#storage-devices

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torpid adder
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feels like a fresh crispy breeze from the lake

warped field
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so should i still get one?

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but if I was going to get one it would be cheap

torpid adder
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I think you should

warped field
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can u give a reccomendation for one plz but maybe on the cheaper side

torpid adder
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but the 500GB one is a good price

warped field
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hmmm

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but for me im already going to have 2tb of sppace from that hdd so i dont think i need the extra 250gb from the 500

torpid adder
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tru

warped field
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hmmmm

torpid adder
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here's a data sheet of SSDs

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if you're interested in a look at most everything in pretty good detail

warped field
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alright

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thanks

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I think im goung to go with the one u sent me

torpid adder
warped field
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and it runs just as fast too?

torpid adder
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the 550/525 is read/write numbers

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up to, in MB/s

warped field
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alright thanks

torpid adder
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yw :)

warped field
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could u actually hellp me 1 more time plz

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lol

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I need help with choosing a power supply

short lodge
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Ooh I can help

warped field
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ok lol

short lodge
warped field
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yessir

narrow sorrel
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Can someone tell me which ones the speed on here

minor sun
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which ones the speed..?

narrow sorrel
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Yeah

minor sun
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Like whats the speed of the drive?

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It doesn't list it, but I have that drive, and I get about 200mb/s sequential rw on cdm

narrow sorrel
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Yes

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Nice nice

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Amazing for 50 bucks

gaunt agate
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Max. Sustained Transfer Rate OD 220MB/s pulled from the data sheet

lean knoll
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Anyone, my hard drive isnt showing up is disk management, file explorer, or device manager

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what do I do

short lodge
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check to make sure it's plugged in correctly

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If you havent already

fringe lake
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Does anybody know of any retailers which currently have SATA to USB 3.0 physically in stock? I need one ASAP, and many of these retailers are going to take until at least June 1st for shipping

lethal palm
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Hello people, what does the 64mb/256mb buffer thingy on a HDD means?

vernal inlet
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It's the drives cache

lethal palm
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is there any significant difference between a 64mb cache and 256 cache 2tb hdd?

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performance wise

vast kelp
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I think it might be one of my HDDs?

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I will take both out of the case and boot it back up (with the HDDs plugged in but out of the case).

short lodge
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@lethal palm you’ll only see a difference in cache sizes if you have a hard drive as your primary drive. Booting into windows is faster on a 256mb cache than a 32mb cache for example. As a secondary drive, though, what matters is the rotation speed, not the cache

lethal palm
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Ohh ok, thank you very much. 🙂

short lodge
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Yep no problem

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And btw @lethal palm you should not be storing windows on a hard drive... it’s too slow now

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It’s best to store windows on an SSD

lethal palm
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hahah yea i know about that. i have my windows on a nvme drive now. Just that i want to expand my storage space.

short lodge
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Alright awesome. Take care

vast kelp
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Considering suspending my hard drives. I think they may be resonating with the case.

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I've put one disk back in (with the normal mounting mechanism) and am going to see if the noise happens again.

short lodge
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ok

vast kelp
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However when it was happening before it seemed to be quite random.

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So right now I can feel all disk writes/reads resonating within the wood floor.

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After waiting on idle for 5 min, it doesn't seem to be happening with just one disk. I'll add the second one now.

short lodge
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ok

open gazelle
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@vast kelp suspending HDDs may or may not be ideal. That does mean that the vibrations go directly to the HDD itself rather then be absorbed by the case/desk/floor. Afaik at least older HDDs had issues with that. Newer ones should theoretically have at least slightly lower lifespan from it but it could be either very minimal or a decent amount.

vast kelp
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The noise hasn't happened since.. I don't really trust it tho.

