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It seems like ages ago that we took a look at the state of drive partition manipulation software and in the intervening years… not much has changed. This is not all that surprising as storage technology may have advanced from spindle & platter to NAND but the underlying ideas on how a partition(s) are configured has not changed all that much. With that being said Microsoft still has done very little to fix the clunky, kludge, and downright data unsafe methods they expect you to use when doing even basic partition related tasks. This is where companies like MiniTool and their Partition Wizard version 11 software come into play.

Much like most companies, MiniTool’s Partition Wizard comes in a few different formats. The first is the ‘free’ (aka shareware/freeware) edition, then the $39/$59 ‘Pro’ version (depending on if you want a one-time purchase or free lifetime upgrades), then there ‘Pro Ultimate’ edition. Today we will be looking at the free and Pro versions to see if they still work as well as they did before (when we tested v8), what has changed, and if the paid version is right for you. With an asking price starting at only $39 USD the paid version certainly seems like a good idea, but maybe the ‘free’ version is ‘good enough’ for your needs. So, without further preamble, let's take both for a spin and see what the new v11 has to offer.

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@Arinoth said in HYPERX ALLOY ELITE RGB – BRINGING RGB TO THE ELITE:

@yzfraven said in HYPERX ALLOY ELITE RGB – BRINGING RGB TO THE ELITE:

RGB must be stopped..
good review.

Agreed on both your comments!

I think that is the key to learning how to review hardware and software, understanding why people love or hate something and trying not to fall into those crowds.

I dislike The Witcher series but I respect it as a great series for amazing graphics, great content, and playstyle but even if it is not my kind of game I can and would have reviewed it highly.

But maybe legalization changed many peoples opinion of RGB haha just a side thought haha

@Mightyunit nice haha so many om pcmr were convinced the 2090 massive card was real

@Johan45:

Link to http://www.overclockers.com/samsung-t5-1tb-portable-ssd-review/

If you want you are more than welcome to post the review here. heck we will even host it for ya in the future. just drop soulessone21 a line and we will set you up as a guest reviewer 

@Midget:

Hi! This is mbdoom, the recipient of this amazing computer, I would really like to thank Soullessone21 for putting in the time and effort into making this machine so that I can connect with friends who are scattered across the country as a result of the Fort McMurray fire.
This means so much to me, at home I used to play on Steam with my friends regularly and this is something I thought would be lost due to the fire. I never thought I would have a chance to play on the PC again until I was able to save up to buy a new system (My dad made me buy and build my first PC, except for the Power Supply and Video card, he said this was so that if I got grounded he could just take away his power supply) or when we finally get to go back home hoping my PC survived the fire.
My friends were able to make it out of the city with their gaming laptops so they have already been able to start playing games again and it is great that because of you I am able to join them. I did ask my Mom to rescue my computer but she felt that my sister was more important, and though I agree I think she could have had my sister carry the computer.
So again thank you to Soullessone21, photographic_mammory, and everyone else who has helped build this computer or just provided support to Fort Mac evacuees in general, every little thing helps.
mbdoom

how was the weekend with the rig did it work well for you or was it not enough power for your intended use and is the headset comfortable at all?

@oktober:

I'm brand new here so please take it all with a grain of salt as i may just be feeling my way around yet but at first glance it's a lot to take in.

So many different subforms and sub topics it's a lot to look at at first glance and can be a bit intimidating.

As for a solution to make it a little better.

I'd have to think a little bit more before i can give a concrete answer but def. slimming stuff down a bit and maybe merging some topics and such.

Let me have a good look at the site today I'm sure we can clean it all up

Thanks for the insight

Sounds good!

I will not be purchasing any of these cpus rather I am bored and trying to pass time. That said if I had to choose right now I would likely stick with Intel. I really want to like AMD... maybe with next gen Ryzen they will finally have my full attention. I do not like that ram speed and timings are crucial to peak performance.

I do prefer newegg.ca because they do not charge PST.

Good point...will see how much time I get to play with it before I need to hand it over.

Honestly cannot put this headset into words for the price and features just Wow!

So far so good!

IF you checked out my out thread I've been able to get it to work, had to fiddle around with several different things/function calls but it seems to work now.

New laptops for both of you guys... I was thinking of getting a new laptop from Lenovo but was thinking of the Thinkpad instead for lifetime usage lolol.

I am still rocking my i3 @ 2.0Ghz with single channel 8GB RAM lol.

