Researchers of the University of Utah have successfully built a cluster of five Microsoft XBox One. Inspired by the various clusters built from PlayStation 3s, this monster machine is ready to take on the most demanding tasks.
Don Dufrene, head of the laboratory, tells us: "We originally intended to build a much larger cluster, but could not provide financing. Thanks 'bama." Therefore, the team took all consoles acquired so far and connected them - with stunning results. "We are now able to run
LED Desk Back Lighting
Why?
Because what the hell it looks cool! Who doesn’t want it to look like they’re some crazy nut head with colors flashing everywhere, but on a more serious note. I bought a 16 foot strip of Waterproof LEDs off of Amazon for $25 which included the power adapter, a 44 key remote with 6 “DIY” settings, IR Control box, and the 16 feet of LED strip. Let me start off by saying this is an amazing deal and these work great for there intended purpose and are great for how cheap
Grid 2 Benchmark, Max Settings, 2560x1080:
Maximum VRM temp was 64 degrees, well within acceptable limits considering the up to 105 degree guarantee. However, Tri-x Sapphire cooler VRM temps will not get beyond 50 degrees with the same settings. This is due, most likely, to the difference in heatsink size between the two cards rather than the airflow. After I ran the bench on loop for 50 minuets, the VRMs dropped down to 40 in a matter of seconds and only took five minuets to get back to the id
Hi everyone, I currently have an old laptop and looking to upgrade to a gaming pc. I'm a highschool student with a job so budget is big for me. Looking to spend under 800$. I've done a little research and came up with this build. Although, the one problem with this build is that it is over budget. If this is a good build then I'll save up a little extra money and build this, but if there are any places where I'm spending too much money I'd love to know!
Here is my build.
GPU: SAPPHIRE Vapor-X
Finally Some Results!:
Geil VRM sinks came this morning, only two days late... Anyway, these sinks are pretty small and with a fan ghetted on the card pretty poorly, they still hit 103 degrees with furmark. However, in regular gaming, I am seeing 95s on average which is on par to the reference cooler that was on here. This post isn't about the core temps but I'm really happy with them. So this higher VRM temp is worth the sacrifice.
Can I Make It Better?:
I can certanly get rid of the thermal
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I had been mulling for a few months about making a 'totally awesome' case mod and trying to make a SFF system similar to an Alienware Alpha or ASUS GR8 but I'm not going to be able to do that without mortgaging my soul. Thinking all was lost I realized I would only be using it for games far below the system specs I was targeting. Time continued and I realized that with the option of 3d printing and manufacturing services, things weren't going to be as bad as I thought.
Going from a Core i5 dow
Whats Going On?:
Okay so I work as a roofer, due to the ice and snow we've been getting we are working much later that usual. This also means that I have to wait for longer delivary times. I have missed several deliveries already. However, there is good news. I have the schematics started and I am working on the next Red Mod update. Make sure to check it out tomorrow. I appreciate anyone who follows these blogs.
Thank You :)
The following .PDF is a research paper I did for a computer repair course. The paper is about the history of CPU's and their architecture. Please feel free to download and use for your research as well.
Whats Next?:
All updates that I planned for today have been haulted due to time constraints. I have to get this build finnished before 6 this evening which is going to be tough. I simply don't feel like working on blogs today. Hoever, lots of stuff arrived today so i can start updating the Drawer Blog and The Red Mod Blog. Stay tuned.
Thank You :)
p.s. Here's some images of the build so far...
An Awesome Build For An Awesome Guy:
"Can I get a Gaming PC for £500?"... "Yes", "Good, build me one for £1000 then"... "yes". Was pretty much how this went. I was given no more guidance other than "Don't care about looks, just make it work.". Obviously by looking at this images you can see that I did some colour matching, not that it was hard to find red and black AMD gear.
What Would I Change?:
Working to a budget is always a challenge, there's always that part that cost a little more but
Cooling 'n' stuffs:
Just cooling the processor isn't enough, VRM and to a lesser extent, VRAM need some attention too. These heat sinks were pretty cheap and came with a terrible thermal pad that wouldn't stick at all. So I took these off and used the smallest amount of MX2 paste as possible. I also had to spread the paste by hand because the heat sinks are under any kind of retention. Didn't take long after I got the hang of spreading the paste.
