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- Sun Oct 21, 2012 6:15 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: SSD hardware encryption?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6657
Re: SSD hardware encryption?
Well TrueCrypt and similar (eg. Bitlocker) operate at the file system level. I use Bitlocker on my laptop since it has a TPM module and allows for single sign-on (I don't have to put a password to boot the computer and another to login to my computer), but each have their advantages and disadvantage...
- Fri Oct 19, 2012 11:45 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: SSD hardware encryption?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6657
Re: SSD hardware encryption?
Here is a good place to look regarding the Intel implementation. Usually, the feature in a motherboard BIOS is called "hard disk password" or something similar. A more official name for it is "ATA password" support. Since it's an optional feature, many motherboards forgo support, or are otherwise f...
- Fri Oct 19, 2012 5:31 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: SSD hardware encryption?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6657
Re: SSD hardware encryption?
I'll update this post when I find the proper links, but the Intel 320 (older), 330, and 520 series consumer SSDs support AES128 encryption on the NAND. This means that the controller encrypts the data actually being written onto the NAND, so if somebody theoretically pulled one of the NAND chips off...
- Thu Oct 18, 2012 10:42 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Windows 8: what do you think about it?
- Replies: 87
- Views: 111095
Re: Windows 8: what do you think about it?
Though I can't say positively until I try to use it on a tablet (the Microsoft Surface looks quite nice), I think that W8 is going to be great for portable, touch devices. As for a normal desktop, I'm ambivalent towards it. Some of the tweaks, like an improved Task Manager, better network file trans...
- Wed Oct 17, 2012 8:25 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: High-quality but simple Z77 board for 3570K
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4400
Re: High-quality but simple Z77 board for 3570K
Another possible option is the ASUS P8Z77-V LK. It's a little cheaper than the LE. I can't speak about the fan controls since I haven't messed with them. I've used the board in a couple of builds for friends, and it seems to work well enough. VRM implementation on any of these boards should be adequ...
- Fri Oct 12, 2012 7:20 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: format/wipe SSD
- Replies: 27
- Views: 19591
Re: format/wipe SSD
xan, which SSD were you using that slowed down so much? Most modern controllers (Sandforce, Samsung, Intel, Marvell) do perform background garbage collection (some much better than others), which mitigates most slowdowns that would be caused by read-modify-write penalties. TRIM is nice especially in...
- Fri Oct 12, 2012 7:09 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: 3TB+ HDD, Windows XP and a GA-M68SM-S2 mobo - will it work
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4510
Re: 3TB+ HDD, Windows XP and a GA-M68SM-S2 mobo - will it wo
First off, Windows XP x86 does not have native support for drives larger than ~2.2TB, so your best bet will be to upgrade to Win7 x64 (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/gg463525.aspx). There are a few companies (I think Hitachi is one of them) that have customized drivers that...
- Mon Oct 08, 2012 10:49 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: format/wipe SSD
- Replies: 27
- Views: 19591
Re: format/wipe SSD
If you're not looking to sanitize the data and are just trying to make it look like a completely blank disk, this can be done via DISKPART. I'm assuming you can throw the disk into a computer running Windows XP or later. 1. Open a command prompt with administrator rights. 2. Type "DISKPART" 3. Once ...
- Fri Aug 10, 2012 6:00 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: How to detect/observe CPU power (thermal) throttle? (reprise
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3750
Re: How to detect/observe CPU power (thermal) throttle? (rep
Hmm, this doesn't quite answer your question, but can you test using Realtemp ? When you launch the main program, it will show the thermal status at the bottom. If the cores have overheated, it will show "LOG" on the thermal status. Don't know if that means that the cores have throttled back, though...
- Sun Aug 05, 2012 5:34 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: GSOD, PSU or GFX issue? (SOLVED)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4238
Re: GSOD, PSU or GFX issue?
It sounds like a GPU issue to me. Your power supply should be able to handle that system without any problems. Then again, it is getting quite old...
Also, the 5770 shouldn't draw so much current that it needs to be separated on different rails. I would try replacing the vid card first.
