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just pick the case up. there are a few minor imperfections but looks awesome.

The author was having a stroke when writing the article.

Dude.... if you had a (quoting from that text) "relationship with 6970M" I think it's seriously time to stop doing benches and get out. :D

I know several of you guys are running them, FYI - "The Register reports some users of Intel's 320 solid state disks are suffering from a bug in the controller that can revert the device to 8MB during a power failure: "Poster Goose" wrote a message on 1 June, quoting from a PC Review forum: Be wary of the new Intel SSD 320 series. Currently, there's a bug in the controller that can cause the device to revert to 8MB during a power failure. AFAIK they have not yet publicly announced it, and won't have a firmware fix ready for release until the end of July." Bug causing early death of Intel 320 SSDs

Alienware and Bigfoot Networks just officially announced that the M11x r3, M14x, M17x r3 and M18x are now officially configurable with Bigfoots Bigfoot Killer Wireless-N 1103 WLAN card. This should provide a nice boost in wireless transfer rates compared to other cards. Maybe it also gives you the couple of milliseconds less ping you need to strike faster in FPS. (Though a true gamer still uses ethernet for gaming imo ) Also it comes with a nice software interface for configuration and tweaking, some screenshots can be found in this thread. It's already available on the Dell configuration site, for the M11x and M17x it costs additional $80, for the M14x only $30 more... No option so far on the M18x configuration page. Click on the spoiler for the full press release:

Just finished chatting with a sales guy online. I was able to purchase the XE heatsink for 18.99 + SH. EDD for that is 7/19. 8 Days before my laptop arrives.

Assuming I've set the BIOS up correctly to begin with, that is up to the fused value for the long limits and 99 for the short limit, here are the wPrime results. Four Threads (default): - Started at 2996~ (x30~) - Wavers between 2910-2990 (x29-x30) after 100 seconds - 455 seconds took for test to complete on four threads Eight Threads (as my CPU offers eight): - Started at 2910-2990 (x29-x30) wavering - 2625-2696 (x26-x27) after 50 seconds - 2625-2630 (x26) after 70 seconds - 335 seconds took for test to complete on eight threads (!! Bear in mind the second test was performed quickly after the first, and so initial starting results may have differed if I had started it from a normal idle temp !!)

30" monitors have arrived, HOLY HELL!!!!!!!!! First impressions: Heavy, hot, tiny text, STUNNING colours and I totally love 16:10.

Thanks Aikimox. May just get you to install one for me as an upgrade. rep+1

You can restore it to its proper size by secure erasing it, just make sure you have your important files backed up elsewhere

Well I certainly won't be doing 2-3 hour power cycle sessions but thanks for the heads up! Will be looking out for a firmware update.

Yeah, I've seen this... apparently they power-cylced the SSD for 3 straight hours and then it died... well, not really a real-life scenario. I wouldn't worry too much, it's definitely a bug and should get fixed, but it's unlikely to happen to any normal user. Edit: Here's what I've read online: Can be found in this thread.

Im really into the Brown sony Vaio SA signature collection series edition laptop. It has everything to name a few;button for switching graphics, backlit, facial recognition, ambient light sensor, slice battery, all the main things people need and can use in a laptop. I think the SA series has a cabor fiber chassis, but it also gots a a higher resolution screen at 1600x900. This is currently my favorite laptop out, I so wish I could get this thing but its 2499.00$ and thats $$$ also the outlet for the heat is covered alot by the screen.

What? You paid for 2.2GHz and only got 1.9GHz? Unbelievable... Go and ask for those 300MHz, now! They should send a technician who does a pinmod on your PLL

Also

and of course I can't leave this band out,

Thanks Stam for taking me back to my hair day, Scorpions is also one of my favorites band. here is a good Aussie band,

One of my favorites http://youtu.be/V2smLdYfe-o

Time for some Aussie flavour They're not strictly speaking Aussies, but we like to claim them anyway

yeah

I decided to take care of the psy side of this thread This is a legendary track IMO, it's about 10 years old and still does it for me And here's a funny one

FAQ on the scratch issue Some background on the subject - 100 years of standard Industry practice on abrasives is well documented and well understood by those in the business. Most thermal compounds are liquid sandpaper or lapping compounds by definition. Light gray compounds are usually/mostly made up of aluminum oxide. (Check MSDS for AS5,Ceramique, ShinEtsu, Dow etc. hard metal oxides are more common than you would think in thermal compounds) Aluminum oxide is what they make sandpaper out of.....MOHS Hardness scale 9 Diamond on the MOHS hardness scale: 10 Copper MOHS: 3 To be abrasive you just have to be harder than the material to be cut. Most thermal compounds have particle sizes in the range of 600 - 800 same as your 600 - 800 sandpaper http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/scales/grit.html If you are ambitious, you can calculate cutting speeds and material removal between diamond -- the hardest, (cubic boron nitride is actually harder than diamond) and the second hardest -- aluminum oxide. For the insignificant distance traveled, equivalent pressures, You will not see any difference between the two under normal use. Abrasives have to move to work. For all compounds- if you are a hardware reviewer who re-installs his sink 50 times a week or constantly rotates the sink under pressure they are going to see wear regardless of the compound used then should switch to something less abrasive if they have an issue with it like a zinc oxide compound. Empirically I have run 20+ of these giveaway's with over 800 user tests at this point and has not been an issue. In 3 years I have had no emails, phone calls or any contact whatsoever or complaints on the subject I would like to note that IC Diamond is classified/called a Flour in the business, below is an image of a IHS intentionally lapped with ICD - This can be accomplished with just about any thermal compound. Another way to picture it - Most thermal compounds are approximately 600- 800 grit, so take some typical aluminum oxide 600 grit sand paper and Mount it between sink and IHS Generally 80% of all retail sinks have 50+ PSI contact pressure, if you have high spots with an irregular contour the high spots can have a PSI of 100 lbs (see picture) now rotate the sink back and forth a few times under pressure it's going to leave a polished mark, so a general caution for any thermal compound but not ICD in particular. Also note we are doing a video comparing an assortment of compounds and their polishing capability along with microscopic images of the results with enough detail to qualify as a professional analysis and alleviate any concerns people may have.

Welcome Enfore! And thanks for the feedback. Hope you like the forums. As I was saying this is an easy going place where you can hang out, make friends, contribute some good articles or ask questions. Heck you can even post some of your favorite boobs in the off topic forum and if your a gal, well... feel free to post some man boobs. I am not the creator of T|I but I can say with some certainty that the goal of the site is NOT to BAN as many people as possible so please have fun, post often, learn something, teach us something and let us know what we can do better. Best Wishes, StevenX

X220 - no brainer. It pretty much demolishes any other non-gaming laptop. - IPS screen - Sandy Bridge CPU + new IGP that can run some games (~4K 3DMark06) - USB 3.0 - mSATA HD option - slice battery - dock - superb build quality - very light - quiet and runs cool - Expresscard for Vi-dock - trackpoint - replacement parts really easy to get I guess you could complain about screen res if you're picky. T420 is supposedly not too bad either, it just comes with regular (14") screen.