I have some photos but I've been having phone
What Did I do?:
This is Avexir RAM that has had the heat sinks removed. To keep the ram cool inside my new custom case I have got some basic ally heat sinks. However, the yellow LEDs are not covered up which I thought would be a bad look but I'm not sure now. Once I've got everything in the case I will decide if I want to cover the LEDs with small pits of electrical tape. These are the only images that I managed to get due very bad camera support with my ROM. While I'm working on this, I don't
Microsoft is at it again. Recently, they held a small conference to discuss their upcoming Windows 10 operating system in a bit more detail than they had before. Not only did they announce who will receive the update for free, they also make a few other announcements that were pretty, well, unusual for Microsoft (in my opinion). Let’s dig in.
First off, the biggest surprise to me was Microsoft phasing out Internet Explorer in favor of a new web browser. Now, at first glance, I thought the
For CES each year, I rely on one YouTube channel to report to me new and interesting tech that almost always appeals to me. LinusTechTips has been my guide to CES since 2013, and I also follow him for PAX, E3, and Computex (in addition to his many other wonderful tech guides and overviews). This year, some of the things that struck me were Seagate’s 7mm external USB 3.0 hard drive. It goes well with a trend I found going along with CES this year, thin. The drive itself is 500GB, using a 5mm driv
This blog is just going to be a place for me to share the current events articles I type up for my Cisco course in college. Each week, we are required to write a brief document (1-2 pages) and submit it to our instructor in order to recieve credit for our online posting requirement set by the college itself. I generally pick a wide range of items that are of relevance to each other, then (of course), write my article.
My main reason for posting these in a LTT blog is that I feel quite proud of
What I Did:
After I fixed the DVD drive and installed Ubuntu on this machine I discovered that the WiFi card was broken as it wouldn't register. I replaced that with one from a HP mini and let everything update. Three weeks after, it was too slow for me. Only 2GB of RAM was killing me so I nabbed another stick and tried swapping the processor. No luck with that but the RAM upgrade went fine. Next was the HDD, Kingston 300V 60GB SSD is the boot drive now. I got rid of the DVD drive all together
What?:
I've attached a Corsair H60 AIO to a 290x reference from MSI. Insane... Yes... Dangerous?... Yes... Cool?... You tell me people.
To see more on this, go to my other blog Smokey Attempts: The Red Mod.
Whats Next?:
Regular update to each blog, and some cool stuff on this blog by tonight hopefully. I should be able to make a start on another build late this evening and I will by uploading entries with images today and tomorrow.
Thank You :)
Oh My Jesus...:
First step in modding the 290x is to actually mount the CPU AIO to the card. I have no VRM or VRAM cooling yet, so expect no overclocking or even bench marking beyond idle temps today. Check out my other blog, Smokey Attempts: The Red Mod, for more detail. Here are some images of the card to wet your appetite.
Whats Next?:
For this blog, not allot I'm afraid. I have some RAM coolers coming Friday and until then I will be posting schematics for the internals of the c
Progress!
My thermal paste arrived this morning so I can re-mount the H60. I have done two things differently this time around, one was to fit the cable ties like this...
and the other was to add more paste.
Moreover, I checked the coverage of the paste and if covers the die which is great. I did this by pressing the cooler by hand before tightening the cable ties. Now, I didn't press down super hard, in fact there were still some blogs of paste that needed to be pushed down a little more
Wow, That's A Lot Of Hardware...:
So about a month ago I tore my rig apart for a clean. This was during my move from the office to bedroom. I took the whole of my case apart and blasted it with an air compressor. Broke out the wet wipes too, got everything looking nice and fresh. I've got some images of the hardware laid out but nothing of the actual job. I did this within three hours so everything apart from the HDD and the GPU got taken apart. This is before I got me second 290x.
Why Won't You Leave Me Along Dog!:
Litteraly all morning this thing has been sat there looking at me. I've no idea what to do, I can't yell at a puppy. It's really distracting. Bloody thing, still... better that a child I suppose.
Whats Next?:
More of the same here, a lot of waiting. There is a possibility of some updates to this blog tonight because I'm checking hardware for a build I have soon. Stay tuned on my other blogs for cool modding content, will probably end in tears...
Thank You
I used to be a pretty big fan of the Opera browser. It never got much market share, but it was feature-rich, had a highly customizable interface, session management, and was developed in the direction the community wanted rather than what Opera Software ASA wanted, and the dev team at Opera was very willing to listen to this feedback. It was awesome.
Then Opera 15 came out. It was missing a lot of features that made Opera Opera. No tab stacking, no private tabs, no built-in email or IRC client,
