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    IDE to SATA converter slow speed

    Hello, I just got this http://www.aliexpress.com/item/1Pc-2-in-1-SATA-to-IDE-Converter-IDE-to-SATA-Adapter-Converter-for-DVD-CD/32448595307.html to connect an old maxtor 6l250r0 to my current PC. I don't why but I'm getting a very slow speed, around 4-5MB/s read speed and if I try to write...
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    GPU accelaration with Carrizo only working with MS Edge

    Hello, I own a laptop with a a10-8700p CPU, however when I try to play 4K videos on youtube html5 player GPU playback it only works on Edge (and IE) on Windows 10. When I try to play videos on FF and Chrome at 1080p the CPU stays at about 60-70% while 4K ones are unplayable. HW acceleration...
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    CPU underclocking and battery life

    Hello, Are there any benchmarks that show using Power Saver plans in Windows that actually underclocks the CPU make the battery last longer? I had this doubt cause using this plan I notice the system running slower and things take longer to complete...even loading a web page. So if it's the...
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    CPU temps with Carrizo

    Hello, I'm used to have Core Temp installed and the tray to check the CPU temps live... this worked fine with many Intel CPUs but when I try to use it on Carrizo APUs I get zero readings, why is that?
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    Upgrade old laptop or buy a new low-end one?

    So I trying to understand what to do here. I have an old laptop from 2010 with Intel Pentium P6100, 4GB DDR3 RAM, awful integrated graphics, 320GB 5400rpm HDD. I use it for studying, web surfing/youtube and working on websites (coding) and light photoshop. No gaming. It's fine for what I do but...
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    Assemble laptop?

    Is it possible to assemble laptops like we do with desktop PCs? I don't mean custom built like Dell online builder.
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    GPU for Premiere Pro Mercury Engine?

    Hello, years ago Adobe started using GPU acceleration for their video editing software and only CUDA from NVidia was supported. Now they added OpenCL from AMD. I want to buy a video card to help with rendering and timeline preview since it could really help. Problem is AFAIK only low end/mid...
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    Integrated Intel HD4000 vs ATI 2600 PRO

    Hello, I have this old GPU from my previous computer that is giving me an headache because the fan runs always at full speed. I don't play games just video editing and 1080p playback. I was wondering (even if I don't play games) if the Intel HD4000 integrated in my i5-3570k is better, on par or...
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    Is Kabini 3850 enough for web surfing and media?

    Hello, I have to buy a new desktop PC for my uncle that uses the PC mainly for surfing, YouTube and MS office. Sometimes his daughter plays The Sims 3. He wants to spend the least possible. I was able to virtually build one for $180 with the Sempron 3850 and 4GB of RAM. Do you think this...
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    Screen on time Wi-Fi vs Data

    So I've been using the Galaxy S4 (with TW and GE ROMs) for 1 year and I noticed that the screen on time I can get with a full charge has some discrepancy between wifi and data compared to anandtech reviews. I'm well aware these tests are not real life ones and you would never match those values...
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    why is the iphone's 3G browsing battery life go good?

    What is Apple's secret? I currently own the LG O2X and I find it unbelievably bad when using 3G data or even just 3G data just syncing things in the background (basically just push notifications) that can't even last half a day. How the hell is Apple able to allow TEN HOURS of 3G browsing (I...