Recent content by shisai

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    News Laptop Demand Plummeted in February

    This article really describes the production levels as it affects the major brands. Demand is actually through the roof and has been increasing since February according to my Reps at Dell, CDW, Insight, and Lenovo among others. Most current gen business laptops (Win10 Pro) priced between...
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    AMA Intel Optane AMA - Starts Tuesday at 12pm

    SSDs are becoming the standard now and the terminology for PCI-Express/M.2/etc. based storage are finally becoming household terms in the gaming/performance/AI sectors. However from my perception Optane/3DXpoint technology is generally still in the 'theoretical'/'impractical'/'dream' categories...
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    GTX 1060 from 780, possible bottleneck?

    That 3rd Gen i5 shouldn't be a bottleneck for a 1060 at all. Perfect fit and Definitely worth the upgrade IMO.
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    Douple CPU Build?

    If you are focusing on Gaming or Standard PC usage (pretty much anything outside of Video Editing/Compositing and 3D Graphics Rendering or SETI/Folding@home stuff) More cores do not necessarily mean more end user performance. Tom's Hardware did a great article in relation to CPU core scaling...
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    Tom's Hardware's Haswell-E-Based Builder Sweepstakes

    digital storm Main gear -- best looking Velocity Micro -- most practical