Recent content by Mr_Man

Thank you both!

The latest BIOS update for my motherboard says it adds NVMe support. It has an M.2 slot, but the specifications for the motherboard don't mention NVMe. Does that mean the update allows me to use an NVMe SSD in that built-in slot, or only that if I were to use a PCIe-to-NVMe add-on card that I'd...

I use my #QNAP TS-032X and #RunWithIronWolf so I can create versioned backups for all of my devices in one place.

Try playing Angry Birds with your voice.

amk-aka-PhantomBecause there're no new CPUs released since quite a while? The new AMD chips aren't on there, yet.

Blender! It's a 3D modeling/animation program with a huge following. It's up there with Firefox and Linux when it comes to open source software that has an impressive feature set. You could use the benchmark in the link below, as it's already used by a lot of people, and would be good for...

Like it a lot! More compact, yet easier to navigate. It also seems more logical that you have the breakdown of Graphics, Storage, etc. most recent news right above the most recent news. The old way was kind of clunky, but I like this!

I'm suddenly very proud of my 17- to 22-character passwords. Great article, Tom's! Very enjoyable and informative to read.

Right, but I only have ONE free SATA connector, so even if I got an adapter, I'd still need one other molex connection to hook the graphics card's included dual 4-pin to 6-pin connector into. It's the included Dell power supply. EDIT: Looks like I may have found one...

I just ordered an XFX Radeon 5770 for my Dell. I used Tom's charts and some other things to make sure that the power supply can give enough juice, but I just realized that the only free connector I have in the box is one Sata connector. The graphics card comes with an adapter that turns two...

An ASUS motherboard I had a few years back had an instant-on feature where it would play music from the CD drive without booting to Windows if you pressed a key. I wonder if this isn't pretty similar to that.

This is news?

If Microsoft employees use the products people like, they're going to be more likely to want to design their own devices and interfaces with those things in mind.

Nope. I believe access to it through libraries and other public places is good, and could almost be a right, but Internet in your home is not a right, nor should it be.

I didn't buy a 28" monitor because I wanted to play Bejewled on it all day. Games and multitasking will demand large screen (meaning not laptops or phones) for the foreseeable future.