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    Any good drive live-mirroring software for non-RAID?

    I am planning for a NAS and backup box, where speed won't be an issue, so none of the benefits of RAID give me any incentive to use it so I'd rather not mess with it and have any complications if I want to change drives around. Looking for something to back up drives as things are copied over...
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    Custom R9 290/290X Reviews/Availability/Listings thread

    Going to try and keep updated, if people could PM or post in the thread when they see a card being available, that would also help. I can't see any listings on Newegg nor Amazon for the US, hence the listing all being from the UK for now, but I would guess release dates will be similar...
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    Worklog: Custom mITX gaming PC case

    The Concept: Since IMO building a new PC is too easy (http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2299663) I decided to make my own case for a PC, to give myself more of a challenge. I wanted to make a gaming mITX build in the smallest case possible. I decided to go with a GPU mounted next...
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    Is making your own PC now "too easy"?

    I was "making" a PC yesterday, as in, putting the CPU, RAM, HDD and motherboard in the case and hooking it all together. Apart from not having a GPU, which would have added another 60 seconds to the build, it was all done almost instantly, because cases are so easy to use, and there's almost...
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    Smallest length GTX660 or HD7850?

    I'm looking at trying to (custom) make a case/system which is as small as I can reasonably get it. For that reason I want something that's only as much bigger than an mITX motherboard as is required. I'm hoping to have a depth of maximum 170~180mm (the size of an mITX motherboard). The...
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    mITX case with dual GPU slot and NON-ATX PSU?

    Does anyone know of an mITX case which supports a 2 slot graphics card, but is also small. Most dual slot cases seem to also have regular size optical drive support, plus space for a full ATX PSU, which is way overkill for a lower power system. Unfortunately most graphics cards (GTX650 and...
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    The Evolution of Cases

    Someone said they were looking at a £300 ($400 or so) case. I said this was a silly idea, as in 5 or so years, cases will have moved on beyond what we have now. So then this thread got made. It would be nice to see a history of case design and the good ideas and bad ideas, and who did...
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    NVidia Tegra 3 power consumption (AT article)

    http://www.anandtech.com/show/6529/busting-the-x86-power-myth-indepth-clover-trail-power-analysis/6 It seems like NV might be struggling with power consumption on their GPUs in comparison to Imagination Tech (PowerVR). Certainly from a platform power standpoint, it does indicate some...
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    Intel and the big.LITTLE concept

    I just noticed the new pipeline article about BIG.Little on AT http://www.anandtech.com/show/6420/arms-cortex-a57-and-cortex-a53-the-first-64bit-armv8-cpu-cores which builds on the big.LITTLE concept. Would Intel be able to benefit form this? Obviously with Haswell, they are reducing power...
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    ASML buys Cymer (EUV tech stuff)

    http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-blogs/semi-conscious/4398841/ASML-doubles-down-on-EUV?pageNumber=0 ASML is the company which asked Intel, Samsung and TSMC to invest in it for 450mm wafers. Now they have bought a light source company in order to aid them with their development of EUV...
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    Why are American sports leagues so un-American? (NFL, NBA, MLB etc)

    I am from the UK, so excuse me if I have some things wrong (and feel free to correct), but my understanding of American sports leagues is, loosely speaking, as follows: There are lots of government grants and subsidies which aren't economically beneficial for new stadiums/facilities etc...
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    Post your HTPC builds!

    I'll start with mine: Currently running on a new 42" 1080p LG TV: Pentium G620T (underclocked to 1.8GHz) 4GB DDR3 3x2TB HDD HD6450 Bluray drive Some ASRock ITX motherboard Powered by a PicoPSU for super low power (almost): http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=12383 Soon to be operational...
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    PSA: Google finally enabled effective user account switching for Gmail/Youtube etc

    https://accounts.google.com/optintoaccountchooser Opt in now! Ever since the nightmare when Google force Youtube accounts to become Google accounts, it's been a giant PITA to use multiple services with different accounts. Now, FINALLY, it's much much easier. Only took them 18 months or...
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    Home made NAS drive/power question - spinning down drives

    I'm considering building a custom NAS box which would be hopefully as low power as possible (Atom based). Obviously the main power consumer would be harddrives (potentially lots of them on my planned build, maximum capacity would be ~14 drives, although it would have 4 to start with). Other...
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    Gigabyte and Asus expanding warranties: possible user damage repair

    http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20120704PD214.html
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    Intel and the future. Thank you Intel.

