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The Intel i5-2500K officially uses DDR3-1066/1333 ( http://ark.intel.com/products/52210/Intel-Core-i5-2500K-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_70-GHz ) however most Z68 boards do allow DDR3-1600 to work as well... (Kingston has certified their DDR3-1600 on your Gigabyte board). (PS. Your setup allows...

I thought that as well when watching... The ultimate question: How many WD HDDs does it take to stop a .50cal? (expand for 5.56mm, 7.62mm, .30cal, etc).

Random destruction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dvWGY2bAd0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skRhhawU5Ys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_nxpKqRiD8

Mubs, see if Kyocera-Mita is an option in your area of the world... Cheaper than HP (both printer and toner), never had an issue with print quality, and PCL support (and PS for those models with Postscript support) is excellent. But AFAIK HP no longer do the toner thing on most models of printer.

Also, based on personal experience I see most failures within 6months, and mostly not until 3+ years... which fits in with their report... (All drives have typically had active cooling in place, and treated well by the technicians). But in interesting observation made by a friend who works in a...

Here is a research article by Google Engineers from back on '07, mainly for comparison. http://research.google.com/archive/disk_failures.pdf Unfortunately, publicly available peer-reviewed research on large numbers of failures and their conditions is very rare... (even hitting up the IEEE CSDL...

Yes, there is, provided you stick with Inkjets that are targeted towards the Office environment and not home users. (Like Dave mentioned, the OfficeJet Pro series, or the Epson WorkForce series).

+1. This is what we do, even though we have an Epson Inkjet (that prints very good photos), it's cheaper to use KMart/BigW/Officeworks for printing photos. When our LaserJet 1200 failed recently (worn parts, that it was cheaper to buy new than replacement parts), we found that most low-end...

I think my thoughts are along the same lines: 1. Files and folders, including navigation. 2. Printer management. (You'll be amazed how many people don't know about printer settings or even that a print spool exists). 3. Windows/Mac/Linux, etc ll have different applications for doing the same...

Saw this linked via Slashdot... Nice intro article on drive failures... http://www.extremetech.com/computing/170748-how-long-do-hard-drives-actually-live-for

The one thing I liked about the Win7 backup, was the backup itself was a dynamically sized VHD, which could be booted using VMWare/VirtualBox on another machine... (Most people didn't realise the backup file itself was a VHD, that literally was a block for block copy of the existing harddrive).

My favourite was how backup sets created with NTBackup on Win98 was incompatible with NTBackup on Win NT4/2K... (and vice versa).

Thanks for the info. As I said, the documentation doesn't make it clear. (And I only have Win8.1 in a VM solely for using "remote assistance" with the rest of the family who lice interstate, so certainly not a big user of Windows these days).

IIRC. NT4 -> XP needed a registry setting to enable, Vista + enabled it by default.

Just something I've noticed... A lot of the complaints here are similar to what people whine about switching to Mac or Linux... eg, file copy being slow, wireless not working as it was (or should be), ZIP file extraction painfully slow, Library information being screwed up... Not boasting...

There are a couple (as already mentioned). Additional ones are: 1. Backup and Restore has been deprecated in Windows 8. It's now File Versions, if you are using the integrated backup solutions. (Backup and Restore can use network shares as a backup source, and looking at the documentation (and I...

My thoughts as well. To make that meaningful you would need at least 1000 units of each drive, and test them all to death before you could draw any correlation or conclusions.

However she did ask me, that when she needs a mobility scooter (many years in the future) that I get her one like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqdDjzIjTlE

I thought it was a way to reduce the weight of the drive, making laptops lighter... (lighter than air), get it? never mind...

There is a workaround for that... (assuming the local account is the primary account you used to use prior to the update). When prompted enter your local account password when displayed. Next it will display the Live login account screen, either, a) Enter incorrect details, or b) disable...

Hi Guys, Thank you for the support. Unfortunately, she's not taking it too well, as it just topped off a whole slew of health issues she's faced over the last 3 years. But, I'm of the opinion, it's early days, it does change anything immediately so why worry about it... I'm just hoping my...

Incidentally, my dad has a similar issue. Always run 10km and half-marathons until his mid-40s, and cut back to 5-10km runs every second day for fitness when not working on their property. Found he had high blood pressure and high Cholesterol despite the doctor telling him he was one of the...

LM, sorry to hear about your troubles... Had a crap week myself... The microwave is playing up, the Blu-Ray player died, two DVD players are acting up, the car needs new tires (and lack of cash), and my wife on Saturday was told there is a 99% chance she has MS. She just needs a Lumbar Puncture...

For those that are running Windows 8 in a VM (VirtualBox), the update to 8.1 may not start due to certain CPU features/instructions not being exported to the VM Guest correctly. (Namely CMPXHCG16B, which is part of SSE2 (MS calls this instruction CompareExchange128 )). (There was an issue with...

