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    DRAM-less MLC vs. planar TLC with DRAM buffer? Which one do you think is better?

    dram less units with some fancy caching will be it for the budget end going forward. No need to bet on that. I just hope that there is enough demand for high end units still otherwise the whole market becomes about as exciting as the spinning metal collection. Lots of green/eco drives, crap...
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    Struggling to lower my CPU fan rpm

    dumb question , but do you have the cpu fan plugged into the correct fan header? have it set correctly for the fan (PWM/voltage controled ect)?
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    What is the largest laptop 2.5' HDD?

    I do not think there are any gaming laptops that take 15mm drives. it just means the laptop needs to be too think to be portable. The only exception would be desktop replacement laptops, but they are far from being battery friendly. It is mains power or it does not work for longer than 30...
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    Haswell Viability question

    I would think 3 to 5 years as well. With consoles still at the start of their current cycle, I do not expect game developers to push very hard to make the experience better. They will keep to tweaking the performance on console level hardware. edit: the only exception will be VR, but that is...
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    WD Black 1TB SSHD Out of Box experience blows! Rant inside

    WD only makes one SSHD and that is the blue range. http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=1580 even the Lenovo specs say 5400rpm with 8GB SSD http://www3.lenovo.com/au/en/laptops/lenovo/lenovo-y-series/Lenovo-Y50-70/p/88LG80Y0378#tab-tech_specs The black drive range is 7200RPM, and...
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    2TB limit problems - only 1.33TB visible even with windows 7 64bit

    which sata port is the drive plugged into ? https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5Q_PRO/specifications/ it reports 2 different sata controllers (and a IDE controller but that is not the one you are using I suspect). if on the intel, you might have no issues (or not expect any). On the Silicon...
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    Software to launch game servers when specific ports sent a packet

    you might be able to write some software that could start the game server, not sure about the closing it (nicely anyway) as most game servers are not designed to be closed from the command line. They want something typed into the service console. Not sure what you are trying to achieve given...
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    Need help understanding how DDR2/3/4 Memory works

    If you want to get into a bit more nitty gritty, then you will have to look into why DDR2 and the later ones where developed. When moving data from one point to another, the easiest way to increase the amount of information that arrives is to increase the number of wires being used. This works...
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    Need help understanding how DDR2/3/4 Memory works

    I have to go from memory here. It is easier to work out what each version does if you know what the one before did. Before DDR, the information on the data lines changed only once per cycle (up and down) of the clock single line. when DDR came in, the clock speed was about the same, but the...
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    Steam Christmas Sale 2015

    anyone else getting sick of how the "explore" system works at times? Just had one "the game is in your discovery queue because it has positive user reviews.". I check, "User Reviews: Positive (9 reviews). seriously? how is this even meant to be displaying games I am interested in when it does...
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    Steam Christmas Sale 2015

    re how long - the money gets added to your steam wallet. It just sits there as long as the money you put into the account. as to when to sell, sell when you want. the market sets the price so set a low value to sell fast. Though as with some previous event cards, they did not vanish, they...
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    What is your favorite game that you own on Steam?

    by time, it would have to be team fortress 2. Buy I was playing that before steam started tracking play time and have not played it for over a year (nearly 2) now.
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    Steam game library settings?

    not sure if your issue is one of steam (in which case i am not sure if it can be changed without installing steam in a separate location), or if the issue is that you have enabled the sharing of games with friends/family, in which case, you would need to reject his access to hide your games.
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    Problems with new external drive

    I am pretty sure the 8TB drives from seagate, currently, all use the SMR storage approach and so have crappy constant write speeds. Even worse if you are editing data on the drive. As to the drive locking up / stopping, that sounds like a different issue and one best to RMA the drive for...
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    will a 7200rpm drive make a difference over a 5400rpm one?

    No. If it was, WD would not be selling the blacks.
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    mechwarrior online now on steam

    and the link to the store is only one page. $210 USD for the top clan mech. though a quick look does not turn up the cockpit bling they started selling a year or two back. or the "Premium Time" upgrades or extra storage cost for the mechs (garages). and do not forget about buying in game...
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    Hitachi Ultrastar 10TB He10

    These drives are becoming a serious offering. The article I was reading recently say that enough is being sold to the big end of town, that mass production numbers/costs are improving that it will be soon (<5 years) be in a position to sell to the average consumer. That being said, outside of...
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    Doubts about my new screen :(

    IPS for me. The TN might get the extra frame rates and stuff, but at the end of the day, I use my screen for a lot more than just FPS games. I prefer to also get a good screen as it generally lasts a lot longer than the rest of the computer before I go and upgrade it for some reason. That and...
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    HDD vs SSD for External Storage?

    The write load I do not think would be high enough to worry about. I would be more concerned with data loss from being unplugged for extended periods of time (SSD issue I read about recently). As long as you power it up every few weeks it should be fine, but that defeats the purpose of a...
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    WD Green drives - going away?

