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I am running badblocks on 2 18TB Seagate Ironwolf Pro drives on Windows through WSL2. For both drives, I started running badblocks on them at the same time, and there was virtually no difference between them in terms of percentage completed. I am now halfway through the 2nd pass the the...

When I use VMD/Intel RST drivers, I get the following benchmark results: When I use the Samsung drivers, I get the following resutls: As you can see, with the Samsung driver, my sequential R/W is worse; however my random R/W is better. Which configuration is optimal? As I understand it...

The box and the hard drive are fine, as far as I can tell. I can't see any deformities in the static bag either

Today I got 2 18TB Ironwolf Pros from newegg. The first one was fine. The second one had one corner of the plastic reflex cushion/bracket endcap a bit crumpled up. Here is the first one (the good one): Here is the bad second one: What do you all think? Should I keep it or try to exchange...

I wanted opinions as to whether or not I needed any additional fans for my current setup. My hardware is as follows: CPU - Intel Core i7-12700K Alder Lake (12th gen) Cooler - Noctua NH-D15S Case - Corsair 750D Airflow Edition GPU - Asus ROG STRIX 3090 Fans - 2 front intake fans : CORSAIR ML140...

Yes. The latest bios was released earlier this month. A different question is, how does XTU know that undervolt protection is not enabled? How is this information exposed to the OS/Windows?

I am unable to start Intel's Extreme Tuning Utility in either Windows 10, 11 or Server 2022. When I do try to run it, I get an error message stating that "XTU is incompatible with Windows VBS; Your CPU/BIOS does not have Undervolt Protection support as a mitigation, so you should check the...

I have an ASUS Z690-E ROG Strix motherboard that has an Intel Core i7-12700K. I am running Server 2022 on my machine and have managed to get all the drivers installed except for one. I dual booted my machine to also run Windows10 and saw that the device was recognized by a driver called the...

I had a question about the orientation of installing a Noctua NH-D15s fan on an Asus ROG Strix Z690-E motherboard. Specifically, the documentation for the NH-D15S, per Noctua's compatibility website, https://ncc.noctua.at/coolers/NH-D15S-chromax.black-67/motherboards/ASUS/LGA%201700 states...

I'm trying to decide between getting a power strip or a PDU. For reference, I've already measured my total wattage consumption, and it is only around ~500w when everything is powered on, so I don't think I'll be overloading anything. The power strip I'm looking at is this...

Any concerns with using non WHQL drivers? Whenever I go to install them, I'm getting the following warning: "Installing this device driver is not recommended because Windows cannot verify that it is compatible with your hardware. If the driver is not compatible, your hardware will not function...

Title says it all. Do any of you prefer the prepackaged software over the chipset drivers or vice versa? In doing my testing (i.e. my sample size of 2 wireless adapters) I've found that that the chipset drivers are more up to date and seem to have a bit better performance. Is using them a bad...

Greetings, I am trying to decide between these two UPSes: https://www.amazon.com/CyberPower-CP1350AVRLCD-Intelligent-Outlets-Mini-Tower/dp/B000OFXKFI https://www.amazon.com/APC-Sinewave-Battery-Protector-BR1350MS/dp/B0779QFRRT The cyberpower UPS is a bit cheaper, and has a number of...

I'm running a stripped down *BSD router-like OS and was looking for options for stress testing using a LiveCD. The available choices, such as UltimateBootCD, Hiren's CD and StressLinux are a few years out of date. Are there any that are being currently maintained that anyone would recommend...

I recently purchased a motherboard that has a DC power in jack: http://www.gigabyte.us/Motherboard/GA-H110TN-GSM-PLUS-rev-10#ov My case also came with a DC to DC power board (meaning it had its own power jack) and I was going to connect that power board to my motherboard via a 4 pin ATX...

I'm building a lower power no-frills box with a I3-7100T processor that, according to Intel ark, will run at 35w TDP. This box will be on 24/7 I will be going with an external "brick" PSU- trying to chose between these two- one is 60w, the other 90w. The 60W PSU would, in theory be under an...

I'm trying to decide between these two cases for a small form factor design. The box, when I'm finished constructing it, will be on will be on 24/7. The first case is an Antec ISK100: http://store.antec.com/isk-series/isk110-vesa.html The other is a Morex T3500...

I was thinking of a similar build- since this thread is 5 years old, does anyone have any thoughts as to how , if possible, it could be improved upon with newer tech?

I'm currently considering two case options for a box that will be a low power build (<60w)- one is the Antec ISK110 that comes with a 90W power supply, which goes for $78 - https://www.amazon.com/ANTEC-ISK110-VESA-U3-MINI-ITX-Mount/dp/B0095P21ZS The other is getting a cheaper case and buying a...

Hello, I'm trying to build a firewall that will consume minimal power with this with an I3-7100T CPU and this MB: GIGABYTE GA-H110TN-GSM PLUS LGA 1151 DDR4 SO-DIMM http://www.gigabyte.us/Motherboard/GA-H110TN-GSM-PLUS-rev-10#ov Any suggestions on a good fanless/passively cooled case for...

Recently built a new rig with an i5, p8p67 MB, and gskill ripjaws 8 gb 1600mhz memory (2 4gb sticks) the system has stability issues (freezes on prime95 burning, and fails mem tests) but when I enable XMP, it seems to work fine. I tried some corsar vengeance (same specs) and it worked just...