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    Air 540 exhaust fan replacement options

    The stock exhaust fan on my case has gone noisy and im looking to replace it. I have a spare PWM chassis fan header available on the motherboard and also 2 spear connectors on the X61 Kraken The Kraken has 4 fan headers in total, the first being 4 pin and the remaining 3 missing the...
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    Samsung NVME drivers 1.1 (950 Pro)

    Has anyone else noticed a slight drop in the sythetic perf numbers with the later Samsung NVMe drivers from Samsung, My 512GB in a X99 system dropped from 2600 to 2492 read and 1600 to 1542 write, also IOPS dropped by about 8% also? Same percentage drop in performance in my laptop with a...
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    FFS half height arrow keys!!

    #Start Rant Mode I'm in the market for a new laptop, been holding off as the current batch with half height arrow keys don't cut it for me, I code quite a bit and functional arrow keys are a must. HP's just anounced Probook 400 G3's with you guessed it half height arrow keys! Asire...
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    Samsung NVMe SSD Install guide

    http://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/global/file/insight/2015/08/NVMeSSD_User_Installation_Guide_whitepaper-0.pdf Using SSD as Boot drive Samsung NVMe driver Samsung ReDrive - firmware management tool
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    Never ending wait for NVMe

    Apart from Intels Workstation tuned 750 drives and the none existent SM951 NVMe variant (in retail anyway) The other contenders are dragging their heels. (or having trouble writing the firmware) Samsung SM951 NVMe M2 OEM drive, rumoured to be making it to retail, but we are still waiting. HP Z...
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    NVMe Microsoft and FUA (force unit access)

    Their have been some reports around of SM951's performing poorly in write test scenarios, As it turns out the microsoft driver is issuing FUA IO commands to the SM951, Why? the answer is quite simple. The SM951 does not have a battery backed cache, so it cannot guarantee writes in a power loss...
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    DDR 4 Question

    With the release of Haswell-E and DDR 4 looking at the speed of the DDR 4 so far I have a question about DDR4 3000… Generally speaking you use multiples of 133 for each kit. DDR 4 3000 is a ½ jump of only 66MHz, It seams out of place to me, anyone able to enlighten me? 2133 <- Stock 2266...
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    ASRock X99 OC Formula

    Please tell me it's not duel Killer NIC's, at least if it was one Intel and one killer i could disable the killer nic!!!
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    Killer Nic 2200

    I see a few of the gaming X99 boards comming with the Killer gaming feature, the killer nic, from what ive read its not that great and peps prefer the Intel NIC. Why do they insist on putting crap into a high end mother board. I'll be staying away from any of the boards that have the Killer...
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    Haswell-e prices leaking

    Looks like Amazon have got the gouge meter out. 5960X - $1199.99 @ http://www.amazon.com/Intel-i7-5960X...BX80648I75960X 5960X - $1079 @ http://www.macmall.com/p/Intel-Boxed...24~pdp.iifbgfb 5930K- $674.99 @ http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Haswell-...BX80648I75930K 5930K- $617.99 @...
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    X99 Boards - Whats on your wish list?

    The board ill be looking for come September will have 2 x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4) Basically allow you to run duel GFX plus 2 x M.2 drives over the 40 PCIe Lanes available to Haswell-e 5960x and 5930k CPU's. Enough 4 pin fan headers to control fan speeds (5 or 6 should do) Nice to haves: Heat...
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    X99

    Rumor has it that these will not be showcased at Computex. I for one are disappointed. im ready to build a new rig and high on the shopping list are X99 motherboards and M.2 x4 pcie SSD Computex will still showcase Z97, I don't want Z97 with a CPU that wastes silicon on a crappy iGPU, this...
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    SATA 3 SSD performance on P55 with Marvell 9128 and the PLX bridge chip

    Has anyone seen a benchmark of this configuration? I know the cheaper boards are limited due to the PCEe 1x connection to the 9128 but im looking for the PLX bridge chip config which combines 4 x PCEe 1x to give the 9128 1000MB/s bandwidth which in theory solves the bottleneck. Has any one...
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    DK 790FXB-M2RSH SB750 No Raid 5 support?

    I've been looking at the DFI DK 790FXB-M2RSH as it has the SB750 southbridge that supports RAID 5 however its missing from the manual and spec's, Downloaded the manual and its not an option. Shame as It would suit my needs down to the ground if it was enabled.
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    Hybrid Power XP Support

    I think this Hybrid Power feature of the 780a and 790i chipsets is a very good idea. Powering down a 9800GTX while your surfing only to fire it up when you hit the games is brilliant. Less power and less noise :) However with that being said it is apparently only going to be supported...
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    MSI K9N2 Diamond

    The Manual can be found hereK9N2 Diamond Manual Processor Support - AMD® Phenom/ Athlon/ Sempron series processors in AM2/ AM2+ package - Supports 4 pin CPU Fan Pin-Header with Fan Speed Control (For the latest information about CPU, please visit...
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    AMD delays Phenom 2.4 GHz due to TLB errata