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ah

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What can I do to avoid hearing my case vibrate extremely loudly at random times, requiring me to move the case so the noise stops?

open gazelle
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kinda have same issue. Didnt care a whole lot so I damped the HDD cage. Also probs not too ideal but I guess slightly better then damping the HDDs themselves. As another interesting solution that could be done that I didnt try, finding something that can damp the vibrations from the case itself. I noticed that when I pressed the top of my case with my entire hand with an okay amount of pressure (not that much, tis a bit) vibrations would stop. Could probs do that from internally maybe

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with some sort of object of course and not a hand

opal rapids
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Hi I'm searching for a good SSD in France, my budget is 60-70€ max. What is the best for me, I want a SSD for windows and I'll have a 2TB HDD.

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NVME is necessary for windows or there's no difference loading windows between a classic SSD and a NVME

torpid adder
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there's probably some small difference

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max transfer speeds are the primary appeal in NVMe and such

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but a good SATA drive is still nice

uncut bramble
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unless you're doing extended periods of read/writes, for a boot drive you're probably not going to notice much of a difference between sata/nvme

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sure the numbers are huge on paper, but in the 20 seconds or less it takes to boot , and do stuff like launch apps, it won't really matter that much

torpid adder
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that said, if you have an NVMe slot available, you might as well get a 660p or something maybe

📎 unknown.png
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¯_(ツ)_/¯

minor sun
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@torpid adder France and euros ;)

torpid adder
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tru

minor sun
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oh wait is amazon still not delivering or..?

opal rapids
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IDK but I found it on rdc @minor sun

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At the same price

minor sun
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alright it's good

opal rapids
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Ok I just need to order a case, a psu, and a ssd

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And I'm done

minor sun
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also I have a question, the top one aparently translates to "unpack without getting angry", is that what this means..?

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opal rapids
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Oh and the mouse and keyboard

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@minor sun I don't know I found that interesting

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I dunno

minor sun
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You have a PSU, case, mouse, and keyboard in mind or..?

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oh alright

opal rapids
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I have a psu: Seasonic Focus GX 650W

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A case : coolermaster Mb511 rgb

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For the keyboard I think I'm going to take the g502 hero. And keyboard maybe the hyperx alloy fps pro

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But I prefer a more silent keyboard. With other switches

minor sun
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what switches is it listed with?

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Blues?

opal rapids
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Yup or brown idk

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Then, there are red silent but it's more expensive?

minor sun
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Browns are supposed to be not that loud, reds are quiet.

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Blues are loud

opal rapids
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So it's between reds and browns

minor sun
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reds also doesn't have a click you can feel, brown does.

opal rapids
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It's hard to figure out

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I mean, I saw tests and reviews but when you don't have the product in your hands it's hard to determine the differences.

minor sun
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this could be useful to determine the differences

sweet badge
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mx blues are bad switches

opal rapids
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@sweet badge Why xD

sweet badge
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they sound like a dying cat

minor sun
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its very loud

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lemme record my knockoff blue sound

sweet badge
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okay the switches arent even the worst part of that sound test my guy ur space bar

minor sun
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lol

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It's a 30$ keyboard what'd you expect

opal rapids
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@minor sun Ok I see.

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Red seems to be nice.

sweet badge
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linears are nice

opal rapids
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Anyway you know keyboard with those switches under 50-60€

wild sundial
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@warped anvil I am having trouble with a recently bought product I think you sent me a dead hard drive. I got it in quarantine and just now put it in but when I tried to allocate it, nothing showed up. It is a Seagate 2tb hard drive.

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@ocean vale @teal sequoia idk if you guys could help sort this out but I am @ing you anywayt

ocean vale
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T-T

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NeweggService can help you 🙂

minor sun
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DM newegg service

wild sundial
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Alright thanks

minor sun
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also have you tried to troubleshoot it yet

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maybe disabled sata port, cable not fully plugged in, etc?

wild sundial
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Sort of but I will tkae any suggestions

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Yeah I unplugged it from the sata port and the plugged it in to a different on but that didnt work

kind sierra
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Yay

minor sun
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is the power plugged in

wild sundial
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Yeah

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Just to make sure it is the thing that looks like a sata cord but is longer and has others of the same thing connected to it

minor sun
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Yes

wild sundial
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Ok good

kind sierra
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Always struck me as odd how there are more pins for power than for data on sata

wild sundial
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Im am going to try and plug a different hard drive that I have into the same sata port as the one the "broken" one is in and see if the other one shows up

