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 Topic: New System Build.... |
m0drix
Replies: 51
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 Forum: Hardware Posted: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:35:54 Subject: New System Build.... |
| The thing is, the drives your planning on using are relatively old compared to the larger newer drives. What you get with the larger newer drives is perpendicular recordin, NCQ ( native Command queui ... |
| Topic: Two physical HDD vs two partation? |
m0drix
Replies: 7
Views: 6905
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Forum: Hardware Posted: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:32:25 Subject: Two physical HDD vs two partation? |
| Personally, I wouldn't go with a RAID setup because it uses up more power and speeds with a single 7200 RPM SATA drive are more than enough for everyday tasks and gaming. You'd probably save a little ... |
| Topic: What VM Software to use? |
m0drix
Replies: 13
Views: 14067
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Forum: Software Posted: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:39:04 Subject: What VM Software to use? |
| Virtualbox is another free alternative that works well with a lot of Linux distros as well as legacy Windows OSes. It's laid out well and fairly easy to use too. |
| Topic: 2xHD3870 DDR3 vs 9800GT Sonic |
m0drix
Replies: 12
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Forum: Hardware Posted: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:33:45 Subject: 2xHD3870 DDR3 vs 9800GT Sonic |
| As someone said in a previous thread, it would be easier and cheaper to go with a single card solution. The cheapest price on Newegg I found for a 3870 was around $79.99. You could just get an HD 4870 ... |
| Topic: Which do you prefer? COD4 or COD5. |
m0drix
Replies: 17
Views: 12650
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Forum: Games Posted: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:32:08 Subject: Which do you prefer? COD4 or COD5. |
CoD4, hands down. The multiplayer alone makes it one of my favorite shooters for the PC. I'm still playing often just to unlock all the golden weapons.
Never played through all of CoD5, only the be ... |
| Topic: is it absolutely necessary? |
m0drix
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Forum: Overclocking, Cooling, and Modding Posted: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:27:37 Subject: is it absolutely necessary? |
| Even if you did overclock it, it would still choke in games because it has less shader processors than the more gaming friendly cards. A cheaper solution would be to just go with a Radeon HD 4830 beca ... |
| Topic: $40 HSF for OC |
m0drix
Replies: 21
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Forum: Overclocking, Cooling, and Modding Posted: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:24:58 Subject: $40 HSF for OC |
I checked with CoreTemp, VID is 1.2v. CPU-Z reports the same volt 
That's a really good VID, you could do some serious overclocking with that chip and cooler to get some serious performance from ... |
| Topic: 6th Birthday Party - Win A 2048MB 4850X2 |
m0drix
Replies: 160
Views: 98802
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Forum: Bonanza Posted: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:17:15 Subject: 6th Birthday Party - Win A 2048MB 4850X2 |
| I'm interested in this great offer! |
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