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    MDH reacted to W-L in GPU starts then stops.   
    Ok that's a good sign, first are you able to boot with all the RAM in place. If so make sure your settings are set to automatic for detecting which graphics device the system uses, after you can try installing the GPU to see if everything boots smoothly, if it still gives you that black screen issue I would definitely try it in another system to see if it's a problem with the GPU itself.
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    MDH reacted to HKZeroFive in How Is My Build?   
    It does not. Look at third-party benchmarks from professional reviewers.
     
    ___Boss is usually regarded universally as a inaccurate source of information.
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    MDH reacted to Herman Mcpootis in How Is My Build?   
    go check professional reviews of cpus instead of using cpuboss.
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    MDH reacted to DildorTheDecent in Low Voltage Ram   
    Don't worry too much. Low voltage ram will work just fine. 
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    MDH reacted to SLAYR in Low Voltage Ram   
    Certain skylake boards have ddr3l only since the higher voltage can kill the memory controller, but your h61 board will be fine.
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    MDH reacted to Kevin924 in Need help ! My PC keeps crashing/Freezing/bs while Gaming!   
    I think this fixed my crashes too i played couples hours yesterday and today and it seems to be fine now not a single crash or anything everything works great i'll see over time but for now it's great thank you !! 
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    MDH got a reaction from Kevin924 in Need help ! My PC keeps crashing/Freezing/bs while Gaming!   
    All good man! Glad it helped!
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    MDH got a reaction from stconquest in PLEASE HELP!!!!   
    Do you have any spare components to test with?
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    MDH reacted to Knaj in Is it weird that I take my shirt off when working on computers?   
    Personally I prefer going completely naked and then getting intimate with my components, just to make sure they're what I paid for.
    It's the same strategy I use for people.
     
    Edit: Besides the shipost; no it's not bad, especially if you're working with expensive stuff. Sometimes it's good to be paranoid.
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    MDH reacted to dalekphalm in Getting into the Server side of IT Business   
    Well the first thing you want to ask yourself, is what particular side of "Servers" do you want to work with?
     
    Server/Network Administration?
    Hardware installers?
    etc
     
    Basically, you need to either go to College/University, or get certified (Microsoft or Linux certs in particular). You need to learn the basics of installing and configuring a basic Windows Server installation, or a Linux Server installation - depending on which field you'd like to specialize in.
     
    Windows Server pretty much dominates the business environment, as far as the "user control" side of servers, whereas Linux dominates Web Servers, and some ultra-specialized servers (Eg: Most Library Servers (ILS - integrated library system) run custom software and SQL databases on a Linux box).
     
    It's definitely useful to learn both, but unless you know you want to specialize in one vs the other, I'd highly recommend starting off with Windows Server, to get yourself going.
     
    Then there are the advanced Server configurations and administrations - of which there are dozens of varieties - eg: Microsoft Active Directory/Domain Controllers, DNS, Web Servers, VPN Servers, etc, etc, etc.
     
    If you are still in high school, then start by installing VMWare or VirtualBox, downloading the ISO for Windows Server 2012 R2 (180 day free trial), and the ISO for your Linux Distro of Choice (Ubuntu Server and Debian Server are pretty popular), and creating a VM for each. Install both of them with the defaults, and start playing around.
     
    You'll want to take any and all computer science classes that are offered by your school, especially if they offer network/server related ones (Often, they just look at programming, which can be limiting).
     
    Once you start looking at Colleges and what not, you have a lot more options. You can take network admin, server admin, generalized Computer Science Bachelors degrees, etc. You can of course study lots online, and once you are in College or University, you can sign up for Microsoft Dreamspark, which gives you a ton of licenses for free (free as in forever, but you have to request the keys within 2 years of graduating I believe) for various Microsoft software, including Windows Server.
     
    You would also do well to take the various Microsoft certifications, and take some Linux certs through something like CompTIA.
     
    As for income? In IT, right out of school, depending on what level of school you went through, you can expect to start somewhere between $30,000/year and $45,000/year (This is assuming CAD or USD). The upper limit can be over $100,000/year, depending on your skillset. A good Server Admin can easily earn over $70,000/year, but you need like 5+ years experience before you should expect any salary like that.
     
    Can you define "externship"? Never heard that one. There are definitely opportunities for Internships (You get hired for basically nothing, and often start by doing shitty/menial work, but you have the opportunity to learn some awesome stuff along the way).
     
    As for volunteering to shadow someone? Likely you will not be able to do that and get paid for it. You could possibly do so for free (Actual volunteering), but you'd have to build relationships and networking with people. You need to know someone who is willing to let you tag along. They need to trust you to at least some degree, since even during the install phase, you may be exposed to sensitive corporate data, such as usernames and logins, IP addresses, etc.
     
    I would say that normally, such an opportunity would be hard to come by. Most colleges and universities have Co-op placements though, where you find work with a company for 3-6 months.
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    MDH reacted to Herman Mcpootis in Is this build good?   
    wait for the gtx 1070 if possible, placed the 390x there as a placeholder. get OS from kinguin/reddit for $20-30 if you wanna save a few bucks.
    PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
    CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($233.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
    CPU Cooler: Deepcool CAPTAIN 240 91.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
    Motherboard: ASRock Z170A-X1/3.1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($92.98 @ Newegg) 
    Memory: GeIL EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($55.99 @ Newegg) 
    Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($154.62 @ Amazon) 
    Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.85 @ Amazon) 
    Video Card: VisionTek Radeon R9 390X 8GB Video Card  ($389.71 @ Amazon) 
    Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
    Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
    Total: $1182.11
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-06 21:27 EDT-0400
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    MDH reacted to NaLu in Cable Management Help   
    OMG! WHAT SORCERY IS THIS!
     
     
    Soooo much better! Great work! 
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    MDH got a reaction from NaLu in Cable Management Help   
    haha, thanks! I'm really happy with how it turned out, seemed daunting at first.
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    MDH reacted to vanished in Speeding up Internet   
    And then there's Telstra:
    https://www.google.ca/search?q=telstra+cables&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiassC094DNAhVXPVIKHaDmCQgQ_AUIBygB&biw=1920&bih=965
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    MDH reacted to vanished in Speeding up Internet   
    Well in truth they only have so much bandwidth that they can dish out, as a result of whatever infrastructure they've built.  So if they had just one customer, they could offer that person 10% of their total possible speed or 100% and it would cost them the same.  It's just that when serving hundreds or thousands of people, they can only give each person so much speed and still have enough left over for the rest, and thus it effectively becomes a bidding war to see who will pay for more bandwidth.
     
    To resolve this, the companies should continue to build more advanced infrastructure so that they can offer higher speeds, but usually they just sit around collecting massive sums of cash for doing nothing and (here at least) spend it on stadiums and things like that to advertise.
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    MDH got a reaction from dricha36 in Port forwarding is confusing me. Please help   
    I haven't read the walls of text above but I've skimmed through and you have the Netgear R6300v2 router and you're wanting to port forward for risk of rain, right? In that case this is a guide on port forwarding for you http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Netgear/R6300v2/Risk_of_Rain.htm
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    MDH got a reaction from Enderman in Re-Installing Windows   
    Yeah true, okay thanks for your help.
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    MDH reacted to Enderman in Re-Installing Windows   
    yeah, but its better if you format the other drive instead of just deleting windows files
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