Recent content by Soleron

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    New PC build and questions (UK)

    "more love" = ??? No one seems to want to say WHY the H170 is better. If I won't use all the PCIe lanes on an H110 and I'm not overclocking, what difference will I see? Is it just the higher number?
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    New PC build and questions (UK)

    What is actually crippled and how does it affect performance? I've read the spec sheet - seems like it supports the RAM, SSD, single GPU and single monitor just fine.
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    New PC build and questions (UK)

    Thanks for the other answers, very helpful. Due to some unique circumstances, I only have a choice between H110 and Z170. The Z170 option is £100 more. What are the problems with H110?
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    New PC build and questions (UK)

    Hi, does the below build look ok? I also have some questions below. PCPartPicker part list CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£199.98 @ Amazon UK) Motherboard: Asus H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£59.99 @ Amazon UK) Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB)...
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    Geforce GTX 1060 Thread: faster than RX 480, 120W, $249

    HD 4850 time, or 8800GT time.
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    PC for development work

    Thanks. Is hyper-threading worth the cost difference? About the tiny improvement from dual channel, some articles say 0%, no difference, and some say 15% or even more. I'm constrained as to the supplier I can use and there is a difference in price there unfortunately.
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    PC for development work

    I'm building a PC purely for application and database development (Visual Studio/SQL Server) and I have some questions. 1. Does it make any difference if I have hyperthreading? It's $100 more for the same architecture/clock speed quad-core but with hyperthreading. 2. For these workloads...
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    What midrange phones are coming out?

    Thanks for the warning. If it does I will just send it back (Assuming I get an invite). The UK has good consumer protection laws for goods ordered online.
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    What midrange phones are coming out?

    Is that a real phone that actually exists? Wow. I put my name down on the invite list.
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    What midrange phones are coming out?

    Budget is under £400. It's not resolution I'm looking for but density. Would be happy to get a 3.x" phone with sub-HD resolution. I'm thinking about just getting a 2013 Moto G, or 2013 Nexus 5 as you say. I find it unbelievable that there aren't any 2014 replacements with 4.x" screens.
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    What midrange phones are coming out?

    New to Android. I intended to pick up a Moto G, but the new one has lower pixel density which I can't accept. What other midrange phones are out or are coming out within a few months? I would have thought a year after the Moto G was released there would be some competition from the other...
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    [solved] How to tell if disks formatted?

    I'll use PM, thanks Bubbaleone. C1, there's too many complex steps for me to remove the hard drive and particularly the SSD. There's a decent chance I'd break it altogether. I've already backed up, yes.
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    [solved] How to tell if disks formatted?

    I don't expect help on the issue, and this does not have a recovery partition (and in fact this is certainly a hardware problem that will not go away after doing that) Yeah I thought so. That's probably OK though unless they actually try and recover it. It costs $5..
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    [solved] How to tell if disks formatted?

    I have a laptop with an SSD (primary) and HDD that I want formatted. I'm sending a laptop back for repair and I want the disks to be formatted before I do so. It overheats within ~2 minutes of turning on with a ungodly loud system beep and crash. This isn't enough time to tell if the disks...