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A Look at the NVIDIA Kepler GTX 680

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It’s that time again. The time where computer hardware advances even further to bring a brand new wave of extreme video cards. The latest? The Kepler GTX 680 by NVIDIA, which will sport a price tag of around $500 using the GK104 architecture.

The card is 10 inches in length so it is big in size, but not the biggest graphics card out there.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 is compatible with HDMI 1.4a and supports up to a 4-way SLI for a very intense configuration and is rated up to 195w.

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Cool Video: Floppy Drives Playing Star Wars Imperial March

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What? Two floppy drives working in tandem to play the Star Wars Imperial March song? That’s some great music right there! Watch as this floppy drive duo plays the song for you in the most geeky of fashions:



Crucial RealSSD C300 Series Solid State Drive Review

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The Crucial RealSSD C300 2.5″ SATA III MLC series is absolutely AMAZING. There are 3 different models:

CTFDDAC256MAG-1G1 (256gb version)
CTFDDAC128MAG-1G1 (128gb version)
CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1 (64gb version)

The Sustained Sequential Read speed is 355MB/sec (SATA 6gbs) & 265MB/sec (SATA 3gbs), whereas the Sustained Sequential Write is 75MB/sec (SATA 6gbs & SATA 3gbs). Check out more info on it Crucial RealSSD C300 Series review.



Cool: Pocket Bike PC Case Mod

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Can you say “absolutely awesome”?! This is a custom PC case mod in the form of a pocketbike! And for those who are curious, no the modder didn’t waste a perfectly good pocketbike for a computer case mod! The bike was broken already and not just disassembled for the sake of a elite-looking computer case!


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Pocketbike PC Case Mod

Pocketbike PC Case Mod

So you may be thinking that the computer obviously looks cool, but are wondering what’s the actual hardware. The specs are listed below (with little detail):

CPU: Core i7 920
Motherboard: ASUS P6T
Video Card: EVGA 9800 GTX+
RAM: 3GB DDR3 1333 RAM
Hard Drive: 1TB

You can view even more pictures of this pocketbike custom PC case mod Here.

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DIY Portable Nintendo 64: Darth64

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A lot of hardware hackers out there like to make old gaming systems into portable ones. Usually they look extremely ghetto and just overall not worth playing. However, this one looks VERY well done. I’m tempted to make one of these myself even though I have an actual N64 hooked up in a room nearby. Anyway, check it out!

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