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Gigabyte Z68/2500k: Integrated graphics not present?

Very bad. Total wastage of money. Someone please make a list of such horrendous mobos where one or more "crucial" features are missing and share with everybody.
- sumedik
- Post #3
- May 21, 2011
- Forum: Motherboards
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About Z68 benefits...

Oops sorry, by "display port" I meant onboard display connector, that is something through which I can connect my monitor to the mobo, without having to purchase a discreet graphics card for that very purpose. Does todays mobo's still have the "blue" port to connect monitors? Or the small...
- sumedik
- Post #13
- May 21, 2011
- Forum: Motherboards
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About Z68 benefits...

No preference. Can you please elaborate on this? Brilliant point. haven't looked at it from this angle at all. I feel it is important to get a mobo that supports ALL features of Z68, like usage of IGP, via display ports. Please address this: Can you add more than 1 discreet graphics card...
- sumedik
- Post #11
- May 20, 2011
- Forum: Motherboards
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About Z68 benefits...

Well The requirements are such: CPU: Most probably i5 2500(K would not be needed if on H67) I would use the onboard graphics card certainly. In future I might go for a discreet graphics card, but not more than 1 discreet graphics card would be added to the system. In this regard, can you add...
- sumedik
- Post #7
- May 20, 2011
- Forum: Motherboards
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About Z68 benefits...

Someone help please...it is not easy making a decision from 10-20 mobos available for each of the top brands.
- sumedik
- Post #4
- May 19, 2011
- Forum: Motherboards
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About Z68 benefits...

Alright....so the top 3 H67 chipset based motherboards would be...????
- sumedik
- Post #3
- May 18, 2011
- Forum: Motherboards
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Please suggest SATA 500GB HDD model.

Thanks for the replies!! Well I found the answers of the things I was looking for. Now it is a toss up between these: In 1 TB segment: WD Caviar Blue WD10EALX (SATA 6 Gb/s,7200RPM,32 MB cache,500gb platter(2/4)) Vs Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ (SATA 3.0Gbps,7200RPM, 32MB cache,500gb platter(2/4))...
- sumedik
- Post #15
- May 18, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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About Z68 benefits...

Well let us put aside overclocking for a second(after all turbo boost is like an internal overclocking mechanism). Other than the possibility to overclock, what are the other added features we are getting in Z68 mobos which are NOT there in H67 mobos. 1 is the ability to use SSD as cache for...
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- May 18, 2011
- Replies: 14
- Forum: Motherboards
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Please suggest SATA 500GB HDD model.

Where do you get these benchmarks from? And yes, I am looking at 500GB drives coz I want something having a single platter as well. Do not care at all about the noise and temperature though.
- sumedik
- Post #13
- May 16, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Please suggest SATA 500GB HDD model.

here are some extracts from the Samsung website. Different models, same specs :( Does anyone know the differences?: Spinpoint HE502IJ 500G 7200 SATA 3.0Gbps 16MB Spinpoint HD502HJ 500G 7200 SATA 3.0Gbps 16MB Spinpoint HA501IJ 500G 7200...
- sumedik
- Post #10
- May 15, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Please suggest SATA 500GB HDD model.

Thanks. I forgot to mention, I need a 3.5 inch HDD. It is for a desktop. What is your take on Samsung Spinpoint people?
- sumedik
- Post #5
- May 15, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Please suggest SATA 500GB HDD model.

Hello, Well the Samsung site is too confusing and Western Digital is too diverse. Which models would you suggest for a new 500GB SATA HDD? Based on forum discussions which I have one through, it has to be from SAMSUNG or WESTERN DIGITAL. The HDD would be used as primary booting device, has to...
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- May 14, 2011
- Replies: 16
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Old PATA HDD crashed. Need suggestions on recovery.

