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    Air vs Liquid Cooling

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    Custom water cool loop!

    Someone suggested me to use colloidal silver some time ago, in a Spanish forum, but I disliked the idea because my concerns with silver, and you are right, I read this post about using Colloidal gold or copper, and this is something I can try. The only problem/concern I can see using copper is...
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    Custom water cool loop!

    You are right, I'm from Spain (how did you noticed it :P?). Of course it is not the best option, but it is the cheapest one. I got excellent results in the past with EC-6, and now I'm giving a try to EK one, but I think the next time I will try to experiment with coloidal copper. I dislike...
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    Custom water cool loop!

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    Please help me with a school project by taking a very short survey about CPUs!

    I think you should add some more questions in the survey. Also, you don't state some interesting data that will be needed to assess a better response (like kind of work, RAM, % of use of each application...) But, survey completed, good luck on your presentation :)
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    Custom water cool loop!

    A very reliable and cheaper CPU block: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/17483/ex-blc-1348/EK_Supreme_LTX_Intel_CPU_Liquid_Cooling_Block_-_Acetal_Nickel_CSQ_EK-Supreme_LTX_-_AcetalNickel_CSQ.html?tl=g30c85s139 And here you got 2 complete "custom" kits from EK, a well reputated brand...
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    Custom water cool loop!

    You will need as well 2x 120mm fans and tubing. This will add another, about 25$ (or more). You will also need some distilled water and etilen-glycol (car anti-freezer to mix in a 5% to 15% solution with the distilled water). Also, a reservoir is recomended, or a fillport at least... I will...
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    Medium format DSLR - 30megapixels fujifilm finepix

    What is the exact model of your camera?
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    Ivy bridge update bios

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    Ivy bridge update bios

    According to their website, this MOBO should work with your CPU: http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?cat=Specifications&Model=H61M-DGS
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    Ivy bridge update bios

    I don't think you will have any problem, but for this we need the exact model of your motherboard. Gigabyte got a lot of H61 mobos...
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    Best CPU for Photo Editing (lightroom)

    Yeah you can add more memory later, but to be honest, you will really need it? I got a 3930k fitted into a Rampage 4 Extreme, with 32Gb of low latency Gskills rams and a GTX690, all water cooled, and believe me, most of the time I'm not using 1/4 of the computer's power (but for the GPU maybe)...
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    Keyboard controller problem

    It is simple. the CTRL key does not have any use into your BIOS, so it is not causing any throuble at all. What you can do to solve this problem is to carefully remove the keyboard of your netbook (they used to be easy to remove) and disconnect the cable (will be wide, semi transparent) that...
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    Best CPU for Photo Editing (lightroom)

    The thing is that Socket 2011 is still so expensive (It is not only the CPU, but the Memory, the motherboard...), and Lightroom4 is not as much CPU intesive. I think more ram and the 3370k will be more than enought. Also, pick a motherboard with USB3 and an USB3 card reader. Most cameras got...
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    Upgrade CPU for gaming?

    Take extreme care when OC'ing this CPU. If it is an old system probably your CPU cooler is not working as good as new, and you will be overheating it. GPUs are so cheap right now, and I think you can get something pretty decent with this budget. The problem can be your PSU not having additional...