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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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.

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 ...

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...

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.

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With overclocking, I'd still recommend the X-560. You'll have plenty of overhead.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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:

+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.

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...).