Recent content by Jakal

I'm very interested to see how this goes. Newer processors are running cooler so having more efficient heat displacement should make pushing these chips easier. There has to be a break point at which coolant no longer vaporizes though. and cooling beyond that has little gain. Boil points of...

Great post Thar, and good point here specifically. Consoles are offering even more connectivity options and simplify the gaming experience. I think this positively affects the laptop market. If all you need a computer for is documents, pictures, and web browsing, and that computer is portable...

I was speaking more from an overall perspective with current-gen options. You are right on the money when it comes to encoding and rendering. The higher the better. It's one reason I said: I have as much fun as the next guy pushing my components to reach a good overclock. It's like buy a car...

RAID 5 looks attractive. If I understand it correctly, you can achieve similar/better data transfer for game loading while still retaining redundancy.

Sorry MadMat if that's what it seemed I was implying. I meant no offense. :o I was just trying to point out it was the power company forcing Microsoft's hand. You have a good point, and I've seen the same type of contractual use pricing/charges. Still, Microsoft took the most cost-effective...

Really great and simplified write-up Brett. I already decided to go with a RAID setup with my in next build before you wrote this up. I was considering 3-4 SSDs in RAID for OS/apps, and using my current HDDs for misc files. I like the idea of RAID 0 for games though and will explore that...

Z77 vs X79 The Z77 supports 3rd Gen Intel Core processors, native USB 3.0, and better storage support, while X79 supports the 'Enthusiast' LGA2011 cpus, quad DDR memory controller, and native 2 x16 PCIe bandwidth. Let's be honest here. We're at a point in CPU progression where overclocking is...

Then be upset with the power company. Microsoft was saving money by using $70k of power. I agree, but it's possible they needed the power for production. I wouldn't call it 'extra' cash. It's money they expected to make based on projected power consumption, i.e. income, that they would have...

As someone still using a Core2 processor and ready to upgrade I want to learn as much as I could about the upcoming Haswell chips. My search began with expected release dates and moved on to the chips updated architecture and improvements. I stopped to post this once I learned about the...

Working in the industry field I understand the why this happened. Microsoft has a contract with their power supplier for so many kW hours at such a price. Power plants produce based on expected customer demands. Using less results in the power company not meeting an expected income target. I've...

I read just fine.. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-21/apple-sues-amazon-com-over-use-of-app-store-trademark.html http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-02-12/tech/31051582_1_patent-system-apple-patents-patent-violations...

30 hours is my guess... Probably closer to 40 though.

Can't beat toilet humor! I love these parodies. The group has progressed well since the start.

It'd be nice to see all available cores being efficiently used. It's obviously the goal of programers and certainly the reason for having multiple cores and threads. Games, especially, need the extra oomph. End users like being able to tab between game, desktop, and other apps without system...

Egg nog is most delicious, and I have obviously chosen the wrong time of the year to cut calories, carbs, sugars.. yeah... all the tasty things. :mad: