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    Question AMD Ryzen 5000 - AVAILABILITY

    Based on Zen 3 CCD reported die size of 11.27mm x 7.43mm, the gross die per wafer is about 740. This is gross die, before die yield. TSMC reported producing 12 million wafers in 2019. Of course TSMC has many process technologies older than 7nm still in production. Only a fraction of the total...
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    Xbitlabs shut down

    It's sad. People don't seem to appreciate high quality hardware reviews anymore.
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    Reliable backup software for Windows 7?

    http://www.duplicati.com/
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    Any way to stop a forced reboot in win7?

    How long is the count down? You should be able to abort using:shutdown -a If the count down is 1 minute, just set a scheduled task to run that every 30 seconds or something. Not pretty but it might work.
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    Keepass and a dead SSD

    You are safe. Keepass doesn't store any non-encrypted information to disk. http://keepass.info/help/base/security.html#secmemprot
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    LED circuit design/construction

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage_doubler
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    3TB WD Green drive suddently reading/writing super slow

    Quality control on the multi-TB drives has gone severely downhill over the last few years. It would not surprise me one bit to encounter a failing/failed drive. You should probably try using the drive on at least one other computer and see if you have the same problems before you RMA it though.
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    840 Evo to 850 Pro?

    You won't notice the difference except in benchmarks.
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    Reliable small gigabit switch

    I've always been a fan of the Netgears in the blue metal housing: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833122128
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    Any software out there that can image a TrueCrypt disc?

    I have successfully made backups of a TrueCrypt encrypted system drive using "dd" - the block copy utility found on unix-like systems. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_(Unix) With dd, you can clone your TrueCrypt drive to another drive, or you could write the entire contents into a file...
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    Teflon tape for threaded water-cooling fittings?

    The water-cooling fittings I am familiar with all have a rubber O-gasket that ensures the seal, so I don't believe teflon tape is necessary. I've been running a watercooled PC for 8 years without teflon tape and have had 0 leaks.
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    SSD Page File min max settings, what are yours and why?

    With 24GB of RAM in my system, Windows defaults to creating a 36GB pagefile on my C: drive (SSD). I don't find that reasonable.
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    Do you still need an optical drive?

    The optical drive on my main PC broke a few years ago and I haven't missed it. For OS installs, I exclusively use USB sticks. Microsoft offers a tool to convert your Windows DVD image to a bootable USB. For Linux, there are other free tools to convert images to bootable USB. For the other...
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    HDMI switch or Y cable?

    I think a passive Y splitter would probably degrade the signal.
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    Best compression algorithm for very small data

    What if you tar all of the small files before the compression? e.g. tar.gz
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    Why is Seagate 600 series 256GB SSD only warrantied for ~37TB writes?

    No. As the NAND geometry gets smaller the write endurance goes down.
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    Job Offer

    This is a common situation without a great solution. It would be considered unprofessional to rescind an offer after you have already accepted it, except in extenuating circumstances. It would damage your reputation, and you never really know when it might come back to hurt you. If you are...
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    Is it worthy upgrade to haswell from ivy bridge pro?

    What in the world is "ivy bridge pro" ?
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    AMD Center

    See the "What is this?" near the upper right.
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    sufficient mobile broadband speed?

    Also note, the speeds are probably the max theoretical bandwidth. In real use, distance from the tower and attenuation due to buildings, etc will lower the actual throughput.
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    Add DVR capability to HTPC

    Hauppauge 2250.
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    Overclocking 4770k

    Sounds pretty normal. Probably need to delid to get better temps.
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    w3520 21x multi?

    I have the W3520 on the UD5 with x21 multi at 4.2GHz with 24GB of DDR3. So what you are trying should be possible. I am away from my PC though so I can't check any settings for you right now.
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    What's up with Project Shield?

    My take: Shield is just a tech demo for Tegra and cloud GPU computing.
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    Corsair Voyager 8GB speeds

    I have the 16GB version and have been similarly disappointed with write performance.
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    Acceptable It Salary Requirments

    1. Remember any salary number you put out there becomes the "maximum salary offer" from the company's point of view during any subsequent negotiation. 2. Find out what the mean or normal salary is for people with similar experience in similar positions in similar areas. Ask for more than this...
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    (NECRO) CA residents, are you annoyed with the ”no grocery bags” policy yet?

    I just pay the 10 cents a bag and don't worry about it. When I do the math for myself, I figure that it comes out to a one tenth of one percent price increase for my typical shopping trip. This is not a significant enough cost to warrant caring.
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    Applying for a Job for Google

    this book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Google-Res.../dp/0470927623 It actually has a lot of good advice for anyone applying for a job. But it's especially geared for tech companies.
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    How to harness energy from magents

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_of_thermodynamics
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    Windows 7 - Uninstall Internet Explorer

    Last time I checked it was not possible to uninstall Internet Explorer.
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    RAM

    Go up you mean? Yes.
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    Microsoft: Cloud quadruples Xbox One power

    Obligatory Larry Ellison Cloud Computing reference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FacYAI6DY0
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    Are Intel Fabs rented out?

    Intel is actually in the process of ramping up their foundry business. They have already announced deals to manufacture for Altera, Achronix, and Tabula. Deals with Apple and Cisco have been widely rumored, but not confirmed...
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    Intel C2D vs A64

    Core 2
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    i7 or Xeon or ?

    The old Xeons could be overclocked (Nehalem generation) but I believe it is true that the current models cannot be.
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    When are AMD cpus going to show up in phones?

    Having the best factory isn't all that matters. Otherwise Intel would be dominating the mobile space right now. But they can hardly compete with Qualcomm and Samsung today, even with their technology advantage.