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by madmattd
April 3rd, 2012, 3:10 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: SSD Harddrive
Replies: 19
Views: 14510

Re: SSD Harddrive

I love my ssd, although it doesn't quite reach the read/write rates it should :\, so I'm still messing around with it. Anyone know if running your computer AHCI mode will greatly improve read/write speeds? An SSD should NEVER be run in IDE mode. It cripples not just the sequential speeds, but the r...
by madmattd
April 2nd, 2012, 9:06 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: SSD Harddrive
Replies: 19
Views: 14510

Re: SSD Harddrive

I'm building a new comp soon. Is it a safe investment to get a small SSD for the OS and frequently used programs/games and then a large SATA for everything else? The main reason I ask is that I'm concerned about the life of the SSD's. I know they generally don't last as long and I don't want to buy...
by madmattd
March 31st, 2012, 10:05 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: SSD Harddrive
Replies: 19
Views: 14510

Re: SSD Harddrive

I finally invested in a SSD drive for my laptop, got an Intel 520 Series 120GB for 160$. Boot used to take 1-2 minutes (newly reformated HDD about 4 months ago), now it's down to 30 seconds flat with steam loaded and logged on. I will never go back to HDD for booting or frequently used programs. En...
by madmattd
March 29th, 2012, 8:27 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: My FUCKING MoBO
Replies: 17
Views: 12083

Re: My FUCKING MoBO

p67 was made for Sandy Bridge too and actually came out with Sandy at launch, z68 was released later but also made for Sandy. That one you linked looks fine.
by madmattd
March 25th, 2012, 1:37 pm
Forum: Minecraft
Topic: 16yo makes Scientific/Graphing calculator
Replies: 2
Views: 10739

Re: 16yo makes Scientific/Graphing calculator

Mind. Blown.

Awesomeness!
by madmattd
March 25th, 2012, 10:31 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: My FUCKING MoBO
Replies: 17
Views: 12083

Re: My FUCKING MoBO

+1 to Gigabyte. I've build/had friends build about 10 computers with them over the last 3 years, no issues at all. They are sometimes a tad more expensive though. Asus is hit-or-miss from what I've seen in reviews, not that that necessarily means anything. And Stephen is messing with you if you didn...
by madmattd
March 24th, 2012, 4:32 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: My FUCKING MoBO
Replies: 17
Views: 12083

Re: My FUCKING MoBO

Compatible, yes. Personally I'm not a fan of ASRock, but that doesn't mean it isn't a good board. Z68 is a cool chipset. That one does only have one slot for a GPU though, if that matters to you (you won't be able to SLI/XFire someday).
by madmattd
March 24th, 2012, 4:29 pm
Forum: Entertainment
Topic: Random Pics & Vids of Awesome
Replies: 1040
Views: 1117196

Re: Random Pics & Vids of Awesome

Killer wrote:
/want
by madmattd
March 21st, 2012, 10:31 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: My FUCKING MoBO
Replies: 17
Views: 12083

Re: My FUCKING MoBO

For a mobo that works with your stuff: any mobo that is socket 1155 (you have a Sandy Bridge CPU, right?) with at least one PCIe x16 slot should work.
by madmattd
March 16th, 2012, 7:42 pm
Forum: Entertainment
Topic: Random Pics & Vids of Awesome
Replies: 1040
Views: 1117196

Re: Random Pics & Vids of Awesome

Nice view TX! NOT trying to 1-up you, just showing my lunchtime view this past Monday (the 12th): P3120628.JPG That's Mount Washington, I hiked it 2 days before, but was in a cloud that day, so not much of a pic. Not much snow left up there! (seriously, only a couple inches, it's been in the high-30...
by madmattd
March 5th, 2012, 6:10 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: new comp, still no wired connection
Replies: 27
Views: 15695

Re: new comp, still no wired connection

madmatt: well, the regular 560 ti is coming in the mail already (should arrive by tomorrow the latest). if i was able to capitalize on the 448 deal 2 weeks ago ($240 +batman AA), i definitely would have chose that. stephen: how much hotter would it have been? i never planned on doing sli anyway i s...
by madmattd
March 3rd, 2012, 10:12 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Question about GPU/mobo compatibility
Replies: 12
Views: 7284

Re: Question about GPU/mobo compatibility

Manufacturing ramp-up problems with new manufacturing method =/= economy....
by madmattd
March 3rd, 2012, 10:08 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: new comp, still no wired connection
Replies: 27
Views: 15695

Re: new comp, still no wired connection

But then again isn't bridging 2 routers the same thing as using a wireless card? Basically, yup. Byron, the 448 core 560TI is definitely better than a reg 560TI, the 448 core is VERY close to a 570 performance out of the box, and overclocks almost as well as the reg 560TI (but has the extra cores w...
by madmattd
March 3rd, 2012, 10:00 am
Forum: Battlefield
Topic: Jet Swap
Replies: 4
Views: 4467

Re: Jet Swap

PRETENDICA wrote:Hacker.
+1

He climbed in the cockpit through the tail. That's a total hack :D
by madmattd
February 17th, 2012, 4:55 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Question about GPU/mobo compatibility
Replies: 12
Views: 7284

Re: Question about GPU/mobo compatibility

Performance of Ivy is going to be slightly better than Sandy Bridge, but not massively. The integrated GPU is 60% more powerful, but you won't be using that so who cares. As Stephen said, the power draw is insanely lower for Ivy Bridge versus Sandy Bridge (77W versus 95W for the i7's). Price point w...