    This will probably be mostly rambling, apologies, but I hope to have some nice discussion on the future of open technologies now that Intel is finally showing up to the party with Ivybridge and their future products. Irrelevant fluff, feel free to skip: I will say now I am not an expert on...
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    "Good luck on those price drops" - TSMC

    http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/other/display/20120406121534_TSMC_Faces_Shortage_of_28nm_Production_Capacities_Report.html OK, so not an exact quote, but you get the idea. http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20120405PD218.html
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    Graph spam in threads - too much?

    Does anyone else have issue with the somewhat frequent graph spam in some threads? Often when people are trying to put their post across about the performance of card X vs card Y, then post a significant number of large images, which just results in massive amounts of scrolling for probably 99%...
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    The bottom end: AMD accepting Intel is good enough? (+Poll)

    So... AMD are releasing three GPUs, the cheapest card of which is still over $100. Are we to assume that AMD thinks the sub $100 market is now already completely dead, and that IB will be good enough for people who might consider sub-$100 cards? Given that Intel makes up the vast majority of...
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    Fractal Design R3 + watercooling questions

    I'm going to get IvyBridge, and after seeing some threads about how it might overclock, I'm seriously considering getting a watercooling setup (my first ever, never done water before). Ideally in my mind, I would mount the radiator externally, so that heat is dumped out of the case, rather...
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    Origin (EA online store) 40% off sale (200+ games, Xbox 360 and PS3)

    http://store.origin.com/store/ea/en_US/html/pbPage.holiday-deals-2011?easid=Origin-40offsale_Web_Hero Don't have time to check it out, but I assume it's boxed copies and you have to pay shipping. Most stuff seems to be 40% off though, for both Xbox 360 and PS3.
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    Origin 40% off sale (200+ games, e.g. new Batman for $30)

    http://store.origin.com/store/ea/en_US/html/pbPage.holiday-deals-2011?easid=Origin-40offsale_Web_Hero Some people may have their issues with it, but they are currently having a 40% off sale on "over 200 titles". Some things are excluded, such as Star Wars:TOR, timecards and some other stuff...
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    2011 Amazon Autumn Sale: Deals every day. Saturday Live!

    Since people like cheap games, and contrary to popular belief, Steam doesn't have the best prices even when things are on sale, here's some Amazon sale news for cheap DOWNLOAD PC games. This is NOT necessarily a complete list of all games on sale. Here's the PC Download main page...
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    Low power NAS build - Pico PSU or "regular" PSU?

    I'm hoping to build a NAS box for up to 6 drives based around an Atom motherboard. (http://pden.zotac.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage_images.tpl&product_id=210&category_id=7&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1) I'm not anticipating a huge amount of power draw from the HDDs...
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    Zotac ITX board - GT430 onboard.

    http://www.anandtech.com/show/4374/computex-2011-zotac-z68-miniitx-motherboards I'm not 100% sold on the utility since it's a Sandy Bridge motherboard, so it's going to come with integrated graphics, and the GT430 is still a fairly low end GPU (good for HTPC use, but so is SB), but the...
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    Poll: Multi-monitor vs 3D

    Inspired by notty22 here: http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=31647133&postcount=86 I wondered whether anyone cared about EITHER of the two options. Personally I was using triple monitors a long time ago, but haven't had the desk space to care enough to set it up for a few years (used...
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    AMD's Optimus - Power Express, supporting Intel CPUs

    http://www.anandtech.com/show/4190/hps-business-notebook-hat-trick/2 So, looks like AMD are finally catching up with NV by offering switchable graphics support, but presumably it will support both Intel and AMD processors, which will be nice going forwards (maybe Apple might start offering a...
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    AMD Q4/FY2010 conference call

    http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2136880 A bit late, but also relevant here. I'm sure I heard them say Orochi for early summer desktop, or possibly Q2, and server launch in late summer. Currently the webcast of the conference call is ongoing, and I'm sure after it's finished...
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    Why the Steam hardware survey is a joke for what people try to use it for.

