Recent content by sethk

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    SSD for LSI Cachecade?

    I see some general Sandforce negatives, but I'm wondering if people have specific experience with 520 drives and cachecade 2.0. I can extrapolate along with all the rest of you, but I'm wondering if anyone has direct Intel 520 + Cachecade 2.0 experience, good or bad.
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    100GB OCZ Vertex LE 2X RAID-0 ICH10R!!

    I agree with the cache caveat to benchmarks - people need to remember to turn caching off, they cause benchmark results to be inconsistent and not indicative of actual drive performance. Rubycon: Is that GEM backplane a SuperMicro thing? Any advantages to using a SAS backplane over a 4x SATA...
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    On Budget - Alienware Vs HP vs Systemax vs Cyberpower or keep current

    Keep an eye out for Cyberpower sales and promotions. They just happened to have one running when I ordered mine, it reduced the cost about 10% over the non-sale price (I had specced it out a week prior to that.) And yes, the PC comes with a 3 year warranty + lifetime H/W support. No idea...
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    Quiet and Fast PC Build - I need suggestions

    I did a similar install this past Thursday. After installing just firefox, Office and some basic system utilities on the C drive, my install took up ~36GB before optimization. Part of this was a gigantic hibernation file, which I turned off with a commmand line option. I tweaked the swap file to...
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    Quiet and Fast PC Build - I need suggestions

    The Antec P183 is a nice case on the inside, I have used it to build PCs for others, but it is surprisingly cheap and plasticky looking which is a turn off for me personally. The front door tends to snap off easily too. If you're not into looks, it is a nice design, although those tri-cool fans...
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    On Budget - Alienware Vs HP vs Systemax vs Cyberpower or keep current

    I always build my own PCs at home, but obviously that won't fly at work. My last two PCs at work were Dells (last one a XPS 710), and it kept dying, repeatedly. Also the power button broke, and I had a stick of RAM go bad. I went through four motherboard swaps - I blame the crappy Nvidia...
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    Asus p6x58d

    I'm not sure if the new Gigabyte is out, that will also have USB 3.0 / SATA 6Gb.
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    Prince of Persia (PC Version) - Pre-Order for $29.99

    Great deal for those that definitely want PoP, especially on the PC. This version does look good - however I'm always nervous to buy a game without waiting for the reviews. Besides which there's a glut of good games coming out that are must buys for me - Left for Dead, Fallout 3, Little Big...
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    [Retired] The LCD Thread

    It looks like the KDS does NOT support monitor based scaling. The screenshot with proper scaling was done through the ATI control panel, i.e. with GPU scaling. Any monitor "supports" this since its not doing the work. This means that a BluRay Player, PS3 and 360 at 1080p will not look right...
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    Pics and Reviews of the New NForce 780i Boards

    I don't know... a sub-$250 8800GT might sorely tempt me to build an SLI rig. For one thing SLI has become much more usable and stable than in the past, though far from perfect. For another, the performance boost in key games is very near and dear to Nvidia and they work hard with developers to...
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    am i ready for an 8800 GTX or higher?

    I'm in a similar situation, I think I'm going to wait for the 65nm 8900xx or 55nm 29xx cards that should be released soon because I think the next big performance jump is less than 6 months away, and I'm not that keen to spend much more than $300 on an aging technology (in relative graphics card...
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    Seagate is going down the toliet!

    I don't think the OP is complaining about the drive dying, he's complaining about $20 for the advanced RMA. The usual procedure for advanced RMA is they charge you for the full cost of the drive or component until they receive it back from you, at which time they refund the amount. This...
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    R600 nice read

    I think the R600 will be as radical a departure from the R5xx as the G80 is from the G7x. It won't be a total departure from the Xenos though, just adjusted to provide proper DX10 and DX9 performance, as opposed to the custom APIs (still closely related to DX) that the 360 uses. Nvidia chose...
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    R600 nice read

    I think at this point we're going to see leapfrogging, as it benefits both companies giving them a short period of dominance during which they can get their launch cards sold at $600+ Won't revisit history, but at this point G80 is the fastest single card out there, the R600 will be the...
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    Anyone have the Westinghouse LCM-22w2?

    A 22" monitor with 1680x1050 resolution has slightly smaller pixels than a 24" with 1920x1200. I have a Dell 2405fpw and I can see the pixel structure slightly but then I have good eyesight. Personally I think 24" is too big, and 22" might be a little large for gaming, depending on the distance...