Watch out for IOTA. It's going to change things.
Instead of a single chain of blocks, it's structured as a directed acyclic graph (DAG). Instead of a single computer being chosen to write the next block for everyone through PoW or PoS, previous transactions are validated by new transactions...
It doesn't really make any money now, but apparently the network gives preference to hosts who have been up longer, so I'm thinking of setting up a box now in the hopes the service will catch on.
Has anybody done this?
How are you folks getting 31-32 MH/s on your GTX 1070s?
I have 3 different models and I haven't been able to do better than 29 MH/s on some cards. The biggest disappointment is some MSI Aero's that won't go over 25 without going up to or over 90C.
What OS, drivers, miners are you using? And...
I have an application that involves writing a bunch of records (10M+) to a Neo4j graph, and I'd like for this to happen in as little time as possible. I've moved from a spinning drive to an SSD and that has made a huge difference, but I'd like to take it a step further and put a pair of SSDs in...
Probably more stuff coming soon. All prices are shipped to the contiguous states via USPS.
Gigabyte EP45-UD3P Socket LGA775 Motherboard. SOLD
I still have all the goodies that came with it, most in their original packaging, and all will be included in the original box.
QX9650 Quad-Core...
I recently installed a new motherboard, memory, cpu, SSD, so most of my system is fresh. But I'm just using on-board video for now, since I'm not playing any games. I need to choose the games I play wisely, since I have a tendency to disappear from the world and not get much done. I'll be...
Hello again, HF. You did me good the last time I asked for build advice. I love the machine I built and am very happy for the price I paid.
I need help with another machine I'm building for a very different purpose. It'll be a machine that only does calculations as part of a distributed...
My friends: my once mighty, 6 year old machine is still running great, but I am starting
aproject that needs more guts. Plus, it's just time.
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
For the next year or 2, it will be used for software development...
I'm having trouble finding clear information about this, so I'm hoping someone here knows what's up.
I have 3 Dell Ultrasharp 2007fp monitors, which are 1600 x 1200 resolution. The only digital input they have is DVI-D. Currently they're all hooked up to a Radeon 5850, one using an active...
I've been putting off upgrading my rig for far too long. It's getting very crashy and it doesn't have the horsepower I'll need for BF4, which I will want to play. I've been out of the custom computer market for so long I have very little idea of what's available. So I'd really appreciate some...
Here are some items I must part with. All prices are shipped to the Cont US via Priority Mail.
I don't do much buying and selling on here, so my HEAT is low, but here it is (a few sales here never got posted, grrrr). My ebay feedback (bigjilm) tells a more complete story.
And finally...
I got a pair of XFX 5850 Black Editions when BFBC2 came out and I use them to run 3 Dell 2007FPs for 4800x1200 resolution. They work great for some games but for others they get very crashy, unless I disable crossfire.
So I'm wondering if there's a single card solution that'll give me the...
I'm starting a new job that involves a lot of travel, but still a lot of desk time. I'm on the hunt for a small, travel-friendly notebook or ultrabook, preferably with no optical drive. At home I'd like to be able to just plug it into a dock closed and use external keyboard+mouse and multiple...
I have a 3-disk RAID 5 created using Windows Server 2008 R2 for storing all of my music and videos. The data's not critical but it'd be a pain in the ass to replace. The disks are all 1 TB. I was thinking about getting some 2TB drives this weekend. Is it possible to replace the 1TB drives...
I have a sickness that causes me to buy expensive phones more often than I need to.
ebay = bigjilm
heat = RevMen
Samsung Vibrant on T-mobile (Galaxy S). $375 shipped. SOLD
For all intents and purposes it is new. I bought it about a week ago and used it until yesterday. I made maybe 2 phone...
I'm reading conflicted reports from reputable sources. Please, someone who actually has a phone, can you help me out?
What's the deal with the unified inbox on Android. Is it there yet?
By that I mean do all messages from all of your email accounts appear in a single inbox? Along with...
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Games (especially BFBC2), Sonar, Reason
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
<$1000
3) Where do you live?
Austin, TX, no Microcenter that I know of
4) What exact parts do you need for that...
The finest of the Sonata cases. Still in very good shape, still very shiny and very black. This case is still on the recommended list at SPCR.
Comes with the very excellent Neo HE550 modular power supply. All of the modular cables are included (I traded out a few of the SATA cables with...
Current Build
GA-EP45-UD3P
E6300 Wolfdale OC'd to ~3.8 GHz
4GB G.Skill PC8500
XFX 5850 + XFX 5850 Black Edition in CrossfireX and OC'd just a little
XFX Black Edition 850W PSU
After quite a bit of tinkering, Everything is stable and probably as fast as it's going to get without...
New house, new den, time for a new TV.
46" seems to be the perfect size for how everything's arranged, but bigger would be acceptable if the price difference were small.
Lighting in that room can go from quite bright in the day, watching basketball, to very dark for movie time.
No...
I am now assembling my Eyefinity setup. On their way are 3 Dell 2007fp 1600x1200 monitors and the required DP->DVI adapter to make Eyefinity work. I have not yet ordered the video card. I had planned on getting a 5850 but I'm worried that it won't have enough horsepower to drive my display at...
I have a Barton build that's more than 5 years old and needs to have its guts swapped out. Need motherboard, CPU, memory, video. Preferences are:
Prefer Intel over AMD, though both are acceptable
Need to be able to edit/encode/decode HD video
No need for gaming now, but might want to...
... to spend on a new motherboard, memory, processor, and vid card, what would you get?
It's been so long since I upgraded my stuff I'm completely out of touch with what's good right now. I use my machine for audio recording, video editing, and of course games.
$700 - give me some ideas...
I recently bought a Sapphire 9800PRO 256 and the Arctic Cooling HSF that's supposed to fit it.
Well, it doesn't fit. It has a 3-pin fan, where my card will only accomodate a 2-pin fan, and the studs don't quite line up with the holes for the memory plate.
I think it will only fit a...
I have $350-ish to spend on a new motherboard and processor. My inclination is an ABIT AN8 and an Athlon 64 3200+.
Can I do better for the money?
This rig won't be overclocked. I just want something easy to set up and very reliable.
I recently learned the hard (expensive) way that a SATA drive connected to my Epox 8RDA3+ does not work for audio recording, which is my machine's primary function (apart from gaming, of course :) ). Audio played from or recorded to sounds awful, because it can't get a proper data stream going...