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After reading the "clean your damn computer!" post we made yesterday, forum member Banditt sent me this picture with the following explanation:
I worked on a PC yesterday and thought you might get a kick out of this. Almost every fan on the machine was locked up due to being insanely dirty. The system would only turn on for a few seconds, show the post screen, and then lock up. After a little poking around I found that the heatsink on the Southbridge was so insanely hot you could have cooked on it. It went into thermal meltdown mode and got the heatsink so hot it burnt a nice ring around the chip. I've seen a lot of burnt cores in my time but never one that left a perfect outline like that.
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This is your end of the week reminder that joining the best folding team on the planet (Team #33) is now easier than ever. We don't give you money to join and we can't promise you prizes or other incentives, we do this simply because it is our passion and that is why we've had the best folding community around...for years. So, if you want to make a difference with a group of people that honestly care about what they are doing, join team Team #33 today.
Folding is a wonderful way to help your fellow man using your spare CPU cycles and now, thanks to the new FAH GPU Tracker v2, it is easier than ever to get started. Remember to put the number 33 in the "team" field and you'll be folding with the [H]orde in no time! Thanks to all our team members for the wonderful job they are doing.
Intel Corporation today announced it will invest more than $40 million over the next 5 years in a worldwide network of university research communities called the Intel Collaborative Research Institutes (ICRI). The ICRI program is based on the successful U.S.-based Intel Science and Technology Centers (ISTCs), and will bring together experts from academia and industry to help explore and invent in the next generation of technologies that could impact the lives of many in the future.
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We have posted our evaluation of the ASUS P8Z77-V LGA1155 motherboard and, if you are looking for a solid enthusiast motherboard with features galore, this could definitely be the one for you.
The ASUS P8Z77-V is among the latest entries into the ASUS motherboard Intel Z77 Express Chipset series. The P8Z77-V is poised as a more value oriented solution, potentially representing a great bang for your buck option if a Z77 chipset motherboard and Ivy Bridge processor get you excited.
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Attention Mayor McHack, you're doing it wrong.
Both Joseph and Felix Roque are being charged with "unauthorized access to computers in furtherance of causing damage to protected computers; causing damage to protected computers; and conspiracy to commit those crimes." You can read the about the full extent of the alleged crimes at the United States Attorney's Office website. The Roques face up to 11 years in prison and fines of up to $750,000 for their crimes.
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ETC.: PC Perspective Podcast #203 @ PCPer
CM Storm QuickFire Pro Gaming Keyboard @ Hardware Secrets
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Elite DDR3 1866 16GB @ Pro-Clockers
Motherboards: 16 Intel X79 Socket 2011 Motherboard Round-Up @ Hardware-Info
Video: VTX3D HD 7970 X-Edition 3 GB @ techPowerUP!
The ASUS P8Z77-V is among the latest entries into the ASUS motherboard Intel Z77 Express Chipset series. The P8Z77-V is poised as a more value oriented solution, potentially representing a great bang for your buck option if a Z77 chipset motherboard and Ivy Bridge processor get you excited.
I have seen some dirty computers in my day but this one takes the dust cake!
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Having someone use your video without permission sucks, but it isn't really news. Having your video removed from YouTube on a bogus copyright claim sucks even worse...but...still isn't news. Having Jay Leno and NBC gang up and do both to you is news.
Your company NBC just up and blocked our video and claimed that we are copyright infringers! But we are not! We made it! And this is the video that you said you loved! Now, if you try to watch our video (and again this is the video that had nothing to do with you until you used it in your show without asking) on YouTube it's just a big black sign that basically says, "the makers of this video stole this video from NBC, so you can't watch it!" Jay, what in the hell is going on here?
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The massive Thermaltake Frio OCK heatpipe HSF is strapped to the HardCoreWare test bench today for some benchmark action. This quote about the design of the cooler made me chuckle:
The fan's design is... interesting... If you were looking for a 'classy' aesthetic like you'd see with a Noctua cooler, you'll have to look elsewhere. But if you want a design that shouts at the top of its lungs that you are one bad ass mofo (as if they couldn't tell from the sound of all the fans in your rig whirring at top speed) then this is the one for you.
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I'll see your Xbox 360 ban and raise you one ban on all your Android stuff. Care to negotiate?
"Google-Motorola will have to take a license, leave the German market, or face serious issues that affect app developers and users," Florian Mueller, a legal consultant who runs the blog Foss Patents, tweeted today.
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Google receives nearly 1.5 million copyright claims per month from less than 1,300 copyright owners? That is an average of almost one thousand take down requests a month from each copyright holder.
"We remove more search results for copyright reasons than for any other reason." Nearly 1.25 million take-down requests were received by Google search in the past month on behalf of 1,296 copyright owners, according to the debut report, which focused on that month.