Hello, In the other thread I asked about newer HDD options, so I thought I would srare the status of the current one here. Recently my 6 year old Samsung PATA Spin Point 80GB HDD crashed. For sometime I had ignored the warnings given by SMART(BIOS). On boot up, it shows BOOT DISK FAILURE...
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- May 6, 2011
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Computer Building
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Wanted suggestion regaring SATA 2 PCI card.

Well yea a few local brands.....but a known brand I came across is Kingston. Yes the knowledge of dealers is something I do not have faith in. Moreover they always vouch for products which they have in stock. The hardware market in India is very interesting. It is the flea market scene :) So...
- sumedik
- Post #15
- May 3, 2011
- Forum: Computer Building
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Wanted suggestion regaring SATA 2 PCI card.

Well i live in India. Out there due the price of old PATA HDD(160 or 250GB) is equal to that of 500GB SATA 2 HDD due to it being rare as it is obsolete. so it kind of pinches to spend the same amount of money to get something which is obsolete and has lesser capacity. IDE converter sounds ok I...
- sumedik
- Post #11
- May 2, 2011
- Forum: Computer Building
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Wanted suggestion regaring SATA 2 PCI card.

I see where you guys are coming from. Let me explain my situation. I would upgrade my PC fully(new mobo, RAM, processor etc). However I need 2 months to arrange the finances. However I need a HDD immediately as my present one is almost dead. I need to backup my data. Thus the HDD I would...
- sumedik
- Post #7
- May 1, 2011
- Forum: Computer Building
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Wanted suggestion regaring SATA 2 PCI card.

Hello, Well thanks for the replies. I found that my mobo does NOT support boot from PCI explicitly. There is an option "Boot from other device". Would this be sufficient to let the system boot form a bootable PCI SATA card like the one you mentioned? If I have to use IDE SATA adapter, would I...
- sumedik
- Post #4
- Apr 29, 2011
- Forum: Computer Building
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Wanted suggestion regaring SATA 2 PCI card.

Hello all, I would like to add a new high capacity SATA HDD with my existing old PC with MSI KM4M motherboard. I would like to know the following: 1. Which BRAND and MODEL of PCI SATA card should I go for? 2. Does the capacity of the SATA HDD that I am about to add is limited in any way due...
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- Apr 28, 2011
- Replies: 14
- Forum: Computer Building
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Second hand LCD monitor buying checklist.

Well I am in India and LCD monitors, specially the big ones are still in the high price range. Also I would go for the second hand one only if I get a good bargain price, otherwise not.
- sumedik
- Post #6
- Nov 19, 2010
- Forum: Displays
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Second hand LCD monitor buying checklist.

Well if I buy a second hand LG LCD monitor from someone not personally known to me, what should be the things that I should be looking at before deciding whether to go ahead with the deal or not? Here are a few things that I could could come up with: 1. The original bill and warranty...
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- Nov 18, 2010
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Displays
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URGENT: SMPS underpowered.

Well the problem was finally tackled by getting a new 450 watt SMPS. I just could not find someone to reair the existing one at a reasonable price, and it was dificult without the home PC, so.... Thanks for your replies people, would get a new PC soon, and i am sure i would have a lot to ask....
- sumedik
- Post #6
- Aug 19, 2010
- Forum: Power Supplies
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URGENT: SMPS underpowered.

Thanks for your reply. Yes it is GFCI. It looks like this: http://www.o-digital.com/uploads/2179/2183-2/One_Pole_High_Switch_Off_Miniature_Circuit_Breaker_927.jpg Yes I am shocked why the CPU refuses to power up even if I connect the SMPS to another plug point without GFCI. How to...
- sumedik
- Post #3
- Aug 10, 2010
- Forum: Power Supplies
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URGENT: SMPS underpowered.

Hello all, Well this is my 1st post here, I hope somebody can help me out. My SMPS(300 watt) is connected to the wall power plug socket via a tripper switch. 2 days back I saw that the tripper is tripping immediately when I switch on the SMPS. I tried by disconnecting the tripper switch from...
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- Aug 9, 2010
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Power Supplies

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