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Actually wont that damage the drive

kind sierra
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No

wild sundial
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Alright hope this doesnt ruin my pc

kind sierra
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It won't. I swap harddrives all the time for data recovery

wild sundial
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Do I have to back anything up or no

kind sierra
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You can if you want to, but you don't have to as long as you don't click any "format drive" buttons or such like

wild sundial
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Ok

wild sundial
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@kind sierra @minor sun That didnt work I think it is a dead hard drive

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@ocean vale @teal sequoia What do I have to do to put in a form

teal sequoia
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Hi there @wild sundial I just replied to your message. Sorry for the delay!

odd vortex
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if i turn off my PC and disconnect my main ssd (windows & all flies are on it) for a couple of minutes and plug it back up and boot, is it going to work the same ? need to mount my ssd and just found out how to

torpid adder
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should

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but why do you need to unplug it?

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wrong cable management that needs to be adjusted?

odd vortex
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yes also that

torpid adder
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ok

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yeah, just make sure you're using the same SATA port on the motherboard that it was plugged into before

hoary pewter
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Ducky has the best and most satisfying sounding switches of all types. Change my mind.

rare harness
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why are we talking about keyboards in the section for storage drives?

hoary pewter
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Someone mentioned switches recently. So sorry all mighty section mod @rare harness I'll just be on my way.

rare harness
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... I was being sort of silly. I know the conversation in a channel can kind of drift.

vestal reef
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯

kind sierra
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I like blues, change my mind

grand ferry
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A 1tb WD Blue costs the same as a 2tb Seagate Barracuda

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Unless youre talking about WD Blue ssds

indigo dune
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I found an SSD with 3500 read and 2250 write. And another that is 5$ cheaper that's 3400 read and 2300 write. Which would be the better choice?

lean knoll
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you wont really notice it

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whatever you want

vapid nebula
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how cheap do yall think the nvme ssds will get around black friday-cyber monday time?

indigo dune
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Sheesh, that's a long time from now

vapid nebula
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i dont have anymore money in the budget to fit a 1tb nvme in there

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and i have plenty of space so im in no rush

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im going to buy a smaller ssd for now until i can get a new one

indigo dune
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You don't need to fit an ssd in there right now

vapid nebula
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just for boots on the new system

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since im getting rid of my current rig

indigo dune
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But when you ask that question, you have to take into consideration how far from now to that period of time, the price fluctuation in between that time and then, the percentages that are taken off the prices for the SSDs

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So there really is no way to tell currently.

vapid nebula
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but im sure some will be on sale for a really good price

indigo dune
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For sure

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But like I said, we can't tell from now.

vapid nebula
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okok thanks

indigo dune
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No problem

warped field
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Anyone know of some good ssd's

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like 1TB-2TB that are not too pricy

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2.5" tho

minor sun
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Why not m.2

loud estuary
minor sun
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Ick

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Not exactly cheap when it's like 6$ away from mp34 1tb lol

loud estuary
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I think you may need to do some bios tweaking if you want that as your boot drive

Lol, you and them mp34s

minor sun
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Team Vulcan 1tb and Team L5 3d 1tb hover around 100$ and are decent drives with dram

sweet badge
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also i'd try to avoid the rocket q bc its qlc at that budget, a lot of tlc drives around there

loud estuary
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$150 for the Samsung 860

sweet badge
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thats pretty bad for a sata drive

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even if its samsung

loud estuary
minor sun
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Lol

vapid nebula
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get an nvme lmao

open gazelle
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BX500 is DRAMless

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cheapest decent 1tb SATA is Team L5 LITE 3D at $105

frosty orbit
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imagine defaulting to m.2 over 2.5" lol

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i wish pricing was there but we're not there yet

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also you mean x3 at 93 ;)

open gazelle
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Sunbow has rebrands and it isnt guaranteed to get a good model @frosty orbit

viral vapor
frosty orbit
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x3 is pretty reliably sm2258 + dram + 32/48l tlc

open gazelle
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So took a look and is better then I thought it was for those issues. Tho seq writes are pretty abysmal compared to other SSDs that's just a bit more which is nice for file transfering and such.

