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BYOB Episode 85

BYOB Episode 85

Special Guest Chris Barnes from the DMZ podcast thEndUsr joins us to discuss his systems. We’ll also tackle nVidia’s GTX690. Amazon plays me too with their cloud drive. Playon is told to move on. Welcome to Episode 85 of the BYOB Podcast. Special Guest – Chris Barnes Chris Barnes is host to the thEndUsr Podcast [...]

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BYOB Episode 83

BYOB Episode 83

We have a special guest, Michael Ross, filling in for Tim this week. Mr. Ross has some really impressive systems. We’ll also discuss his thoughts on media and cutting the cord. Its an All Mike episode on this weeks BYOB Podcast. Office PC My old P5B lasted me nearly 6 years with a minor upgrade [...]

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BYOB Episode 82

BYOB Episode 82

nVida GTX680, AMD Opteron, and a whole bunch off SSD talk on this weeks BYOB Podcast Cheap Server CPU – Yes Please! AMD has introduced a new line of CPU products aimed more at the business server crowd but still worth looking at for those of us wanting mini-me business systems at home. The Opteron [...]

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BYOB Episode 81

BYOB Episode 81

eVGA SRX motherboard, Zenbook, The new iPAD, the new Apple TV, SSD Caching with Highpoint’s new card, on Episode 81 of the BYOB Podcast. Big board, Big money eVGA’s new dual socket LGA-2011 Motherboard. For the truly hardcore, and the rest of us dreamers. Next Gen thin and light – Asus Zenbook Michael reviews the [...]

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BYOB Episode 80

BYOB Episode 80

Tonight we talk to John Wills (aka jmwills from the forums) about his setup, networking overseas, and of course Windows 8.  We are joined by John Zajdler for the second half of the show to discuss Storage Spaces and other topics.  A special thanks to John W. for joining us tonight. Watch us on Livestream [...]

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BYOB Episode 78

BYOB Episode 78

This week on the BYOB Podcast its the return of Scott Multon and this time we talk about SSDs.   Sponsor: GoToMeeting with HD Faces makes it easy to collaborate online anytime. Try it Free!   Interview with Scott Multon – Part II myharddrivedied.com Synchronous vs. Asynchronous SSDs have a bleak future Commentary on the [...]

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BYOB Episode 76

BYOB Episode 76

AMD Hondo, iHomeserver, D-Link DAP-1522, Vertex 3 Max IOPS 240GB, and Raspberry Pie? Sponsor: GoToMeeting with HD Faces makes it easy to collaborate online anytime. Try it Free! Sponsor: MozyPro Online Backup: Simple, Automatic & Secure Backup http://mozy.com/pro AMD readies Hondo AMD Readies Hondo, a 4.5W APU slated for Windows 8 Tablet later this year. [...]

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BYOB Podcast 74

BYOB Podcast 74

This week we comment on what CES 2012 had to offer. Thunderbolt, Highpoint hybrid RAID, Fractal & LianLi, Passive 3D, Smart TVs and Ceton Q and Echo. What’s up with Netflix? On this weeks BYOB Podcast CES 2012 Western Digital My Book Thunder bolt Synology NAS or is it a SAN? Highpoint RocketHybrid RAID controller [...]

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CES 2012 –Day 1-Part 1

CES 2012 –Day 1-Part 1

Here are some of the highlights of day 1 one at CES.  Make sure you check out Part 2 for some case action. Thunderbolt.  WD showed off their 6T x 4 (24T) Thunderbolt setup.  Each box is configured in a RAID 0, and all 4 boxes are RAIDED via Thunderbolt.  Check out the benchmarks.  Video [...]

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SkyDrive–AllwaySync

SkyDrive–AllwaySync

In a recent conversation with Jim Collision on the benefits of using AllwaySync, he pointed out after reading the feature list for AllwaySync, that it contained integration into SkyDrive.  Something I had missed despite being a heavy user for years.  As you know, SkyDrive gives you 25 Gigs of storage, but offers very few tools [...]

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