Recent content by R_1

Well, lets assume that the mechanical part is flawless and has that advertised MTBF. Few years ago (maybe 10 :) ) Intel published life expectancy of their 180nm CPU-s. It was at ~30 years. I would expect that Marvel SoC , used as controller is made on thinner process. So it will have less than...

Yep! Sony did an immensely huge favour to the digital distribution. :laugh:

Looks like notebook MXM module. :)

When to expect pre-flood price? In 2013 depending on monsoon season. :roll:

Back in year 2006-2008, before Nehalem, Core2 Duo/Quad overclocking had DRAM/FSB dependence. So it was necessary to obtain DDR2 1000-1200 RAM. At first that RAM was pretty hot and expensive. Corsair established their Dominator brand. All Dominator DIMMs had big heatspreaders, some were water...

That ARM SoC used in Cotton Candy cost no more than $20, so BOM is in $40-$50 range. $199 is just too much for HDMI stick, especially when Acer C7 Chromebook retails for that money. :roll:

N900 has USB3, but the new AC1300 doesn't. :confused: I thought Broadcom already sells 802.11ac SoC with USB3 integrated. :)

It is always better to have some headroom, that can accommodate peak consumption without vdrop and future hardware upgrades. Also every PSU gets less efficient when operating at near 100% load, so best case scenario is when high demanding game load sits on peak point of PSU efficiency curve...

PSU generates lot of RF interference. I should be shielded.

USB type not specified. :) Then probably it is 2.0.

To put things in perspective - Google ditched Intel from Chromebook too. At $249 price point Celeron 867 is not an option. :laugh: Now Exynos 5 Dual has compatible performance in Chrome OS as dual core Sandy Bridge CPU. So it is possible, even now, to replace Sandy Bridge CPU with Cortex-A15...

Well, 50 years from now or 50 years from 2050 :) EU will go thermonuclear :rockout: , generating electricity in ITER type power stations. Till then fossils are bad for your health , so some restriction should be imposed otherwise our atmosphere and Earth climate will sustain irreversible damage...

What a coincident, I have Asrock board and I am using Google Chrome browser. :toast: Few days ago I even had some difficulties updating Intel RST and Realtek audio drivers. :laugh: It turns out that driver CD was really needed, because after audio driver update THX TruStudio started sending...

Well, DX API is separate addition to the OS an should be possible to implement in Win XP. So that thingy "Call of Duty: Black Ops 2" should be 100% recycled from the old DX10 incompatible times. There is nothing new under the Sun in M$ camp, just usual stuff in front of new "wunderbar" OS...

Well, I live in EU and recently my national legislator secretly changed the law, incriminating what was originally proposed to be incriminated in ACTA. We rejected ACTA - I don't think so. For Big Money - it is just a matter of time for additional lobbying.