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I'm planning to get some WD Red drivers for a new NAS, and I'm wondering if the helium drives such as 8TB could offer better reliability than the conventional drives? My understanding is that at least in the enterprise segment, they are marketed to be more reliable. WD rates their Gold helium...

Following online guides, I've disabled the Reboot task in Update Orchestrator. But today I found my PC automatically rebooted after some patching.:banghead: The Reboot task status showed it is disable, but the last run date indicated that it was run, with some error code in the last run result...

I've been thinking of getting 2 GTX 1070 in SLi instead of one GTX 1080, but I'm unsure about how good the support for SLI is these days. In short, is SLI worth it? My last experience with multi GPU was with the GTX 295 which was a long time ago. How are the support these days, are they getting...

What happened was something caused my PSU to to fail when I turned it on this morning. There was a "pop" sound followed by some burnt smell coming from the PC, and the system failed to POST. The worst part however, was that every single HDD and the fan controller was fried along with the PSU. I...

Finally got myself a PS3. Was playing Heavy Rain (latest patch installed) last night when it crashed on me. I could hear the audio still but the display wasn't responding. The power indicator on the console remains green though. Had to manually turn off the console. It's the only crash I've...

The setup here is a PC connected to a surge protector, and the surge protector to the wall socket. Corsair HX850 PSU about 2 years old now. What happened was while the PC was in use, the power to the PC was cut off by the PSU (monitor was still on), and after a second or so, the surge...

I'm actually getting a small TV for console gaming mostly, it will be on my desk so the viewing distance will be similar to my PC screen at about 3-4 feet. From what I've seen, most LED TV at 32" and below are 720p. I've read that it's fine at a certain distance, but what if I'm viewing say a...

This is my first time getting a racing wheel for PC, so I'm total noob here :o After looking around, I found the Logitech Driving Force GT which fits nicely into my budget. I hope it's good enough for a newbie...

Up till now, I've never come across a case where the CPU is malfunctioning so I'm not sure what are the symptoms. Would appreciate any advice My dad's laptop of which he bought more than 3 years ago, suddenly started to randomly BSOD with the error code 124 recently. So the first thing I...

I'm a newbie in these display stuff so please excuse any silly questions :o Currently I'm using a generic 24" LCD monitor bought 3 years ago. It's working fine although I don't think the white color displayed is as white as it should be. There seem to be a very light brownish tint. Anyway...

The developers of Hidden Path Entertainment have started a rather interesting Kickstarter project, with the ultimate goal of making Defense Grid 2, in addition to many new contents for the original Defense Grid too (new content, new engine remake, map editor, multiplayer). Its like getting 2 new...

Today a hard disk utility Hard Disk Sentinel reported that my Intel 80GB SSD had 1 bad sector Using Intel SSD Toolbox, it confirms that the SMART Re-allocated sector count is 1 Should I be concern with this? With traditional HDD, it usually indicates that there's a mechanical problem...

From what I observed, when the GPU is constantly running at its max boost clock speed, the core voltage still varies between 1.14*-1.16* v. So it seems the clock speed isn't the only thing that determines what voltage the GPU is running at. So what determines the core voltage anyway? Another...

A system that have been running stable since I build it in 2010 crashed on me today. Specification is that list in my sig, 1 main display monitor hooked up to the GTX295 and an extended display hooked up to the 9800GT. So earlier today I had a crash several minutes after bootup, the main...

By that I mean in terms of cooling performance. I do plan to overclock and see how far it goes on air, so their various default clocks doesn't matter (I guess). Only plan to use 1 card, so 2 slot or 3 slot doesn't matter either. No aftermarket coolers though, rather not take apart such an...

EVGA seems to have some custom 680 cards planned with these changes 680 SC Signature 8+6 Power Design 5 Phase PWM Design http://www.evga.com/articles/00669/#GTX680SC 680 FTW 4GB 8+6 Power Design 8 Phase PWM Design EVGA Backplate http://www.evga.com/articles/00669/#GTX680FTW'' 680 Hydro Cooper...

I wish to disable thumbnail preview for a specific folder but changing the advance view setting seems to apply said setting to all folders. Is there any way around this? I've tried Google but I've came up empty handed. Thanks.

I'm currently using a 6GB RAM at 1600MHz with this 7-7-7-20 timing Recently I needed much more RAM than this, and getting another 6GB of these Dominator GT RAM is something I can't afford right now. :( +6GB of Dominator GT would cost $189.99 (according to Corsair). Alternatively, a 12GB...

2011 saw the release of many highly anticipated games on PC platform. Some turned out to be successful while others less so. However it was overall an exciting year for PC gaming. On to 2012, this year looks to be another exciting year for PC gaming with many big titles planned for a release...

I'm sure we've all experienced hard disk dying on us without a warning, sometimes even within the first couple of years. While in SSD, the lifespan is more defined, Intel even have a SMART attribute "Media Wearout Indicator" which shows the remaining of its lifespan. However, I'd like to...

