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    A Doctor Built a Machine That Helps People Die

    Morbid, yes, but gives the individual time to reconsider. That is, unless the person is really, really intent on completing the act.
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    Is it possible to power sata hard disk through PCI-e?

    Damn ... I mean, they have the supply and we have the demand, so I suppose they can charge whatever they want, but that's just bad. For the record, the R710 I threw the GP700 into is running perfectly, and that USB 3.0 card I connected is working great as well. No complaints whatsoever :)
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    Apple Unveils New MacBook Pro With OLED 'Touch Bar'

    I think the TouchBar looks pretty slick. Looks like they weren't brave enough to remove the 3.5mm jack from the side, though, and I'm not really a fan of the apparent lack of dedicated charging port. The function keys are available on the absolute base 13" model, but you only get two...
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    Who's still running i5-2500K?

    I upgraded to a 2600k a couple months ago, but I'm giving the 2500k to my son. 6-year-old on Linux? Yep.
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    Will my smartphone work for Sip trunk?

    TL;DR: Install the Skype for Business client on your phone. If your company is using Skype for Business, they're trying to abstract the SIP trunks away from the end-users. You'll be logging in to Skype for Business using your Active Directory account, and the Skype for Business Front-End...
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    Program like Mighty Text?

    Yep, this is what I do with mine as well. Makes sending/receiving SMS indistinguishable from IMs.
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    Smallest ATX Chassis

    The smallest ATX case I've used is the NZXT S340, which is probably not that small at all in the grand scheme of things. That machine has a pair of MSI 960 GTXs in it, which aren't terribly huge but are certainly not tiny cards.
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    What is everyone playing now?

    Pokemon Go on my Nexus 6 :) ...though when I'm at home, I'm replaying Borderlands 2 because I never played through the DLC. Runs a lot better at 1080p on my GeForce 970 than it did on the Radeon 6950 ... though that 6950 is still good enough for most of what I do.
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    Is it possible to power sata hard disk through PCI-e?

    Nice :cool: Nothing a little double-sided tape won't fix :D
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    AMD moves Radeon 5000 and 6000 series to legacy status

    Eh, as long as my 6950 holds out until Mass Effect: Andromeda I'll be fine :)
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    VGA In Memoriam

    I'd love to see inexpensive laptops with dual HDMI, or with DisplayPorts that support MST. I encountered a Skylake-based Lenovo E560 not too long ago with HDMI and VGA outputs that were far enough apart to connect both without having to modify the VGA cable -- would absolutely love to see more...
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    10k rpm SAS drives dead?

    Dell shipped 1.2TB 10k RPM disks in the C6220 IIs, manufactured by Seagate (ST1200MM0007) or Hitachi (HUC101212CSS600). According to the C6320 spec sheets they're still shipping 2.5" 10k SAS drives in 600GB/1.2TB capacities, so there should still be some floating around on the market.
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    Is it possible to power sata hard disk through PCI-e?

    In conjunction with that GP700 cable, yes.
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    Is it possible to power sata hard disk through PCI-e?

    That little 4-pin connector at the front of the motherboard is the only power source that can be split, and that's using the GP700. There are no Molex connectors. Those would have to be on the motherboard or internal storage backplane. I posted a link to the motherboard - no Molex there. The...
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    Is it possible to power sata hard disk through PCI-e?

    TL;DR: There is no place to connect a splitter. Details: this is what a Dell PowerEdge R710 power supply looks like: http://i.dell.com/images/global/products/pedge/pedge_highlights/server-poweredge-r710-overview4.jpg The one on the right of the picture is what you see inside the server...
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