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Killer Network Interface Card

There's a preview? about this at HardOCP , also the forum link at the end of the article has a thread that is pretty active about it +7 pages, I think. The thread is mainly about what other uses this has besides being a NIC.
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- Post #11
- Sep 1, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Anyone w experience using SATA or eSATA for backup.

I tested my 300GB (60gb free space) Maxtor Diamondmax 10 SATA hd in a Vantec Nexstar3 eSATA/USB2 case first with the eSATA connection (to an internal SATA->eSATA bracket connected to my mobo) and then with the USB2 connector. Here are the HDTACH quickbench results, eSATA on top and USB2 beneath...
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- Post #35
- Aug 31, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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My little experiment with eSATA external enclosure using internal SATA connector

Interesting way to go about setting it up. My eSATA/USB cases came just came with an internal SATA to eSATA bracket. That's what I use when I hook it up to my pc. I have a pair of these Vantec Nexstar 3 cases I have an eSATA pc card for hooking it up to my laptop.
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- Post #8
- Aug 26, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Why not SCSI?

If you don't mind getting a used card you can pick up some pretty cheap cards off of ebay. I've seen LSI MegaRAID SCSI 320-2E dual channel U320 PCIe Raid cards for between $100-$200(depending on the seller). Some as rebadged Dell Perc 4e/DC cards. I think the retail price for these cards is like...
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- Post #48
- Aug 24, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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For Notebook, what would you choose.Ati Mobility x700 or Nvidia 6600 go?

Well I'm not sure how high the 6600go can overclock, but so far I've ran the 128mb radeon x700 on my Asus Z70va easily at 400/350 (core/mem) from the stock of 350/300. I think I got about a 2930 score in 3dmark 05 with it oc'ed at 400/350. That's with the P-M 1.6@2.13ghz cpu, I'm using from this...
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- Post #13
- Dec 6, 2005
- Forum: Laptops
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For Notebook, what would you choose.Ati Mobility x700 or Nvidia 6600 go?

Well here's a comparison of various Asus laptops. Asus notebook comparison The first two listed are what you should probably compare. The Z70va has the 128mb radeon X700 and the Z71V has the 128mb geforce go 6600. It looks like the X700 is more powerful than the 6600. Default 3dmark 05...
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- Post #9
- Dec 5, 2005
- Forum: Laptops
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and I thought pin modding a Pentium M would be hard...

The inspiron 600m is pretty old now, so it can only handle 400 fsb cpu's. I think the latitude version the D610 was upgraded with the newer chipset that supports 533fsb cpu's. Yup, I used pliers too to put the wire in the socket and to hold it while I cut the wire shorter with the...
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- Post #11
- Nov 30, 2005
- Forum: Laptops
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and I thought pin modding a Pentium M would be hard...

I just used this Pin modding guide even though it's for Dell 9300/XPS laptops, it doesn't really matter as it shows you where you need to put the wire in the socket. It also has a link to a pin modding guide at another site too. Just keep in mind that you need to have a 400fsb Dothan P-M and...
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- Post #4
- Nov 29, 2005
- Forum: Laptops
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and I thought pin modding a Pentium M would be hard...

P-M 1.6@2.13ghz I thought pin modding would be tough, but it's pretty damn easy. Besides taking off the cpu heatsink and fan, the hardest part was putting the little wire into the socket! haha. I just picked up this Pentium M 725 (1.6ghz) cpu, did the pin mod and it's running great at 2.13ghz...
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- Thread
- Nov 29, 2005
- Replies: 19
- Forum: Laptops
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Lookin for a hot deal ona < $110 video card. Agp 4/8x

He probably meant to post this in the FS/T forum...
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- Post #8
- Nov 19, 2005
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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How come Dell does not show their HDD speed when configuring your laptop?

No, it's not really any noticeably louder than other hard drives. When I compared the sound of my 7k60 to the 80gb 5400rpm in my friends hp laptop, I thought his sounded louder actually. :-O Hitachi did release a newer version of their 7200rpm laptop hd's the 7K100 series, so I'm not quite sure...
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- Post #18
- Nov 10, 2005
- Forum: Laptops
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question on laptop ram

I'm pretty sure it won't work. Well if his laptop requires ddr2 memory then he needs to get it. (e.g. a laptop with the sonoma chipset)
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- Post #3
- Nov 9, 2005
- Forum: Laptops
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How come Dell does not show their HDD speed when configuring your laptop?

It's probably better just to buy the cheapest hd they have and then buy exactly the one you want from an online retailer. On my old Inspiron 600m, I just bought it with the 30gb hd they had, which was 4200rpm. Then after I just swapped it out for the 60gb 7200rpm hitachi travelstar 7K60 drive I...
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- Post #14
- Nov 8, 2005
- Forum: Laptops
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Asus Z63A

Well I've only been using my Z63A for about 2 weeks, but I really like it so far. The different options that I chose were the 1.86ghz P-M (750) and the 8X DVDRW drive, when I bought it from geared2play.com. I bought a 1gb stick of ram from ZipZoomFly and I just tossed in the Hitachi 60gb 7200rpm...
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- Post #4
- Oct 24, 2005
- Forum: Laptops
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small notebook power adapters?

I guess it just depends on what laptop you get. I have an Asus Z63a (w3a) and the ac adapter is pretty small on that(smaller than the one on my old Dell 600m). I'd say it's comparable in size to the one that came with my friends 14" ibook. Although, the ibook one is more square shaped compared...
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- Post #2
- Oct 20, 2005
- Forum: Laptops

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