Haven't seen a thread here about this great news yet, so I'm just sharing it here for anyone who's interested in having the arcade version of MK, MK2 and UMK3 on PC. http://www.destructoid.com/mortal-kombat-arcade-kollection-hits-next-week-209659.phtml According to their Twitter page, it...

Problem is I'm using a 80GB SSD for my system drive, and today I realize I only have 8GB of free space left:eek: After looking around, I found that the folder C:\...\AppData\Local\Temp is taking up 29GB of hard disk space. There are so many files and folders I have no idea which can be...

I used to uninstall the current driver before installing a new driver, but its becoming more of a hassle now as I have a number of custom profile for individual games and I have to reset all these profile whenever I do a clean installation of the new driver Would it be fine if I just download...

Here's my setup: Windows 7 64 bit nVidia driver ver 260.99 Main card: GTX 295 -- main 24 inch monitor 2nd card: 9800GTX -- 19 inch monitor as extended desktop With this previous setup, everything is fine, the GTX 295 throttles down its frequency when I'm not running any games, and the...

I would like to get another monitor to be used as extended desktop without impacting 3D games performance, but I'm not sure if this will work. Would like to confirm with you guys before getting it Currently I have: GTX 295 -- main graphic card 9800GTX -- dedicated physx card From what I...

Hi, this is my first time using SSD, I've read in the past about SSD life span, TRIM stuff, so I'm a little paranoid. Don't want to set it up wrongly and affect the lifespan :eek: I bought a Intel 80GB X25M Gen 2 1. Which mode (AHCI or IDE) is better for my system with mixture of SSD and...

This is the first time I'm attempting to O/C a system, Core i7 930, since my last O/C experience with Pentium 4, so all of these are new to me:p Anyway, I notice there is a difference in the voltage I set in BIOS, and the voltage detected by CPUZ. From what I can find online, it has something...

I'm no expert in this stuff, but I'm just curious if it matters in terms of cooling performance The H50 radiator for example, have vertical flat heat pipes. From what I understand, heat pipe works base on condensing and evaporating some kind of liquid in those pipes. So if I install my...

I've bought a retail version of Windows 7 Ultimate, and I would like to try it out right now through virtual pc. But I'm unsure if there is any limit to how soon before I can transfer the license to another PC (my new build, which is still 1-2 months away) My questions are: 1. Is it ok if I...

My Gigabyte X58A UD7 board arrived today, and I can't find any info on the BIOS version in this board. I've look everywhere around the box, in the manual, on the board. The only info there is is that its Rev 1.0 The problem is from Gigabyte's site, it list the 930 cpu with BIOS F5...

CMG6GX3M3A1600C7 CMT6GX3M3A1600C7 Link to the CMT version http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Dominator-GT-PC3-12800-CMT6GX3M3A1600C7/dp/tech-data/B003819JQ4/ref=de_a_smtd Both are priced exactly the same, so what's the difference between them? :confused: Edit: Fix the link Thanks

I came across some second hand XFX GTX 295 card which really caught my interest and decided to google up some reviews on this card to see if its worth it Anyway, I found this review site which reviewed an XFX 295 card, and they say its using the 216sp GPU...

I'm living in a place where its always warm all year round and heat has always been an issue with my PC, so I always have some software running monitoring my CPU, graphic card and HDD temp to warn me (some days, my graphic card can go above 90c and I immediately stop gaming when that...

I'm not good at this so please bear with me if this is a silly question :D My last system was the early Core 2 Duo, and even then I made some mistakes. So anyway now I'm finally prepare to move to a new quad core system and I hope to be able to get a powerful system which can serve me well for...

I'm trying to decide between Samsung 2350 23" and 2450 24", both having res of 1920x1080 I'm wondering if there's a difference in the image quality between them. My main concern here is will displaying that same resolution on a larger screen area makes the image less sharp? Other than...

What I meant is to use something like Prolimatech MegaShadow or Thermalright Ultra 120 heatsink without attaching any fans to it, just relying on the airflow in the casing to cool it down I'm planning to get the coolermaster HAF 922, and this crazy thought just cross my mind, with those 20cm...

I'll be getting a LCD monitor soon, and currently my budget only allows me to get a 23 inch one. Thing is, I haven't been actively playing any new games lately, putting them on hold until my new build early next year:p Seems all 23in monitor comes with the 1080p resolution, so I'm just...

I was just wondering what do you gamers out there think about modders to sell their content or "forced donation" where you have to donate to download their highly rated stuff. While I don't often come across this, its something that I notice in the Sims 3 modding community, and the fans even...

I'm facing a strange issue here putting together a system for my brother. The hardware C2D E7400 Gigabyte EP43-US3L mainboard OCZ Platinum PC2-8500 DDR2 GeForce 9800GT Anyway, I kept getting BSOD each time I'm installing Windows, and I decided to test it with Memtest 86+, which is...

Hi, firstly I'd like to apologize if this have been asked before here. Its my first time attempting GPU folding:p Anyway, I notice there's 2 V6 GPU2 client. the first one seems to be for both ATI and NVIDIA, while the second one says "with special viewer for NVIDIA May I know whats the...