Recent content by aatroxed

Thought I'd also get some advice from this community. Things to keep in mind: I'm mostly into gaming, want to get into streaming, like to multitask, don't need bleeding edge, and would rather avoid water cooling. So I am likely going to be getting a free EVGA Z490 FTW. There's a sale on the...

@Charlie22911 Thanks a lot. In general I still want to avoid SMR and not worry if and when my use case would make them intolerable. I found these https://www.newegg.ca/black-wd-elements-6tb/p/N82E16822232981 and they seem to be a really good candidate for shucking. From what I understand only...

So some of yall might have read -https://www.anandtech.com/show/15848/storage-matters-xbox-ps5-new-era-of-gaming Most of my research (let me know if I'm wrong) points to NVMe SSDs not providing significant speed boosts vs SATA SSDs aside from workstation, heavy video editing workflows. Fine...

I plan on using an SSD for the main drive. Specifically though, if I get a NAS drive for mostly music, video and that won't necessarily be in raid / NAS box, am I risking anything? More research got me this WD Red 4TB NAS CMR 5400 RPM -...

I'm interested in expanding my storage and looking out for ~4TB options. I currently still using a Seagate (Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS) and a Hitatchi (HDP725050GLA360) drive from circa 2006 without any failures (did I just get lucky?). As far as I can tell these were regular consumer facing...

I have an older spec rig still on the LGA 775 socket (Core 2 Quad 6600). Sadly PSU died and need a replacement. Other components include GTX 760,1 SSD, 1 DVD, and 1 SATA Drive. Read this: https://www.anandtech.com/show/12070/the-corsair-tx550m-80plus-gold-psu-review Comments ripped on review...

You're a life saver, thanks for the reassurance. I actually bought the laptop for my mom and I figured if I had to do an after market ssd drop in. Which Crucial model did you pick?

I would like to do a fresh Win 10 install on the laptop I just received. My guess is that merely doing a factory reset will just pre-load it with all the cruft I don't want to deal with it. The laptop (E555) originally came with Win10. If I download a Win10 ISO, how would I go about...

Seems like you're right on that point. It's been so long since I've taken a look at prices and the power of current hardware. I used to eat up that stuff right up until I built my own desktop back on 04. Anyway its got to be a laptop. Mom takes it to library sometimes. Wasn't sure how cheap...

Budget range: $500 - $800 Purpose: for the older folks at home; simple web browsing, basic school/work functions like MS Office Screen size preference: 13-15" OS: Windows Gaming requirements: none Other performance requirements (video editing, CAD, etc.): none Brand preferences and reasons...

The author specifically cites that these are his personal views and gives reasons for them. He doesn't make a deductive argument merely an inductive one and gives cogent reasons. Naturally one person's strong inductive argument might be another's weak argument if they don't share the same...

Beautifully articulated what I meant to say and unsurprisingly your input goes completely ignored. When non practitioners of an art insist the details the artisan enjoys or simply strives for are irrelevant...and then concludes the practice is pretentious. I say fuck 'em. I'm not doing it for...

I did go ahead and contact Seasonic about it, here's the reply I got: Dear consumer, Thank you for contacting SEASONIC Technical Support Team. GTX 570’s TDP is 219W , so S12-500HT is enough for your system. Thank you. Is that pretty much you're understanding as well?

All right, so if I understand correctly for example the gtx 570 has a recommended +12 Volt rating of 38 Amps (not sure if that's for the system or just the GPU itself). My Seasonic S12 500W (probably a single rail) has listed +12V1 ~ 17A , +12V2 ~16A , -12V ~ 0.8A. I know its not always a...

Yeah I was extremely lucky. I went from a 8800 gts to a gtx 570 for free. Anyway, I noticed my monitor flickering in a very weird way and I'm too spooked to leave it up to chance. The Antec is only 44 bucks which is fine. I did look up my voltages in the meanwhile on the old seasonic...what...