BurningSmile

this is tech news , not general
 
 
also no shit apple is overpriced
except for when I bought my iPhone, I basically stole one (but I didn't, I only paid ~$600 USD for one that was brand new unlocked)

Bears shit in the woods also.

I can't wait for the update video when some part of the loop inevitably leaks and fries the petabyte project below it 

Your product key is linked to your laptop's mainboard. It will acitvate itself automaticlly

have you tried turning them off and back on, no kiding.

alias nano='vim'
alias vi='vim'
alias emacs='vim'

alias nano='vim'
alias vi='vim'
alias emacs='vim'

If you want easy but can learn more in the future Ubuntu. 
 
If you want to deep dive right away Arch, its all command line based install and it is all extremely well documented on their wiki. 
 
To make a bootable Linux USB use rufus and point it at the USB key and the ISO image.
 
If you want to try Linux i suggest you visualize it. Use virtualbox to try out different distributions. 
 
You'll need a CLI text editor at some point. The main ones are vim, emacs, and nano. There are debates over which to use so I am not going to push my opinion on which to use. try them all and see which one you prefer. 
 
There are some good resources online as well as man pages. I usually point people at this YouTube playlist
 
I wish you the best of luck with using Linux! PM me or post agian if you need more help!

i swear what's the deal with the script kiddies on this forum recently?

Install a desktop on arch Linux and you will learn terminal fast

Even though this is not quite 10TB (Hopefully it will be someday), but I wanted to post it anyway 
 
Hardware
CASE: Dell Precision T7400
PSU: Dell PSU
MB: Dell MB
CPU: 2x Intel Xeon E5440
HS: Stock Dell heatsink
RAM: 16GB DDR2 ECC FB-DIMM
GPU: Nvidia Quadro FX 4600 Nvidia Geforce GT 220
HBA: Dell SAS 1068E, Flashed with LSI IT firmware
HDD 1: 1TB Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 (VMWare ESXi)
HDD 2: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKS (ZFS mirror in FreeNAS)
HDD 3: 500GB Seagate ST3500418AS (ZFS mirror in FreeNAS)
Software and Configuration:
I run VMWare ESXi 6.0 as the base OS on this server. I have the 1TB Hitachi running on the onboard Sata controller so it's independent from the 500GB drives which are running off the HBA. Here are the few virtual machines I have running:
FreeNAS: General data storage and backups of my computers (with Rsync). I am using hardware pass-through to get the HBA to this VM so I can run ZFS mirror on the 2 500GB hard drives. Windows Server 2016 Datacenter: Currently only runs my VPN so I can access my network remotely. OpenSUSE: Plex server that I use to access my movie collection. I have mounted the freenas volume in this vm so I can store my movies there. Debian: Torrent server (Deluge). Usage:
Primary role of this server is to do daily backups of my computers and act as media/general storage server. I have Plex Media Server running in OpenSUSE virtual machine with fstab entry so I can store movies on FreeNAS. I have been slowly ripping my kinda large movie collection to this over the last few months. I also have Deluge running in Debian virtual machine for bigger overnight downloads, so I don't have to leave my computer running.
Backup:
As this is the backup for my computers I haven't done anything about backing this up yet.
Additional info:
Due to the location where I had to put the server (heat and noise), I have to use powerline to run networking. So I only get around 50Mb link to it from my other computers which are on gigabit network otherwise. If anyone has any ideas how to make this faster I am open for suggestions.
Photos:

(I have the keyboard on the top of the server because I am too lazy to search the bios for option to disable the warning )
 

 

 

 

 

I don't like the change in thumbnail style for your videos. I really liked the old style

your isp might give you one for free if you threaten to leave or you can get free one by changing isp

After all the rumors and leaked benchmarks, here is an roundup of reviews from some of the most populat techtubers and articles of Intel's new 7th gen Kaby Lake i7 7700k and i5 7600k
 
*As of creating this thread, LTT has yet to post their video right at the 12pm EST NDA lift
 
PCper:
 
Gamer's Nexus:
 
Harware Canucks:
 
Jayztwocents:
 
BitWit (Awesomesauce Network)
 
 
Paul's Hardware
OC3D:
 
Level1Techs
 
 
CritTV
 
Written Articles:
 
PCper
https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/Intel-Core-i7-7700K-Review-Kaby-Lake-and-14nm
 
Hardware Canucks:
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/74160-intel-kaby-lake-i7-7700k-i5-7600k-review.html
 
Gamer's Nexus:
http://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/2744-intel-i7-7700k-review-and-benchmark
 
 
My opinions:
 
From what I've seen so far (only watched Jayztwocents and Bitwit as I'm making this thread), this Intel launch is pretty much as we expected and isn't really that exciting like the last few generations of Intel CPU launches.
We're basically get the "refining" stage of Intel's new 3 steps of " node shrink, new architecture, and refinment". As we expected, IPC gains are minimal and we get a few new features in the new chipset lineup like  more PCI-e lanes and Intel's Optane storage support. However, Kaby Lake looks like it will get most of it's performance boost in higher clock speeds and overclocking as most people like Jay and Kyle are able to OC to 5 Ghz with ease.
 