red jay
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Anyone got a 16 tb IronWolf pro?

lean knoll
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no too much 4 me'

somber remnant
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<30$ ssds?

lean knoll
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I think sunbowa

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sunbow*

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something like that

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dramless

somber remnant
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anything with dram or am i being too ambitious

lean knoll
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the "fattydove" thing

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that linus reviewed

somber remnant
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yeah thats out of stock

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just checked rn

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might go for sandisk

lean knoll
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dramless still

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who cares for a sub 30 ssd

somber remnant
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me apparently

grand ferry
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thats a terrible deal, i got a 120gb NVMe SSD for 30$

short lodge
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does it have DRAM tho?

minor sun
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lol

potent sluice
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There's a new ram speed coming soon.

minor sun
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@potent sluice technically it's already out, just not supported on any boards we have access to :P

kind sierra
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😛

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Some of you 🙂

red jay
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WD SN750 or Seagate 510 for a 500GB NVMe SSD? The SN750's on saaale

potent sluice
ocean osprey
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@red jay both are great SSDs (the FireCuda 510 is based on kioxia flash and a phison e12, I think the sn750 uses a custom controller), but depends on if a) the sn750s with heatsinks are on sale too and b) if you want an SSD with a heatsinks to begin with

vast kelp
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There's a noticeably loud 120Hz buzz coming from my PC. I think it's due to the hard drives resonating with the case. Is there any way I can try to silence this?

kind steppe
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wt-

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how did you id this

shut furnace
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lol

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try to find exactly where the sound comes from first

vast kelp
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It's louder near the two hard drives.

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I just used an app called spectroid to look at the sound spectrum coming thru my mic.

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The graph Y axis is time and X axis is Hz, the brighter the color means the sound is louder.

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The 120Hz hum is constant (you can see a vertical bright line at X = 120Hz) and gets louder near my PC and especially near the HDDs.

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@kind steppe @shut furnace

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If I take out the HDDs, the sound gets much less audible.

plush crag
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The 120hz is probably from the PSU

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Do you get 60hz power where you live?

vast kelp
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I am in Europe, I think it's 50Hz.

plush crag
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Are they 7200 rpm drives?

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Because 7200 / 60 = 120

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And ya, you probably have 50hz power in EU

vast kelp
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I have one 7200rpm, and the second I think is 5200

vast kelp
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I'm pretty sure it's the hard drives resonating with the case because the noise gets significantly less loud if not inaudible when I take them out of the case.

plush crag
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Could get some rubber gromets to keep the drives off the metal.

vast kelp
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Looking at them, I think they already do have some rubber pads.

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Maybe not enough padding?

vast kelp
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The noise is much louder than before.

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I moved the case to try to open it up and now it's back to being much quieter.

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It came back. It's slowly driving me crazy.

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I might build myself a parsec machine and use it solely from another room if I can't solve this.

plush crag
vast kelp
tulip dust
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is there a noticable difference in 3200mhz ram vs 3600mhz

shut furnace
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Makes more of a difference on amd systems than intel

crude cobalt
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anyone know a good m.2 ssd?

shut furnace
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teamgroup mp34 is probably best value rn

crude cobalt
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im looking for something that is good for gaming, is that one?

kind sierra
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Yeah

shut furnace
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yes this is a fast ssd

crude cobalt
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awesome, thank you

shut furnace
red jay
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So my dad is looking for a new hard drive, and he wants to know what the difference between a NAS drive and a computing drive is.

loud estuary
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NAS drives are usually built for mass network storage. They can handle sustained read/writes better than a typical drive and are generally rated to withstand more vibration, so you can have, say, 10 drives running in close proximity with little affect to performance. AS you might imagine, fifty high speed mechanical drives can produce a lot of vibration that can damage normal drives

