and was wondering if this would work -Is there anything I might need to know?? Computer is running Win 7 Professional...
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    Anything wrong with this laptop?

    Just thinking of picking up a laptop £350-500 from the dell outlet and this is fairly cheap at 350ish. Anything to avoid with it? Is an XPS worth a couple of hundred quid extra at this price range? Inspiron 15R - 5537 Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4200U (3M Cache, 1.6 GHz) with 2 GB AMD...
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    Laptop £600 - £700 University Use and light gaming

    Where is the place to look then? Outlet store?
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    Spec for Budget P.C tower <350

    Hi all, I would like to put together a fairly budget p.c tower for work and was wondering what you think is the best spec for it. Would anyone be able to recommend me something for this that would be fairly reliable? Budget circa £350. What I'm looking for: CPU Power Supply RAM 1...
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    San-Disk Extreme... Good?

    Hi Thinking of buying a SSD to run my OS and core programs on. (I use some fairly intensive programs that will do a lot of data transfer) Basically what do people think of the San-disk extreme? is it worth buying £30-40 more for the Samsung 840 PRO...
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    What to do with Chicken thighs? - Something nice and spicy?

    mmmm Thanks, I'll definitely be trying one of the above things tonight :-)! Stomach rumbling already!! ;)
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    What to do with Chicken thighs? - Something nice and spicy?

    Got lots of chicken Thighs stashed in the freezer that need eating, Only problem I have no idea what to do with them. Got lots of herbs and spices etc and a well stocked cupboard. Any fairly easy and nice suggestions anyone would recommend? - More Rain please!
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    Most unattractive qualities in the opposite sex?

    Women who never stop talking about the dullest things. Change the subject, talk about something else and then she just goes straight back to talking about rubbish. zzz
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    Best CPU for intense simulations

    Hi, The company I work for does a lot of work running Simulations for Rainfall and Flood modelling. (I.E on models of towns and cities, the software we use predicts flow, velocity, volume etc every minute over year long periods.) The work is done on the main processor and not a GPU. as far as...
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    Beginner Z68AP-D3 guide for Intel i5 2500k

    I have this Mobo arriving next week with an i5 2500k. In how many stages did you make the changes for the 4.4ghz set up? Did you set to those limits then stress test or go up in increments?
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    gtx 550Ti 2048MB or gtx 560ti 1024MB?

    Thanks :D You saved me buying a clearly inferior Graphics card there good job i asked:p
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    gtx 550Ti 2048MB or gtx 560ti 1024MB?

    I'm a fan of strategy games like Civ V but also games like Battlefield 3. Which GPU would be the best choice? I know people are suggesting the 560Ti is a good deal at the moment but will the 1GB cut it in games like Shogun? the gtx 550Ti 2GB is cheaper and looks a good option but would...
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    Spec check. yes/no?

    ok thanks, I'll get that one instead.....(does anyone really need 5600DPI?) i guess some will say they do. must be compensating for something ;). Do you think it's likely I would need to go SLI for games in future? or will I be ok without it? I'm a fan of strategy games like Civ5 and shogun...
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    Spec check. yes/no?

    Hi guys, I'm looking to build myself a gaming/fairly future proof p.c for a budget of around £800 and this is the spec I have come up with. I havn't built a p.c for about 5 years so would love some feedback on whether the parts will work ok together and/or if there are any bits you would...
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