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    Overclocking Hall of Fame

    Athlon 64 3000+, 50% overclocks and slightly earlier to market than the similarly clocking Opterons.
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    Should I buy a separate PC for work if overclocking??

    I'm curious about what your estimated probability of 1) PC stops working and 2) PC corrupts/loses data is for both stock and overclocked systems. I don't know you, but I'd be quite surprised if the dollar cost of the incredibly miniscule increased risk due to overclocking was really the biggest...
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    Surface 3 announced

    Or you could forgo the cover and just consume content. Kind of like every other tablet in the world...
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    Customer brings back PC after a month and 6 days?

    I don't see a need for passive-aggressive "it's ready for pickup [pause to let them ask for a refund]" and I definitely don't see a need to charge them for updating the machine when you didn't bring that up prior to the work. I'd just let them know the computer is ready for pickup and should...
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    Best Intel cpu under $200

    G3258. Of course you didn't define 'best' :)
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    Best season/time of year to upgrade

    IMHO, if you game, it's immediately after the launch of a full-node shrunk GPU. That's typically your chance to get a 50%+ performance, in games, with little increase in cost. Of course with slowing process upgrades at TSMC that opportunity seems to come less frequently these days...
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    New Auria EQ246W - CFL backlight + 1920x1200

    At $179 it sounds pretty darn interesting. At $300 what's better about this versus say a Dell 24" IPS?
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    Intel "Devils Canyon" Launch - Reviews, OC Info, Availability

    Thanks for responding Ryan. In fairness I think there is room for a little confusion due to Ian mentioning 10 days ago that testing should begin shortly. Maybe Intel took longer than expected to deliver the processor. In case you're still reading, do you know if AT still plans to also offer a...
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    4k vs 1440p

    Unpopular opinion: have you considered a 30" 16:10 panel? If I didn't want TN speed for gaming and wanted to buy a nice monitor now that would be my pick. I
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    Intel "Devils Canyon" Launch - Reviews, OC Info, Availability

    Sadly others may have thought of this first... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_trap
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    $9000 ultimate gaming rig

    Reported. ViRGE, why are you supporting this? Is it not the least bit suspicious that the OP jumped his price from $9k -> $17k without comment, or that he suddenly decided he needed 128gb of memory and a workstation motherboard? Yes there are plenty of people who could drop that kind of money...
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    $9000 ultimate gaming rig

    Troll thread is troll :( Though it is nicely laid out. If serious, why do you need 64gigs of memory, and yet you're buying only an upper-mid-range motherboard. Why no RAID storage? Why a $1k CPU and yet a midrange cooler? Why $60 speakers with a $9k PC? Etc....
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    Build now? Or wait?

    SSD + new GPU = Happiness.
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    Heating a Home

    @OP - Also not an engineer, but I'd expect considering the unavoidable losses from heating/cooling a home too early, this would be a wait to the last minute and then race-to-sleep scenario.
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    (How) Do divining rods work?

    This is probably the single most disappointing thread I've read on this forum :( "I saw someone use rods and find something" /= proof "Some buried things generate magnetic fields" does not explain why one should supposedly use coat-hangers, pvc pipe, or even wood as detection devices over...
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    Biggest LCD I can use for a PC? (To also watch movies...)

    Any of you have a combination of large monitor and bad vision? I sit about only 15-18" from my 1920x1200 24" work and home displays, and I've wondered how a 30" display would work. I'd not want to just sit back much further to take advantage of more pixel real estate since I'd have a harder time...
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    27" monitors - is 1080 (vs 1440) ok for a non-gamer?

    But not a 20 sided die and getting higher than a one. That would be crazy!
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    Which MONITOR should I use ?

    This thread is weird. IPS screens are fine for competitive MP gaming. I certainly wouldn't use one if I was a pro player and my living depended on it, but realistically tens or hundreds of thousands of people game seriously on IPS displays each day. Let's have a sense of perspective - Anandtech...
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    Which Intel processor is best for me?

    Welcome to Anandtech. The 4670 would be an excellent processor if you afford it, but as you say it's more expensive than some alternatives. If your CPU demands aren't too high, have you considered sticking with an AMD processor? You could even buy a higher clocked dual-module part on your same...
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    Help a photographer / Macbook Pro Decision

    Commenting on the graph, the newer hardware is obviously much faster, but Sandy/Ivy is also way fast clock for clock than Penryn. Clocks are lower at base but probably higher when turboing. So I think it's hard to separate the cores vs. architecture benefits from that graph alone.
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    Apple Oct. 22 event: We Still Have A Lot To Cover

    Does anyone else have any thoughts on this? I've even had a tough time finding Iris (non-Pro) benchmarks online. I have an old C2D Macbook Pro work machine I need to replace. I don't travel much so the size advantage isn't too meaningful, but the $500 difference between the 8gig 13" and the...
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    Below 5 nm, can Moore's Law continue?

