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    Kyonkanno got a reaction from Dutch-stoner in Does it matter what SSD you buy?   
    Yeah, I don't think your SSD will give you problems. Kingston is trying to market HyperX almost as a separate brand, aimed at higher end clients.
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    Kyonkanno got a reaction from porina in Does it matter what SSD you buy?   
    Hello guys, I just wanted to share my experience and to hear your experiences on this regard. I have many computers around the house and have all kinds of SSDs. From Samsung 850 PRO down to a Kingston 120 GB UV400. Reviews shows that the 850 PRO is leaps and bounds faster than a lower end drive like the UV400. BUT in my experience, the lower end SSDs offer a close to indistinguishable experience to the higher end SSDs.
     
    I haven't taken the time to measure precise numbers, but even if the 850 pro boots in 5 seconds and the UV400 boots in 10, it's good enough for me! I also have some other computers with mid end SSDs and have to say the same. It just leaves me thinking, Is it worth to pay the premium for not noticeable performance? Even Linus has said that NVME SSDs don't offer that OMGWTFBBQPWNT effect, when compared to any reliable SSD.

    So my advice would be to buy any SSD you want as long as it's from a reputable brand and paying more attention to data integrity than performance. Also if you need other non-performance related features, like encryption, then you NEED to buy an SSD with those features. But the average Joe doesn't even think about encrypting his SSD.
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    Kyonkanno got a reaction from Shiv78 in Repeated names actually make sense!   
    I actually do see people buying and replacing car engines for their mustangs by themselves.
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    Kyonkanno got a reaction from IAmAndre in Repeated names actually make sense!   
    I know most people (specially Linus) don't like manufacturers to repeat names, ala Apple style. But there is logic behind repeating names. The main reason why I think repeating names should be the norm is for upgrade reasons.
     
    Let's take the Razer blade 14 for example. When you repeat the name you know it's the same product, but with upgraded internals. Even if it's not the same product, but a totally redesigned one, you are telling your customers that want to upgrade from the old model which one they should upgrade to, if they wanted to stay in the same product range.
     
    Much like how cars keep their names, for example Honda Civic. You are telling your customers, "oh you liked our car and want to upgrade your 7 year old car? Here is a redesigned one that functions exactly the same as the one you have but is more efficient and better looking". Something of the sorts. Dell is also a prominent name repeater and it works quite well for them. Inspiron (middle range value laptops), Vostro (low end laptops), XPS (High end laptops) and so on a so forth.
     
    And if you want to prevent "confusion" from older and newer models, just slap the year behind the product name and you are done!
     
    Further more, if you create new names every time you upgrade your products, you will end up confusing the heck out of people that don't follow your lineup 24/7.
     
    People are specially disgusted by the Titan X (maxwell) vs Titan X (Pascal). just slap the year behind the name and voila! zero confusion.
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    Kyonkanno reacted to it_dont_work in how to game with a 8000 dpi mouse?   
    it's comfy, has buttons in the right place etc. Then the dpi comes second, anything over about 1600 is good for me, I'm only using a cougar 200m ($20) atm good for my claw grip and at a max of 2000pdi is easy enough to fly through my multi 1440 setup.
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    Kyonkanno got a reaction from SpaceGhostC2C in now is the time to buy used GPU   
    Just wanted to share my findings for those who are willing to buy used stuff. I just landed myself a R9 Fury for 250$ on ebay. That's amazing value right there. It offers up to 95% of the performance a 1070 offers and for almost half the price. I tried searching for a used 980 (Ti & non Ti) and they both sell for well over 350$.
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    Kyonkanno got a reaction from Mortis Angelus in now is the time to buy used GPU   
    Just wanted to share my findings for those who are willing to buy used stuff. I just landed myself a R9 Fury for 250$ on ebay. That's amazing value right there. It offers up to 95% of the performance a 1070 offers and for almost half the price. I tried searching for a used 980 (Ti & non Ti) and they both sell for well over 350$.
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    Kyonkanno reacted to jared404 in Not getting 1 gbps speed   
    Also try disabling windows firewall on both systems. Make sure you have secure wifi before you do this!
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    Kyonkanno reacted to Smooth Bunz in GPU Water cooling under 30$? Oh yes   
    "looks fake at this point" Seems legit
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    Kyonkanno reacted to Ryoutarou97 in GPU Water cooling under 30$? Oh yes   
    Do the impossible
    Expand the unexpandable
    Row! Row!
    Fight the power!
     
    Cool project 
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    Kyonkanno reacted to SansVarnic in Holy cow Hard tubing fittings are EXPENSIVE!   
    Click edit > Use Full Editor and then you can change the title.
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    Kyonkanno got a reaction from Dark_Fuzzy in Holy cow Hard tubing fittings are EXPENSIVE!   
    So I was researching about hard tubing and how to build a system with it and damn, these fittings are crazily expensive. So far the cheapest I can find go for 5$ a pop, consider you would use at least 8 to put into a simple CPU, GPU, Res, Rad, Pump setup, it goes for 40$ just in fittings! Am I too cheap or is anyone else with me on this? I mean, those 40$ can be use to buy another radiator or another block to cool something else!
     
    I think the company making the fittings work with the razor business model. Tubing is dirt cheap, but the fittings (which you NEED to use the tubing) are ridiculously expensive.
     
