Recent content by Alvin Smith

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    Question THANKS FOR PLAYING

    Off hand, can anybody tell me or direct me to this answer ? ` QUESTION: All else being equal (as much as possible) .. Given real world, practical testing .. Q: How much faster is an M.2 NVMe X4 drive, than a similarly priced SATA III 6gb SSD ? … (This is an old mobo...
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    [SOLVED] OLD DOG >> Gigabyte 890GPA-UD3H REV 2.0

    Hello, All, THANK YOU IN ADVANCE Trying to build a [ Gigabyte 890GPA-UD3H REV 2.0 ] based system (original, factory BIOS.) ... Some questions, … I have all the NEW OLD STOCK parts (NIB and still sealed) … I want to do a few little tweaks to maximize performance ... ATHLON II x4 @...
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    SSD or 10k RPM?

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    High-End personal Workstation Guidance

    FINALLY !! GAME ON !! Time to wake up and get cranking ... I (personally) would still recommend waiting until six weeks after these hit the channel, before diving in ... just to be certain that the chipset is stable and allow for last-minute BIOS tweaks but, after the Cougar chipset fiasco...
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    OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid: Solid-State Speed With Hard Drive Capacity

    Sorry, guys ... did not read the article or the other comments but, based on the title and the intro, I feel I must comment. COMMENT: While this beast might work (initially) and offer a lower cost-per-GB than an SSD, and faster performance than an HDD ... BRINGING THE HI FAILURE RATE OF AN HDD...
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    High-End personal Workstation Guidance

    *** PRETTY BIG NEWS *** AMD FX (Dozer) release ... Great news, for those of us (i.e. ME ! ) who *already* own "modern" AM3+ motherboards ... yay. ... I just might be willing to ditch my Athlon II propus x4core ... pretty soon ... for one of these guys. Gotta research BIOS updates and power...
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    High-End personal Workstation Guidance

    Kinda makes me glad I've been recommending single socket builds, for most home-pros. Considering how much more a dual-socket/ECC/Quadro/1200Watt costs to build and run, not even considering that your home HVAC system has to more than double that power draw, just to counteract the extra ambient...
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    New Sandy Bridge Driver Boosts Game Performance

    Run two ( or 3 ? ) of these, in series. http://www.batteriesinaflash.com/deep-cycle-lead-acid/6v/trojan-l16re-b-6v-370ah-flooded-lead-acid-deep-cycle-battery