Recent content by Jeff Bollinger

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    950 pro speed

    Rapid Mode is not supported on the 950 Pro. I was getting greater than 2500mbps when I first installed Windows now it is degrading fast, it is not around 550mbps as of now
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    950 pro speed

    I have a couple 950 pros in my notebook. At first, they were getting over 2500mbps random read. I encrypted them using bitlocker and the speeds were then ~1100 mbps. So I decrypted them and the speeds are now 900-1100mbps. Why would they be so much slower? I bought them about a week ago, do they...
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    Buying a new laptop before beginning my IT bachelor. Please help me with some advice.

    I like Eurocom, they sell clevo machines. And the are based in Canada and sell to Europe. They also give 10% discounts to students. http:// That is the Shark 7, it has the following for 864 euros, without shipping and tax if that applies. EUROCOM Shark 7 Base System and Display EUROCOM...
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    Need New Laptop For Gaming

    I personally like the clevo machines for a gaming notebook. I just recently bought the Eurocom x6. It has a 6700k, 32gb 2400ddr4 memory, gtx980m, and 2 -512gb 950pro in raid 0. It seems to run games just fine. I am not sure if it will run WoW and Diablo 3 on Ultra but I am sure it will run it...
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    Which wireless network card is better for laptop? Intel vs qualcomm

    I recently had both is a new Eurocom (The X6 Skylake) laptop . I bought it with the killer card and later got the 8260 for two reasons, reliability and compatribility with Linux. The killer would drop my connection a lot and I would have to disable and enable my wireless to fix it a lot. The...
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    NVMe m.2 ssd

    so i should be able to use the NVMe SSD to its maximum potential?
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    Best High End WiFi Router

    I would say to consider the enterprise business side of things. I would recommend a separate router and wifi access point. If money is no factor I would buy the following. It is all better than any consumer grade networking stuff. Ubiquiti Edge Router X SFP ER-X-SFP This router is better than...
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    NVMe m.2 ssd

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    NVMe m.2 ssd

    I am wondering if a m.2 NVMe ssd will run on my notebook. I know it a ACHI will work but I see a lot about motherboard/chipset limits. I have a Hasewell Z97 chipset with a 4790k cpu The model and motherboard is a Eurocom P7 Pro.
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    Running Linux MInt, is upgrading my RAM 1GBDDR2-->2GBDDR2 worth it?

    I just installed Linux Mint 13 x86 on this old thing It runs fine with Linux Mint but is a bit sluggish opening programs and when clicking it takes a second or 2 to register the click. I was wondering if this would be improved if I upgraded from 1gb to 2gb of RAM? Or is the cpu the main bottleneck?
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    Best Wireless Router for my situation

    What I have: My current ISP service is 30mbps download and 5 mbps upload with Wave Broadband Business w Static IP. My Current Router is a EA2700 provided by Wave Modem Speeds: When I connect straight to modem (wired) I get those speeds sometimes higher with a 10ms ping (very consistent)...
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    Battlefield 4 Beta Performance: 16 Graphics Cards, Benchmarked

    I just wanted to say I have a Radeon HD 7950 3GB XFX http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150588 and when running Bf4 Beta on ultra at 1920 x 1080 I got a min of 51fps but usually 60 or more. It is not overclocked and I run a 2600k cpu oc to 4.4Ghz