    The topic of the thread is about Moore's Law, which many insightful posters explain will face challenges over the next ~10 years. I did want to quote from the OP though that while exponential increases in performance may go away, he was still projecting "maybe 50x in the next 30 years." Plenty...
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    DEAD: Select Polk Monitor Series 55% off at NE

    You're not comparing apples to apples here though. Your link is to a $350/pair of bookshelf speakers. The OP's link allowed you to configure 2x55T fronts, 15C center, and 35B rears for $427. If you have or can get cheap stands you could drop down to the 45B as fronts and be at $360. I'll take...
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    DEAD: Select Polk Monitor Series 55% off at NE

    Thanks for the link. Does anyone have any thoughts on a 2 x 55T, 1 x 15C, and 1 x 35B pair setup instead? It would lower the price to $427.48 shipped, down from $949.96.
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    Dell U2412M 24" IPS Monitor 1920x1200 $260 @ Newegg or Amazon

    I have this display, and as someone with less-than-perfect vision and who reads/works with lots of text I've been very happy. IMHO it's just a matter of whether 16:10 is a good or bad thing for each user. For me it's a very very good thing.
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    First Build Look-over?

    I'm 90% confident this is a clever (though time consuming) troll post. You expect me to believe a person who is familiar with SLI configurations also thinks going from a Celeron 900 to a 4770k will still need more horsepower due to the demands of Roller Coaster Tycoon?! Or that a person who...
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    The Gigabyte Z87/Haswell Overclocking(OC) Guide

    Thanks for the great guide! For a modest overclock (4.3-4.4ghz) are there downsides to leaving the power savings and turbo settings alone? And, if turbo is left on 'auto' does it actually do anything? Does it still run at higher speed bins over the base overclock amount? Basically I understand...
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    Build help for mid-high gaming build for friend

    Hi all, Thanks for your help in advance! I'm soliciting advice and feedback on a build I'll be putting together for a friend. Here's the answers to the stickied questions: 1. What YOUR PC will be used for. - Gaming. 2. What YOUR budget is. - $2,000.00. 3. What country YOU will be...
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    [alive again, see post #71] Dell U2412M $299

    Yeah sorry, I found the more on-topic thread after this post, my apologies.
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    How much better is an IPS monitor?

    I'd love to hear more about the relative differences from TN -> U2412 -> 8bit IPS.
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    [alive again, see post #71] Dell U2412M $299

    What's the sense of the relative quality of these eIPS panels? Are they closer to conventional (and expensive) IPS displays, or closer to the TN experience?
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    HP touchpad tablet $99

    Is there a list of the B&M retailers that stock the touchpad? Does Walmart carry it?
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    For those who disagree with how the Bin Laden affair was handled...

    Actual course of events: 1) Land assault team. 2) Kill people, fight way into inner sanctum. 3) Shoot unarmed OBL. 4) Leave via helicopter. I contend the following would have been doable. 1) Land assault team. 2) Kill people, fight way into inner sanctum. 3) DO NOT shoot unarmed...
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    Can I push oil chage intervals if I use synthetic?

    They can go 20k miles because a BMW actuary has run the numbers on additional engines needing replaced during the warranty period versus the cost of twice as many Free Scheduled Maintanance sessions, and it came down in favor of longer intervals. That should be illistrative in your own...
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    Cheap but effective home security?

    This is just shockingly bad advice. No skill/not aiming with a shotgun equals a miss, particularily inside a home. At 21 feet, a long distance shot inside a house, a shotgun spread pattern is less than six inches in diameter. You absolutely must aim at the target and not in "the general...
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    5th gen iphone and iOS 5

    iOS5 will have a new notifications system, but a new multitasking system is less certain (and less necessary). I'd expect more changes in hardware than software, and iPhone 5 should have a dual-core processor, 32/64gigs of storage, possibly a 4G data connection, and possibly a larger battery...
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    CRT Snobs: What LCD did you finally buy??

    I'm actually in a similar boat. My FW900 is dieing. I've found another one for sale, in claimed very good condition, for $250. Best alternative I see is the new HP ZR24w which is selling for ~$425. Of course I'd be getting a brand new display with a warranty and 1.5" more viewable area, but man...
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    What Intel chip is the king of overclocking?

    This is all nonsense. The 300A was an affordable chip that could overclock to match the performance of an expensive chip, clocking up 50% along the way. THE EXACT SAME THING COULD BE SAID OF THE 1.8GHZ ATHLONS IN 2005. Same 50% overclock (almost exactly - 1.8ghz -> 2.7ghz matching the top...