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    Golden Age Of Gaming?

    For me it's SNES in the mid 90s. They did so much with so little. These days we have a bunch of HD 3D 4k VR motion control technology infused stuff that is lots "more better" but not necessarily lots "more fun." I realize I'm getting older and each new generation is going to be less new than...
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    small engine (snowblower) question

    I'm in CNY not WNY, but most stations here which you can access from snowmobile trails will have 91 ethanol free. Most sledders incl. me will skip on stations that don't have it.
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    Relationship between GPU recommended wattage and the PSU

    Just because a given PSU is rated for, e.g., 300 watts doesn't mean that power is distributed between the 3v 5v and 12v rails in a way to support a system that draws, e.g., 200 watts. Moreover, even if it is, while that system might commonly sustain 200 watts, it could potentially have peaks in...
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    Why can't we scale the frequency of a processor to a very low value?

    If you can control your microelectronics process parameters you can continue to scale down voltage very low, and there is significant research in that area, for wireless sensor systems which must last very long on very little battery power. For existing x86 chips the minimum voltage is a...
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    Is Windows 8 really that bad? (Windows 7 user)

    Upgrading to windows 8 will cause you a few minor annoyances for the first like 3-4 days. After which you probably won't notice any more. That said, I wouldn't upgrade from 7 unless you don't have a choice. It doesn't really add anything useful for desktop use. IMO of course.
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    where can I buy just heat pipes?

    Problem is there's not a lot of people wanting to buy just heatpipes and nothing else, so those that stock them tend to sell them in large quantity for industrial applications, e.g., http://www.thermacore.com/. If what you're inventing is something you intend to mass produce (perhaps with...
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    Custom GPU WC Loop - Advice/Feedback?

    I would put the pump after the GPU blocks, and the radiator right before the blocks. The pump itself is going to add 10-20 watts of heat. While this probably translates to less than a 1ºC temp swing, it still something for free.
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    VMWare Fusion 6 - Question on ISO file

    +1 on shut it down and remove it to avoid the warning. You should be able to put that vmware drive file anywhere on any computer (even a windows computer with vmware installed). You will get a warning and may or may not need to reboot the virtual machine itself when moving between computers...
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    Used i5-2500k

    That fact that you're bothering to post about it means you're worried about the condition of the used CPU. Even if its totally fine, you'll never know that with 100% confidence and, based on the fact that you're concerned now, I'm assuming your concerns will stick with you for the rest of the...
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    A tale of two (re-?) builds

    Have you considered that the IDE bus on the motherboard might be failing? If both an IDE CD drive and IDE HD are failing, it could be that. Moreover, windows not installing could also be a bad bus. Basically, if the IDE controller is causing bit errors when windows is expanding files, it could...
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    Why isn't Intel fixing the 'delidding' issue?

    It's simple. 1.) They don't need slightly faster chips to be competitive. 2.) Retooling their semiconductor packaging operations would cost FAR more than savings from using extra material. 3.) Instead of spending that money on retooling, they can spend it on, e.g., developing a faster GPU...
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    Mac-User: Building My First Gaming PC

    4gb GTX 760 will likely be more futureproof ($289-$320), if you intend to keep the system as is for a while.
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    What rig for college??

    Software is a huge point actually. I wouldn't plan on running office 2003 to save resources. It's really best to have the same version of the software as everyone else, so when you go to give a group presentation, everything shows up instead of being all over the place. Missing fonts, missing...
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    What rig for college??

    IMO a tablet (while awesome to have) is really not a replacement for a laptop. This is going to depend on your major, of course, as Office-type work will swap over a lot better than, e.g., programming a microcontroller, where the software just isn't available on a tablet. Moreover, I fully...
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    Was thinking of Haswell; what's keeping intel from discrete GPU now?

    I see where you're coming from, but this has been said constantly since the very first 3d cards 20 years ago (which, interestingly, often still required a 2D card to be in the system!) Yes, it's declining, but that decline will likely taper off to some constant level of demand. I wouldn't...
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    Was thinking of Haswell; what's keeping intel from discrete GPU now?

    IMO, Intel uses GPUs as a way to sell their CPUs. Not only are they not interested in GPUs for the sake of GPUs, but a discrete GPU would actually go against their intentions. We might see a GPGPU specific chip from them sometime, but I am personally doubtful.
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    Who puts anchovies on their pizza?

    Oh, I'm going to try that next for sure. Thanks for all the replies everyone! Keep 'em coming!
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    Who puts anchovies on their pizza?

    Oh, I love anchovies, but I'm convinced that bacon is THE ultimate pizza topping.
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    Who puts anchovies on their pizza?