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Essentially, more durable, meant for more sustained use. Normal hhds aren't read/write data indefinitely. Usually, NAS drives are meant for multiple people to constantly use. Surveillance drives are similar, but meant for constant writes from security cameras

red jay
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So say if he wants to get a 4tb Ironwolf NAS Drive for his laptop that is a work/gaming laptop, could he?

loud estuary
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Yes

short lodge
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If it was 2.5"

loud estuary
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Provided it fits

red jay
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2.5

loud estuary
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As long as it is the correct form factor (I don't know of any laptops with 3.5" bays), it'll work great for mass storage. You wouldn't want it as a boot drive as NAS hhds are build for mass storage and raw capacity, not sheer performance like a typical sata/NVMe ssd

red jay
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Ok

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So computing is performance and NAS is storage, got it

short lodge
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SSD is performance...

red jay
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I meant as in Computing drives as in like the Seagate Barracuda, compared to the Seagate Ironwolf(NAS) or Firecuda(Gaming)

plush crag
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NAS drives are meant to run 24/7 for years and be able to sustain reasonably high i/o throughput.

loud estuary
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Basically, NAS drives are more durable than HHDs. Not necessarily faster or slower. Check RPMs and benchmarks for speed comparison, but I wouldn't classify any mechanical drive as performance these days

plush crag
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You'll want to avoid SMR drives, unless for a budget, long-term storage solution.

naive willow
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should i get a hdd or ssd for my build

shut furnace
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if you don't already have one ssd

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every build should at least have a boot ssd

loud estuary
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^

naive willow
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so your saying i should buy 1 ssd to put my os on and then a hdd to use as my primarystorage

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this is my first build

loud estuary
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Yeah. I'd go for like a 250gb or something. That'll fit your OS and some essential programs, then you can configure all your other files (including desktop, downloads, and other libraries) to a hdd

naive willow
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my os will be windows 10 home

shut furnace
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I usually keep main drive at a minimum of 256gb

naive willow
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so i should look for a 250 ssd and 500 hdd

loud estuary
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That would be a solid choice, unless you think you need more.

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Or if you have the budget, you can go with a ssd large enough for all your programs.

shut furnace
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well 500gb hdds are a thing of the past now, mostly HDDs start at 1tb of storage

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for the hdd something like a wd blue or a seagate barracuda should do fine

naive willow
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@shut furnace what ssd would you reccomend

loud estuary
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You have a m.2 slot?

naive willow
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whats that

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is it on the mobo

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@loud estuary

short lodge
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yeah

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looks like this

naive willow
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yes

short lodge
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@loud estuary what were you gonna recommend him

naive willow
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m.2 are for nvme drive if im not mistaken right

sweet badge
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m.2 is a form factor, there are nvme and sata m.2 drives

naive willow
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so what should i get a nvme or sata drive

sweet badge
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if you can nvme, m.2 sata and 2.5" sata are the same speeds, just different size

naive willow
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what is a good nvme drive that i should get

sweet badge
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what size/ budget?

naive willow
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right now i aint got a budget but i want it too be as cheap as possible

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@sweet badge

sweet badge
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how much storage?

shut furnace
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as nvme m.2 drives go the mp34 is probably best bet

loud estuary
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Was going to recommend ^^

upper quiver
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when it comes to nvme as cheap as possible, its basically a fight between the mp34, crucial P2, and silicon power A80. it all depends on whats cheapest and available for you at the moment

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also the MP510

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but that one seems to be more expensive usually

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but thats just because corsair brand name

naive willow
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its just for my os so 250 gb should be fine right

upper quiver
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for windows 10, 128gb is a minimum, and that assumes you have additional storage devices, 256gb is ideal for most things

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but if you have a huge game library or are working with large files, usually you want an extra hdd

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or if you have the budget, 1-2TB of NVMe lol

naive willow
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im getting the seagate barracuda hdd

upper quiver
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for the price and capacity, its a solid choice

shut furnace
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yeah i saw you leading up to it @loud estuary 👍

upper quiver
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another thing is that the cost difference between 128 and 256gb isnt a whole lot

naive willow
upper quiver
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yep

naive willow
upper quiver
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dont buy windows from that website, just go to ebay

