Hardware Discussion Thread

Vince1974 · 23-09-2012 03:08PM

Found out about Bitcoin recently and like it a lot, fabulous principle behind it.

Now I have a couple of grand to spend on, what kind of setup would generate additional income when I start mining?

Eboggles · 23-09-2012 03:15PM

Vince1974 wrote: »

Found out about Bitcoin recently and like it a lot, fabulous principle behind it.

Now I have a couple of grand to spend on, what kind of setup would generate additional income when I start mining?

Don't spend it on Bitcoin; it's a very unsafe currency and it's not growing. Mining also isn't very profitable anymore.

Tea_Bag · 23-09-2012 03:16PM

if you pay your own electricity bill, bitcoin mining isn't worth it.

if you don't, and you've got money to blow, OCd 7970 is about as good as a 6990 I think, but will use less power. get a couple of them with a cheap i3 and you're good to go.

Vince1974 · 24-09-2012 09:35AM

Thanks for the constructive answer, much better than just saying it's 'unsafe' or 'not growing' (why would I want it to be growing and to be safe?).

Will have to look into it a bit more and yes, I do pay for my own electricity.

AlmightyCushion · 24-09-2012 06:49PM

Samsung are releasing new SSDs soon, the 840 and the 840 Pro. Hopefully, we should see current SSDs getting a price drop.

Monotype · 24-09-2012 07:31PM

Are they replacements or additional products? The 830 has been around for much shorter than many others on the market!

Dcully · 24-09-2012 07:50PM

Got me new Dell Ultrasharp U2412M monitor today,really nice monitor, just struggling to hit the sweet spot with colours.
Any profiles i download dont do it for me either.
Anyone care to share what settings they use please.

Im switching between the default presets for Gaming and Standard at the moment.

Headshot · 24-09-2012 07:51PM

Dcully wrote: »

Got me new Dell Ultrasharp U2412M monitor today,really nice monitor, just struggling to hit the sweet spot with colours.
Any profiles i download dont do it for me either.
Anyone care to share what settings they use please.

Im switching between the default presets for Gaming and Standard at the moment.

So got rid of the Philips ?

Dcully · 24-09-2012 07:56PM

Headshot wrote: »

So got rid of the Philips ?

Aye i did, i started to suffer some eye strain over long periods of browsing.
Shame really as its a great screen, best tv ive seen for gaming tbh.
Sold it to a friend who was only delighted to take it off my hands.

Headshot · 24-09-2012 07:57PM

Dcully wrote: »

Aye i did, i started to suffer some eye strain over long periods of browsing.
Shame really as its a great screen, best tv ive seen for gaming tbh.
Sold it to a friend who was only delighted to take it off my hands.

So the Philips for the Dell?

Dcully · 24-09-2012 07:58PM

Headshot wrote: »

So the Philips for the Dell?

Well i sold the philips tonight, bought the Dell last week on amazon.

Headshot · 24-09-2012 07:59PM

Dcully wrote: »

Indeed.

ugh sorry I ment

Philips or the Dell?

AlmightyCushion · 24-09-2012 08:03PM

Monotype wrote: »

Are they replacements or additional products? The 830 has been around for much shorter than many others on the market!

The 840 is meant to be similar in performance to the 830 so that is probably a replacement. The Pro is better and more expensive.

Dcully · 24-09-2012 08:29PM

Headshot wrote: »

ugh sorry I ment

Philips or the Dell?

LOL you confused me, the philips was giving me eyestrain.

N64 · 24-09-2012 08:37PM

Dcully wrote: »

Got me new Dell Ultrasharp U2412M monitor today,really nice monitor, just struggling to hit the sweet spot with colours.
Any profiles i download dont do it for me either.
Anyone care to share what settings they use please.

Im switching between the default presets for Gaming and Standard at the moment.

Have you tried turning Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) on in the catalyst control center? This improved the colour quality for me on my 2312hm

Dcully · 24-09-2012 09:33PM

N64 wrote: »

Have you tried turning Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) on in the catalyst control center? This improved the colour quality for me on my 2312hm

Nvidia card mate but thanks all the same, ive upped the vibrancy and it improves things a lot.

glynf · 25-09-2012 08:12PM

Dell U2913WM 29-inch Monitor-2560 x 1080-same as the LG EA93, still a bizarre res. Apart from movies, why else would anyone go for one?

