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- Tue Apr 12, 2011 2:11 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: SSD Endurance - My Personal Surprise
- Replies: 35
- Views: 20431
Re: SSD Endurance - Over Provisioning
It seems that if you take a 64G SSD and a 128G version of that same SSD, and use them identically, the 128G should last twice as long as the 64G version. So where does over provisioning fit into this? If you over provision that 128G SSD an extra 10%, will it last 2.2 times longer than the 64G versi...
- Mon Apr 11, 2011 12:45 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: SSD Endurance - My Personal Surprise
- Replies: 35
- Views: 20431
Re: SSD Endurance - My Personal Surprise
I just tried a software program called ssdlife that tally's that information up. I was shocked to discover that I was writing 20G of information per day and that after 9 months of use, I was only at "60% Health" meaning I have something less then a year of usage left. By one of its measures I have ...
- Thu Aug 19, 2010 4:16 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: SAI? Does it worth?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3790
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAI :
sistema de alimentacion ininterrumpida (Spanish): uninterruptible power supply.
This acronym is probably unknown outside Spain.
sistema de alimentacion ininterrumpida (Spanish): uninterruptible power supply.
This acronym is probably unknown outside Spain.
- Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:25 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Reasonably quiet build for overclocked cpu
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2139
Not what you asked about, but are your computations parallelizable? If there is a definite answer to this question there should be no dilemma between a dual- and quad- core processor (if they are, you might even consider a hex-core). Also, you already know this but I'll add moral support to the noti...
- Sun Jul 12, 2009 3:29 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: ANR headphones
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4232
- Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:54 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: ANR headphones
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4232
- Wed Jul 08, 2009 2:39 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: ANR headphones
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4232
Thanks for all the replies. no input at all? If you want earmuffs like that, you might as well pick up some work type ones, available at nearly every hardware store... No point in buying ANR headphones if you aren't going to use them...the work type earmuffs might even prove to be much cheaper. This...
- Tue Jul 07, 2009 5:43 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: ANR headphones
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4232
ANR headphones
Hi. Can anyone recommend any active noise reduction headphones? Both comfort and noise blocking effectiveness are important. Audio reproduction quality, however, is not, as I will not use them to play anything (they could lack audio input altogether for all I care). Price matters too, of course, but...
- Fri Mar 20, 2009 3:02 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: SSD MLC Based HD use in old laptops. Will it [STUTTER]?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 26377
According to Anand, both Intel X25-M and OCZ Vertex are perfectly fine MLC drives which do not suffer from any stuttering. Intel uses their own controller, and the Vertex uses an Indilinx controller. What I understood is that you've already tried cheap SSDs and experienced stuttering. OCZ's forums l...
- Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:31 am
- Forum: Deals, Vendors and Classifieds
- Topic: Intel X25-M clearance
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1934
Hah, you seriously expect it's just lying around in a pile of stuff, instead of being the heart of MikeC's main rig? I did not suggest anything which even remotely resembles this. That said, Mike seems less than enthusiastic about the drive, which contrasts the notion that he will hold on to it at ...
- Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:42 am
- Forum: Deals, Vendors and Classifieds
- Topic: Intel X25-M clearance
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1934
Intel X25-M clearance
I understand that SPCR is in possession of at least one Intel X25-M SSD. In case you should ever choose to sell it, can I call dibs?
- Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:52 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: lowest temperature gpu
- Replies: 32
- Views: 12134
My guess is that places like Newegg have a stock of the old stepping (C0) which they will try to get rid of before shipping the E0. If you add a comment that your prefer the E0, and they have those in stock, and they're feeling generous, they just might send you one. Of course, if you happen to purc...
- Fri Aug 15, 2008 3:47 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: lowest temperature gpu
- Replies: 32
- Views: 12134
- Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:10 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: lowest temperature gpu
- Replies: 32
- Views: 12134
If we decide to give up on modular, let's not forget the Corsair 450VX, 75$ on newegg. It should be enough for the OP's purposes (remember, it will be better than higher-rated PSUs of poor quality), but perhaps offer less room for future upgrades.
- Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:05 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: lowest temperature gpu
- Replies: 32
- Views: 12134
Modular cables do add some resistance, but I'm sure it's a negligible amount and not anything to worry about. It's up to you to decide whether you want your case to be stuffed with cables you don't need, or clean & tidy with only those that you do. I have already suggested two excellent PSUs with mo...
