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Senior member Navig has graced the our forums with another detailed how-to.

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There are examples on the Overclockers Forums of people making use of a rackmount solution at home, but most people don’t fully understand the whats and whys of rackmounting. In this article, Adragontattoo and Thideras explain some of the basics behind rackmounting applications and limitations.

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Today we will take a high-level look into the world of benchmarking: CPU and GPU benchmarks, benchmarking tools and much more. Specifically, we will be looking at thirteen point-scoring benchmarks listed at HWBOT.org as well as the more common utilities used for overclocking and submitting scores to their system.

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This how-to describes my simple solution for having a redundant internet connection from my home network. It may be overkill for most people, but we Overclockers tend to have a knack for overdoing things.

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Resetting Solid State Drives (SSD) to factory default settings is a popular method of alleviating problems related to slow system responsiveness issues such as stuttering or slowdowns. This article is a quick walk through of the procedure for those still using early generation SSDs.

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Jolly Swagman shows off his painting skills in his “Spray-Off” project: “Hands of the Gods”

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It’s been 3 years since I got this CM-690 Case. With its current hardware configuration it has served me well, but alas it’s time to move forward and update both the case and some of the hardware. This will be a summary overview of my project. Enjoy!

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The Navig Exoframe. A complete build log and tour of my exoframed aluminum and plastic case mod.

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This is a scratch build of an Acrylic Tech Bench, by Jolly-Swagman. It is able to be used in an upright position or laying down, and thus called “The Sled.”

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The goal of this mod is to put an acrylic window on to the top of a drive so you can see it operating. Obviously this is pointless unless you can see the top of the drive in the case, but if you can then it looks pretty neat!

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