Recent content by thor17usa

Wow, anytime I see someone post something about 3dfx it really takes me back to the early days of Quake and games that utilized OpenGL for fluid gaming. Also the early days of dual GPUs on a single PCB. The good ole' days.

I've heard with the new higher end Ryzen 3000 chips that an X, full spread or H shape is more optimal. Based on what you all have done, have you seen a difference with either spread style? I'm seeing higher temps on my 3900x on an ASUS Strix x570 board and have already done with undervolting by...

Wow, that is an awesome deal. Wish I had seen is it sooner.

This is great feedback everyone and very helpful. I did not want to take the plunge without first hearing from others (good or bad). Newegg has a pretty good deal on a Corsair 60GB SSD that I am considering.

I've been looking to make some adjustments to my HTPC to give it a little more speed with accessing files and navigating the menu. I'm using Windows 7 and will stick with this for the easy of use for Blu-ray playback. Currently the OS and storage are all on a single 1TB 7200 RPM hard drive and I...

The problem I noticed on a few of these deals is they will limit the number of hard drives you can purchase at once. Has anyone run in to this problem yet?

So it looks like the 3 TB Seagate externals might be worth it.

I will have to pick up a few of these drives in the wake of the current HD situation.

Yeah, definitely wait for the new Mac Pro models if you are seriously thinking about going that route. The newer tech will be worth it.

I would stay away from Drobo products based on feedback I've read online. The Synology and QNAP products would probably fair better for what you are looking for. But yeah, check out the data storage forum section.

Macbook Pro (early 2011), 8GB, 15" anti-glare, 500gb 7200 rpm

I finally broke down and purchase my first mac a few months ago. I'd been talking about getting one for years, but never had the money. It is pretty sweet. I'm using VMware Fusion 4 instead of Parallels and it too has a seamless integration interface so Windows programs appear as regular apps in...

I just scored 2 Dell U2311H monitors on the dell ebay store for a cool $200/ea. Pretty sweet deal and better than anything I have seen on their official website.

For those that received A01 models, did you purchase directly from Dell or some other place? Also, has anyone purchased new monitors from say eBay and returned to Dell due to tinting or other QC issues? I'm just debating whether to play it safe and order direct from dell or go the cheaper route...

Personally, I would stay away from RAID for long term storage. I've had RAID arrays fail 3 times times on me. One instance was a 2 drive failure on a RAID 5 array; a second drive failed during the rebuild process. After that, I just gave up on RAID. Everyone's experience is not the same, but...