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by trygve
Thu Sep 02, 2010 4:51 pm
Forum: Echo Vale
Topic: Win one of three Asus Xonar sound cards
Replies: 137
Views: 43569

Re: Win one of three Asus Xonar sound cards

I'm definitely in need of an upgrade to my HTPC, which is definitely getting a little long in the tooth. It's built with a socket 939 Athlon 64 X2 3800 (from back when those had just come out), but I'm just peeling the digital audio off the motherboard: http://trygve.com/jagular800.jpg That goes int...
by trygve
Sat Aug 07, 2010 6:23 pm
Forum: Visual Haven
Topic: Discuss TR's hardware photography contest
Replies: 89
Views: 16354

Re: Discuss TR's hardware photography contest

There are SO many new people in that thread. Sometime we should have a contest in which you actually are a contributor to TR before you can enter. Say 100 posts or something? Weeeell, I've been lurking enthusiastically for years. That doesn't quite count as "contributing," but even real c...
by trygve
Sat Aug 07, 2010 6:03 pm
Forum: Visual Haven
Topic: Enter here for a shot at a GeForce GTX 460 or Metro 2033
Replies: 149
Views: 31188

Re: Enter here for a shot at a GeForce GTX 460 or Metro 2033

Here's a Sunfire T1000 "Niagara" server with 32GB of memory, two SLC solid-state drives in RAID0, two 10GBe ports, and four Gigabit network ports. 24 threads all running at less than 150 Watts: http://www.trygve.com/sunfiret1000open1000.jpg This is an Asus Z8NA-d6c with a pair of Xeon x55...
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