    Phenom 2.4GHz Delayed Lets hope that they can get that B3 stepping out in ASAP... Boy have they droped the ball lately.
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    NVIDIA nForce 680a SLI

    Sounds like a two chip solution with 12 SATA ports 4 Gigabit Ethernet connections. This page doesn't seam to fit with thier road map. here NVIDIA nForce 680a SLI Segment Multimedia Enthusiast CPU AMD Athlon 64 FX Socket L1/1207 only *NVIDIA LinkBoost? technology No NVIDIA SLI...
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    New Motherboard with IrDA header

    I'm about to upgrade my ageing Athlon64 machine, with either a C2D or Phenom based system. Must have features: IrDA header 6 SATA ports (Raid 5 capable) PCIe Gen2 DDR2 1066 support Optional features: SLI support - 780i or 780a that have yet to materialize Intergrated Creative Sound...
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    AMD's reverse HT

    AMD Socket AM2 has a secret weapon If this turns out to be a winner, my recommendation would be to go for a Dual Core Athlon 64 AM2 for your gaming PC. Having both cores working on a single thread should give AMD 6 IPC vs Conroes 4 IPC which would completely errode Conroes adavantage...
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    BIOS 3.30 Causes shutdown hang under certain configs

    When I updated my system to version 3.30, my system now hangs on shutdown at a blank screen and i have to use the reset button to clear the condition. First of all a bit of background on my configuration, I have 2 36G WD raptors on the nforce ports 1 & 3 mirrored for data redundancy, I am...
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    Right Click Hang ***[Solved]***

    Something has happend to my installation of Windows XP so that when I right click on a text file (or any other file for that matter) the machine hangs for 10 - 15 seconds before bringing up the context menu. I have run Ad Aware and hijack this and removed any spyware found. I have even...
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    Forceware 71.89

    Dropped my temps from 71C to 53C after installing the latest drivers for my BFG 6800GT a lot more comfortable if you ask me.
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    3DMark05

    Scored 5070 running stock. My question is why does it drop the frame rate right down to 1 - 2 fps after the first run, The picture does not look like AA has been enabled as the edges are very jaggered. Whats going on?
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    [Solved] BFG 6800 GT ***How do I get back to Defaults?***

    After a overclocking session to get the best score at work, I seam to have some how changed what my BFG 6800GT thinks are its default settings. I used the Coolbits registry mod to enable the clock frequency adjustment in the Nvidia drivers (71.84) I overclocked it from 370 to 395 and memory...
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    K8N Platinum SLI

    Picked up the Mobo last night and put it together. didn't have one hic up with the install. For those worried about the 24 pin power don't. Im using a Antec Truepower 480W PSU with the 20 pin plugged straight into the socket leaving 4 pins exposed (only fits one way) and everything is...
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    Diamond Dual Net Card

    Looking at the Diamond Club forum , it was full of complaints about where is my Wifi / Bluetooth card. now when you look at the forum the whole thread has been removed. Even the fake box photo's Looks like MSI are ducking for cover and hoping that it will all go away. Has anyone got any...
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    Diamond Bungle or Bundle?

    MSI have managed to cock up the release of their flagship SLI motherboard good and proper. Their is a tread going on the Diamond web site about the supposedly bundled WiFi.Bluetooth adapter Here Diamond WiFi thread The Administrator for the forum has posted... As far as I know, the...
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    Thunder K8WE Dual Opteron PCI Express

    Who was it that said two is better than one? at last they have taken notice of what geeks want, Dual CPU's, DDR memory, SLI Graphic's. What does it all add up to ? 2 Dual Opteron PCI Express This board gives me a woody, now I just have to find a bank to rob to pay for it. If it had...
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    Diamond Club for Diamond Hearts

    MSI Diamond Club MSI, the leading computer motherboard manufacturer and the top AMD platform solution provider, today announces the debut of its Diamond Club. In order to express MSI's sincerest gratitude to customers for choosing the Diamond edition motherboard, MSI established the Diamond...
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    BFG 6800GT PCIe

    I would like a buy a BFG 6800GT PCIe video card but cannot find any online stores that have them and will ship internationally, Chumbo would have been nice since the are at MSRP
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    MSI K8N Diamond Manual online

    MSI K8N Diamond Manual Time to get reading , just wish I could get my hands on a board.
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    MSI K8N Diamond prices and availability

    Anyone have any leads on where the Diamonds are turning up first?
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    MSI K8N Diamond

    MSI K8N Diamond I want one, I like the audio soloution compaired to Asus and Gigabyte. Lets hope it performs!
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    Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 WARNING!!!

    On Gigabytes web site the comparison Sheet lists the HyperTransport speed at 1600MHz and the Chipset as nForce4 4X Looks like in the rush to market they are going to ship the A01 &amp; A02 revision full knowing that it will not run stable at 2000MHz Everyone who is looking to buy a nForce...
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    MIA where is MSI

    A couple of things. MSI's SLI offering appears to be MIA (Neo4 Diamond) Both ASUS and Gigabyte have their boards up on the web sites with ASUS boards tricking into the retail channel. PCIe apart from eVGA their are not any PCIe 6800's around, you may as well hold off buying a board till...