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    SSD IOPS recently plunged

    It may be coming form the fact the drive is full. SSDs slow down as they fill. You could try cloning the drive to another spare HDD and secure erasing and cloning your OS back and see if it speeds back up, but im not sure its worth it.
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    Show off your OSX desktop

    Pretty much stock with the exception of iStat menus
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    A1260 Macbook Pro grinding no power

    I dont think Apple ram is proprietary, i have tossed standard DDR3 in our Mac Mini without issue, then again that might be a different bird.
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    Console owners what TVs do you own?

    Im still rocking my five year old Sony Bravia KDL 52V4100, it definitely doesn't have the brightness of modern screens but it does have a decent amount of clarity for what little gaming I do.
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    Looking for some thoughts

    I purchased the Late 2013 rMBP in January with 4GB of ram and the i5 Haswell CPU. Honestly, for what I do which is similar to what you are describing i havent noticed any lagg or odd behavior. Running OS X 10.9.2 the memory is always 85% in use but the raw speed of the PCIe SSD really keeps...
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    EVGA E758 Westmere Mod

    Its not too bad really, just get your iron nice and hot with a bit of solder on the end and tap the solder points.
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    Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes ( Xbox One / PS4 ) Out Today 3/18/14

    Graphics look pretty darn good to me. Thanks for the heads up
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    Been burning for a new GPU but...

    Do you ever feel you are being held back in your gaming by your video card? If not I would hold out and see if the next generation brings something that may wow you.
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    The [H]ard Forum Storage Showoff Thread - Post your 10TB+ systems

    Heres a few pictures of the drives I have been collecting. Still waiting on a few more parts before I can start building the systems these drives will go in. There will be four systems total. Here are the boards, minus one that didnt make it in frame The drives. Total capacity 58.5TB
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    EVGA E758 Westmere Mod

    i talked to a few guys that worked at evguh back in the day when these boards were fresh. Id have to double check my solder point but it did work for me and the L5639 i put in the board. No issues. Be aware those solder points are very tiny so youll need a good fine point iron. i used a 25w...
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    Your favourite current gaming mouse?

    Ive been using the MMO7 for quite a few years and like it so much i bought a second for another system.
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    EVGA E758 Westmere Mod

    Does anyone here remember what pads needed to be soldered together on the E758 for Westmere Dual QPI procs to work? I found a lot of information on google for the E757,760 and 762 but no one outright says what pads should be used for the E758. Thanks for any help you can offer.
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    How do I know if I need a better PSU?

    Looking around for information about powercool, I ran into several threads at toms, OCN and johnnyguru basically saying to stay away from powercool. The power supply is the most important part of your rig, if your having second thoughts about its quality you may want to purchase something...
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    Help me read this pathping/fix TWC issues

    Had similar issues with TWC internet dropping, had digital cable installed and while the tech was here I mentioned my issues, he then replaced all the ends on my coaxial cables and no issues since. The explanation I received from the tech was static builds up in the line over time and with bad...
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    Any real differences between eSATA and USB 3.0?

    eSATA has the potential to be faster, but most manufacturers use eSATA 3Gb/s while USB 3.0 has 5Gb/s capability, though if your not using solid state drives you most likely wont notice a difference. If your looking for external enclosure I would recommend you take a look at some of the...
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