    The only thing I have seen from this is a slow increase in price for the local green drives (ie: size and speed green, though now called blue).
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    Steam sale-pros and cons

    Similar reason myself why I did not buy anything. Last time, I filled up the steam wallet (easier on the exchange fees) and only had to click "go" for several purchases (I think I played one within a week of buying them). This time, with no varying prices and having to "search" for which...
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    Steam Exploration Sale (Nov 26 - Dec 1 2015)

    of course. before there was little images for faces / emoticons, you used ascii art, and : D was a big smiley face. (I added a extra space from : and the D) most systems now still look for those short cuts and auto replace the characters with the face, regardless if you want it or not. : )...
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    Quiet PC: turn off hard drives

    it generally helps to work out why they are noisy. If it is vibrations, then it can be fixed or limited. If it is the actual drive it might be an issue with it being about it die. Windows power management is generally pretty good, as long as you let it work. Disabling programs that work when...
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    Samsung 850 EVO 500GB vs Samsng 850 PRO 512GB

    +1 at a smaller size, the price difference would be less and so pro would be my preferred choice. at the next larger size of 1tb, the difference gets enough that you have to work to see if the differences are worth it. Though seeing you muted all but price (evo about 25% cheaper?), then only...
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    If you buy a PC game disc, do you have to download the game?

    IIRC the install from disk is similar to reinstalling backups. Steam needs to be connected to the internet to allow the processing to work (DRM issues I think mainly). It will look like it is downloading from the internet, but if you started installing from the disk, it should use all it can...
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    SATA roadmap for laptop drives

    M.2 pretty much as replaced the msata in my mind. Looking at new gear and it is M.2 or 2.5" sata drives only. That being said, M.2 is a mixed bag given it is a interface with multiple configurations. No idea if a particular interface will win out or not. the 1.8 was a very small period IIRC...
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    I actually like the Steam 'queue' feature

    you have not been using it much then. IIRC you can start a new set of 12 once you finish the fist 12. Soon after it came out, I think I got to about 300 checked games in a week or so (recently unemployed at the time).
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    PC Sales down 7.7%; US up 1%

    On the first, that is debatable in itself and depends greatly on the type of game. That being said, PC gamers (or ones that call themselves that) go across for reasons that are, in my mind, a effect, not a cause (ie: due to.. not because of). Take game developers, they follow the next "big"...
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    RAW SATA HDD File Recovery

    when I have had the not formatted error I find I have a lot of luck with a program called file scavenger. It is not free, but it does a excellent job. But if your drive is reporting hardware damage as well, I do not think anything short of a clean room will help get the data back.
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    Can not be in same lobby as friend

    have you checked serial numbers? some of the older games only allow one person per unique serial number to join a game. I guess you have tried seeing if your friend can join a hosted game when you are not in it?
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    Boot with Remote control

    Depending on what you want each of these drives to do, it might be easier to just set them all up as virtual machines and take control of the one you want, leaving the others sitting in memory unused.
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    Do newer games require a controller?

    IIRC some of the original crappy console ports did later get patched to allow key remapping in a better fashion, but generally, what you see is what you get. I think it was far cry 3 I had where if you remapped the keys, the game behaved differently with the new keys, and in some cases, the old...
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    What would happen if Intel released a "triple-core"?

    No point as it would just cause more stock that needed to be held/sold while creating a possible market of people looking to "unlock" that extra core. The issue with the AMD one was, IIRC, even with a disabled core, it still used power of a working core. Besides, the market segmentation...
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    Software to detect and record "weak" (slow) sectors

    I know https://stablebit.com/Scanner does do periodical checks of clusters and trys to do copy the data in advance of it being totally lost, but I think it is then listed as bad so no other data is placed there. Given the space on a drive, I do not think that there is any point looking to save...
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    Will USB ever be replaced by something that isn't such a hog? Edit: It was the laptop

    The staying at the end is a sign of buffering occurring.
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    Any new non helium 8TB drives shipping soon

    The first is not likely to happen as one of the reasons they went away from them was the inability to get a stable platter near the edge, which effects how close the head can be and so how dense the information can be packed. The extra area is nice, but you would need a lot more anyway to...
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    Broadwell vs Skylake: moving from Lynnfield I5-760

    going by memory... 1) facebook - no, even a phone can run that well enough so any 1Ghz + cpu is over kill 2) photo editing, unless doing batches, I think that is generally effected by the amount of RAM you have / the effects you are looking to implement. 3) what effects do you do with the...
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    "AMD only" DDR2 800 4GB sticks - Really?

    arr the old days of only being able to see half your memory :) it was always fun trying to find the correct memory. In the end I think I purchased a cheap 256 MB and run it at 128MB as it was still cheaper per usable MB than finding the correct ram :)
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    Steam's Early Access failures?

    which is the problem at it's root. It the "backers" (better word than buyers) do not have the mentallity to understand they are giving a donation (with a possible reward) and not actually buying a product, things would work better (less hassles with "refund demands" or "its broken" comments)...
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    Master of Orion reboot

    I hope I am wrong but everyone above has covered my expected fears for this game quote well. history of developer - not suitable to 4x gaming directions - not seeming like that much of a improvement to be worth paying for cost - definitely going to be new game cost, so way over priced for a...
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