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SuperMicro SC747TG-R1400B-SQ . Very expensive, not at all quiet. Recommended only if you have very specific needs (redundant power supply, 8 HDD hot swap, oversized motherboard)

Just took the delivery of a new Topre Realforce (my second - one for my desk at employer's , another for home office). It is one sweet keyboard

Hot black leaf tea, with some raspberry juice added

I'm thinking of Topre's new RGB model now that I've booked a trip for Osaka. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2MHE-rQPRA&feature=youtu.be&t=192 The switches have a firm-then-buckling smooth feel to it, like the keypads on medical diagnostic stations. Has anyone heard about their reliability...

My pile of random thumbdrives consists of a mix of PNY, Kingston, Verbatim, Transcend, and Silicon Power. They've all been reliable. One thing that is worth mentioning: Write speeds are absolutely dismal on anything that didn't quote write speeds in its specs; if the write performance doesn't suck ...

Just checked on the keyboard. The switches are starting to feel normal again when pressed, so I think the internal mechanisms are drying out nicely. I'm gonna give it another hour (at least) in the dryer, then we'll see if it sustained any permanent damage. @curtisb - Yup, Founders makes some reall...

I'm more interested in how they deal with product keys and activations for a clean install. All my (personal) Win7 Pro licenses that I've upgraded to 10 either had to be upgraded first, or required the Windows 7 product key. Once the July 29th deadline comes along I very much doubt I'll be able to ...

Well, OK. I run Windows 10 and there is not much wrong with it, however I would not encourage anyone for an upgrade without two severe warnings (1. you have to fight the OS for your privacy 2. not everything will work). Also, I run Windows on a virtual machine, the hypervisor is Linux and I have acc...

I wonder if the cause was cultural "hate to disappoint the superiors" and the change in question got pushed before the final testing had completed, because the superiors were expecting that the testing had already completed.

I am second year happy with small Brother laser, older brother of HLL5100DN . These are good printers, and duplexing is surprisingly useful when you do not feel like buying paper very often

I love external DACs. Probably because I never heard good realtek before jumping onto DACs , and after this it was too late :) First I had (I still have it) Epiphany Acoustic, then Audioengine D1 and now I have SMSL M3. I also looked at more expensive DAC with support for asynchronous transmission, ...

The older Windows Photo Viewer from Windows 7 was deprecated starting with Windows 8. The replacement is the modern app "Photos" but you can re-associate the file types, and set it to default to the older Photo Viewer making it usable. How to Restore Missing Windows Photo Viewer in Window...

The i5 6600K supports the same VT-x and VT-d features as the 6700K and is quite a bit cheaper. Unless you really need hyperthreading or want the additional cache I'd save money here, personally. Could go towards more RAM or to get rid of that Velociraptor. hyperthreading is useful for virtualisatio...

http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/4U/7048/SYS-7048GR-TR.cfm Is that big enough? Lol. I just bought one like it (more specifically http://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/4U/747/SC747TG-R1400-SQ.cfm ), it is not actually big (except for depth). Regular 4U rack server, turned on a side, it...

jihadjoe wrote:

Wow thanks for the heads up on dvdisaster.

+1

A good reason not to use Windows 10. It might be a good reason to spend a bit more on Windows 10 Pro (..though there are several reasons that might be the case). May I ask why you consider the upgrade to Windows 10 Pro might be a worthy investment? here is my take: 1. home local network running on ...

It's extra cache even when it's not as fast as the others, but it still makes a difference big enough for the 65W "mainstream" chip to beat the higher-clocked successor 91W enthusiast CPU when playing games, if you look at TRs much vaunted 99th percentile scatter graph . For a little bit ...

I recall some people posting about how faster RAM speeds definitely made an impact when playing CPU-constrained games. IIRC they used BF4 multiplayer as an example, which apparently is (or was) CPU-bound with many players, and with faster RAM they got a significant performance increase. However, it...

The maths of it also add up. Taking two common speeds of DDR3 RAM (with similar price points) 1600MHz CL9 and 2400MHz CL11 you have respective latency of 5.625ns and 4.583ns. If your processor is running a 4GHz and you have the slower RAM it has to wait an extra 5 cycles when it acessess RAM when c...

I would like to use 4100K light bulbs for my room. I strongly dislike soft white (yellow) light. Philips Alto is indeed 4100K. My room size: height = 7 ft width = 8 ft length = 11 ft It is a small room. I found 4100K light bulbs in CFL version, but not in led at local retail stores. Since CFLs are ...

There are several different options out on Amazon, but before I go ordering anything, I am hoping that someone has tried some and can give their feedback. --SS I tried different types when switching my home to LEDs and settled for Verbatim, like this one http://www.amazon.co.uk/Verbatim-52132-9-5W-...

Hi all, looking to update the HTPC to Win10. Current card is a Radeon 4670. The system is connected to a 1920x1080 HDTV and is used mainly for HDTV playback with the occasional gaming session. Any suggestions for a good value video upgrade? Thanks Dale I'd wait to see prices and specs of Radeon Fur...

2560x1440 or 1600 monitors usually have the capability to display sRGB and some can display Adobe RGB. The good RGB LED backlit ones no longer exist. NEC EA304WMI-BK is 2560x1600 , 30" with GB-R LED backlight , native Adobe RGB and decent sRGB emulation. I have it. Gb-r LED backlights are amon...

BlackDove wrote:

2560x1440 or 1600 monitors usually have the capability to display sRGB and some can display Adobe RGB. The good RGB LED backlit ones no longer exist.

NEC EA304WMI-BK is 2560x1600 , 30" with GB-R LED backlight , native Adobe RGB and decent sRGB emulation. I have it.

Now that abit is out of the business I've slowly started looking for a replacement to my IP35 Pro. It has this very useful hardware monitoring system with own chip and OS drivers, which allows for automatic fan speed adjustements as deemed necessary by temperature probes, with plenty of options for ...