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If you are building a brand new PC, would it be better to just install Windows 11 now?

Dear Diary,

Today I converted some 1's to 0's and some 0's to 1's. Maybe tomorrow will be different.

Regards,
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Just got a HP LaserJet M451DW, duplex, wireless, ethernet, color from NCIX for $410 plus I found a $5 shipping coupon. Still on sale and you should be able to google the coupon. $240 in savings with this deal. I had an older Brother, 3040 I think, but the cost to replace the toner was over $400 plus...

It is Windows 7 64, same behaviour on Dell and Lenovo laptops. There are power schemes set by Policy so I was hoping to make a request for a change to the power scheme if there was a setting that fixed this. I don't think I would be successful trying to get them to issue a scripted sleep command. Al...

With our corporate power schemes, if a laptop is put to sleep by closing the lid, and subsequently wakes up remotely for updates, Thursday night scheduled virus scan, etc., it will not return to sleep when the process is done. This is with the lid remaining closed. So a typical thing to see is the l...

Thanks, I will check that out. Google has the advantage of being fairly stable. I found a site called http://www.MyOtherDrive.com which gives you sharing abilities at a fairly low rate $55/yr. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2344114,00.asp gave them an average review in 2009, but they seem to h...

I am a member of a strata (condominium owners) and we would like to provide PDF documents online for people to view. There are a lot of options out there and I'm trying to think out of the box for something that would suit. Suggestions would be appreciated. There are all types of paid services but i...

I don't understand why you seem to think a $350 5870 vs a $300 470 is so black and white?A 5870 is still faster than 470 the majority of time Easily around 10% or more for the most part. Nope. I know it's hard to believe and I thought the same myself at first, but look in TR's latest GPU article: h...

I think your problems would all go away with the correct kit. Generic bolts and springs and washers will result in the bracket bending too far and contacting where it shouldn't. Some points to condsider: - Scythe tech support told me it would work with the right kit - If you do the math the differen...

http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=49075&vpn=AXP%2D140%201156BTK&manufacture=Thermalright http://www.ncixus.com/products/49075/AXP-140%201156BTK/Thermalright/ All you need is the backplate with the four springloaded screws so make sure that is what you get. And you need the LGA775 adapter th...

The Atom uses an on-board memory controller but it is connected with a legacy external bus just as if it was a separate chip so the memory latency is one of the biggest bottlenecks on these systems. That might explain why a fast SSD makes no difference. http://www.anandtech.com/show/2925

You shouldn't need the current top of the heap video card to play an online game that was developed two years ago. The 5770 should be good enough as it has a similar performance to the top of the line 4000 series. Has anyone asked about specs for the rest of the system or the quality of the internet...

Why not the I7 dual core? The 2.66 GHZ 4MB cache model. I'm looking at the HP Envy 17 or the HP 8740W. You get about 4 or 5 choices for processor but not that one for the Envy. That processor is actually available when customizing the VB744AV model of the 8740W so I'll check it out, thanks. http://...

Choices are: i5 540M Dual Core 2.5GHz (Turbo mode 3.06GHz) 3MB L2 Cache (incl.) i7 720/820QM Quad Core 1.6/1.73GHz (Turbo mode 2.8/3.06GHz) 6/8MB L3 Cache (+$150/$250) This is for CAD which does not use multiple cores very well but might use them enough to kill the Turbo mode which only enables if o...

I bought the suggested parts from the December TR sweeter spot system guide for a P55A-UD4P with no problem. Then I read the same comments regarding compatibility and noticed that TR changed RAM manufacturers for no explained reason in their spring guide. So I was a bit worried but no problems even ...

Update ... The solution I posted above worked well. The backplate and 4 spring loaded screws from the LGA1156 Thermalright bolt-through kit, together with the LGA775 bracket that came with the Ninja worked perfectly together. I tightened the screws by hand with a long phillips head drill bit extende...

Yes I checked that and wrote an email to Scythe. They said it can't be done unless you order a universal mounting kit from someone else but I cannot find one. What I did find was an idea to mount the LGA775 clip that I have onto the Ninja but remove the plastic push pins. Then install the backplate ...

I have an older Scythe Ninja Plus Rev B that has a bracket for the LGA775.

The latest Ninja 2 has a similar bracket that works for LGA775, LGA1156 and LGA1366.

I'm wondering if the LGA775 bracket on my old Ninja will work on a new Gigabyte P55A UD4P LGA1156 motherboard?

Thanks

Processor Intel Core i5-650 Clarkdale 3.2GHz 4MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 AUD239 If you're going to use a discrete graphics card, I see no compelling reason to buy a dual-core CPU with a low-end graphics processor built into it. Consider the quad-core Core i5-750 or an AMD Socket-AM3 triple or quad core p...

28 gigs isn't to be unexpected. Rescue and Recovery backs up the entire hard drive to itself daily. Useful if there's a malware infection since the last backup. Not useful if there's a hard drive failure. We have this software in our corporate environment. It has never been used successfully to res...

I purchased the Dell 2007 when it was on sale for $50 less (on sale now in Canada for $379). To me it is a good second monitor to go with my CRT which is the same size/resolution. It rotates to portrait on the stand that it came with. I like the 2007 models but I think 2008 will be a step up. So I p...