    1) Me, from May http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=29892571&postcount=33 2) Here's a picture showing another problem with month to month figures: 3) Continuing from 1, which has hard numbers, here are some segments...
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    GoG Christmas sale - 208 games 30~50% off

    http://www.gog.com/en/page/xmas10/?utm_source=XmasPromoReminder&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=XmasPromo Stupidly long list, so I'm not going to copy it here.
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    A couple of ITX reviews (Intel + AMD) from Xbit

    http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mainboards/display/ecs-h55h-i.html http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mainboards/display/asus-m4a88t-i-deluxe.html One of each. Figure some people might be interested in ITX boards and low power computers for HTPC type use. AMD systems seem to have a lower...
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    AMD 7000 series vs Nvidia gtx600 series who will win?

    What card will be faster? No other factors just plain old performance. Please discuss and speculate in the thread This is what I think 7990 top dog, no dual GPU card from NV. gtx680 faster than the 7970 gtx670 faster " " " 7950 gtx660 faster " " " 7870 gts650 slower " " ' 7850 Similar...
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    Why the HD6850 was right for me.

    1.) I got the card for £150 shipped right on release. 2.) The reviews showed it ahead of what NV is currently offering at that price. 3.) Noise is not an issue at all, in fact it makes less noise than my 4850. Heat seems to also be a zero issue as my case temps are just fine. As for power...
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    Graphics card power use and TDP

    I figured it might be useful in some ways to show how TDP doesn't always relate to power use, how OCCT and actual power use in a game differ, and how neither company particularly accurately represents its power use with TDP. Also might help people work out how much power their card uses/might...
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    Anyone feeling disenchanted with (most) review sites?

    It can't be just me, but there are lots of problems and limits to a lot of reviews on most sites. Now, obviously reviews take time and effort etc, but a lot of sites are "lacking" in their reviews, and I can't think of a single review site which is 'perfect' and offers up everything. I'm...
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    HD6850/HD6870 Overclocking thread

    Figured I would make a thread for people who have overclocked their HD6800 cards. Plus as and when we get better tools (e.g. voltage control) it might be useful. Model: Sapphire HD6850 (regular) Stock speeds: 775/1000 Overclock: 850/1055 Tool(s): CCC Voltage: Stock (Unknown) Fan: Auto Not...
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    nVidia GT 440 (OEM only card, but... what?!)

    So, it's an OEM only card, you won't be able to buy it, and in many ways it's not all that exciting except... 192-bit memory bus. 1.5GB or 3GB GDDR3. http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-geforce-gt-440-oem-us.html Same GPU as the GTS 450, but with a disabled core cluster so only 144 shaders...
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    For BFG card owners: up to 25% off PNY video cards + Mafia 2 or Just Cause 2

    http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/display/20100901141856_PNY_Offers_Discounts_to_Owners_of_BFG_Technology_Graphics_Cards.html http://www3.pny.com/MarketingPromoti...ategory_ID=448 Basically send in your BFG card, get 25% off a new PNY card. (Might belong in Hot Deals as well, but...
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    Free copy of Mafia 2 for EVGA GTX465/470/480 customers.

    This has already been posted in the PC Gaming forum, but I figure at least some people here might not go there, and might have an eligible card. Hopefully that will be OK with the mods. http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2102063 PC Gaming thread...
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    Bored. Want to make a thread that will get locked.

    See title. Okay.Happy to oblige.