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So I have that moment again, brought a couple of 256 gig evo's to arrive later this week. The price wasnt unrealistically low, about 30% cheaper than what 256 gig evo's usually sell for. So I am aware I can fire up samsung magician for a quick serial check. To confirm authencity. I can check...

Hi guys, to me storage isnt cheap so I am trying to find the most affordable way to do this but also taking into consideration risks. Not buying a NAS, using my 2600x rig as the storage unit. Peformance is not important other than maybe resilver speed. The load on the system will be writes...

So bit of background story, first it started with this. https://hardforum.com/threads/samsung-mlc-850-pro-about-to-die.1985642/ The above thread I made when my SATA samsung 850 PRO started behaving oddly, including been unable to boot, I sent it to samsung for RMA after all the problems and...

So I have seen reviews stating blacks suck on nano ips, however I expect this is because they are comparing to VA and OLED. For people who are already used to IPS, the question isnt answered in those reviews, are black in nano IPS worse than normal expected black levels for IPS? as I am already...

So I had just ironically backed up all my user profile data as I had just enabled the file history feature to get incremental backups of various files on my system. By default this all libraries on the system. Typically I have always disabled windows search as I have never liked i/o during...

So having built my first ryzem system a asrock b450 pro 4 and ryzen 2600X chip, I like many others am amazed at the value for money vs intel and the superior turbo clock system. However I do note that if CPB is disabled, the voltage is a very low 1.08v under full load and cpu temp maxes out at...

I just brought a few more 64gig kingston ssdnow v300 ssd's. An older model no longer been manufactured. The market that covers ssd's 60gig and smaller is now dominated by chinese players, but there used to be some very high quality ssd's in this sector. When I built my PFSENSE unit, I put in...

Is there a guide or ISO for WinPE that has tools like XTU, aida, realbench cinebench etc. so one can test at their leisure without getting crashes on their production installation? I did find a WinPE ISO generator but various applications refuse to run it, when I double click the exe nothing...

Got a new (supposedly) ASRock Fatal1ty Z370 Gaming K6 today from amazon UK. The box itself had 2 tears around the area where it opens. I will upload a photo. No tape or any other seal. Inside the box the accessories are all sealed. The manual has no creases and looks new. The motherboard I...

Why is coffee lake voltages so high? My haswell stock voltages were just 1.05v I can run 4.3ghz at 1.175v Stock coffee lake seems over 1.25v ? which seems massive. People having to run over 1.3v for moderate overclocks. Am I missing something, no reviews have batted an eyelid at these high...

Basically I want to try and stimulate mtu/mss breackage so I can see how effective certian workarounds and solutions are to help in that type of environment. However I find myself unable to break my traffic in the first place. So basically I did something like this. Set the mtu of one machine...

So the vega at least in europe is priced like this. vega 56 same as 1080 vega 64 same as 1080ti yet all the reviews are pretending the 56 is up against the 1070 and the 64 is against the 1080. 2 EU retailers have confirmed the RRP given to reviewers was bogus and only a very short lived...

So there is 2 pages that seem to allow you to download. first page here https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?downloadGroup=ESXI650&productId=614#errorCheckDiv I get the message I have registered for trial and have a licence key. Second page here...

So here is the scenario have a intel 4670k max turbo clock is configured at 4.3ghz at non turbo speeds the voltage is at stock levels +0.05v at turbo speeds the offset is increased to +0.025v Since every cpu depending on its silicon lottery position has different stock voltages basically my...

Seeing some totally weird stuff on my newer RED's vs old RED's. All the drives are 3TB each. I brought my first 2 RED's I think about 18-24 months ago. very little drive parking NCQ supported 4k sectors 2794g capacity Info below from AIDA64 Field Value ATA Device Properties Model ID...

Hi guys and girls. I discovered some months ago that most linux operating systems do not enable turbo mode by default, because turbo mode only works when EIST is also enabled. e.g. FreeBSD does not run powerd by default which is required for turbo mode to work. Centos has a similar issue...

Love the extra screen estate but was observing playing media content was jittery, and couldnt pin it down but took a punt that the 2d gpu clocks needed a bump. nvidia has a 135mhz 2d clock which can increase to 405mhz. The card can also enter 3d clocks if utilisation is high enough. Before i...

I see the AO option has 3 options off performance quality previously I had this as performance globally. There is no aplication controlled option So the question is if AO is set to OFF in the control panel (default) and a game enables it, which is applied? e.g. if I enable SSAO in DA:I.

Ok first I posted this here in gpu section as my research leads me to suggest this is an issue with nvidia 900 series cards which nvidia have even released a new bios for. I am wondering tho if anyone here has had the issue and fixed it without a bios update? The issue is basically I boot up...

