RAID 1 Mirroring with Windows 7 « Buildegg Articles. RAID 1 Mirroring with Windows 7 Hate the idea of possibly loosing all of your files if (and when) you hard drive dies?
Considering implementing a mirrored array (RAID Level 1) for your important data. Most PC users today have two immediate options for building a mirrored array of hard disks: their motherboard's chipset and within Windows. This article focusing on setting up and managing a mirrored array by using Windows 7. What is RAID 1? RAID Level 1 can also be referred to as a mirrored array of hard drives. Why use Windows instead of the Chipset?
Any decent motherboard today will have a chipset whose hard drive controller will offer various levels of RAID. For the purposes of having a mirrored array, I strongly suggest building it through Windows instead of the chipset for the following reasons: AMD A10-5800K & A8-5600K Review: Trinity on the Desktop, Part 1. Portal 2 Portal 2 continues to be the latest and greatest Source engine game to come out of Valve's offices.
While Source continues to be a DX9 engine, and hence is designed to allow games to be playable on a wide range of hardware, Valve has continued to upgrade it over the years to improve its quality, and combined with their choice of style you'd have a hard time telling it's over 7 years old at this point. From a rendering standpoint Portal 2 isn't particularly geometry heavy, but it does make plenty of use of shaders. Portal 2 performance is one of the stronger showings for Trinity. In both of these tests we're seeing aorund a 28% increase in performance compared to the A8-3870K. Battlefield 3 Its popularity aside, Battlefield 3 may be the most interesting game in our benchmark suite for a single reason: it was the first AAA DX10+ game. We're back down to more modest gains in our Battlefield 3 test: Trinity shows a 15% increase in performance compared to Llano at the high end.
Charts, benchmarks CPU Charts 2012, [02] Cinebench 11.5. Review Wesena ITX5. Jul 08 2012 Boasting clean lines, the right look, and solid construction for Mini-ITX based systems the Wesena ITX5 all-aluminum enclosure offers capabilities very similar to the ITX7; by removing optical drive support in a slightly lower cost ($80) package.
Building a name for quality takes time and attention to feedback, so it was fantastic to examine the generational differences between the two small form-factor (SFF) home theater PC (HTPC) chassis from Wesena. As a refinement on the previous iteration we hope to see the niggles around fit-and-finish addressed. Chassis Specifications Having previously reviewed the ITX7 the heft and quality of materials observed when opening the Wesena ITX5 were not surprising, but the enhancements in both the unboxing experience and presentation of the SFF chassis were pleasantly so. The storage bracket also underwent change -- with a higher grade of steel, better paint, and the inclusion of mounting holes for a second 2.5” storage device.
Review nMEDIAPC HTPC 7000B Micro-ATX / Mini-ITX HTPC Case. Mar 06 2012 nMEDIAPC has made a name for itself in the home theater PC (HTPC) community for consistently delivering well-built, good-looking, and reasonably-priced chassis comfortable in the A/V stack.
Offering a brushed aluminum front panel and a street price of $80, at first glance the HTPC 7000B seems to carry on this tradition. Coupled with two 120mm fans, we should expect excellent cooling from this full-height enclosure, but with a depth of just over twelve inches there are sure to be trade-offs where the form factor is both an asset and a liability; keep reading to find out how this case measures up.
The Case Specifications Like most modern chassis, the nMEDIAPC HTPC 7000B was packaged securely;--while the box displayed clear evidence of abuse suffered in transit, its thickness, the quality of shipping materials, and buffer space provided within proved more than adequate to deliver it unscathed. Two 120mm fans are provided on one side of the HTPC 7000B. The Builds Intel Build. AMD-Based Home Office PC - Your Top Picks: Tom's Hardware Forums' Q1 2013 BestConfigs.
Five builds were in the running for this quarter's AMD-Based Home Office PC.
Ultimately, Pacioli’s “Office Workhorse” beat out fellow forum member g-unit1111’s “Yeah, I’m going to need you to work on Sunday. If you could be here around 9:00, that’d be great” by a single vote to become the Q1 2013 AMD-Based Home Office PC. Congratulations to forum member Pacioli for having his recommended build picked by the Tom's Hardware community this quarter! Packing AMD’s highest-end APU, the A10-5800K, Pacioli’s Office Workhorse is nice evolution over 2011’s A8-3850-based build. With mostly the same or equivalent components, this year’s AMD Home Office PC has a better processor, CPU cooler, and power supply, yet still hits the same price target of $500. The AMD A10-5800K packs as much compute and graphics processing power as most home office PCs would ever need, all wrapped up in one piece of silicon. The whole enchilada is wrapped up in Antec’s tasteful and timeless Three Hundred chassis.
Choosing Compatible Components. Graphics Card Hierarchy Chart : Best Graphics Cards For The Money: March 2013. What about this other card that’s not on the list?
How do I know if it’s a good deal or not? This will happen. In fact, because inventory levels and prices change quickly, it’s guaranteed to happen. So how do you know if that card you’ve got your eye on is a good buy in its price range? Here is a resource to help you judge if a card is a good buy or not. You can use this hierarchy to compare the pricing between two cards, to see which one is a better deal, and also to determine if an upgrade is worthwhile. At the request of readers, we've added mobile graphics and integrated chipsets to the hierarchy chart.