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http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19756734 This is one way to sell some chips. The article does state it will be possible for Intel chips to run this wrapper as well, but AMD is optimizing for it already and it'll come pre-installed whereas on an Intel-based system it may need to be...

Hi all - I was going to write a script to help diagnose line quality over a network including measurements for ping times, packet loss, jitter, etc. I'm relatively new to perl, but what I'm working on is a proprietary box where perl seems to be pretty much the dominant script format. At this...

I'm looking to get mobile with my music production but I am on a bit of a budget. I noticed that Creative Labs does not support ASIO on their USB-based X-Fi cards, though (or so their site says). Are there any relatively inexpensive soundcards you guys could point me to, or perhaps a generic...

I can't find any particularly solid comparisons for DDR3-1333/1600/1866/2133 on SB CPUs for gaming and virtualization projects (I use my desktop for both). Anand or Tom's has a couple of comparisons but nothing that really gives me enough information to either upgrade or stay where I'm at. Does...

I had originally heard that a Radeon 6870 is roughly equivalent in games to my previous 5770s in crossfire, and found after purchasing one that its about 85-95% depending on the game but not truly equivalent. Lucky for me, I was able to sell my 5770s on Criagslist and have myself some cash for a...

Let's get right down to business. I've got a few questions for you HTPC guys. 1) I'm using a Phenom II X3 720, which while not really an energy hog could be underclocked/undervolted. Does anybody have any first-hand experience with this or a similar Phenom II chip that could give me ballpark...

Hi guys, I just upgraded from a Phenom II X3 720/ASUS M4A79T Deluxe to a Core i7 2600K/ASUS Sabertooth P67. I'm planning on recycling the old CPU+motherboard to create a box where I can host a few VMs to continue my learning. Here's what I'm planning on: 1 Server 2008 R2 VM 1 Linux Server...

Right now I'm using Windows 7 software RAID since I've found my current motherboard's hardware RAID to be unreliable. It's a single RAID0 striped volume between 2 250GB partitions. I'm upgrading from my current Phenom II-based system to a new Sandy Bridge setup. Is it possible to avoid...

Really quick, no need for any story line or anything right? 1) Are the S-series SB CPU's identical in performance for gaming as their non-S counterparts? ie 2500 vs 2500S 2) Do you think the energy savings would pay for itself over a year? 2 years? Thanks in advance!

Hey guys, Been a bit underwhelmed with my system lately for a small number of reasons, but I think my biggest woe may be my X3 720. It was definitely bang for the buck when I got it shortly after the release date, but it may be holding me back a bit. I did a lot of benchmarking over the past...

Budget: $400 Motherboard: ASUS M4A79T Deluxe (Crossfire, no SLI) Current Card: BFG GTX 275 OC Power Supply: 850W Seasonic Primary uses: Folding@Home Secondary uses: Gaming (Mostly Gears of War for Windows, Borderlands, Dawn of War II, Bad Company 2) Now that Fermi is here, I wanted to...

Anybody else find themselves with an OCZ Solid 2 Series SSD? I got an itchy trigger finger waiting for a Sandforce-driven drive and noticed these are using the Indilinx controller so I figured a 60GB drive for $170 with free shipping wasn't too bad (considering between $150-200 only Kingston...

Hey all, I'm looking at 2 Seasonic PSUs, 850W each. One is modular, one isn't. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151083 - "regular" http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151067 - modular Are there any other differences between these two? Is the...

I've got a budget of about $100 with a little bit of breathing room (so $125 prolly isn't out of the question) but I *need* to get rid of the acrylic case I'm using now. The case simply does not breathe well, and some of the mounting pins for the motherboard are starting to give up on life...

Let me start off with the fact that this is not a 'clean' test. I had Facebook open in Firefox, uTorrent downloading OpenSuse 11.1, and GPU-Z 0.3.7 open in addition to FRAPS to measure my framerate. Also, my monitor's native res. is 1440x900, so a bit less than your average enthusiast. Still...

Anybody know how effective these are in comparison with TRUE or Corsair H50? I see mixed reviews on the net and I also can't find a single place to buy them, but was recommended one by a co-worker.