    I love anchovies on pizza. I won't lie, the first couple times I ordered a pie with anchovies, I did it something as a joke or a challenge. Somewhere along the way, however, I started to really like it. Problem is, as a percentage, not a whole lot of pizza places have anchovies. I recently...
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    Photo picked for magazine publication

    I respect what you're saying and agree with a lot of it, but to me, $300 is an awful lot for a single use image right from an indie photographer. I've designed several ads for medium-circulation publications and I don't think I've ever paid more than $20 for a single use indie stock image. To...
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    Photo picked for magazine publication

    Also congrats. Getting an image in a major publication is a big deal!
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    Photo picked for magazine publication

    It's basically up to you and any licensing you or deviantart may have on the image. If you're not too concerned with it, you could just put something simple like "J. Smith 2011" (with your name of course). Or "astroidea 2012". etc.
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    It's so weird looking at old CPU's on ebay

    Ooh I like this thread. I have a couple of "retro-builds" in my basement, much cheaper to build a high-end system after it's obsolete. Someone commented about boards being higher-priced--I've noticed this too and suspect it has to do with people buying boards to repair old systems. Buying...
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    Phenom II X4 965 BE & Hyper 212, does fan orientation matter?

    Also I expect the differences to be relatively minor; I wouldn't bother playing around with it too much unless you're having fun.
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    Phenom II X4 965 BE & Hyper 212, does fan orientation matter?

    I'm sure others know more about this than I do, and hopefully they will chime in soon, but my logic suggests you want the high CFM fan pushing. If air is pushed in faster than it is pulled out, you will have positive air pressure in the fins--more air can grab more heat. If air is pulled out...
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    Do chips with disabled cores always have the same cores disabled?

    This could definitely be it, but I want to point out that this can also be caused by uneven distribution of thermal compound between the die and the heat spreader (from when it was packaged).
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    Just curious, since a lot of you upgrade CPUs once or twice per motherboard...

    Regardless of CPU upgrades, if you wear out a socket, I think it's most likely one of the following: 1.) User Error 2.) Manufacturing Defect I'm sure I've swapped dozens of CPUs through a single motherboard socket (and multiple boards at that) and never had an issue aside from a bent pin once...
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    Will i5 2500k keep pace with PS4/Xbox720 CPU?

    I think you nailed it with the last sentence. Seems to me that if current GPUs had the throughput to process >4GB of graphics data, they would dedicate some more of that enormous die to additional memory controller area instead of all the cores.
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    What are you drinking tonight?

    Yuengling--America's Oldest Brewery (Founded 1829 in Pottsville, PA)
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    Will i5 2500k keep pace with PS4/Xbox720 CPU?

    agreed. I would love a xeon with a titan equivalent attached on.
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    Will i5 2500k keep pace with PS4/Xbox720 CPU?

    Well, anything PC gaming related anyway. Swapping back and forth between GPu and CPU on the same memory block would be huge for a number of scientific/engineering type applications, assuming it catches on.
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    Will i5 2500k keep pace with PS4/Xbox720 CPU?

    Agreed with others that 4 GHz 2500k isn't going to be improved upon much. As far as HSA mattering, it's possible, but I wouldn't worry about it. Basically, HSA allows you to use the GPU to process things in system memory without the overhead of transferring the data. If a game were to be...
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    How do hardware review sites get those shots of CPU cores?

    That sounds about right. Alternatively, at a guess, they might just use infrared cameras and shift the color spectrum. Silicon is transparent to infrared.
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    Okay to use PVC tubing for watercooling loop?

    Well sure, everything wears out, it's a fundamental physical law. My point, is that for this application, my experience is that it's worth the marginal incremental cost to save hassle.
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    Okay to use PVC tubing for watercooling loop?

    I've used that stuff before. It works OK, but it tends to kink over time and is just not as bendable to start with. Since you generally need such low qty for a computer it's not worth bothering with IMO, unless you're in a pinch for whatever reason.
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    Are there people out there who 100% understand how a computer works?

    Eh, it's not a 'yes' or 'no' question. Depends on how much detail you go into. Are there people that understand all the general concepts at a high level? Yeah, definitely. Systems engineers make their living this way. As you drive the detail level down though, they start dropping like...
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    Need some advice on upgrading

    The problem with financing computers is that depreciate before you pay them off. That CPU has aged well, and wireless keyboards and sound cards don't actually make the experience that much better. If it were me, I would save the money and just go for a video card and maybe a power supply. What...
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    Help selecting used desktop pc for 3 monitor setup

    I have two 3-monitor setups, one for gaming at home and one for work at my office. On the work one, since gaming is not required, I just use a mid-range AMD card and the Integrated Intel HD 3000 graphics card together. The AMD card has a DVI and an HDMI (which I have an adapter to DVI), and the...
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    Anybody here "endurance out" an SSD in normal use?

    I've had a very early SSD since back in 2008. I don't think it had the write-shuffling type of technology, as high traffic stores (such as drive indexing) have failed on it. It still works, but I'm not putting it in any system requiring even a modicum of reliability. My later Intel drives have...
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    General question about my power needs

    Most PSUs are going to be the most efficient operating at some percentage of their maximum output (let's throw out 70% as a guesstimated average), the point being you generally want it sized appropriately for maximum efficiency. Moreover, PSU efficiency is super-duper dependent on the design and...
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