Also, the 5770 shouldn't draw so much current that it needs to be separated on different rails. I would try replacing the vid card first.
- Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:08 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Intel SSDs - 330 vs. 520 vs. 510
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14609
Re: Intel SSDs - 330 vs. 520 vs. 510
An Intel fanboi though I may be, I am inclined to agree with paapaa. A good benchmark to look at is Anandtech's 2011 Light and Heavy workload -- it's a very fair assessment of drive competency. The 240GB Intel 520 scores 218.1 on the heavy workload and 298.3 on the light workload. The 256GB Samsung ...
- Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:29 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Intel SSDs - 330 vs. 520 vs. 510
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14609
Re: Intel SSDs - 330 vs. 520 vs. 510
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5751/intel-ssd-330-officially-announced-affordable-sandforce The Intel 330 and 520 series use a Sandforce controller, while the 510 uses a Marvell controller. The 330 and 520 will give higher peak performance and probably higher real-world performance. Their only weakne...
- Sun Jul 08, 2012 3:17 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Any advantage to 1.35V memory over 1.5V?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6882
Re: Any advantage to 1.35V memory over 1.5V?
In a datacenter with thousands of sticks of memory, the power savings can add up. For a home user, however, I would imagine the power savings would be less than a few watts.
- Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:24 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Does anybody want to go to a concert in London?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2189
- Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:57 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Does anybody want to go to a concert in London?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2189
Does anybody want to go to a concert in London?
Hello all; A pianist I really love, Valentina Lisitsa, is performing a solo concert at the Royal Albert Hall on 19 June. I live in the US and bought tickets hoping I'd be able to fly standby to see it. As flights are getting tight, I've decided not to go. If anybody wants to go, I'll gladly mail the...
- Sun May 20, 2012 2:31 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Which Seasonic X-series for this build?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2432
Re: Which Seasonic X-series for this build?
With overclocking, I'd still recommend the X-560. You'll have plenty of overhead.
- Sun May 20, 2012 9:26 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Which Seasonic X-series for this build?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2432
Re: Which Seasonic X-series for this build?
I would recommend the X-560. You might be able to get away with the fully passive X-460, but the 560 would be a safer bet. I just built a build for a coworker, Ivy Bridge 3570k @ 4.2GHZ, 16GB memory, Radeon 7950 @ 975/1250, SSD, HDD, etc. It takes 50w idle, ~250w gaming load. Full tilt (Furmark + Pr...
- Tue May 15, 2012 3:24 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Advice on a new phone?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9295
Re: Advice on a new phone?
I want to preface this by saying I'm a huge Microsoft fanboy, so take my recommendations with a grain of salt. That being said, is the Nokia Lumia 710 available where you are? It's available here in the US for $350 without a contract (carrier-subsidized makes it around $40). It's a pretty snappy pho...
- Mon May 14, 2012 4:21 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Can the Seasonic X-400 Fanless (SS-400FL) handle my system?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9496
Re: Can the Seasonic X-400 Fanless (SS-400FL) handle my syst
You will be absolutely fine with the proposed power supply. We have pretty similar rigs, except mine is heavily overclocked. Specs: Core i7-920 @ 4.01GHz, 1.35v Gigabyte EX58-UD3R motherboard 3x4GB Kingston HyperX DDR3-1600 9-9-9-24-1T Asus Xonar DX sound card XFX Radeon 6950 flashed to a 6970 (unlo...
- Thu May 10, 2012 4:59 am
- Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
- Topic: Nvidia Kepler, a step back for GPU folding?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 23485
Re: Nvidia Kepler, a step back for GPU folding?
I don't have much to add other than it does appear that at least GK104 (GTX 680 silicon) is a step back for computation. Its FP64 processing rate is 1/24 FP32, as opposed to Fermi's rate of 1/8, and 1/4 for GCN (Radeon 7970). It's possible that a future GK110 chip changes this, though.