Saw this linked on HardOCP - Looks like a good blend of traditional FPS and Mech combat FPS. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caiIamHIzBY

In my experience, cable can be faster than ADSL but here in Australia your cable connection was shared with a massive number of people, so you were all effectively sharing the 22Mbps (which was at the time the fastest offered) with up to 50 other people (and some instances it was even worse). So...

Anyone used F-Secure recently? Finally getting around to removing MSE off systems, and actually get 5 licenses of F-Secure AV as part of my Internet connection bundle, so am considering trying F-Secure. Or is Avast Free still the way to go? PS. F-Secure seems to get decent ratings in a number...

Starting new thread to not derail the New Car Thread. Most of it is held back by local Telco's not wanting to speed money on infrastructure... A few years ago, when the federal government announced the NBN (National Broadband Network, which would be completely run independent of Telco's and...

Already have two dogs, a 3yr old Jack Russell and a 6mth old Black Labrador.

Oh, since most people know the Mexican Red-Knee Tarantula are very placid and can be man-handled with care, none of the Australian Tarantula should be handled at all. Australian Tarantula's are very aggressive when hunting for food... (The one Isaac has, the Selenotypus SP2 is one of the more...

Rainforest Scorpions have relatively weak vemon for Australian Scorpions and are generally placid in nature. If stung, you'll definitely know about it: Swelling at the site of the sting, headache and overall body pain for a couple of hours, maybe up to a day with possibly vomiting, but unless...

Isaac (my son) got a new pet on the weekend, an Australian Rainforest Scorpion (Liocheles waigiensis). Isaac named her "Sting". (He already has an Australian Selenotypus SP2 Tarantula, which he named "Teddy"). Gabriel (my daughter) also got a new pet as well, an Australian Blue Tongue Skink. She...

Not surprised with the Australian results. (Most households are typically on ADSL1 or ADSL2+, with some on cable).

Damn, should've been keeping up the the news... (I see the 4 main routes that used to unlimited are now 130km/h). FYI. An news article from a few days ago does indicate the NT government will reintroduce unlimited areas for a trial period... Also, in Victoria the allowance is 3km/h over the...

That sounds like peak hour in most Australian cities! :D If you did that, you'll end up getting a speeding ticket. ;) (Most freeway/motorway speed limits are 100km/h (60mi/h) or 110km/h (68mi/h) depending on the location**). Even though I ride on the motorway from Northern Gold Coast to...

For families travelling up/down the East Coast of Australia (between Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane), a lot of people drive, as unless you're travelling by yourself it's cheaper to drive. Example, An airline ticket between state capitals will cost about AU$200-400 return per person, and...

Mind you a Mr Fusion Home Energy Reactor would be awesome to have!

Totally agree there. (most of my long range trips in the past always had a break every 200-300km for either bathroom/food/drinks). If they can get the charge fast enough, eg the typical time for a 15min reset stop, then the range becomes less an issue... but that relies on two things: The...

I personally think this is a major issue that still needs to be addressed, since there hasn't been a major break through in battery technology in a number of years. Whilst electric cars are suitable for short trips and highly populated areas, in countries like Australia and Canada where you have...

PS. Be careful with the 760G based boards, the 760G has a few quirks with supported HT link speeds and CPUs that are above 90W TDP.

Integrated should give you the lowest power usage, as you're not having to drive all the extra electronics on the discrete card. (between PCIe bridges, RAM, etc, they add up). Mind you if you want the lowest possible power requirement, nothing is really going to beat: 1. Atom based ITX/mATX...

Unless your dealing with something really old, (a 2D only card), even an old GeForce FX5200 PCI will consume 25W. (IIRC, regular PCI 32/33 slots can provide up to 25W of power, and most PCI gfx cards do use that). Also quickly checking most review sites didn't start to include TDP as part of...

See if there are any boot failure options in the BIOS, and disable as needed/available. And what do you mean by low power? I assume low Wattage... then an AMD HD5450 based solution will give the lowest TDP for a modern card. (6.4W idle / 19W max). nVidia, a 8400GS ot GT610 based will also work...

Never heard of them... (Looks likes a cheap rebrander, not an ODM/OEM).

Having a friend who works at a small regional ISP (he works in the provisioning dept), the whole mess is a lot worse than most people realise. (This is Gold Coast centric but will apply to most regional towns). As we know most exchanges in Australia are fibre connected (most have multiple 1Gbps...

A bit of food for thought about modern western society. http://themattwalshblog.com/2013/10/09/youre-a-stay-at-home-mom-what-do-you-do-all-day/

Congrats on the 10K posts LM.

for those too lazy to google it: Treacly - meaning sweet, as in sugary sweet, or candy sweet... To rephrase Merc,

Agree 100%....

More pony stuff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYk1DgaeZC8 PS. My little girl Gabriel has a few My Little Ponies, so am some what well versed in their universe...