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Western Digital 320GB Scorpio Blue SATAII 5400RPM 2.5IN 8MB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive WD3200BEVT

• Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging
• 320 GB capacity; 5400 RPM spin speed and 12 ms access time
• WD’s exclusive WhisperDrive combines state-of-the-art seeking algorith ms to yield one of the quietest
• Reliable and Rugged – WD’s ShockGuard technology protects the drive mechanics and platter surfaces from shocks.

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Western Digital Caviar Green 3 TB SATA III 64 MB Cache Bare/OEM Desktop Hard Drive – WD30EZRX

• 3 year limited warranty
• IntelliSeek – Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise, and vibration
• WD Caviar Green hard drives reduce power consumption by up to 40% and offer best-in-class acoustics.
• 3 TB capacity holds up to 600,000 digital photos, 750,000 MP3 files, and 360 hours of HD video

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Western Digital WD Elements 1 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive WDBAAU0010HBK-NESN

• Simply affordable
• Easy to use
• USB 2.0 Hard drive

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Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive ST2000DL003

• A unique 5900-RPM speed delivers faster performance than 5400-RPM drives
• Seagate SmartAlign technology provides the benefits of the new Advanced Format 4K sector standard without the hassles – not utilities, no extra steps
• Plenty of capacity for storage-hungry applications
• The SATA 6Gb/s interface and 64MB cache maximize performance, especially in cache-intensive applications
• Best-Fit Applications include: High-capacity desktop storage, Direct Attached Storage devices – USB/Firewire/eSata, Network Attached Storage devices and Windows storage servers, PCs

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by justin.parmelee

Common Causes for Computer Slow Down from a Tech Guru.

#1 Your computer is running really slow and you notice anytime you do something you hear this really loud sound coming from the Computer(Aka the box under the table) First thing you want to think about when you hear your computer making horribly loud noises is how old is it? Generally computers will last anywhere between 3-5 years, around the 3 year mark most computers Main Storage Medium Known as the “Hard Disk Drive” Starts to go bad. Generally if you are in this situation where your computer is 3-5 years old and it’s so nausiatingly slow that you can’t stand it chances are you need a new hard disk drive.

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by Laughing Squid

How to safely upgrade or repair your computer.

Safety tips to consider when working on your computer hardware.

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by karindalziel

Article by Peter O’Brien

A virus is computer code that somehow finds its way into your computer without your knowledge. It interacts with your computer’s operating system and memory and does troublseome things in your computer, often without your knowledge. Most people don’t even know they have been infected by a virus until, all of a sudden, their computer slows down to a crawl or doesn’t work at all. This happens when the virus is using all the available memory that used to be used to run your programs. Severe viruses can destroy hard drives, ruin software programs, delete important files, steal your identity and cost the victim a great deal of money and time. Some viruses can, all by themselves, move throughout networks and sneak by security systems. Viruses are very bad and need to be kept out of your computer. It seems the first virus appeared when the Internet was just beginning and only used by the Department of Defense and several universities. Since then they have become much more sophisticated and even more dangerous. All viruses are made by human beings and, sadly, there are lots of bad guys out there that make them either for profit (as a way to attach itself to programs into your computer and then copy every keystroke you make, including your credit card information) or because they are sick puppies with way too much time on their hands.

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by JimYounkin

Following the success of the original Xbox, Microsoft`s sequel has taken gaming to a new level. Its predecessor may have revolutionized the gaming experience, but this model is a different animal altogether; it allows users to combine the graphics and gameplay of a specialist console with the interactive functionality of a desktop computer, and has become an indispensable media player as well as a wonderful gaming tool.

Why is it so popular?

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by Laughing Squid

Cooling fans for greater CPU performance Cooling fans for greater CPU performance So you’ve reformatted your hard drive, you’ve downloaded some anti-virus software and your computer checks out clean, you’ve shut down all the peripheral programs that you don’t really need to be running, you’ve added a ton of RAM, you’ve cleaned your computer out, so to speak, and it’s still running along at a snail’s crawl. You’re getting single digit frames per second for media and gaming, you freeze up whenever you open more than a couple windows at a time, and you have no idea what the heck is going on.

Oftentimes, slow computer performance has nothing to do with the software running on your PC or Mac, it has nothing to do with how much RAM you have or viruses or anything like that. Sometimes it’s a much more practical issue: over heating.

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by Matthew and Tracie

Owning a computer is one thing and repair and maintenance is another. Usually, these technical machines do not require too much human attention. All the same, they can become quite troublesome if they develop hard drive mechanical problems. Many computer users and technicians recognize how complicated harddrives are. First, it is difficult to understand their craftsmanship. They have quite a few moving parts and a circuit board. If HD abruptly fails, help with data recovery hardware is inevitable.

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