@Arinoth said in Some Advice to Those New to PCMR and the Workforce:

I think it depends on the situation too. Here at work they were clearing out (selling to us) some older work laptops and a manager I knew asked me a bit of advice and I gave it to him, prefacing that I didn't know if it would work but was worth a shot. I guess because it worked I didn't have to deal with a situation like this.

that is true, this is more of the "recommend a new system, then build it, set it up and you are now 24/7 support"

Thanks for the info. What payment speed do you typically use? I will check out newegg as well...I am thinking I may go for a new monitor with my bit of btc. We will see.

Anyone else use copay/coincards together? Seems good to just have gift cards. I didn’t realise newegg was still taking payment in btc though.

@upcoast:

Unfortunately, cryptocurrency mining is not supported by VisionTek warranty services. VisionTek does not support or advertise the usage of our products for cryptocurrency mining. Cryptocurrency mining is considered a misuse of the product due to the overtaxing of the graphics cards life cycle. Please refer to our warranty information here for more information: https://www.visiontek.com/support/warranty-information.html

This ^ is what I got from Visiontek trying to rma an R9 280 3GB for dead hdmi and locking up / freezing screen on nicehash or Furmark and the odd game.

It's more of an info post than a help me, I've already conceded that I lost.

Thanks for sharing send me the info anyways next month I can give it a shot in the middle of moving so right now little time I have

specs?

RHR stream goes live shortly just some gaming and drinking.

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@GaK_45 said in Borderlands - Mask of Mayhem:

Man this is the first game in a long while that I am really, really jazzed about.
Hopefully the new siren will be as cool as the last siren (maya) was in BL2.... or better yet as good as the Lilith mod for BL2... or maybe not... as that was hundreds of hours 'wasted' playing.

Leaks are saying she will be the melee character this time around like Brick was in BL1

I have a Honda Rancher 420 ES (bought it on ebay from the states "used" with 57 original miles, that is why it is a Rancher and not a "Trail" or whatever the Canadian version is). It is for work and not so much for play. I apologize if I am wrong but it sounds like yours is for play. It would be great to own a quad for play, as is it has always been for work. Enjoy that new quad!

Delayed response but I have to say, at least running it on wireless I am not impressed with kodi on my Raspberry Pi 2. The only way I've been able to get it to 'work' is having to setup a mysql library with my server in order for it to not have to take several weeks to scrap all the data from my server into it.

Even then, it seems like the mysql disconnects periodically, causing me to have to restart the pi. I haven't gotten around to writing a script so that it reconnects if disconnected. Yes I know people say I could have my server stream all the content, but the point is for it to decode on the fly, not have to worry about streaming buffering crap.

Meet archer, he is a loud sob

@Soullessone21 said in General Rants Section:

Their back, flying hissing shitting assholes...

Not a fan of the ol' cobra chicken?

In an effort to be more transparent Our team will have this drive Monday and it came out of site funds as I believe it is a worthwhile review to have and think you are 100% correct these 2 drives should be compared.

Thanks

Damn if only it was not itx I have a few full sized h170 z270 boards haha

Oh boy that is tempting. need to search the couch for some change... a lot of change

Yea that's what I figured , but wanted to make sure. Thanks

I decided that the 27" was just not working for me, plus the 1070 is already struggling with just the 3440x1440 resolution, so I pulled it and my monitor arm.

I wouldn't touch OVH, personal experience.

You have Amazon AWS, Google and DigitalOcean which are the big boys.

Depending on your needs, I could host your server. PM me for more details.

All done now.

For a day or 2 Haha.

Vinyl is on rgb works fine.

Next for this tower is new monitor for it to power, fan curve modifications and a new phantom 48v amp.

Was a fun one but time to build some giveaway rigs.

@yzfraven:

So many to choose from, the videos I have watch from this guy are good.
Doing more research on them as so many thing to look at for specs, speed and quality, as well as price.  Will be watching more  videos. Reading online.

Glad you like it!

@Arinoth Yah I do not like keyboard trays anymore stopped using them years back.

but to each their own and comfort is key

Looks amazing!

So whats your take on the wismec reuleaux rx200 vs sigelei 213?

I know the rx200 is three 18650s and the sig is two… but that to me doesnt matter.

Go with the more mature model or go for the new and shiny?

Hit up this micro brewery last night and met @yzfraven and also @LPfan4ever fan was there.

Beer was not bad and the retro games that were mostly older than lpfan were cool.

Was great meeting you yzfraven in person, have to come visit again.