- Tue Aug 12, 2008 12:20 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: lowest temperature gpu
- Replies: 32
- Views: 12134
*Oh, to come up with my PSU number I throw in all the items that will be in the computer... some of which I havn't mentioned due to them already purchased and or/old and then throw on a 8800gtx or something power hungry and thermaltakes PSU calculator tells me 639watts. In my mind getting a 700watt...
- Mon Aug 11, 2008 3:22 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Duo E8400 or Quad Q9300
- Replies: 38
- Views: 13694
Is it time for an intervention? For what it's worth (probably not much), I don't think either of you is right or wrong here. Your argument comes from a simple failure to match expectations (e.g. smilingcrow expecting ryboto to put more effort into finding answers himself before asking, and ryboto ex...
- Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:32 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: lowest temperature gpu
- Replies: 32
- Views: 12134
And I think the extra power of the 750w would be good if I went SLI in the future? And I'm sure I will get a blu-ray burner when those become more reasonable in price. Throw in 3 hard drives and 750 seems about right? Absolutely not. 9600GT consumes about 60W in load. Even if you put 2 (which isn't...
- Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:28 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Duo E8400 or Quad Q9300
- Replies: 38
- Views: 13694
- Mon Aug 11, 2008 3:53 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Duo E8400 or Quad Q9300
- Replies: 38
- Views: 13694
I haven't really been looking to OC, I don't really want to increase power consumption/temps any more. Overclocking isn't about increasing power consumption, it's about utilizing your CPU to its full potential. The reason E7200 is rated at 2.5GHz and E8400 at 3GHz is partly because it is genuinely ...
- Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:45 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: new q6600 quad, want quiet cpu cooler
- Replies: 23
- Views: 9689
- Sun Aug 10, 2008 3:46 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: new q6600 quad, want quiet cpu cooler
- Replies: 23
- Views: 9689
- Sat Aug 09, 2008 11:32 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: lowest temperature gpu
- Replies: 32
- Views: 12134
Take a look at SPCR's Recommended PSUs . The Enermax Modu82+ 625W and the Corsair HX520W are quiet, power efficient and modular. I am very satisfied with my Corsair HX620W - the cables it comes with suit my purposes and I can't hear it (though my hearing might be less sensitive than others'). I agre...
- Sat Aug 09, 2008 11:09 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: CPU Cooler for Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 on a Gigabyte EP45-DS4
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2305
- Sat Aug 09, 2008 11:06 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Watercooling in a Solo...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4768
It's a pretty big leap, from stock cooling to water cooling. It seems you are seriously underestimating the effectiveness of good air cooling. You can put a heatsink and a fan, each from the top of SCPR's recommended list, and obtain silent CPU cooling comparable to a water setup of the kind you sug...
- Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:51 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Help me choose the new Heatsink
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7204
65C isn't that bad. See if you can configure the monitor so it only gives a warning at higher temps or not at all. If you do attempt to decrease the temp, the high idle temp seems to suggest your case is very hot, so focus on improving airflow in the case. You can also consider undervolting your CPU...
- Tue Aug 05, 2008 11:36 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: New 45nm Pentium Dual core, E5xxx series
- Replies: 25
- Views: 11190
Decreasing clockspeed allows much lower voltages to be used. Disabling part of the cache kills performance and doesn't decrease the power use much, so as a whole it stinks. Maybe Intel's process technology is just so bad that almost none of their CPUs have the full L2 working. Have you never heard ...
- Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:51 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Platter size, fewer but bigger the quieter right? But..
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4254
Worry not, There's plenty of room at the bottom.
- Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:02 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: undervolting e8600?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6688
I am using an E8400 and an ASUS Maximus Formula. The lowest BIOS setting for the CPU is 1.1V, which translates to a measured 1.056V under load. It seems to be Orthos-stable at 3GHz. I hope this helps. Edit: As long as you ignore the BSOD I've just had. I still think the E8600 will have a very good c...
- Tue Jul 29, 2008 2:11 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: wanna buy a extremely high end setup, only got 1 chance
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5909
Not directly related to your question, but don't forget that there are many stores selling this stuff and shipping internationally, such as http://www.performance-pcs.com/, http://www.frozencpu.com/ and http://www.pcsilent.nl/en/. While the shipping costs might make them less favorable, I would defi...