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  1. BudgetEngineer
    Freefly (home of the Movi stabilizer and many drone/gimbal innovations over the years) released their Wave high speed camera this week. I've been following the development of this camera for months and it's unique in that it can record continuously at 4k directly to high speed PCIE SSDs thanks to real time wave compression. Lower resolutions with higher frame rates are also available of course, and it joins the ranks of "cheap-er" high speed cameras. Would be really interesting for LTT to talk about alongside the Chronos they just got.
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    I borrowed an RX460 (known working) from a friend but it won't boot with the motherboard (Advantech AIMB-581). I think it has something to do with BIOS/UEFI requirements since the card is fairly new and the board is old, but I haven't understood what I'm reading online. I see "UEFI Compliancy: 2.0" in the motherboard BIOS, but the RX460 doesn't have a "legacy/UEFI" switch like some other cards... Is anyone able to explain what might be going on here? Do I need to use an older card? Thanks!
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    What I would like to do: drive three 2560x1600 monitors with only dual-link DVI inputs (got 3 syncmaster 305T's for free) What I have: i7-2600, el-cheapo mobo with one DVI-D port, 1x graphics card slot, 8gb DDR3 What I need: cheapest graphics card that will drive at minimum 2 of the monitors and the third on integrated graphics. What I plan to use it for: presentations, light CAD, photo editing. So far it looks like I need a GTX 950 or 1050 or better to meet minimum resolution requirements, but that information seems harder to pare down on the Radeon side. Ideally want to spend <$100, used or new. What are my options?
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    Hi all, I've recently bought an SSD to install in my GS60 Ghost Pro. The laptop came from MSI with an SSD loaded with the OS and 1tb HDD for data, with a second, empty M.2 slot which I'd like to fill with the new SSD. My drives and setup: 128gb OEM M.2 drive from Toshiba, preloaded with OS and I've almost completely filled it up with just programs. 1tb HDD I'm using for all media and documents, games, etc. 512gb Crucial M550 M.2 SSD, ready to be installed. Would it be best to clone my 128gb boot drive onto the new SSD, or just start loading programs on the new drive and leave the boot drive alone? I have Clonezilla on a CD and external drive I could use to do the cloning, is there a better way to do the migration? Thanks in advance.
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    They're durable and sound great for the price - I got them for under $100 on a sale about a year ago (ATH-M50 model). If you can wait for them to drop on sale close to $100 it's an easy choice, otherwise lots of alternatives that can offer more for the price have come up recently. Look around, don't make an impulse buy on them. For me the folding headphones and build quality really sold it, I wanted a flatter response than other options at the price had available.
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    Zero complaints about nexus 5 I'm typing this on. Wouldn't want anything but the new moto X as a replacement. Love stock Android and the 5.0 update and support is wonderful. Great for the money, battery life isn't the best but it's sufficient for one day's use.
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    Their fields of enterprise drives...
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    I've never had a single drive from WD or Seagate fail. They come with warranties if something were to crap out so you can get it replaced, the failure rate is low enough to not really worry about if it's just for personal use. You should be backing up your data anyway, so even if a drive fails then it isn't the end of the world. I currently run 5 Seagate 3tb drives in Raid 10 + hotspare, for the same price I could have gotten 5 2tb WD drives. I'd take the better priced one in $/gb.
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    Deals I often see in the Microsoft store believe it or not, and on Amazon and Newegg. Just check them every now and then. I can't recommend a headset since I just use headphones and an external mic, but I have heard good things from the cloud.
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    I've had the Ghost Pro for about 4 months now, I haven't noticed any thermal throttling really as long as the vents aren't blocked. I game with the laptop up on a stand that gives it good ventilation, the fans are loud but they do a pretty great job keeping the laptop moderately cool. Intensive loads like rendering that tax both the CPU and GPU will result in throttling however. @sengan31 I'd wait a few weeks if you can, the 870m 1080p versions have dropped in price below 1800 since the 4k model came out, you could find a low-priced one and bump up your ram or SSD capacity. Also won't be long until the 970m versions are available with 1080p screens as well. The laptop is incredibly light!
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    I really like the performance per dollar and performance per watt of the GTX900 series, plus how close the mobile cards are coming to desktop-ish performance! I should have waited one more generation to get my GS60 Ghost Pro! Thanks to Zotac and LTT for the giveaway.
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    You won't find a better laptop or ultrabook for the price/battery life/weight/size a macbook air costs. Any comparable windows option you'll be looking at spending more to get the same features you want.
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    So I guess what you're looking for then is the cheapest i7 laptop with at least a Gtx 780m/870m (they are equivalent in performance I believe) and a big battery (probably 70Wh or more, 54wh is about 4.5 hours battery life). I don't know what fits the bill in that case, maybe a business class or workstation Lenovo with a larger aftermarket battery?
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    Asus or gigabyte have similar models. The Asus gaming laptops may be a good fit if you don't care about portability.
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    You're probably looking at a higher end model of the WS60 that comes with more ssd space and a 3k screen. They should have lower end models come out soon (in the next month) for under 2k. At least get the gs60 over the gt70. Same hardware, same performance, much more portable package for just a few hundred dollars more. Edit: I stand corrected, seems the model I'm talking about will retail for 2200 on launch... Interesting. Gs60 ghost pro non-3k is my recommendation then.
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