Simply put, IDE was Western Digitals first attempt at the ATA Standard ( AT Attachment Packet Interface ATAPI)
ATA/IDE are all about the physical connection. It's the same thing. The only differences are in the number of connectors/wires. The wikipedia article details this.
AHCI (Advanced Host...
I've been wanting to start a new build, it seems to have been out of stock everywhere for two months now. Anyone have any insight on this? The only place that seems to have it in stock are some price gouging sellers on ebay.
About to buy the black and paint it white.
Measure it with an Ohm meter (cheap and safe to do) if it has resistance then great.
if not you can use a cheap capacitor tester.
http://www.amazon.com/Honeytek-A6013L-Capacitor-Tester/dp/B0036FQ3FW
Dude im in the same boat. XFX R9 290 DD Black Edition.
I have the opportunity to upgrade for free (going to spend the money anyways on a xmas present for a friend)
I can upgrade my 290, give my wife the 290 and then her 280 away as a gift.
Or keep my 290 and upgrade my wifes R9 280 to...
Pentium 166mhz to AMD k6-2 350Mhz
Pentium II 650Mhz OC'd to 800mhz to AMD 1.33Ghz Tbird
From then on I did tons of upgrades and sidegrades
AMD X2 64 4800+ to C2Q 9400 was another big leap since I needed the cores.
Then Intel 2700k, which im still using to this day.
I do have some other i5's...
I purchased my Dell Venue 8 Pro 64gb for $199 from Dell outlet. Many were returned because of wifi issues(Driver problems)
They've mostly been fixed so you find mint condition tablets.
My freenas box uses 34watts during normal use, a bit more when I plex, not much more when scrubbing weekly, and it goes down from there. It's always on, but powers down drives when needed, sickbeard/couch handle all my media needs.
This allows my desktop to sleep more, no reason to have my...
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