Recent content by phexac

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    Is buying a new GTX 1080 worth it now or wait for Volta?

    Interesting discussion here. Thanks guys. I particularly liked Guru's take and the laying out of the reasons for predicted performance improvement.
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    Is buying a new GTX 1080 worth it now or wait for Volta?

    1080 is pretty close to its $500 MSRP...
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    Is buying a new GTX 1080 worth it now or wait for Volta?

    Thinking of upgrading to the 1080 from R9 290. I am gaming on a 34" ultra-wide 1440x3440 right now and the 290 seems to not quite cut it in many places. With selling my current card plus selling Destiny 2 looks like I can nab the 1080 for $300-330 net. But would be silly if I got this and then...
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    The "Core 2 Quad" club

    Yep, I know exactly how you feel. It's a strange place to be in in the computer world, when a 6-year-old chip is basically the same as the latest and greatest, unless you go for something with more cores and have a workload that can actually take advantage of them.
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    The "Core 2 Quad" club

    The real chip with longevity is the i7 2600k. It's about to turn 6 years old and it can still match modern chips' performance. When OCed, it will come close to matching stock i7 6700k. It eats all games and reasonable prosumer workloads with not trouble. And that is likely to remain the case for...
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    Where to get new PC from?

    I just checked out the pugetsystems website. Wow, building your own is so much cheaper...
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    My Predictions for Microsoft

    Not really sure where this thread is coming from. 1. MSFT has stated that their plan is to iterate Windows 10 a la Mac OS X. For the foreseeable future Windows 10 is going to be the main MSFT OS. 2. Developing new OS and losing support for all current Windows software? That should go over...
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    Macbook Pro extension base

    I would never travel with something like this. At home, a far better solution would be the ports in a Thunderbolt display and a NAS setup for extra storage.
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    Macbook Pro extension base

    It's a magical transformation that turns 2016 MBP into 2010 MBP ;)
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    Is it worth it to upgrade Samsung 1TB 840 EVO to 960 EVO?

    I am building a new machine based on Broadwell-E and initially thought that this was a no brainer upgrade. However, based on reviews from Anandtech, random read, which impacts how quickly programs are opened and how quickly the system loads, has barely moved from 95 MB/s to 110 MB/s. Sequential...
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    New Zen microarchitecture details

    I would be too, but I am also cautious after the promise versus reality of Phenom and Bulldozer.
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    Back at it again! 4k or 1440

    I ended up going with 1440 BUT, I went for a the Dell 34" 3440x1440. Windows support for 4k displays is just too inconsistent for me to go that route.
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    How to convert Word doc to PDF file

    Just save as PDF. You can select the format you save as using the drop-down menu at the bottom of the save as window.
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    Anyone upgrading their iPad Air to iPad Pro 9.7?

    The new screen and general operating smoothness are a huge improvement, but my concern would be the longevity of the new iPad with its 2GB of RAM. I would prefer for the new iPad to last a while...
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    The "regular" MacBook makes the MacBook Air look like Fred Flinstone's abacus.

    That keyboard is definitely not the future. It's a compromise forced by the small form factor. Just because the low profile, low travel keys from the other MacBooks are common on laptops these days and people are used to them, does not mean that I find my desktop mechanical full keyboard...