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    Ultrabook Recommendation - £800

    Hi guys, I've recently been looking to buy an ultrabook, mainly for programming, and virtual machine support. I will every now and then play a game or two at low settings, such as rocket league, or Dota2 The main things i'm looking for are the following: A good CPU - quad core preferred, but...
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    Quiet watercooling pump

    It's been a little over 2 years since I've build my WC rig and the pump seems to have gotten way noisier than what it used to be, I'd even go as far as saying that now is as noisy or more than it used to be on air, I want to make it quiet again. Pump in question is Alphacool VPP655 Single +...
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    How to pick a new TV?

    It's been over 6 years since I bought a TV, time has come to replace my trusty LG32" but since it's been so long my knowledge of TV's has become way too outdated so hope you guys can tell me some of the things I should be on the lookout for, panel types and the likes. I'm in UK, budget around...
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    Diesel vs petrol engines?

    There was a car thread but don't want to necro it:) so here is a question for all the car enthusiasts, what are the main advantages and disadvantages of a petrol vs diesel engine? I'm helping a friend buy a car but neither of us is that knowledgeable about them. The car is most likely gonna be...
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    New speakers suggestion and layout

    I've changed my desk around and now it looks like this I still have my old Logitech X530 which have been great over the years, especially the remote for when I had to turn off speakers to use headphones and thanks to STX II I can do that just by changing to headphone mode so haven't used the...
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    Mouse recomendation

    My current mouse, SS Rival, is developing an annoying middle double click and while it can be fixed with autohotkey for browsing it is really annoying for games. Have no complaints with it so far but was wondering if anything better came out since Rival? Don't need many buttons on it. Saw the...
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    OnePlus 2

    Has anyone got a hold of one yet? If so what do you think so far? On paper it looks great, just like 1+1. If anyone's got an invite they don't plan to use, I'd promise to put it to good use for you :D
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    BSOD with 2 Ram sticks | Faulty Mobo suspected

    I'm trying to revive this old pc and I'm stuck with these BSOD's. It used to work fine and haven't changed any hardware, only got new ram because 1 stick died. PC Specs: MSI P43 Neo-F Q9550 2x2GB Generic Ram DDR2 800 5-5-5-13-1.8V 640GB WD HDD Blue MSI GTX 460 1GB Vantec Ion2 450W Windows 7 x64...
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    Dead Motherboard?

    I'm trying to revive an old PC. Has the following parts MSI P43 Neo, Q9550, 1x2GB ram, Corsair VS450, Gigabyte 460, plus all the rest of peripherals and HDD. I can't seem to be getting any video signal or mouse/keyboard recognition. Everything else turns on, like HDD, fans, CD-ROM. Tried to...
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    Snortan's Enthoo Primo

    Just finished my first WC build and thought I'd share it. Red&black theme which is overused but I like it. Setup: 4690k Maximus VII Ranger Powercolor 290 PCS+ Vengeance Pro 2x4GB 2133MHz Samsung 840PRo 256GB Xonar D2X EVGA Supernova 850W Koolance CPU-380I Alphacool VPP655 Single Primochill...
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    Favourite way to flush a new radiator?

    I'm waiting for my WC parts to arrive this week and the only part I'm not completely clear on is the proper way to clean the radiator (NexXxoS UT60 480mm) so I just wanted to hear what you guys prefer doing.
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    PSU for OC'd 290 CF + 4690k

    I'm planning to go CF for my build and the last part to decide on is the PSU. Superflower, Seasonic, Corsair come to mind as reliable companies to look at but I'm not sure at what wattage should I look get?
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    Radspace Question

    I'm building a new system made of Phanteks Enthoo Primo, Maximus VII Ranger, 4690k, Powercolor 290 PCS+(already have it), 8GB Corsair Vengeance Pro Red, Corsair AX860. Now I'm not sure on the radspace and was hoping you guys could give me some advice on that. I was thinking to start with a UT60...
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    Data Recovery

    I'm trying to recover whatever data is possible from a Fujitsu 250gb 2.5" and so far I had no success at all. I've tried Recuva which doesn't even start and two others that don't find the drive at all. I know the drive has 4 partitions, 1 recovery, 1 system reserved and 1 OS, 1 storage. I can...
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    Max HDD Size on P43

    Does anyone know the max HDD size you can use on a MSI P43 Neo-F? On MSI's website max hdd size they tested is 750GB and I see there is a bios update to support 1TB but nothing about the max size you can use. Update: bought a WD 2TB black drive and it works just fine, no bios update needed...
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