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ED E

Link?

Loving that setup.

smileyj1987

ED E wrote: »

Link?

Loving that setup.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1277188/2x-h100-mod-spliced-cpu-gpu-loop/30

ED E

smileyj1987 wrote: »

http://www.overclock.net/t/1277188/2x-h100-mod-spliced-cpu-gpu-loop/30

Nice.

Now to think up a really geeky res to add to do it with.

Edit: Now I'm considering it...I wanna cool the GPU too

challengemaster

That looks awesome, but weird at the same time...


500R arrived today. It is full of win

Tea_Bag

oddball one here lads, do any of you work in the tech/Physics/semiconductor/elecronics etc field?

ShadowHearth

total offtopic, but i think i know what will be my PC upgrade this year! :pac:

http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/06/lego-mindstorms-ev3-the-better-faster-stronger-generation-of-robotic-programming/

Tea_Bag

Headshot, your inbox is full...

Serephucus

Anyone here have an ITX board with an mPICe card they're not using? (Or wouldn't mind being a guinea pig?)

I'm curious if I could actually get my sound card working through mPCIe with adapters, and I'd rather not spend €130 on a board.

Headshot

Tea_Bag wrote: »

Headshot, your inbox is full...

Sorry Tea

Bloody inbox gets full fast

Tea_Bag

Serephucus wrote: »

Anyone here have an ITX board with an mPICe card they're not using? (Or wouldn't mind being a guinea pig?)

I'm curious if I could actually get my sound card working through mPCIe with adapters, and I'd rather not spend €130 on a board.

I've an mPCIe slot on my extreme6 and z77e-itx.

I can't afford any down time on either, but if you send me the card and cables I'll run it for you.

Serephucus

Cheers. I'm trying to find the best version of the adapter at the moment. When I get everything, I'll send you the card and adapters.

I assume they're mPCIe though and not mSATA?

Tea_Bag

aren't they the same thing?

Serephucus

Physically, yes. Electrically, no. (To the best of my knowledge at least)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA#mSATA

Tea_Bag

right so what I can gather is that it can be either msata, mPCIe or both if it's a combo port. apparently most z68+ boards are combo ports.

the extreme6 is definitely mPCIe, if not both.

the itx is harder to tell, cause it has a mPCIe on top where the WiFi card is. I'm not sure if the port underneath the PCB is just msata or a combo.

either way, I can test your card

Serephucus

Well I just ordered an mPCIe adapter from eBay, dunno how long it'll take, but probably a while being eBay.

If this works, I'll probably be going for ASRock's board. I'd like the crazy VRM ASUS one, but I'm not bothered paying that much money (unless the ASRock doesn't OC very well? (as in, at all)).

Edit: This yoke:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/mini-pci-e-to-USB-PCI-e-express-1X-Riser-Extender-adapter-Card-10cm-FFC-Cable-/221160508053?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item337e318a95

I'm a bit concerned about the x1 slot PCB fitting, but I think it should do ok. If not, I can always get an x1 extension ribbon and tuck the PCB down by the PSU.

ED E

Current setup: 2 Desktops 2 Panels, 1Kb 1Mouse + Synergy.

While this works like a charm, I now want to move back to a dual display main, and thus RDP for the secondary(only way to switch the monitor over is with the OSD which is slow as hell). Primary thing is to be able to pop in and out, whats the fastest RDP product to connect/disconnect(all local, I use teamviewer when I'm away)?

Serephucus

Chrome has a remote desktop add-on. It's what I use to connect to my server. Pretty quick, just open a new tab, click on Remote Desktops, click on the one you want, enter password, and you're connected within a second after that.

ED E

Serephucus wrote: »

Chrome has a remote desktop add-on. It's what I use to connect to my server. Pretty quick, just open a new tab, click on Remote Desktops, click on the one you want, enter password, and you're connected within a second after that.

How did I not know this existed :eek:

Serephucus

I only found out about it recently myself. It's a wonderful little extension. I suppose it's a bit silly in the sense that you're connecting to another machine on the same network over the internet, but it's not exactly slow. I've watched 720p stuff over the connection before and it's great. Not quite perfect, but more than watchable.

ED E

Tried it. Its close, thats for sure. But the PIN(while I understand its purpose) is a pain.

I'm trying to eat my cake and have it here, so I'm probably not going to find much better.

Serephucus

Yeah, I couldn't find a nice way around it, except to use something like asdf as a PIN, means you don't have to take your hand off the keyboard.

ED E

Just used the Windows one. Its pretty nice.

mstsc.exe /v:192.168.0.101 /w:800 /h:600
or mstsc.exe /v:\\NameOfMyPC /w:1920 /h:1080

Allows me to have a shortcut to it. Double click, single click, there. And less compression. Downside, wont work for the Ubuntu "Server" outside. Will do the windows one, so that 2/3.

Wondering how secure it is. Time for a googling on that.

Serephucus

I never thought to run it through command line (no excuse). I'm using the server as my main machine at the moment, but I'll definitely give this a go when I get my gaming rig back up and running.

54kroc

Serephucus wrote: »

Chrome has a remote desktop add-on. It's what I use to connect to my server. Pretty quick, just open a new tab, click on Remote Desktops, click on the one you want, enter password, and you're connected within a second after that.

That's a great add on, I've never bothered with the chrome web store tbh but after using that I think it's time I had a look around.

Do you know of any other good ones?

Serephucus

ScriptSafe is the Chrome version of NoScript for Firefox. There's also AdBlock Plus. The only other one I use is Remove Scrollbars (self-explanatory) as I find it much cleaner, especially with Windows padding set to 0.

deejer

Anyone here ever go to Cebit?

http://www.cebit.de/home

Just wondering if there would be much there for the general public

Serephucus

I did. It's like CES, but with less of a focus on gadgety things, and more on computer hardware. Definitely worth a look.


In other news: I just saw this on Engadget, and got really excited

http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/08/corsair-unleashes-second-gen-vengeance-gaming-peripherals-at-ces/

Then I red the following:

"... but with fully mechanical Cherry MX Red switches on every single key ..."

Deano12345

Funny thing is, I had the same face when I read that, considering I just got a K90 *flips over table*

Bloodwing

Serephucus wrote: »

I did. It's like CES, but with less of a focus on gadgety things, and more on computer hardware. Definitely worth a look.

Speaking of CES, anyone seeing anything they like the look of?

I'm liking the look of Project Shield and I'd love to have one of these sitting in the living room.

ED E

The all but announced steambox looks interesting, though the 1000dolla mark will have to be subsidized heavily.

Remember drooling over them as just modular server gear at last years coverage.