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Forum: System Builder's Advice Nov 7, 2012, 09:34 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 836
Posted By largon
Indeed, I spoiled myself 3 years ago when I...

Indeed, I spoiled myself 3 years ago when I bought my to-be-obsolete Vertex 60GB and I'm so giddy to get my mitts on the new Sammy. ¦p~ Surely, SSDs have come so far in all this time...

In case...
Forum: System Builder's Advice Nov 7, 2012, 09:17 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 836
Posted By largon
Ordered some toys

I went bananas this evening and ordered some junk to toy with:

Core i7 3770K
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH
2×8GB Mushkin Blackline Frostbyte DDR3L-1866 CL11-11-11-27
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB
LSI...
Forum: News Nov 3, 2012, 07:51 AM
Replies: 89
Views: 7,172
Posted By largon
I wonder if you could find more of such results?...

I wonder if you could find more of such results? Some with non-synthetic benchies perhaps? Maybe it would be possible to find a couple slides where AMD is on top, but that's about it. ...
Forum: News Nov 1, 2012, 05:41 AM
Replies: 89
Views: 7,172
Posted By largon
If IB-E actually launches I wonder how Ivy Bridge...

If IB-E actually launches I wonder how Ivy Bridge arch chippery can remain relevant against LGA1150 Haswell and it's Xeon counterparts that will launch before it. But ofcourse, it's another story if...
Forum: News Oct 31, 2012, 07:10 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 2,417
Posted By largon
Oohh... Lookit that. Something for free. ...

Oohh... Lookit that. Something for free.
Err...
Facebook required?

.
.
.

Meh.
Forum: News Oct 31, 2012, 06:24 PM
Replies: 89
Views: 7,172
Posted By largon
Seems to me LGA2011 is heading the way of...

Seems to me LGA2011 is heading the way of LGA1366.
I have a feeling Intel might just axe IB-E altogether and launch a new HEDT platform based on Haswell in mid-late and leave LGA2011 out dying much...
Forum: News Oct 29, 2012, 08:11 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 2,050
Posted By largon
I'm itching to upgrade from my 4GBs of DDR2....

I'm itching to upgrade from my 4GBs of DDR2. Always running out of memory. Mmmm... How about a nice LGA2011 board with 8×8GB... ¦p~
:D
That clip is from a finnish skit show "Kummeli", skit's name...
Forum: General Hardware Oct 27, 2012, 06:17 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,158
Posted By largon
Copy everything from each of OS drive's...

Copy everything from each of OS drive's partitions to the 2TB disc, then format and repartition the OS drive. Install OS. Format and partition the 2TB disc. Copy the stuff where ever you want.
...
Forum: Storage Oct 26, 2012, 05:09 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,006
Posted By largon
Right-o. That auto-check doesn't deem RST a...

Right-o.
That auto-check doesn't deem RST a "must have". Install RST and you're good.
Forum: Storage Oct 26, 2012, 04:16 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,006
Posted By largon
Umm... You surely have Intel RST (RAID) driver...

Umm...
You surely have Intel RST (RAID) driver installed?
Forum: News Oct 23, 2012, 05:03 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 2,002
Posted By largon
Power consumption is still nothing short of...

Power consumption is still nothing short of horrible and goes beyond horrible when OC'ed.
Piledriver is a fail in my book.
Forum: News Oct 22, 2012, 04:24 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 892
Posted By largon
Great. Now that Skype for W8 is done they can...

Great.
Now that Skype for W8 is done they can fix the broken Android/Symbian versions.
Forum: Overclocking & Cooling Oct 22, 2012, 04:38 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,941
Posted By largon
IIRC it was from an old CRT monitor.

IIRC it was from an old CRT monitor.
Forum: Overclocking & Cooling Oct 21, 2012, 07:02 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,941
Posted By largon
IMO, way too small heatsinks, and thermal tape is...

IMO, way too small heatsinks, and thermal tape is so-so.

edit:
Grab a hacksaw and carve into some surplus heatsinks and you'll end up with something like this:...
Forum: Overclocking & Cooling Oct 21, 2012, 08:34 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,941
Posted By largon
What kind of heatsinks did you use for the VRMs?

What kind of heatsinks did you use for the VRMs?
Forum: Overclocking & Cooling Oct 19, 2012, 04:56 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,941
Posted By largon
Temperetures are likely due to conduction from...

Temperetures are likely due to conduction from associated regulators.
Forum: Overclocking & Cooling Oct 19, 2012, 06:44 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,941
Posted By largon
Those are 12V input inductors, they don't need...

Those are 12V input inductors, they don't need any cooling. Even the vGPU power inductors marked "R22" don't need to be sinked, light air flow is good enough.

Here, sink these: ...
Forum: Storage Oct 18, 2012, 02:30 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 809
Posted By largon
Buy 3+ drives and put them in RAID5. You get...

Buy 3+ drives and put them in RAID5. You get speed and safety.
Forum: General Hardware Oct 18, 2012, 04:30 AM
Replies: 113
Views: 7,208
Posted By largon
All that is rated 80Plus Gold is not 80Plus Gold....

All that is rated 80Plus Gold is not 80Plus Gold.
See review at jonnyGURU (http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=196)
Forum: General Hardware Oct 17, 2012, 07:51 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 7,208
Posted By largon
^You'd be missing so much... Only to indulge a...