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i would even say ebay is a safer bet, because that website isnt even legit

kind sierra
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(or don't buy windows) <-- obligatory anti windows statement

upper quiver
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also that

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i would suggest using pc part picker, it makes this sort of thing much easier, because otherwise i have to click all these links

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and then try and make suggestions for parts when i could just edit a pcpp list

shut furnace
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or neweggs part picker 😉

upper quiver
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i havent used it yet

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any good?

shut furnace
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not sure

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I haven't used it either xD

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I'm not much of a person the makes build lists

naive willow
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Windows-10-Home-Key-32-64-Bit-Genuine-Genuine-Product-Key-License-Fast-delivery/383542832207?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item594cef2c4f:g:e~cAAOSwku9eul0G&enc=AQAEAAACcIQvEcHUrT7nmUC3yY5qbPyaBN1nJEDYW8MyypsJPgXKQ1liinifBmHX5L8f0gZ%2F4tsOt2oOQ%2FOGe9aN5OXT94fK0iXXDiQhxX3z1tcoTIhyAdLFaKoqVSfij%2FhK8DDv%2BqOdF9sUC3vahW0wlHtvu2KQHoV8w7vnX8Ki2ZOBNGoPPYpyY%2Bpi4F3JD2U9UnCWMYk1TAR%2B5vOCOdSwDzqn%2FR6b%2BLnvuQOTsuJVoJbCo9smcmP2aO%2FXlcjaWtJV5L97vTjrDELBDA2jBEuL7J0kmptsQb5dCsGqu%2F6EPRSKwwUA2kptNrONaQ64gOUvb%2BRykcaV1yQNWpE7nXShxSXOWXIp%2BAvOG3f9coctW%2BDJUF2xizC8rnQTvk31%2BBfuXI0jSWVjJa3rv1Dai6KuouS0rxNCWrJS7PtDF1zBs4iSnqzRTW47W7cVmBOjD9Pwfd5DrTprUHgRurabRH%2FgsGxIApUNYfufA%2Btff5%2B2crk7sv3JFoufYKI9K%2FUJHzk5RRiZOsDmsQ4X6pNRhNcBP1C997HXAJDjI4%2FqHui0y9KGyyN0AhzMw1zfc0MbvWZU0tL3O63HUi0iF69SejYCA%2BeB28qMjnkrLTrRmDPvSq%2BKHAw7lNbR8jzeQeGRbIlcxV%2FHXKyb6mhPbAp9cgL%2BRz7yrT58aZCh8dmliCdJFK%2BUocFy7SkB5rqlRLTDS0CjzdOzoSPI1XaFkpHfG07VYNLjbEypRHoccYQYVrflF%2Bnkrdx9WvNEvAiUFVWq6e47xi%2B7nSxQdeI4Oh2KDHekwo%2BbQmk5CHM4wfV8Kp1n3Fndkpu1p9myjW%2FIraYPQc3WJveQNQ%3D%3D&checksum=38354283220706aab1e15a9d4a7b9a71162e4442826a

eBay
Windows 10 Home Key 32&64 Bit Genuine Genuine Product Key License F...

Supplied by authorised Microsoft partners. We believe that most problem can be resolved through our good communication.

shut furnace
upper quiver
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yep

naive willow
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this seem a bit weird tho 4 quid seems a bit weird

shut furnace
upper quiver
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for an OEM key, you paying 50 from a sham website seems even weirder...

kind sierra
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That link

naive willow
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yeah i dunno what happend there

upper quiver
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WINDOWS-10-PRO-GENUINE-KEY-LICENSE-32-64-BIT-1-PC-GENUINE-INSTANT-DELIVERY/383510340294?_trkparms=aid%3D1110001%26algo%3DSPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160323102634%26meid%3D467ed733a56b44b3a1eeefdb8fe72b99%26pid%3D100623%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D383542832207%26itm%3D383510340294%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100623.m-1

eBay
WINDOWS 10 PRO GENUINE KEY LICENSE 32/64 BIT 1 PC GENUINE INSTANT D...

