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    #212
    Morf3h
    Registered Users Posts: 480 ✭✭Morf3h


    Anyone have any thoughts/experiences on this monitor for gaming/general heavy use?

    link

    thanks!


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    #213
    Moon54
    Registered Users Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭Moon54


    Hi all,

    My Canon IP4500 printer is on it's last legs, can anyone recommend a good quality printer? Budget is around €120

    I'd like one that's good for printing glossy pictures and also have the cd/dvd printing functionality if possible. I don't like the Muti-Functional ones with scanners.

    I've had a good few Canon printers and they never seem to last more than a couple of years, at most, :eek: so I'm willing to switch to a new brand!


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    #214
    Tea_Bag
    Registered Users Posts: 4,983 ✭✭✭Tea_Bag


    Help with choosing SSD (sorry i bring up the thing re buying one alot)

    ive just scrapped a little bit of money together (and dont plan on buying any food for 3 weeks :o) and im gonna order the SSD now that prices have stabalised and that i need money for is coming up in teh near future.

    anyway, i was about to order this Corsair Force 120 GB via amazon, figuring that @120gb ive got it a little futureproofed, and that 60gb was just so little, when it got me thinking, why not 2 of these Corsair Force 60 GB in a RAID 0 array, making it close to twice as fast as the 120gb and the same capacity? am i blinded and missing something obvious/stupid?

    and will there be any potential problems with my current setup?
    case: CM scout
    Mobo: MSI 770 - G45 (just has sata2 - problem?)
    PSU: CM silent modular pro 600w
    GPU: GTX 460
    CPU: athlon 2 X3 2.9ghz unlocked to Phenom 2 X4 B35 (with 6mb L3 cache) @2.9ghz
    Ram: 4gb crucial cl9 @1333mhz
    HDD's: 160gb samsung F1, 500gb F3.


    thanks!


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    #215
    Unregistered.
    Registered Users Posts: 3,532 ✭✭✭Unregistered.


    You'll have issues with TRIM / garbage collection.


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    #216
    Jonathan
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 8,118 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jonathan


    And lower MTTF obviously enough :)


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    #217
    Tea_Bag
    Registered Users Posts: 4,983 ✭✭✭Tea_Bag


    Unregistered. wrote: »
    You'll have issues with TRIM / garbage collection.

    ive been reading that Trim is no longer necessary in newer gen SSD's, because the newer firmwares are much better at garbage collection. true? either way, is there any chance of TRIM compatibility being released for those SSD's in the near future?

    would there be any issues with my current hardware?
    Jonathan wrote: »
    And lower MTTF obviously enough :)
    ive learned a long time ago to stop relying heavily on HDD's anyway. backup any key data online (of which people have very little tbh) outside of my photo's of drunken nights out :o, which has shameful stuff in them anyway, which is not to be missed.


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    #218
    Unregistered.
    Registered Users Posts: 3,532 ✭✭✭Unregistered.


    Tea_Bag wrote: »
    ive been reading that Trim is no longer necessary in newer gen SSD's, because the newer firmwares are much better at garbage collection. true? either way, is there any chance of TRIM compatibility being released for those SSD's in the near future?
    Well, they do implement an idle garbage collection. However, it could mean you'd have to leave your desktop idling for hours, just to be sure it actually ran! TRIM's a tricky one. If you're using windows 7 and have the two drives in RAID. It sees them as one big drive. So it sends a TRIM command to clean up this drive. But when it gets to the SSD's, it's like "um k, there's actually two drives here". So it can't execute.


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    #219
    Tea_Bag
    Registered Users Posts: 4,983 ✭✭✭Tea_Bag


    by idle, is it ok to leave it running on the desktop while eg in college for 5 hours?


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    #220
    Unregistered.
    Registered Users Posts: 3,532 ✭✭✭Unregistered.


    Should be. The only way of knowing it ran is to have done a benchmark before and after. With TRIM, the OS sends the command after a few minutes of idle time. With GC, I'm not so sure exactly and I think it varies depending on which controller the SSD uses, as each manufacturer implements GC using different algorithms.


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    #221
    Tea_Bag
    Registered Users Posts: 4,983 ✭✭✭Tea_Bag


    Can anyone who has a RAID array of SSD's give me a little advice? does it degrade much without trim? if you had to do it again, would it be a single larger SSD rather than multiple smaller?


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    #222
    Monotype
    Registered Users Posts: 6,710 ✭✭✭Monotype


    Info is ot on the GTX 560... er GTX 560 Ti, I mean.
    Anandtech


    ... and in stock too. Listed in 14 flavours at scan.co.uk (only 3 of the 14 actually in stock).


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    #223
    Moon54
    Registered Users Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭Moon54


    Hi,

    Does anyone know where I can buy a i5 2500k CPU atm?
    All the retailers I've tried are sold out; Komplett, Dabs,HWV...

    Anyone tried ordering one from USA?


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    #224
    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,076 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    Moon54 wrote: »
    Hi,

    Does anyone know where I can buy a i5 2500k CPU atm?
    All the retailers I've tried are sold out; Komplett, Dabs,HWV...

