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    ya... 20 virtual servers lol. Network class assignment... let's DDOS demo
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    Haswell (i7 4700MQ) with GTX 770M 17" MSI GT Series GT70 2OC-065US Asus 750JX series... if you wait a little bit.
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    Thanks for the info. I had my eyes on the CM Storm Quickfire TK. I like the larger letters. The key cap top area looks bigger... but will have to try it in person first. Oh, this is what I was talking/complaining about : Keycap top area is too small: Too much spacing between keys:
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    The Lepai amp for $20... man, I'm tempted to grab one. I have a few of the trends 10.1 amps, they sounded great (decent bass power, but that's where the sub and a good sound card comes in). I'm no audiophile, but I take better audio when I can. The logitech systems are no sloucher, and great for the simplicity of setup (even though a home theater system isn't much more difficult). I'm surprised the audio companies aren't making more systems like logitech's, or when they do, they charge toooo much. One thing I do notice in my experience is that any speaker with domes smaller than 4" will sound "boxy" (not including tweeters), especially in the midrange. Size does matter :rolleyes:
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    They were once awesome, but their time has passed... still good, but too pricey. I'm using an old bose 5.1 front satellite speaker for myself haha. Have a couple more that I gave away.
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    For a casual system, the sub makes the biggest difference IMO, even if you have $20 front speakers. I still run my old $50 bose bookshelf from over 20years ago (because my sister's family took my Polk tower speakers and using it on their home theater :P), but the Polk powered sub I got makes it good enough to feel like a theater (as long as you have a good audio device that can separate the bass from mids and highs)
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    if you got the Logitech Z906, you'll just plug in and three 3.5 male to male stereo jack connections to your sound card to input 1 on sub. Or use the optical out from the motherboard... but that defeats you buying the sound card as it will use the DAC on the speakers (probably no better then the onboard audio). Oops, I guess you meant to question Gorgatron's suggestion of using an receiver/amp. IF you get a receiver, you'll want to use the 5/1/7.1 analog input (rca jacks). You'll just need to get 3.5 stereo-to-rca cables for each channel. I run the optical out to my receiver which does the decoding.
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    The sound control unit is cool. You are also paying extra for the built in DAC. You can get something from a real audio company, and since you have a good sound card that can put out the analog up to 7.1, you can save $$ buy getting speakers without extra circuitry and cost added from the dts/dobly/etc. Like this for example: Polk Audio RM6750 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882290066 , or stretching the budget: http://www.amazon.com/Polk-Audio-RM-510-5-1-channel/dp/B001LPI5ZA nevermind these.. they require an amp (which at ~$200 will beat the pants out the the logitechs) I haven't heard these, but I had a couple of polk standing speakers and their 10" sub and they are awesome and inexpensive.
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    I use SSD magician 3.2, which has option to make bootable cd/dvd or bootable usb for firmware update. I ran SSD magician 4 on a different machine and didn't find that option (but maybe because I didn't have a recongnized ssd on it). Don't forget to do a full backup B) Lack of ssd feature support in raid is what's keeping me form "raid0"ing my 830's.
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    Oh ok. I was looking at the door panels being 15cm(w) x 18cm(h) which looks right.. but resulting in an enormous 120cm height lol. A chubby Tardis... will look weird, but interesting. Alternatively, If you need room for extra stuff, you could also build vertically (psu bottom, motherboard middle flat, and glowing clear reservoir on top, rads on the door hehe), 40cm x 70 cm.
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    I'm assuming you mean why use virtual machines on top of your OS, and not virtualbox vs something like vmware player/workstation I run it for different uses test/try out other OS and NAS/Media servers (versions of windows, linux, FreeNAS ... etc) test/try software without installing it on your main OS (especially those pesky trialwares) Has very handy snapshot feature. Very quick snapshot and recovery compared to the old fashion way. While doing web dev... browser testing on differnent OS. Currently test running web servers (on my faster new server) that used to run on VMware vSphere (old slower hardware & more power hungry) I also have setups for IT support on a vm that I keep synched with my laptop. list goes on.... Oh, For some business clients who wants to surf around and not mess up the company data... VMware was a huge lifesaver before virtualbox was as stable as it is now. I used it since use vmware player while doing some dev, as it worked well with the vmware vsphere.
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    That's pretty cool. Curious if you plan to have to interior layout and lighting to give the a feel of the inside of the tardis too haha. btw... the 60cm height might be a little off :rolleyes:
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    I was wondering more about the cases and equipment you plan to put on rack since that would be a big factor in the rack design. I guess I'll wait and see after you post everything. How is serviio? Everyday I hear about a new media server software. What do you like most about it?
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    Was in Best Buy to get a emergency cpu cooler. Though I check if they have mech keyboards to try out... so I asked a couple of people if they had mechanical keyboards... err they looked at me strange like "aren't all keyboards mechanical"... then one lady said they have "gaming" keyboards... Ahhhh yes.. AKA "GAMING". :rolleyes:
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    Best AC router?

    stevv replied to ShuanW50's topic in Networking

    I'm looking to get this (to replace my Linksys E4200) http://www.securifi.com/almondplus b/c it's feature packed and doubles as home control =). Not sure of performance yet. but only $99. Hope Linus can review this version when it comes out (he did with the original almond router)
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    Don't have any accident stories... just a big scare. 1996 road trip with buddies to Yellowstone... That was the year with the gigantic snow storms. Waking up in car to find out it was on the edge of mountain with not guard rails. A day before that, spinning around and seeing the back of the truck in front of us a couple of times and getting closer... then sliding off the sloped side road on the highway during those "can't even see the car's light in front of you a few feet away situations"... oh, did I mention it was the same driver as the above incident.. and going like 70mph... :blink:
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    You forgot the CD-ROM drive
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    video: "more of what you love" then shows the "start" button. I can't help but giggle, because people are going to use that new "start" button and find out it doesn't do diddly ... and do what they love... rant and complain more hahaha. Fences is awesome!
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    The Anti-case! It will probably collect more dust under the desk from the foot traffic. My closed server near the floor collects way more dust than my lanboy air at knee level. Plus being open it's very easy to clean.
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    or...something like this: Sunbeam TP101 (usb software controlled) ... nevermind.. .not avail anymore :( http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=17212 Some type of fan controller would be helpful if you don't want the fans to run at full speed all the time.
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    lol, I looked everywhere but missed that part of posting ( I kept on looking in the "My Media" and it's all empty and no option to upload). Thx. I've been linking to my g+ images instead.
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    Cool, What hardware and cases are you planning do you have? I built a small one for a business last year (bought the rack, 3 servers and two 24port switches and UPS, and some spare room for misc stuff. Full headless.), and it can get pretty hefty, so Metal would be better otherwise there will be flex. Less material needed and more open for ventilation. Something like this: http://hackedgadgets.com/2006/09/19/diy-server-rack/ Alternatively you could buy one to save yourself a bit of trouble (and lose the fun though). Something like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816133039 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816228081 Being able to easily take machine out is also useful. Flat tray or rails (if you buy server rack cases), otherwise mount case directly to rack front and back (but only if you have strong cases, otherwise bad flex for components). My own system, I put them on a bookshelf haha. Don't forget the UPS =)
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    At least 3 super ants. Since they carry things with their mouth.. and if one did have the strength, the brick would probably break in that corner. So three for balance =). I guess one or two could work, but they would have to also have perfect balance.
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    I go by this article, pages 3, 4, 5. I think for people who do a testing, best would be the one that's most consistent, if not the best performing. "Perfect" application would require more time and patience (which I imagine would be frustrating if one is testing a bunch of coolers or cpus). I think linus also mentioned the thermal paste he uses for the testing rigs because of it's consistency.
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    Nice. This to cool down radiator or water in reservoir might be an alternative to direct cpu.
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