Recent content by Stringtheory

PS: Re: "The video card market is a huge mess right now ." That seems like an understatement. Low-end cards are also out of stock, so this doesn't look like it's purely a bitcoin thing. Even EVGA has taken a plunge. Used to be that I'd just buy the nearest EVGA GPU or power supply (which used...

Yeah, I thought about getting a couple older 750 Ti's from Amazon/Ebay, until I saw the promising reviews on Tom's that mentioned newer low end boards that would more likely maintain drivers over age. Prices I've seen are nowhere near the estimates in the articles though. Re OS: All machines...

It really does seem like the GPU market is turbulent. I thought that it had settled, but I hadn't kept tabs for a while. Thanks for your suggestion re converters. I was considering that. But the KVM manufacturer said there may be problems in doing that. Signal timing, I'd guess. I'll...

This is probably an unusual requirement: I have 5 networked systems that are used for scientific research. Specs for the faster ones look like gaming machines, but I don't do any gaming. Here's the tricky part: They are all interconnected to a single 8-port KVM that supports DVD-Dual Link...

Thanks for the reply, Count Mike, but I don't follow.

I've been reviewing specs for Intel i9's, and I can't find much difference between the 9th gen and 10th gen. I'm sure I must be missing something. I'm primarily interested in development for neural networks, and in running virtualized environments (VMWare, Virtual Box). Things I've noticed...

Excellent, Sean! I wish that the Corsair MP510 had made it into the first roundup, but the existing comparison is helpful. I had never heard of MyDigitalBPX Pro. I'll look into it. I'm setting up a workstation for neural net research (number crunching, fast drive access). Given that I have...

Published by the manufacturers. Is there more to your question? I haven't heard anything about either Corsair or Samsung fudging their specs.

The Corsair Force MP510 and Samsung EVO Plus seem to be very close as far as published specs, with the Corsair having an edge in endurance and in price. But there must be more to it. Has anyone come across more in-depth comparisons that would tip the scales one way or the other?

There seem to be a lot of M.2 SATA SSD's with power loss protection (Intel S3500, for example). But I have not been able to find M.2 PCIe SSDs with PLP. Does anyone know about this?

Are there any good SMART utilities for monitoring large (10TB+) hard drives? Western Digital's own DataLifeguard seems to have bugs that manifest with large drives (even their own drives!) Several new WD Gold 10tb drives show in DataLifeguard as 'Health Status: warning'. (Under R-Click...

I'm trying to spec a laptop for doing neural net development, hence the need for NVidia 1080 (or faster) and fast i7. Also need large screen, and two drives (fast SSD and high volume HD). Ideally, I'd like 64gb of RAM, but I'll settle for a system that can be retrofitted. The other features...

I was originally considering Gigabyte's "Gaming 7" or "Gaming 9" for a 7820x system, but just noticed the Designare x299. I'm curious about why no one mentions it. Anyone know how it compares with "gaming" series?