Its the best to fresh install Windows 10 professional.

shut furnace
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all these chonky links

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😤

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so ya ebay has a lot of cheap windows keys. if you kind the right seller most of the time it works, amny people here use these $5 ebay keys

upper quiver
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and trust me, microsoft isnt losing a DIME on this stuff lol

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all their money comes from OEM partners who buy these keys from them lol

shut furnace
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if they were then they would actually do something about it

upper quiver
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yeah, ms already got the money for this key

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then some dude stole it from whatever OEM bought it lol

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@naive willow how much storage do you think you might need?

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256gb ssd + 2tb hdd = 110
1tb ssd = 130

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but if you dont need a ton of space, theres no need for 2tb or storage space

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heres kinda what i came up with

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the case is just a cheap place holder

naive willow
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the sea gate is 1tb

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the ssd is just for the operating system

upper quiver
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so like this

naive willow
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for the record im not rlly woried about boot time

upper quiver
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so what about something like this

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its slower than nvme, but plenty fast

naive willow
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so i should get this instead of the barracuda

upper quiver
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yeah

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do you have a case preference?

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or do you just want something cheap

naive willow
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cheap

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would i be fine if i just put the os on the hdd

upper quiver
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i cant see the cost of that because im US

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and no, you do not want win 10 on an HDD

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NVMe is somewhat overkill for a budget system in the first place, and when you said you didnt care about boot times, i figured an NVMe drive wasnt the best option

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but you NEED an ssd

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they have gone from a luxury to a requirement over the past decade

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unless you run linux lol

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alright

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heres what ive come up with

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this is cutting corners to the max without being crap

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the case really is up to you tho

naive willow
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im looking to buy ryzen 5 tho

upper quiver
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dont worry about it, looking at the gpu you wanted to buy, this will give you much better performance

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the only difference is 2 less cores, which you can live without considering your budget

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srry for late response @naive willow i was afk

midnight orbit
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Guys i just installed a nvme to my setup but now my pc wont boot up when I enable m.2 from bios

shut furnace
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Did you install windows on the nvme

midnight orbit
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No already have windows on another ssd this is just an addition to a already running setup

minor sun
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@midnight orbit boot order maybe, it could be trying to boot from the nvme SSD

midnight orbit
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I got it to work it has to do with raid / ahci modes

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I had to reinstall my whole windows for some reason

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and now when I go to my bios all drives are appearing under non raid drives

dull coyote
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So I have this gaming laptop, and I want more storage since it has 512 GB SSD. However, I want an external drive because I don't want to mess with the insides. What do I get? hdd or ssd is fine

torpid adder
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Get an internal drive and use a USB interface

dull coyote
#

what does that mean

torpid adder
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It means you get a SATA 2.5" SSD, and use a SATA to USB adapter to connect it to the computer

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As an example

kind sierra
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Would recommend at least USB 3

carmine spear
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@minor sun you know anything about the mp33?

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I know the mp34 is good but what about the mp33

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@open gazelle

minor sun
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@carmine spear not good, dramless but hmb, slow, wacky controller setup

carmine spear
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Aight so not gonna recommend that

open gazelle
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I mean if it was $10 - $15 less then DRAM and didnt have the budget for more it'd be fine

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as it's mostly just the fact it's usually like $5 uplift to get DRAM

river yacht
#

My Western Digital Black NVME 500 GB (old Editon) has been crashing my computer

minor sun
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rip

river yacht
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Guess how much I paid for the piece of junk a year ago

kind sierra
#

Probably around $70?

river yacht
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130 dollars

kind sierra
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oof

river yacht
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I wish I could get a better one for free tbh because I was ripped off

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Unfortunately nothing is free and all these giveaways I join are rigged

golden brook
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ok

tender holly
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Best 2 tb ssd under 250

golden brook
#

ok

red jay
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anyone have a good reccomendation for a 1tb nvme ssd

kind sierra
plush crag
vestal reef
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Silicon power a80 or team group mp34

lucid forum
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Would somebody be able to help me out with my ssd not appearing in windows?

calm blaze
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@lucid forum does it appear in the Bios?

lucid forum
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Yes, I got it all sorted, thank you

calm blaze
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no prob

red jay
kind sierra
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wd ssd?

