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    [SOLVED] Looking for Good Budget Laptop for Email, Docs, etc?

    This is the best I have found: https://deals.dell.com/en-us/productdetail/e0gd if anyone has nominations for alternatives id appreciate it. Or if you think its worth it to get the premium support from dell for some reason. I just want them to cover display/batt/mobo mainly you know? This is...
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    [SOLVED] $150 to $175, 24" to 27", work from home best picks?

    I'm overwhelmed by all the response rate and size and resolution and contrast and other options. I just want a good monitor at least 24" for desktop applications, no gaming no photography, just good image quality and easy on the eyes for 8 hours. I have about 150-175$ at the moment. HDMI pr...
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    [SOLVED] B450 AMD RAID Question

    I have SSDs for high performance storage, I would want mirror because reliability/failure safety is my highest priority for EG, photo/video albums, things which are seldom accessed and can't be replaced. So I will have to initialize both disks and then create the array?
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    [SOLVED] B450 AMD RAID Question

    I have SSDs for high performance storage, I would want mirror because reliability/failure safety is my highest priority for EG, photo/video albums, things which are seldom accessed and can't be replaced. So I will have to initialize both disks and then create the array?
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    [SOLVED] B450 AMD RAID Question

    I'm wondering if I can take a drive and buy another of the same size then make them into a RAID mirror or if I have to blank both drives at the same time to create the array? It looks like I have to initialize the drive and then create the array. Also when I switched from AHCI to RAID mode it...
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    Question Which seagate drive should I get?

    I'm going to run a RAID (mirroring) of two drives of 6 or 8 TB off of my motherboard. This is just going to basically be for general personal storage and backup of data on SSDs. I'm looking at around $150/drive budget, I could get an 8TB desktop drive...
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    [SOLVED] What is the most failure resistant way to store 4TB?

    I hate spinning drives, they give me anxiety. I hear soft click and chirp noises from my 3TB disk now (I think, there are multiple drives) and the current pending sector count has suddenly gone to 3. I am preparing to backup to google drive, I currently have backups to other spinning drives...
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    [SOLVED] 8 pin Processor Power Connector Adapter

    Hello, I upgraded to this board: MSI ProSeries AMD Ryzen 2ND and 3rd Gen AM4 M.2 USB 3 DDR4 D-Sub DVI HDMI Crossfire ATX Motherboard (B450-A Pro Max) (B450APROMAX) It has an 8 pin power socket by the processor and my PSU only has 4pin and 6pin, for now I plugged in only the 4 pin and it...
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    [SOLVED] Best Mobo / RAM / CPU Combo <= 200$

    Looking to try and upgrade existing computer on $200 budget. Need 4 SATA ports, onboard DVI. ATX form factor. Existing system: AMD Athlon AM2 dual core 3.0ghz, 4GB RAM (DDR3?). Asrock A0D790GX/128M.