Posts by Volvo

POAST #1.

Great to see that Folding might have helped in the development of this. Fold on!

What drive is inside? EDIT: Looking at the SMART data, guess its a WD. A certain batch of WD Blue (640GB and 1TB) were extremely failure prone. Guess you got one of the shot ones.

Quote:Originally Posted by Faithh Give Windows 8 two weeks. I'm using it now for months and I'm barely getting in contact with the metro Interface. Windows 8 added a lot of new hotkeys which are very handy. To open a prog just win+Q...

Quote:Originally Posted by opty165 No, and they never will. So get over that fact and just use Start8 or something else if you really need a button to access the start menu. I don't think its justifiable having to install software...

*Sees the tag [THW]* :yaoming:

I'd think small and cheap is the way to go. There's no need for full-size ATX boards and midtowers. i3 3220 + ASRock B75M-DGS + 2x 4GB KVR's or any value RAM you can find + Micro ATX case + 500GB WD/Hitachi HDD + Any SATA DVD-RW +...

I take ASRock for the following: - More reliable - WAY better fan control - Cheaper - Overclocks well too (well, not as well as the Gene but most times its the chip that limits you) - Fast POSTing and booting. Asus boards take an...

They each have their own pros and cons. Also, two things: - You don't need two threads of exactly the same topic, and... - Don't start a flame war please.

^That. There will be no end to this discussion once it gets started. The flame war will be terrible.