Still seems to be the case, surely there is a gaping hole in the market? 1080p IPS g-sync, still doesnt exist :(

any idea why nvidia removed CSAA? I thought was great with much lower performance overhead than MSAA for similiar quality, but it is now gone on my 970 :(

I am getting issues using full screen youtube and going back to windowed mode afterwards, the issue seemed to start after I installed 344.16 drivers. Anyone else seen similiar issues? card is gtx 970. flash youtube not html5.

As title says, who do I get the code from? is it in the gpu box? do I have to ask the retailer for it? (they havent gave me one) or do I get when registering the card on either evga or nvidia's sites?

Yes I only got my gtx 760 not that long ago :p but seems the specs required to play games since next gen launch has skyrocketed so I ordered a SC 970gtx. The finances I think will be hard to justify what I spent this year so will try to recoup some of what I spent by selling the gtx 760...

Ok WEI wont run. I first noticed WMP was crashing on some types of video, googled that issue and people report problem resolved by downgrading nvidia to 270.x drivers or older, I cannot do that however since I have a 760 GTX. Second issue which I think is caused by same thing is WEI...

So I replaced 4 4gig dimms with pair of 8 gig for stability reasons. The dimms are very similiar performance spec rated at 1600C9 1.5v On the XMP timings the following 2 secondary timings are different but rest match. on the 4 gig its 128 for RFC 9 for WCL on the 8 gig its 208...

Ok so I upgraded my rig but kept the same soundcard. The sound output is now much quieter than before the upgrade, before at 40-50% volume the sound was loud, now at 100% is sort of normal level but not loud, its as if the amplifier isnt working or something. Bit of googling suggests its a...

is 80C considered a ok temp for a modern gpu? My evga GTX 460 idled at about 30C with 30% fan speed. It didn't use a reference cooler. (for some reason I forgot this and assumed I had reference). Got a GTX 760 today with reference cooler, chose not to go ACX as the reports of it heating...

So I watched a asus video with a asus rep showing how to use adaptive, peice of pie. I have never overclocked a haswell before. My last cpu was a i5 750 which has old style overclocking. To me adaptive overclocking is the easiest I have ever done. All I did was pick a multiple (chose 43) so...

what should I be expecting in bench tests for this combo? using intel port of course is set to ahci in bios have tested using both msachi and intel rapid storage drivers (12.8) So here is some figures. On old rig, which was p55 chipset only sata 2nd generation. msahci drivers. (exact...

So I got my first 'NEW' z87 yesterday from amazon uk. Box wasnt sealed not even with tape. Outside of box at bottom of flap looked worn as if it was opened before. Anti static bag unsealed Sticker on cpu cover was partially not stuck on. Manual inside box was folded over in the corner about 2/3...

all pages 404 now for me :( http://www.station-drivers.com/page/renesas.htm same for everyone else?

got a unusual problem, if anyone has an idea or experienced same it be appreciated. Ok so I have a asus p7p55d-e which I know now is a few years old in tech. Lately I decided I want to utilise the usb3 for faster charging of phone and a hdd caddy. Enabled in bios, installed drivers and...

So I currently have a galaxy ace, my first smartphone, its ok (after I customised it via rooting, cyanogen mod, tasker etc.). But the low ram makes it slow. I was going to goto a s3 mini as seemed logical upgrade and over the ace is better in almost every way (seems not on gpu). But then...

Was going to do a good review of a new keyboard but I held off which I am glad I did now. Here is my problem. Old original keyboard the microsoft digital keyboard 1.0a. Has to be said keys very high quality, still work great to this day and is 5+ years old. Had to replace due to labels...

I notice a lot of uk retailers (maybe not all) will not only barely reduce prices of old tech but also they will sometimes not even stock new tech to ensure they sell old first. eg. I have seen reviews of new products that are on sale in america and goto a uk retailer's website to see they...

Ok I have 2 e-IPS screens. My trusty dell 2209wa which has excellent viewing angles. and a new asus VS229HR info here. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008ON76YS/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Now when I stand up I notice the following issue. The picture dims, but...

which you guys think are better? the original e-ips screen on the dell 2209wa was awesome, Got a new e-ips screen yesterday for ps3 and is side by side the dell. Viewing angle most defenitly worse. I would estimate following now for my screens. TN - approx 90-100 degrees viewing...

I noticed a fair few people seem to have upgraded to windows 8 very quickly after launch, I am curious of the reasons. So posting a poll for those to say why they have either upgraded from an older windows or are planning to upgrade in the near future, also added a poll option for those who...

One thing about windows 7 (and vista) is microsoft got the OS looking great, it looks really polished. I tried importing my windows 7 theme to windows 8 and the result was lets say ugly. The glowing buttons when hovering over them (minimise, maximise and close) no longer glow. Also...