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On January 20 2012 08:32 skyR wrote:
Yes but you may experience some instability since you'll be missing drivers and have the wrong drivers installed.
I plan on updating my system soon (new motherboard/cpu/ram) but I have windows 7 installed on a SSD (aswell as a few games). I've got a HDD to store files I don't care about load times for.
I've written over about 68 GB on my 120GB SSD, I'd really prefer not to have to reformat and reinstall Windows 7 (and all my games and such) because wouldn't that slow down my SSD? Or is TRIM 100% efficient? how efficient is it? and how do I tell if it's working? Will the read speed decrease on the SSD or just the write speeds?
In this case would it be a better idea to just uninstall previous motherboard drivers and such?
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As an average consumer who just plays games, I wouldn't worry about it since something is going to break long before you run out of writes. TRIM and spare space exists for a reason.
And you don't seem to understand how SSDs work or what TRIM is for, I'd suggest you read: http://www.anandtech.com/show/2738
It's never a good idea to use a Windows installation meant for one configuration on another configuration. It's much easier to just do a fresh installation than go uninstall and reinstall every driver.
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On January 20 2012 11:42 skyR wrote:As an average consumer who just plays games, I wouldn't worry about it since something is going to break long before you run out of writes. TRIM and spare space exists for a reason. And you don't seem to understand how SSDs work or what TRIM is for, I'd suggest you read: http://www.anandtech.com/show/2738It's never a good idea to use a Windows installation meant for one configuration on another configuration. It's much easier to just do a fresh installation than go uninstall and reinstall every driver.
So according to this the most perfomance an SSD will lose is only about 40% (in writes) but much less in reads.
This is good news and thanks for linking the article.
I've decided not to shell out the cash for a 3930k by the way, going for a 3770k (or 3570k) when the time comes, is it better to buy right at release, or wait a month or 2 for revisions etc?
Also whats this thunderbolt I keep hearing about? Something to do with motherboards?
I know this isn't exactly a good question to ask because we don't quite have all the information yet, but what motherboard chipset do you recommend for overclocking on a 3770k?
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Thunderbolt is a new interface developed by Intel and Apple. It's meant to replace USB and DP. Not something you need to worry about since it's probably not going to be the standard anytime soon. AMD is also developing their own interface called Lightning Bolt -.-'
There's three chipsets for Ivybridge. Only the Z77 and Z75 will allow you to overclock. Z75 doesn't have SSD caching but that isn't important if you are getting a decently sized SSD.
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Right. P67 and Z68 will allow for the processors but wont allow you to overclock them right?
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No. You can overclock on Z68 and P67 as well.
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So whats the benefits of Z77 and Z75 and the other one then.
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I must have missed something. My current p67 has USB 3.0, or is that just a forward compatibility thing?
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Z77, Z75, H77 has native USB3.
USB3 on your motherboard is provided with another chipset.
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I don't care for USB3 so should I grab a p67 just because it'll probably be the cheapest overclocking option?
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Current boards would most likely need a BIOS update for Ivybridge. So unless you have access to a Sandybridge, you wouldn't be able to flash it.
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All Z77 and Z75 will have native support for Ivybridge, then?
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Yes. They're made for Ivybridge.
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Hi, I'm new to the forum, so I can't create a thread. I have a problem with accessing LAN(UDP) for broodwar. I have installed the game on my Macbook Pro 13" and updated to 1.16.1 without any problems and have played on LAN (UDP/IP shows up on multiplayer).
I recently bought a new laptop (Asus Zenbook 13"), installed SC Anthology through game client battle.net. If I leave the version as is (1.15.2), all the LAN options are there. However, as soon as I update to 1.16.1, the only option that is left under multiplayer is "Battle.net". All the LAN options disappear. I've tried searching on google, and have not came up with a solution.
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I am using a NVidia 425m graphics card, 8 gigs or ram, i5 3.66 x4 core, and I am getting like 8 fps on medium, in the find match screen
Does anyone have any suggestions?
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check for overheating perhaps? Though that graphics card is bad and if you play on something close to 1080p I'd suggest you just stick to low.
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On January 20 2012 08:27 Perryy wrote:
Is it possible to transfer an existing SSD with Windows 7 installed on it from one computer and boot it on another computer?
Yes. Will have to reactivate Windows 7 though, will have to fix up drivers. Install motherboard drivers etc. on the new system.
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So I just got a 19'' widescreen monitor, but it can only display properly in 1280x960, which I think is not a widescreen resolution since it's 4:3. The monitor say "optimum 1440x900" but I can't even find that resolution in Windows settings so I tried the Nvidia custom resolution thing to get 1440x900, but it didn't fit the screen. Is 1280x960 considered widescreen?
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On January 20 2012 20:27 Garnet wrote:
So I just got a 19'' widescreen monitor, but it can only display properly in 1280x960, which I think is not a widescreen resolution since it's 4:3. The monitor say "optimum 1440x900" but I can't even find that resolution in Windows settings so I tried the Nvidia custom resolution thing to get 1440x900, but it didn't fit the screen. Is 1280x960 considered widescreen?
No, 1280x960 is 4:3 like you said. Widescreen generally means 16: 9 or 16:10. SC2 gives you the best field-of-view with 16: 9.
You should be able to see if your monitor is not running at its optimal resolution, because the rescaling it has to do should make fine details like text quite blurry. If the monitor runs at the native resolution, everything should be sharp.
Post the model of the monitor if you need more info.
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