^You'd be missing so much... Only to indulge a mere primal need. http://largon.wippiespace.com/smilies/blankstare.gif
Err...? Yes?
Point being?
:confused:
Forum: News Oct 17, 2012, 02:11 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 2,160
Posted By largon
That die shot definitely has 384bits worth of...

That die shot definitely has 384bits worth of memory bus...
Forum: News Oct 16, 2012, 06:20 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 343
Posted By largon
Please no, don't do it... We don't want to go...

Please no, don't do it...
We don't want to go back to optical drives.
Forum: News Oct 15, 2012, 01:19 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 853
Posted By largon
I've been using the bundled dongle the whole...

I've been using the bundled dongle the whole time, no problems for me. Been using it 4 years now.
Forum: News Oct 15, 2012, 01:09 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 853
Posted By largon
I totally like the looks of my diNovo Edge...

I totally like the looks of my diNovo Edge (http://www.logitech.com/en-gb/keyboards/keyboards/192) more than K810's. Micro-USB port is the only I miss on this thing.
Forum: News Oct 15, 2012, 12:48 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 2,244
Posted By largon
This.

This.
Forum: General Hardware Oct 15, 2012, 09:45 AM
Replies: 128
Views: 7,264
Posted By largon
I'd say Intel rather invested in it.

I'd say Intel rather invested in it.
Forum: News Oct 14, 2012, 05:33 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,681
Posted By largon
IMO, would've been better to dub the ratings 80,...

IMO, would've been better to dub the ratings 80, 85, 87½, 90 and 92½ Plus etc. instead of "80 Plus" and the silly Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Titanium -affixes.

I wonder what comes after...
Forum: News Oct 14, 2012, 08:31 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,111
Posted By largon
Well, I think the block looks better with the...

Well, I think the block looks better with the circles than if it was blank.
But I really don't care what computer parts look.
Forum: General Hardware Oct 13, 2012, 08:44 AM
Replies: 113
Views: 7,208
Posted By largon
I'm planning to upgrade my ancient gadgetry in...

I'm planning to upgrade my ancient gadgetry in near future and I've been twisting my arm about what will replace my venerable Vertex 60GB. I'm tempted to get rid of the bottlenecking SATA interface,...
Forum: News Oct 13, 2012, 06:44 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,111
Posted By largon
Hmm... Does acetal come in pink or is just...

Hmm...
Does acetal come in pink or is just black?
:D
Forum: News Oct 12, 2012, 04:10 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,111
Posted By largon
Look at all this moaning about the circles... ...

Look at all this moaning about the circles...
I for one wouldn't care if it had a Hello Kitty carved on the top if it performed well.
Forum: News Oct 11, 2012, 06:42 AM
Replies: 45
Views: 2,324
Posted By largon
Yeah, right. But only when using an Intel CPU....

Yeah, right.
But only when using an Intel CPU. AMD's memory controllers are so slow you'd only get 40% of that. Not even taking account software RAMD inefficiency - users will end up with 2-4GB/s.
Forum: News Oct 11, 2012, 06:37 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 778
Posted By largon
^Aww, you don't think the shiny, colorful IC...

^Aww, you don't think the shiny, colorful IC isn't pretty to look at?
Forum: News Oct 9, 2012, 06:41 PM
Replies: 111
Views: 5,345
Posted By largon
Oh, the drama... I'm glad I have one category...

Oh, the drama...
I'm glad I have one category less of things to possibly get upset about.
Forum: News Oct 8, 2012, 05:41 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 507
Posted By largon
No reason to use Thunderbolt for internal drives....

No reason to use Thunderbolt for internal drives. Instead, remove the middleman interface alltogether, that is, hook up SSDs directly to PCIe. A single PCIe 3.0 lane does 8Gbps...
Forum: News Oct 4, 2012, 03:48 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 844
Posted By largon
Memory controllers are in CPUs so mobo isn't a...

Memory controllers are in CPUs so mobo isn't a factor - mobo "memory support" these days is nothing but a misnomer. AMD desktop CPUs have supported ECC with unbuffered DIMMs starting from S754....
Forum: Science & Technology Oct 1, 2012, 08:18 PM
Replies: 87
Views: 8,504
Posted By largon
If we found a way to travel that 50 LYs in less...

If we found a way to travel that 50 LYs in less than 50 years (let alone several millenia) I'd reckon we'd have more interesting things to do than building a telescope to look back at Earth only to...
Forum: News Oct 1, 2012, 07:23 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,642
Posted By largon
So reading the article last page...

So reading the article last page (http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/psu/161/4) which has the prices of the components listed would've saved you a lot of time?
Forum: Science & Technology Oct 1, 2012, 07:21 PM
Replies: 353
Views: 33,105
Posted By largon
:rolleyes: For Super XP's sake I hope he...

:rolleyes:
For Super XP's sake I hope he doesn't take that stuff for real.
Forum: NVIDIA Oct 1, 2012, 02:50 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,135
Posted By largon
Mine does that too. On Forceware 301.42. Does...

Mine does that too. On Forceware 301.42.
Does not compute. Must be a glitch in nV CP.
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