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Putting PC3 in a PC3L - slot means you are basically undervolting the RAM rather heavily. It won't break anything, but, as the warning says, it could definitely cause instabilities and errors. If you plan to keep on doing it, it'd probably be a good idea to run a couple of hours of a heavy memtest to see if the RAM is still stable or not.

♥ LTT forums for these instant replies. I'm at work and this is my task right now. Really nice to have an answer right now XD. I appreciate you all. 

Yeah I am a Windows tech who b*tches every time a mac comes in until it leaves. I will see if I can obtain the iso via another trash mac and try this. Thank you! 

you need to change that to a local dns server.
 
Id just setup a small dns server on a pc or server.
 
Depends on the router, most highend ones can be changed, while cheap ones can't be adjusted.

Thank you. My video drivers are out of date due to Gefore Experience being trash. Will do and report back. 

PCpartpicker.com is what I usually use to price check. 

100% this worked!! 

Thanks so much. Happy days. 

1. How long would it take to break the encryption:
Simple answer: Encryption algorithms are build to ensure, that no one can break them in a reasonable amount of time, even with unlimited calculation power. So in a serious discussion it doesn't make a difference if it takes 2 billion or 4 trillion years... But, all these calculations are based on assumptions. Assumptions are, that your encryption key is strong and really private. So, if your VPN-Provider hands out the keys to some third party, all your encryption is worthless against this party. Another assumption is, that the algorithm is correctly implemented, which none of them are. Some cryptographic functions for example need random numbers. Since it isn't that simple to get real random numbers in a short amount of time, developers might use pseudo-random-numbers or random number generators, which are intentionally flawed. This then weakens the encryption to a point where it might be relatively easy to break or even trivial.
Now, with all this said, most internet traffic gets "only" monitored in real time with minimal ressources. So the weakest encryption you can find, will help to hide your packets from, lets say a packet sniffing amateur hacker at Starbucks or your ISP. Even the NSA can either directly access the records of your VPN-Provider (who still knows, what you are doing...) or won't bother to attack the casual internet user.
 
2. Make it harder to get tracked:
Yes, changing your IP frequently makes it a little harder to get tracked. But you can achieve this by getting just a proxy or unplugging your DSL-Connection a few times a day... The real benefit of a VPN is, that one server (= one ip) represents a lot of users, not just you. So if someone monitors the traffic at the VPN-server, he sees the traffic of all users coming out. So you "hide in the crowd". But don't think for a second, that your IP is the only thing to track you. If you want to learn more about tracking, I would recommend you look into "fingerprinting", which is one of many techniques to track users without having to rely on the ip.
 
3. Conclusion:
So what are VPNs good for? Well, if you want to get around geoblocking (like Youtube in germany...), they are awesome. If you want to hide your traffic from attackers in the same network (like airports and other public networks) they help a little. Since most connections are https anyway, your traffic to any site is encrypted anyway, if you are using an VPN or not. The only benefit of a VPN is, that an attacker can't see to which sites you are connecting. And don't think that encrypting something twice is in any way a more secure solution... It isn't. Https is good enough. Further VPNs help to hide your traffic from your ISP, which might help to avoid throtteling of certain services.
What is the problem with VPNs? Well, you have to trust your VPN-Provider a lot. They can monitor all your connections, if they want to. While the contents are still protected by https, they can see which sites your accessing and when. So with privacy concerns you just changing your point of trust: Now your IPS can't see what you are doing, but your vpn-provider can...
 

Unfortunately, the United States, along with the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada, and Australia have banded together to form a group called Five Eyes. Collectively the group has compromised all of the Trans-Atlantic cables. So no matter where you are or what you are looking at, they can see your communications. Beyond that, any government who is in the practice of internet censorship has compromised the security of all of their own communications. Everything I'm going to say next is with that knowledge in mind.
Any modern encryption is considered NP-Hard. This means that it's theoretically non-bruteforceable on current computers. This doesn't mean unbreakable. If you don't use good passwords, if there are security holes in the communications that are taking place, or if your computer or the end machine has been compromised, then they will just see plaintext anyway. Yes. communication from anywhere to anywhere that crosses the border of any FVEY country or a Transatlantic cable is caught by the NSA fishnet.  Things like TOR, IP switching, and VPN's can help alot, anything you can do to make your trail longer or less trackable is a step in the right direction.
 

http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-MUYHSFMM-Headset-Splitter-Adapter/dp/B0058DOWH6
 
You need one of these to split the mic and headphone signals to plug them in their respective jacks.

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Thanks, I haven't seen this benchmark yet, I'll check it out asap.