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Recent content by Blinky7

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    Silverstone FT03... matx

    The shaman is a superb cooler. It's as good as cooling/noise goes. The only thing I don't like about it is that it does not cool the VRMs very well. It has those heatsinks for them, but they also need direct airflow, and because it uses only one fan, the TY140 provides direct airflow over the...
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    Silverstone FT03... matx

    I'm sorry, I beg to disaggree. It's simple physics really....there is no way the reference cooler will cool better than a decent (<- key word) aftermarket cooler. The only thing going for it is the hot air exhaust out of the case. For example since the GTX580 is what interests me, check these...
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    Silverstone FT03... matx

    everybody suggests those rear exhaust card for this case, and though I aggree they fit with the cooling theme of the case, their cooling performance is very sucky. With any serious overclocking, you will end up with huge noise from that little 80mm fan they use, so this is unacceptable to me...
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    Silverstone FT03... matx

    Could anyone tell me what is the cooler width restriction so I can use the GPU exhaust fan? I am gonna use a Gene-Z and 2600k, 580gtx, but because the 580 does not have a rear exhaust (probably gonna get Asus DirectCU II or Matrix) I don't want to sacrifice the 80/92mm above the gpu... This...
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    Silverstone FT03... matx

    I just received my Silverstone FT-03 (silver!) and preparing my build. I totally love this case design for my desk, and the fact that there are not many compromises to be made in hardware. Motherboard is a MAximus Gene-Z CPU a 2600k that cna hit 5GHz on air ram is Corsair Vengeance 8gb PSU a...
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    GIGABYTE's Entire 6 Series Ready to Support Native PCIe Gen. 3

    There is lots of nonsense being talked about here, and some people do not FOCUS on the important stuff. 1) @ Brom42 : Of course we are not talking about the pci-express slot coming from the mobo chipset...DUH! even the supposedly already pci-e 3.0 comppliant motherboards from asrock/msi do...
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    LSI 9240 vs Highpoing 2720 vs LSI 9260

    Can you say this from experience? I know the specs say it has a powerpc 533MHz onboard, but I read it does not handle XOR calculations...
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    LSI 9240 vs Highpoing 2720 vs LSI 9260

    I am limited to Windows7 unfortunately, and as far as I have searched, only Flexraid is compatible for a software-style raid. But I'd prefer staying at the hardware level, if I wanted to go the software route, I'd even keep my perc5 or use the motherboard 6 sata ports. So my above questions...
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    LSI 9240 vs Highpoing 2720 vs LSI 9260

    I want to get a new raid5 card and my bidget is limited. I currently have a Dell perc5i with 512mb cache and BBU, which is perfectly fine performance-wise, but a pain in the ass to expand and with a limit up to 2tb/drive, so it needs to be replaced! Due to limited funding, I am forced to look...
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    Upgrade from Perc5 to ?

    Hello there. I am running a raid5 array on my system that is also an HTPC and use it to store my bluray movie ISOs, so I need a lot of space and some kind of safety. Raid5 is doing the job just fine. Currently I got a Dell Perc5i with 8x Seagate 7200.11 1.5tb drives. So usable space is...
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    Dell U2311H

    No, it is not in printed form and I don't have an optical drive available right now (usb sticks and virtual clone drive have kinda replaced it for me heh). Would you mind sharing the info with me?
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    Dell U2311H

    I received mine today (in Greece). So far so good. The starting price here was very nice (which is very uncommon). I paid 240 euros including VAT when in England it costs 265GBP = 320 euros... I don't know why the difference, but I am happy :) One thing that disappointed me and I hope you prove...
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    Dell U2311H

    I wouldn't expect much difference in the response time aspect. Technology has it's boundaries despite what manufacturers state. Trust your brain and not their claims. Moreover their claims are incomparable as the Dell states G2G and hte NEC B2W response times. The logic says that this is an IPS...
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    Finally 20WMGX2 successor!!!

    the big problem is the Customs. This thing that would easily cost kinda expensive compared to the dell display, the Greek customs would impose a ridiculous tax on it , like 40% and then it really exceeds the price premium that I am willing to pay not to compromise on the glossy part. Not to...
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    Dell U2311H

    I already got a 4x2 switcher/splitter, but I'd like the PC dvi cable to remain always connected to the display (even though when I play in console I would have it switched to anbother input) because otherwise it might screw the gpu configuration (thinking I unplugged the display), and it's very...
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