    Anyone tried ordering one from USA?

    Scan.co.uk have some for £191.46 (Their Irish delivery is steep enough at £10.99 though)

    http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i5-2500k-unlocked-socket-1155-sandy-bridge-quad-core-33ghz-6mb-cache-95w-retail

    Most other UK retailers seem to be saying an ETA of 28/01/2011 (ebuyer, overclockers) on them so you shouldn't have to wait that long.


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    #225
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,057 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Does any one know if the 6950 1GB can be modded like the 2GB version can. Tempted to get a new card and 6950 is one of my options.


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    #226
    Trevor451
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,463 ✭✭✭Trevor451


    New catalyst drivers coming out tomorrow that should increase performance in some games on 68xx and 69xx cards :)

    http://tech2.in.com/india/news/graphics-pc-addon-cards/amd-catalyst-11.1a-hotfix-drivers-set-to-arrive-on-republic-day/187452/0


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    #227
    Moon54
    Registered Users Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭Moon54


    marco_polo wrote: »
    Scan.co.uk have some for £191.46 (Their Irish delivery is steep enough at £10.99 though)

    Thanks, Marco, that's a good price.
    They are pretty competitive in there cases too, the CoolerMaster 690 II Advanced is only £70 ~€81.


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    #228
    Tea_Bag
    Registered Users Posts: 4,983 ✭✭✭Tea_Bag


    6990

    just look how big that thing is!!

    11x0126h83amd.jpg


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    #229
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,133 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Holy bejebus. That would have a problem fitting into standard ATX cases! I reckon maybe half an inch (if even) to spare to the bays


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    #230
    Tea_Bag
    Registered Users Posts: 4,983 ✭✭✭Tea_Bag


    wouldnt fit into my scout i reckon..


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    #231
    VenomIreland
    Registered Users Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭VenomIreland


    Tea_Bag wrote: »
    6990

    just look how big that thing is!!

    11x0126h83amd.jpg
    That's what she said!
    I want to see it compared to the 5970, both in length comparisons and performance, fecking ridiculously big.


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    #232
    oceanclub
    Registered Users Posts: 3,411 ✭✭✭oceanclub


    Can't decide between these two cards. Currently have a 4870. The GTX 560 Ti has slightly lesser performance, but on the other hand I do feel nVidia's driver tend to be better, and of course it offers PhysX. Thoughts?

    P.


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    #233
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,133 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    What? Nvidias drivers have been nothing short of terrible lately


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    #234
    oceanclub
    Registered Users Posts: 3,411 ✭✭✭oceanclub


    cherryghost wrote: »
    What? Nvidias drivers have been nothing short of terrible lately

    Really? I just find that ATI drivers tend to have less support for older games. Having said that, I just noted that ATI did implement a fix for Ghost Master which I complained about, so maybe they're catching up.

    P.


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    #235
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,133 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    oceanclub wrote: »
    Really? I just find that ATI drivers tend to have less support for older games. Having said that, I just noted that ATI did implement a fix for Ghost Master which I complained about, so maybe they're catching up.

    P.

    Have a look on the Guru3D forums for opinions on the drivers. The last 6 months of Nvidia drivers have been awful. They even managed to break the GPU accelerated flash drivers that was perfect for ages (caused browsers and programs to crash), as well as microstuttering on NON multi-gpu builds.

    It all depends on what you do with your card I suppose. Older games are fine for me with Nvidia drivers, but had some problems with the most simplest of tasks, I had to revert back to a 6 month old driver and use a custom program for SLI profiles :rolleyes:


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    #236
    oceanclub
    Registered Users Posts: 3,411 ✭✭✭oceanclub


    So ignoring drivers as a factor, do you reckon the Radeon is the best way to go?

    Cheers,

    P.


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    #237
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,133 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    For support yeah, but I have no doubt in my mind Nvidia will optimize drivers for the 5xx and get it right eventually. Price for price favours Nvidia's 560 slightly imo, pricewise


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    #238
    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    First time in a while I've seen someone moan about AMD legacy support :p nVidia is horrible for legacy support for both hardware and software :o


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    #239
    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,076 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    MSI have launched the first AMD Fusion motherboard, the E350IA-E45. It is a mini-ITX board, with a 1.6GHz dual-core AMD E350 APU (Radeon HD6310 graphics)

    msi_e350ia_e45.jpg

    http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/35625/MSI-launches-first-AMD-Fusion-APU-mainboard


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    #240
    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    Hadn't Gigabyte already released an mITX Zacate mobo? It was on their retail product support pages a week ago...


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    #241
    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,076 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    Solitaire wrote: »
    Hadn't Gigabyte already released an mITX Zacate mobo? It was on their retail product support pages a week ago...

    Right you are, look like somebody is telling porkies in that link :confused:

    Being kind and giving them the benefit of the doubt the MSI board seems to have undergone a retail launch in Japan, so perhaps that is what they meant.


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