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    Hostility in the GPU Space?

    I would say the hostility in the GPU scene has always been there. When you have two big, popular rivals offering highly competitive products, there's always going to be degree of hostility. In terms of the GPU scene, I think the worst I've seen it was back in 2003, during the ATI Radeon 9xxx vs...
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    1 TB SSD $221.85 shipped Mushkin Enhanced Reactor MKNSSDRE1TB 2.5" 1TB SATA III

    Awesome deal. Will have to pick one up. Thanks for sharing this deal OP!
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    Worst CPUs ever, now with poll!

    Hmm, the worst CPU ever? I'd probably have to say the Pentium 4 family, as competing processors released during that era were often preferable over Pentium 4 CPUs, especially when AMD released the Athlon 64 processors. I can sympathize. From 2004 - 2006, my main rig was running an...
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    Athlon X4 615e/620e 45W; should remain in production today along with FX processors..

    The reason why FM2 motherboards don't have integrated GPUs is that Socket FM2 processors (APUs as AMD calls them) themselves have integrated GPUs. The FM2 APUs should regarded as a CPU/GPU combo, rather than just a CPU. With this in mind, the TDP rating of Socket FM2 should be considered as...
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    Java 8 Update 45

    If you do any Android development and are using Android Studio or Eclipse, Java (the JDK) is needed. Outside of development purposes, I haven't seen much of a real need for Java.
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    Just Benchmarked my 840 Evo. How did it do?

    It looks like he might be running under IDE/SATA mode rather than AHCI mode, as it lists his EVO as a ATA device. AHCI mode is better, especially for SSDs, as features like NCQ can increase throughput to a significant degree. EDIT: Never mind, just caught the msahci check.
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    3.5" HDD Caddy/Holder for Expansion Slots?

    Does anyone know if a 3.5" HDD caddy/rack exists for expansions slots? I know that these exist for the 2.5" HDD/SDD form factor, like StarTech's S25SLOTR: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...?EdpNo=5606151 The reason why I'm looking for one is that I'd like to add one more 3.5" HDD in the...
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    The Remaining x86 License Holders

    I've noticed on VIA Technologies Wiki entry in that their x86 license appears to be expiring next year (the end of the 10 year agreement between Intel and VIA's settlement), unless they've extended their licensing agreement. While VIA hasn't been significant on the x86 front, it does bring up...
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    How does VIA

    Very slow. Expect Pentium III/Atom speeds. Probably would be okay enough for light office duties or basic functionality that is not CPU intensive.
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    If you wanted to illegally emigrate to another country, which would it be?

    North Korea, because Comrade Kim says it's a "Paradise on Earth", so it must be true. Jokes aside, the only time I would want to "illegally" emigrate is if the US falls to a devastating calamity and that would be to a friendly country far, far away. Perhaps New Zealand.
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    Dell G914J 50 GB SSD @ Microcenter for $29.99

    I picked up one of these SSDs earlier today. The reps at Microcenter said these SSDs came in with this week's shipment and were generally clueless about these drives. I hooked up the Dell G914J SSD drive to a spare PC at work and ran CrystalDiskInfo and CrystalDiskMark to see what this drive...
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    Dell G914J 50 GB SSD @ Microcenter for $29.99

    I'm not sure if this was posted already, but Microcenter is now selling Dell 50 GB SSD SATA2 drives for $29.99: http://www.microcenter.com/product/402049/G914J_50GB_SATA_30Gb-s_25_Internal_Solid_State_Drive_%28SSD%29 They seem to be rebranded Samsung drives.
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    AMD 12.11 beta 7 drivers are up

    Does anyone know if the Netflix app for Windows 8 runs on these drivers? It runs fine on the last official Catalyst drivers, but it refuses to run on the last beta version (due to it being an unofficial/unsigned driver).
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    AHH The Good Old Days Of Barton :)

    Barton, what memories. Especially the Mobile Athlon XP Bartons... man, those chips could overclock. Ran one at 2.6 GHz for a while, until I jumped to a Core 2 E6600.
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    Stardock's Start Menu Replacement

    I've been using Start8 since the first beta came out. Start8 works extremely well as a Start Menu replacement, as it also has quite a few customization options to make Windows 8 a much more capable multi-tasking OS. Without any of these Start Menu replacements, I would have just stuck with...