- Mon Apr 16, 2012 11:52 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Server2008R2 L2TP/IPSec VPN behind router
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2140
Re: Server2008R2 L2TP/IPSec VPN behind router
Creepy...I just posted this question 4 hrs ago, and the google crawler already picked it up. Anyways, I found a thread on Anandtech asking the same question, and it seems making the registry change and forwarding UDP 500 and UDP 4500 should fix the issue. I'll test it when I get home. Here's to hopi...
- Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:31 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Server2008R2 L2TP/IPSec VPN behind router
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2140
Server2008R2 L2TP/IPSec VPN behind router
Hey! I am trying to set up an L2TP/IPsec VPN server with a preshared key behind a firewall/router. The VPN server is running Windows Server 2008 R2. Microsoft recommends allowing the VPN server access to a public IP, but this is impractical in my situation. I'm able to establish a VPN connection fro...
- Fri Mar 23, 2012 5:07 pm
- Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
- Topic: SPCR Folds Team Blog
- Replies: 1664
- Views: 1658998
Re: SPCR Folds Team Blog
NVidia GTX 680 - 1536 Shaders. 28nm technology. Power Consumption (Full load - idle) reports of 230 - 260 watts. Lower usage than a GTX 570. I'm worried about how the GTX 680 will do when folding: http://www.anandtech.com/show/5699/nvidia-geforce-gtx-680-review/17 Many of the efficiency changes the...
- Fri Mar 23, 2012 1:54 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Hard drive lose capacity over time
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3398
Re: Hard drive lose capacity over time
Another possibility is that one of the drives is partitioned as a GPT drive and the other as an MBR drive. GPT puts a ~128MB metadata area at the beginning of the drive IIRC...
- Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:53 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Does the i7 3820 support PCIe 3.0?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4640
Re: Does the i7 3820 support PCIe 3.0?
As mkk said, other than substantially better power consumption and graphics, Ivy Bridge is an incremental upgrade to Sandy Bridge. If you are planning on building a home theater pc, Ivy Bridge and the accompanying 7-series chipsets are worth waiting for. Briefly, the 6-series chipset that accompanie...
- Mon Mar 12, 2012 1:58 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Does the i7 3820 support PCIe 3.0?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4640
Re: Does the i7 3820 support PCIe 3.0?
The Sandy Bridge-E processors, including the 3820, were designed to support PCI-E 3.0. At the time of their launch, however, there were no perhipherals (graphics cards or otherwise) that Intel could test to ensure their implementation was compatible. As such, Intel didn't explicitly state Gen 3 comp...
- Sun Mar 11, 2012 8:21 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Proposed new TSMC logo
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2589
Re: Proposed new TSMC logo
Silicon foundry humor. After a wafer has been manufactured, all the chips on the wafer are tested. If they are defective, they are marked, usually with a black dot. I'm almost positive that's what the black squares are supposed to be on TSMC's actual logo. With all the rumors about yield issues at T...
- Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:47 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Proposed new TSMC logo
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2589
Proposed new TSMC logo
Due to TSMC's recent history of issues with new lithography processes (40nm & 28nm), I think that a redesign of their logo is in order.
Current logo:
Proposed logo:
Current logo:
Proposed logo:
- Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:55 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Seasonic X-400 enough for this system?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3431
Re: Seasonic X-400 enough for this system?
+1+1, that power supply is more than adequate for that system. Since you say you won't be gaming on it, I'd guess that the computer would spend most of its time sucking up ~90w. Full load couldn't make that system break ~275w.
- Sun Feb 12, 2012 11:11 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: PicoPSU 80W Enough to drive i3-2105 and ITX H61 board?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1598
Re: PicoPSU 80W Enough to drive i3-2105 and ITX H61 board?
It is definitely enough for everyday use, though if you're stress testing, it'll be cutting it close.
I have an i3-2105 in an Antec ISK-300 65. Prime95+Unigine puts power consumption at the wall at around 70-80w (can't remember the exact figure...).
I have an i3-2105 in an Antec ISK-300 65. Prime95+Unigine puts power consumption at the wall at around 70-80w (can't remember the exact figure...).