    Yeah I know I gotta pay to play, but man...
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    Kyonkanno got a reaction from Dobbsjr in GPU Water cooling under 30$? Oh yes   
    Moved content to OP
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    Kyonkanno got a reaction from cynicaldriver in GPU Water cooling under 30$? Oh yes   
    Hello guys, I just wanted to share my ongoing project with you guys. I'm Halfway through and I think it is an awesome project. forget about noisy reference cooler designs.
     
    Parts list:
    -Water Block ---7.58
    -Radiator --- 14.99
    -Thermal Adhesive ---6.72
    -Tubbing --- 3.00
    -Coolant/Corrosion inhibitor - free (I had some lying around from my garage)
     Ok, I lied about the 30$, that's 32.29$ I'm sorry, please don't burn me alive.

    I'll leave this picture here and later on provide a step by step of how I made it possible. It is a 290, btw



    I know this pictures looks fake at this point, but I assure you it is not. What do you guys think?





    Here's a hint of what's going on inside. The stock cooler is basically a giant heatpipe that was crushed to make a flat surface which is the contact between the gpu and the aluminum heats ink.
     
    Alright, enough waiting guys. WARNING: This is an EXTREMELY Guetto build. If you are an elitist that has the luxury to spend 500$ on a single water block, you might get offended.
     
    So this are the main components I used to put all this together.
     

     
    Taking off the cover, reveals the aluminum heatsink that is glued on top of a copper piece (I think it's a giant Heatpipe). So the stock cooler has a copper piece directly on top of the GPU die that spreads the heat through most of the length of the card, which in turn transfers the heat into the aluminum heatsink. It is a, dare I say, efficient design, it's just that the fan is too freaking loud. So I decided to transfer that heat somewhere else, WITH A WATER BLOCK!!!
     
    So the first step was to figure out a way to mount the water block. I could have zip tied it or fabricate a mount out of acrylic or aluminum, but that would have left the RAM and other components to overheat, So I decided to shave off part of the aluminum heatsink and then glue the water block with thermal adhesive. 
     

    Here you can see where the water block was going to fit. At first, I was planning to cut only that part out but it proved too difficult/troublesome, so I cut right through. Notice that the water block would sit directly on top of the GPU die.
     
     
     
    After a lot of cutting, pulling and sanding, I end up with a pretty smooth surface on the copper piece. At first I used a dremel rotary tool to cut it, but it's cut was too shallow and couldn't reach the bottom of the heatsink. So I want with a full size rotary cutter, with care to not cut into the copper. Once I was like 3 mm from reaching the copper, I switched to a hacksaw and finished the job with some elbow grease.
     

    It may not look like it, but the surface is as smooth as a baby's ass.
     

    Water block glued with Artic Alumina thermal adhesive. Yeah, those are zip ties.
     
    So this is basically all my progress until now. I still need to connect it to my current loop that only covers the CPU. This is a two part project because my current loop is a non expandable AIO Water cooler and my job is to expand the unexpandable... More guetto projects for you  
     
    So I thought I had updated this post long ago, from my phone but apparently my computer didn't upload the update or I close the browser before it finished uploading. So here is my update. It is working!! Although my original design doesn't seem to work as expected. More on that later.

    So here is the AIO that is going to be Frankenstein-ed. On particular thing about this AIO that was totally GODSENT was the tubing, even though the fittings are some small diameter (1/4" I think) the tubing itself made it exactly the diameter for my 5/16 tubing. So I just cut the tubes and slide in my new tubing on top of the old one and VOILA! it fits perfectly.

     
    Some coolant with anti corrosive for good measure.

     
    here is my Extra guetto reservoir, a plastic condiment container I epoxied a tube to the bottom of it.

     
    So I had to put two radiators together in order to get the required cooling capacity for the added heat (the GPU) I had a extra thick fan which I sandwiched between the radiators for them to fit in my case. They are both Aluminum.

     
    After assembling everything up, it was testing time.


    After filling up the whole loop, there were bubbles EVERYWHERE so I had to move the radiators and blocks in different angles for them to come out.

     
    So the system isn't giving me the temperatures I was hoping for. I think the waterblock to GPU cooler design isn't very efficient, I will have to modify it and make the water block a direct contact with the GPU. Also, there might still be some bubbles inside the CPU Water block/pump. As off now, the computer has workable temperatures, but when under load, it gets hot... too hot I'd say. If you guys have any idea of what might be happening, suggestions are welcome!
     

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    Kyonkanno got a reaction from Vitalius in Building NAS help   
    oh and the laptop doesn't have windows on it. I will be using NAS4Free
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    Kyonkanno got a reaction from Vitalius in Building NAS help   
    Hello guys, I'm planning to build a NAS for home use, I don't need anything crazy, just a file server to hold my photos and videos in a safe way. Only 3 persons will be having frequent access to the files. I'm thinking like 3x2TB drives.
     
    So I have an old Netbook lying around (HP Mini 210 Intel Atom 450) that I want to turn into a NAS. I've already figured out a way to connect 4 drives into it, I'll just pull out the wifi card, slap a miniPcie to sata adapter (2 ports), another adapter to the mSata port and the built in sata port gives me a total of 4 sata connectors. SO the only thing that I'm still having trouble with is what filesystem to use? I know ZFS is out of the question since I can only have 2 GB max of ram (1 GB currently). But I still want to have some parity in order to keep things a little "safer". I was thinking that maybe RAID 5, but then the flaw thing with drives failing to recover information and killing the whole pool in the process.
     
    What can you guys recommend to set it up with?
     
     
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