Headshot · 25-09-2012 08:16PM

Dread to think of the price on that

Gbear · 25-09-2012 10:42PM

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Samsung are releasing new SSDs soon, the 840 and the 840 Pro. Hopefully, we should see current SSDs getting a price drop.

Will that be over the next week or so? Or are we talking months?

What do you reckon the price drop will be? 10-20% sort of thing?

Headshot · 25-09-2012 10:58PM

Gbear wrote: »

Will that be over the next week or so? Or are we talking months?

What do you reckon the price drop will be? 10-20% sort of thing?

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/news.php?newsid=4660

N64 · 26-09-2012 09:24PM

http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/26/final-ddr4-specification/

Also, the nokia lumia 920 camera is simply amazing even in low light conditions . Engadget did a good comparison between the lumia 920, galaxy sIII and the iphone 5. Its sure nice to see nokia back in the game! Even if you hate windows phone and are a die hard iphone/andriod user, a bit of competition never hurt anyone ;-)

thewheel2.0 · 26-09-2012 10:43PM

Wohooo gonna order the 7870 when I get paid at midnight. Right what is THE 1TB hard drive to get? This one looks ok??

EDIT: The Sapphire 7870 OC went out of stock at 15 mins to midnight, damn.

Eboggles · 27-09-2012 08:02AM

AMD Trinity desktop parts have been previewed on Anandtech. Can't link as I'm on my phone.

It looks pretty good, mauls HD4000 and gets close to the GT 640 in a few games, such as Minecraft and Civilization V. Nothing about CPU performance yet or overclocking.

Monotype · 27-09-2012 07:08PM

@the wheel: The F3 would be a bit slower against the latest Seagate and WD blue.

Trinity is looking pretty good. I think it could be ideal for a person looking for an office desktop with a bit of gaming on the side or a HTPC with a bit more oomph. Load power consumption could be better, but office and HTPC machines will benefit from the nice idle results.

RUCKING FETARD · 28-09-2012 01:37AM

http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=243106&

cherryghost · 28-09-2012 01:59AM

RUCKING FETARD wrote: »

http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=243106&

Nice! If only I had the motivation to go through with my sketches.

Wonda-Boy · 28-09-2012 10:58AM

Retro baby!!!

At 1st I did not like the look of it, but it has grown on me. Looks very well but you would spend a fortune on MR SHEEN cleaning that bad boy lol.

deejer · 28-09-2012 11:14AM

I know people really liked the idea of these cases when they came out a couple of months ago and I think this fella has put together one of the nicest builds I have seen in it.

Fair bit of modding done also

ShadowHearth · 28-09-2012 11:28AM

N64 wrote: »

http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/26/final-ddr4-specification/

Also, the nokia lumia 920 camera is simply amazing even in low light conditions . Engadget did a good comparison between the lumia 920, galaxy sIII and the iphone 5. Its sure nice to see nokia back in the game! Even if you hate windows phone and are a die hard iphone/andriod user, a bit of competition never hurt anyone ;-)

I really love that lumia 920, but feck, price tag will make me wait for it

. 650eu is just not for my stomach.

28-09-2012 11:31AM

Hello, hope it's cool to post a couple of basic hardware questions in here without starting or derailing another thread, if not aplologies mods, feel free to move/delete/advise. Sorry for the basic level here, my PC modding knowledge is patchy, good in some areas but sh*te in others.

I have a 500gb SATA drive that's configured as a second drive (letter S) on my windows Vista desktop. I hate vista so I'm going to fresh install windows XP on the machine. The OS is on the C drive.

Can i remove the S Drive and simply stick it into another windows machine, connect up, and expect my files and stuff on it to still be there? Is there any problem with configuring master/slave jumpers or anything on the new machine, and how do i do that?

If i don't remove the S drive, and instead just fresh install windows XP on this machine getting rid of vista in the process, and choose the C drive for the OS during the install, will the S drive be left untouched and have all of my fiels and folders on it under the new OS?

Many thanks for any help or pointers!!

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