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by Sttm
Mon Feb 28, 2011 2:56 pm
Forum: Press Releases
Topic: Intel Announces Their New 510 Series SSD Line
Replies: 2
Views: 1538

Re: Intel Announces Their New 510 Series SSD Line

450/210 on the 120gb. Seems low compared to the new SF drives doing 550/525. Maybe Intel can make the case for better reliability, but they seem behind on speed, which is the main reason to get a SSD imo.
by Sttm
Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:10 am
Forum: Legit Reviews Review Forum
Topic: Motorola Atrix 4G Smartphone Performance Benchmarks
Replies: 8
Views: 4735

Re: Motorola Atrix 4G Smartphone Performance Benchmarks

$200, though I think radio shack has it on sale right now for $150.
by Sttm
Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:25 pm
Forum: Legit Reviews Review Forum
Topic: Motorola Atrix 4G Smartphone Performance Benchmarks
Replies: 8
Views: 4735

Re: Motorola Atrix 4G Smartphone Performance Benchmarks

Interesting read. Phone hardware is really coming along well these days. Been reading about quad cores coming out by year end and the graphics maker of the PowerVR gpus claiming a 100x Performance increase coming possibly as early as 2012. So I am wondering how these chips are going to compare to de...
by Sttm
Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:31 am
Forum: Intel Processor Forum
Topic: Core i7-990X Extreme Edition
Replies: 6
Views: 5161

Re: Core i7-990X Extreme Edition

The revised chipsets might start shipping this week. So it shouldnt be long before they are available again on New Egg. I would definitely get a 2600K to replace the QX6700. The performance gain with the hexacore is only in certain heavily threaded applications and then not even that much. For the e...
by Sttm
Sun Feb 13, 2011 1:20 pm
Forum: Intel Processor Forum
Topic: Core i7-990X Extreme Edition
Replies: 6
Views: 5161

Re: Core i7-990X Extreme Edition

Looks like Q4 2011.

Toms has a news article on it.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Sandy- ... 12179.html
by Sttm
Sun Feb 13, 2011 12:23 pm
Forum: Intel Processor Forum
Topic: Core i7-990X Extreme Edition
Replies: 6
Views: 5161

Re: Core i7-990X Extreme Edition

Aren't all intel hexacore chips 32nm?

I think its a hugely stupid product. The 2600K is probably still at least 20% faster core to core, and should over clock an extra 300-400 mhz higher. So the benefit of spending the extra $700 seems really suspect.
by Sttm
Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:50 pm
Forum: Intel Processor Forum
Topic: Intel’s new chip flaw a costly mistake
Replies: 5
Views: 4434

Re: Intel’s new chip flaw a costly mistake

It does not even seem that bad of an issue, so kudos to Intel for taking the hit on it. The average consumer probably is only using 2 sata ports anyway and it seems that not all of them were bad. I wonder if they could do a $50 rebate or some such instead of a motherboard swap for those people only ...
by Sttm
Fri Jan 28, 2011 1:02 am
Forum: Press Releases
Topic: Cooler Master Elite 371 Case Announced
Replies: 4
Views: 2094

Re: Cooler Master Elite 371 Case Announced

Oh right duh. Yeah I quite like it a lot. Reminds me a bit of my antec 300; but for the price difference you could get this CM and a 4 pack of their fans and completely outfit it.
by Sttm
Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:12 am
Forum: General Computer Forum
Topic: AM2 socket + 1090T stock cooler = ?
Replies: 9
Views: 4917

Re: AM2 socket + 1090T stock cooler = ?