Woot had these on sale for $20, seeing $49 on google shopping being the 'decent' price I had to bite. I don't own a TV at all, so I figure it's probably worth the $20. What are the [H] impressions on these? Good image quality? Is there even decent digital signal to pick up on?

As long as its in full working order, I really don't care how powerful it is. I'm buying one exclusively for Jolicloud, as my current test platform is a full Dell Vostro 1500 laptop (which is ridiculously powerful to run a netbook OS on). The cheaper the better!

I just downloaded the latest stable/general release drivers for my GTX 275, which are 190.38 according the the Nvidia site. Got the latest public build of RivaTuner (apparently 2.24b?). RivaTuner was handling the 185.xx drivers just fine, allowing for me to OC and control the fan, even create...

A bit of an odd request, but if any of you out there have an Ultra ChillTEC and aren't using your AM2 mounting hardware I'm in need. Not desperate need, but need none the less. Turns out I can't find mine and Ultra has them on order but they don't have an ETA (said to call back in about 2...

While the sticky(s) cover quite a bit, and I mean QUITE A BIT, before I really get into them I'd like some advice on what kind of hardware I should be looking at. I'm really looking to make this a budget build to begin with, but maybe want a bit of breathing room in the upgrading department...

I know I'm a little late to the ballfield with this one, but I wanted something to show off physx and its pretty nifty. I mean, for a free FPS you really couldn't ask for more. So does anybody still play this? If so, got any server IPs I could join?

As the title says, I'm looking for a Geforce 9600 GSO, single-slot card in either the 384MB or 768MB variety. So... no dual slotters, no 256MB or 512MB cards. Yes, this is for physx, and yes, I'm probably a tool for wanting a dedicated physx card, esp. with a GTX 275 already installed and...

Hi all, Has anybody tried out the OCZ behemoth mouse? My OCZ Equalizer just died (lasers quit tracking) and I got a Logitech G5 to replace it, but I absolutely hate the damn thing. So I wanna go back to the company that made the last satisfactory mouse I had, which was also one hell of a...

I'm looking for a case that will be pretty quiet, but I have some overclocking goals... Mainly, I will be getting an Ultra ChillTEC to cool my Phenom II X3 720BE for putting it over the 4GhZ mark. So I've surmised that the case will probably need to be a little wider than 8", and it definitely...

If I wanted to build a machine for calculating PI, I would have used much cheaper parts do don't ask... I'll start off... CPU-Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition Motherboard-ASUS M4A79T Deluxe RAM-G.Skill DDR3-1600 7-7-7-18 GPU-Geforce GTX 275 Stock clocks: -------------------- 3DMark...

See my sig for my current system setup... basically an ASUS M4A79T Deluxe platform, 720BE, and 9800GTX+. My current monitor is 19" 1440x900, but that may be changing this summer since I've recently gone TV-less so I'm now contemplating a 26" or 30" monitor. So my question is, should I pull...

OK, so, a bit of an odd question... I have a 1GB 9800GTX+ from Gigabyte, and I'm having physx issues with it. For instance, Warmonger runs fine, but the new physx screensaver and the physics test in 3DMark Vantage both lockup the display driver. Here's what I've done to try and fix it...

Hi all, just got done toying around with my new X3 720 BE and doing a couple test-run benchmarks in 3DMark 06 and Vantage. I must say I'm pretty impressed at how easily this thing overclocks and how little it budges. I admit I'm a little held back for score by my videocard, especially since I...

Ok, so I have a decent system for what I do/play. I'm getting a tax refund, though, and traditionally I've used a portion of my tax refund to upgrade some hardware. So I'd like some input on my future AMD cpu! First off, does anybody know when AM3 motherboards sporting the Nvidia 980i boards...

Macci/Sampsa/Finland Phenom II OC on LN2 has the current top spot. Stumbled on it when I benchmarked my system (had to recover everything from a corrupted Vista install -_-) http://service.futuremark.com/resultComparison.action?compareResultId=10002679&compareResultType=14 I remember the...

Hi all, On day one of its release, I bought a Radeon 3870x2 because it was time to upgrade, I had the cash, and I wanted an impressive card. I got exactly what I ordered and am happy with it. I need to get rid of it now, though. The energy costs are eating away at me, and going to a single...