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Good thing Facebook didn't just pay a billion dollars for Instagram or this new iPhone camera app would seem like a pretty stupid idea. Wait....
The new app is similar to Instagram, the photo-sharing app Facebook is in the process of buying for $1 billion. The acquisition, however, has not yet been completed. Facebook didn't give details on when it might release a version of the app for phones that run on Google's Android operating system.
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Here's to hoping the game will be as good as this live action short film.
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Diablo III Hotfixes @ Blue's News
Mass Effect: Infiltrator on Android @ Joystiq
Why CoD Still Has Single-Player @ Kotaku
WoW Gets New Mounts @ Shacknews
Wow, there are so many things wrong with this picture, I don't even know where to begin. I have no idea when this article was published but, given the fact that the stuff in that picture is at least 20 years old, I'm going to say early 90's.
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The ASUS P8Z77 WS is the latest in the ASUS "Workstation" series and has virtually every feature but the kitchen sink thrown into it. If you are looking for a board that can fill almost any role while utilizing a desktop LGA1155 processor, then this motherboard is worth a serious look. Maybe 4-way 8 Lane PCIe 3.0 gets your attention?
ASUS has delivered its new flagship video card, the ASUS GeForce GTX 680 DirectCU II TOP. This video card features the outstanding DirectCU II cooling system. Combined with one of the highest factory overclocks we've ever seen to date in a GTX 680 GPU, this video card may be just what you have been waiting for.
XFX has a tremendously impressive track record here at HardOCP when it comes to enthusiast class PSUs. To date, four XFX PSU reviews, three Gold and one Silver Editor's Choice Awards. Its new 1KW ProSeries PSU features no wires! No not like that, but rather on the inside. Let's see if SolidLink Technology is award worthy.
Corsair continues to expand its line of Vengeance-branded gaming peripherals with the addition of two new keyboards and two new mice. Today, we evaluate the two products optimized for first person shooters: the Vengeance® K60 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard and the Vengeance® K60 Laser Gaming Mouse.
MSI has been on a roll with its motherboards as of late. It's because of this that our expectations for MSI's foray into the world of Z77 chipset based motherboards are so high. MSI's "GD65" series of motherboards have been an especially solid value and the Z77A-GD65 looks to be no different.
Wondering how the GeForce GTX 680 and GeForce GTX 670 compare to the Radeon HD 7970 and Radeon HD 7950 at stock frequencies as well as overclocked? You ask for it and we have done just that. Hold onto your hard earned cash and take note of just how the new GeForce GTX 670 compares with the rest of the competition.
NVIDIA's next generation Kepler GPU continues with the launch of the GeForce GTX 670. This GPU is positioned to provide great performance at a price level $100 less than the GeForce GTX 680. Could this be the best performing $399 video card, besting even the Radeon HD 7950? We tell you all you need to know if $400 is your price range.
Twelve years ago an [H]'er by the name of Mark blessed us with the series of stories you will find cleaned up a bit and published once again here today. Tech based humor directly from "that guy" that we have all run into at least once. It has been a while since we have shared Inside the Mind of Stuart, and we hope you enjoy it again or for the first time.
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings just underwent a major update. The Enhanced Edition offers a new zone, more quests, more cinematics, and several bug fixes. This DX9 game has the reputation of being one of the most demanding and stressful games on modern video cards. We put this theory to the test.
Is the GeForce GTX 690 the best dual-GPU video card ever built? We'll compare performance to GeForce GTX 680 SLI and Radeon HD 7970 CFX to see where the new beast from NVIDIA stands. We overclock the dual GPUs and push these as far as we can. Surely this is the best performance ever experienced from a single video card.
Corsair has diversified its business tremendously over the last few years. Behind quality memory, PSUs, and contained cooling systems, Corsair builds some very well respected computer cases for the DIY enthusiast. Today we dig into the Graphite Series 600T case that is a very big hit with many of our readers.
Creative's latest Sound Blaster flagship sound card features its new SoundCore3D chipset along with a powerful headphone amplifier, a beam forming microphone, and the return of the company's popular front panel audio I/O bay. Is this card a worthy successor to its Audigy and X-Fi brethren?
Tonight we give you a quick sneak peek of what is coming very soon from our friends at NVIDIA. There has been a lot of speculation about a dual GPU card and exactly what technology it will be comprised of. We have had some hands on time with the new GeForce GTX 690 and we have to say it is perfect, inside and out.
With a factory overclock providing increased performance the Sapphire HD 7870 OC Edition looks to be a competitive buy for those on a budget. We will be using Battlefield 3 Multiplayer as well as a few other games to see how well this video card performs against a Radeon HD 6970 and GeForce GTX 570.