Id just spend the $20-30 and get a Corsair A50 like they just reviewed.
by Sttm
Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:01 pm
Forum: Press Releases
Topic: Cooler Master Elite 371 Case Announced
Replies: 4
Views: 2094

Re: Cooler Master Elite 371 Case Announced

Is it me or is the exhaust from the 1000W PSU going right up into the bottom graphics cards fans? Does not look like a good situation right there.
by Sttm
Tue Jan 18, 2011 1:04 am
Forum: Press Releases
Topic: ORIGIN Unleashes Benchmark Shattering Gaming PC-Xbox 360
Replies: 4
Views: 3265

Re: ORIGIN Unleashes Benchmark Shattering Gaming PC-Xbox 360

I think its way too monstrous for me.
by Sttm
Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:12 pm
Forum: Press Releases
Topic: AMD Announces That Dirk Meyer Resigns in Mutual Agreement
Replies: 1
Views: 1057

Re: AMD Announces That Dirk Meyer Resigns in Mutual Agreemen

I hope the new guy pushes AMD to get back into the fight with Intel at the high end. I want a new AMD FX chip!
by Sttm
Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:56 pm
Forum: Legit Reviews Review Forum
Topic: CES 2011: Corsair Announces 2.1 Speakers, Cases and Water Co
Replies: 2
Views: 1684

Re: CES 2011: Corsair Announces 2.1 Speakers, Cases and Wate

I really like that 650D, but if they price it over $150 ill have to buy a Phantom instead.
by Sttm
Fri Jan 07, 2011 12:58 am
Forum: AMD Radeon and FirePro Forum
Topic: Dual ATI video cards for 3 monitors
Replies: 9
Views: 10695

Re: Dual ATI video cards for 3 monitors

Yeah I do not think that will work. Dual Cards might work if they were both PCI-E and in an crossfire setup. I would suggest buying an eyefinity card instead, which supports 3 or more monitors by itself. Like this 5750 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150448&cm_re=eyefini...
by Sttm
Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:29 pm
Forum: Legit Reviews Review Forum
Topic: AMD Phenom II X4 975BE and 840 CPU Reviews
Replies: 2
Views: 2214

Re: AMD Phenom II X4 975BE and 840 CPU Reviews

The pricing on the PII X4 975 doesnt seem too competitive now though. The I5 2400 seems to beat it at well everything except wprime and supposedly will cost $184. Now with Intel's OCing changes, the 975 could pull ahead overclocked but Id still like to see AMD drop the price to about $150 to make it...
by Sttm
Mon Jan 03, 2011 7:31 pm
Forum: NVIDIA GeForce, Quadro and Tegra Forum
Topic: Suggestions/Recommendations for Desktop Vid Card Upgrade
Replies: 3
Views: 3774

Re: Suggestions/Recommendations for Desktop Vid Card Upgrade

If you could go to $160 I think youd be well served with a GTX 460.

Oh and you do have a PCI-E x16 slot, the 9800 gt currently occupies it.
by Sttm
Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:58 am
Forum: Legit Reviews Review Forum
Topic: Intel Unveils Sandy Bridge: Core i7 2600K, i5 2500K, i5 2400
Replies: 6
Views: 5235

Re: Intel Unveils Sandy Bridge: Core i7 2600K, i5 2500K, i5

It's going to be a great year for a new PC.

That 4.9ghz performance is just amazing. Will have to wait to see how the Hexacores perform, and how AMD counters.
by Sttm
Sat Jan 01, 2011 5:59 pm
Forum: Intel Processor Forum
Topic: Sandy Bridge
Replies: 8
Views: 7139

Re: Sandy Bridge

I'm still saving up, but I also want to wait and see how AMD's next cpu performs and if Intel is going to do a significant price drop when they release their hexacore update.


Otherwise looks like a good build. Any reason for the Intel ssd over the SF-1200 ones or Crucial's?
by Sttm
Thu Dec 30, 2010 5:05 pm
Forum: Intel Processor Forum
Topic: Processor upgrade help
Replies: 4
Views: 3922

Re: Processor upgrade help

Socket 775 is pretty old now if you can find a cpu it would probably be secondhand.

If you can afford it I think you should do a whole platform update. Cpu, Mobo, Ram.
by Sttm
Tue Dec 28, 2010 3:47 pm
Forum: Press Releases
Topic: MSI MOTHERBOARDS BLAZE WITH KILLERT 2100 PERFORMANCE
Replies: 1
Views: 1036

Re: MSI MOTHERBOARDS BLAZE WITH KILLERT 2100 PERFORMANCE

Hoping they dont tack on another $100 to the price like they did with that graphics/nic that came out awhile back.

It would be enough of an extra feature for me to consider going with MSI over Asus at the same price point though.