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LifestreamUnfortunately this setup has been falling behind and will need an upgrade. It is unfortunate because I can’t yet move current generation hardware from Workstation 1 (WS1) as I usually do. I’m quite pleased with the Q6600 setup I’ve got here and the only two upgrade paths would be an Intel I5 750 (Quad) or [...]
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Sunday morning and I got out of sleep (S3/STR) with Aero disabled in Windows 7 again. The experience index said my graphics adapter was rated 2.0 (instead of 7.7). The index needed to be re-run it said. After some research I realized that the reason for this was the task scheduler where WinSAT.exe exists buried [...]
Sadly, while on the topic of upgrades, I have to note that my system developed somewhat of a "coil whine" in the process. At first I thought it was something coming from the speakers, it’s an easy mistake to make, but I soon realized that the whining came from the PSU. While it’s thankfully barely [...]
After memory, graphics and hard drive were upgraded. New score is clearly held back by CPU/RAM speed/MB. Final score = 7.1 / 7.9. End of the line for this system.
The planned hardware upgrades are coming along nicely. I was very lucky to nab a new graphic card this morning in what I thought was a bargain but later turned out to be a lucky misprint. Sucks for the reseller, but I was honestly not aware of the mistake and so I got my hands [...]
I really don’t like they way my new Samsung F2 sounds. Makes me wary to put a bunch of these in a NAS. Imagine the fun of having an enclose of F2s next to your bed howling like wolves in the night. Turn your volume up … Posting around, and comparing it to a friend’s [...]
Not satisfied with the Scythe Hard Drive Stabilizer I decided to opt for a more hands-on approach. A nasty T166 suspended using elastic: The end result is far better, and cheaper. The downside is of course that you can’t throw your case around. Also, I noticed the hard drive temperature went up one degree compared [...]
I believe this could have been a problem as far back as Vista, but since I just jumped on the bandwagon I was simply taken aback by this complete foul-up. The problem is simply as follows: Older and 3rd party applications have their dialog boxes and interface garbled by what appears to be a font [...]
So, I got a couple of Hard Drive Stabilizers from Scythe as well as the Kama Plus front air intake. It was a bit of a gamble, since my Gigabyte Aurora has all these tool-less solutions throughout the case. I was impressed with all the rails and sliders and whatnot at first but in time [...]
I couldn’t wait for a NAS to I decided to get some more hard drive space in the meantime. I figured the 1TB Samsung F2 (HD103SI) would last me a while. Ironically this was the drive I originally had wanted for a NAS system, but due to hibernation issues couldn’t use. About the NAS project, [...]