*Also worth noting that there are z270 motherboard reviews also up
 

You know, I've kept my mouth shut about the decline of LTT for a long time simply because this forum is one of the most user friendly forums out there...  But this is the most click bait title I've EVER seen and it is the SAME video they made 3 years ago.  Quite literally shows no one anything we didn't already know and really felt like a blank video just to advertise 3 different spots...  Not only that, it is showing newbs that they can just transfer drives from system to system without knowing what to do with drivers and installations... This gives me more of a mess to clean up than it ever helps fix.  I'm legit kinda upset at this video and really tired of LTT's latest conceitedly assertive and dogmatic points of view that are just simply, for lack of a better word, unhelpful to really anyone.  A new person in computers would watch this and almost instantly brick their computer because they're swapping out HDDs and SSD's without doing any of the things otherwise, and someone educated about computers looks at this and cringes.  And people in the middle are either so laid back they're not going to do anything at all, or they're so gung-ho they've already messed up 100 different computers to get one game to play.
 
I'm really disappointed here.  CES coverage had better be BALLIN and this had better just been a "filler" content to meet their 1 video per day thing.  If not, there is a great chance that I'll probably quit watching LTT all together, I'm already starting to tune out to the point where I only watch 2-3 videos a week anyways.
 
EDIT:  I want to make 2 more points that weigh in on my heart heavily as a LTT Community member (I mean hell I've been around for years and have thousands of post) and as a PCMR advocate.
 
1.  As a LTT Community Member I think LMG is quite literally defining a shill right in front of our eyes.  Just looking at this thread, not a single person has said how happy they are with the content.  Everyone is upset with it, and this has been common place for about the past 2-3 months and the response we're getting is "its what YouTube likes to see".  Who in the hell cares about YouTube and its millions of minions?  Even Linus, Luke, and Taren have all said on the WAN show that they don't even look at YouTube comments anymore.  So LMG as a company, and Linus as a individual, are going to not pay attention to a group of people (virtually at all) they they're going to market and build content for these people?  It is QUITE LITTERALLY the exact definition of a sell out.  These videos reflect more than just Linus's opinion, it reflects on me and other community members.  If someone would have asked me 2 years ago if I was a member of LTT Community, I'd say: "Hell yea, come join us on our LTT Star Citizen group."  But now I cant say that, I'd actually probably be ashamed and embarrassed to say that I'm a member of this community that is lead by these types of videos and content.  Not to include reporting and news inaccuracies.  (And to anyone that says, "Oh their not computer scientist" or anything like that, I say that ignorance has NEVER been a excuse for false advertising, inaccurate news reporting, or any other shady activities.)
 
2. As a PCMR member, I'm starting to shun LTT as a invalid source of getting any news.  I personally, look at PCMR as something like the NFL and LTT as something like a team of the NFL.  And I'm getting ready to restructure the divisions around and LTT is probably going to be left out of my top 5 news sources, especially since Level1Tech is a thing now.  I know LMG is shooting for a more fun oriented set of videos, but quite literally I'd have to go back several weeks before I found a video of a new product being launched, or something that is actually educational.  As a PCMR member, I'm just clinging onto LMG and LTT as some hope that after Linus is done making babies he will come back and grab a hold of this ship and set it right.
 
The point I'm getting to here is I hope LMG realizes sooner rather than later who it is that got them to the 1000000 subscriber mark.  Its not the average person, its this subset of PCMR people, nerds, and gamers who want to learn and be educated.  Not just a bunch of teenagers that want something funny to show their friends.

Sure you guys at LMG are busy with CES coming up, but this really feels like a filler episode. Anyone who is already a fan of LTT already knows the benefits of an SSD over a HDD and knows how to install one too. And for those who don't know how to install an SSD or reinstall Windows, this video doesn't really show how to step by step. It just looks like Luke already upgraded the laptop with the OCZ drive a long time ago and gave to his parents to use and they just threw in a new HDD with the clean install of Windows 7 just to make the video rather than using laptop that was actually using an HDD and really needed the upgrade. Why else would Luke be putting an old OCZ drive back into his potato of a laptop?

Who is making these thumbnails now? Did the marketing side of Nick figure out photo shopped thumbnails bring in more people?

You forget who you're quoting.
I used to have 15k RPM 12V fans in my server so it doesn't set fire to the city.

Key is sent I hope you enjoy.

Infinifactory
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TYSM, the world needs more generosity from people like u

You should probably just RMA the ram.(RAM usually has a lifetime warranty.) Test the motherboard with different ram.

id personally run linux, probably centos. 
 
 

You are not going to get a desktop for $110, let alone one that can play games beyond Pinball.

At that price point used parts are really the only decent option. Take a look on Craigslist or whatever you have in your area.

Neither.
27" 1080p is horrible, and 1440p is too much for a small monitor.