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It's sata

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Doesn't crack 600MB/s

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I'm gonna go with meh

sweet badge
red jay
#

I see

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Thanks. Added to cart hehehehe!!

shut furnace
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When wd blue and black are same price for same storage

red jay
#

Removed from cart 😩

red jay
#

If I have a spare HDD, but no other slots, could I remove the disk and use it in my cdrom?

kind sierra
red jay
#

Lol

vapid nebula
#

ok so i have an external hard drive that has a lot of my games on it

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would i just have to re install steam on the new pc and be able to play the games on the external hard drive

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or would i have to uninstall and then reinstall

ocean osprey
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should be able to just point steam at the library folder on the external once you're logged into the account

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provided they're actually installed and not just backups

eager epoch
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steam is weird, but what you gotta do is point the directory to where the games are located. Then you have to go to your library and attempt to install that game, and after a few seconds it should realize its there and verify the files instead of downloading

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If the game is already installed on your pc somewhere else though it will just point to that copy of the game.

vapid nebula
#

okok thanks

red jay
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I have 2 different internal hard drives

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On my main I have steam and most of my games, on the other I just made a new steam folder and I'm now saving my games there as my main is almost full (931GB used of 1tb)

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I'm assuming external would work the same

short lodge
#

Yep

distant radish
#

best ssd?

#

and what interface should i get m.2pcie 4.0 m.2pcie 3.0 or SATA

#

and is dual ssds better

minor sun
#

Always depends on budget

distant radish
#

uhhh i dont know

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@minor sun

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what i just want a 2 TB ssd

minor sun
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the best your budget can buy :P

distant radish
#

well my pc budget is around 3500 CAD

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and i want fast ssd

#

but not sure which one i should get

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is pcie 4.0 better or 3.0

minor sun
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if you go intel, you can't have pcie 4.0

distant radish
#

ok

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yes that is what i heard

#

but i do want to go intel

minor sun
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then no pcie 4.0 for you

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pcie 4.0 > pcie 3.0 in speeds ofc

distant radish
#

what about amd

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AMD offers pcie 4.0

minor sun
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any x570 board

distant radish
#

ok

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the amd 4000 are coming out soon

#

so they are compatible with pcie 4.0 right

minor sun
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Yes

distant radish
#

but i am not sure what i want to buy in terms of cpu because the new amd cpus are coming out soon

minor sun
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just wait

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if you can wait, wait

distant radish
#

and i hear that the new 10th gen is "too little too late"

loud estuary
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@distant radish
Other thing with 4.0 is if you upgrade in the future you may be able to take advantage of it. Not saying you should cash out now tho.

distant radish
#

ok

feral tide
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Het guys i have a bunch of ssd's that are a fews years old and im trying to update them so they can actually be used but i dont actually know how

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and youtube doesnt really have any tutorial vids for it

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idk if theres some adapter cable i need so i can update it or somthing

kind sierra
#

The ssds?

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What are you trying to hook them up to? What do you want to update?

minor sun
#

I don't think you need to update them, older firmware doesn't stop them from working

open gazelle
#

pretty rare for an SSD to even get a firmware update as well

torpid adder
#

update every single day so your ssd doesnt get out of date

kind steppe
#

Storage is storage!

shut furnace
#

nope

vestal reef
#

@open gazelle you around?

vestal reef
#

When installing a m.2 drive, do i apply the thermal pad that came with my motherboard directly to the sticker on the drive?

open gazelle
#

should be fine @vestal reef

vestal reef
#

Thanks

plush crag
kind sierra
#

What drive?

plush crag
#

970 pro

minor sun
#

Cleaned up mp510 a lil, still not great writes but they work well for me

📎 unknown.png
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66% usage now

shut tundra
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I think i took the screenshot before it was done

plush crag
#

MDSZ mitigations all disabled tho

shut tundra
#

I think I am going to order an nvme to usb external housing for my old intel 600p

plush crag
shut tundra
#

its overpriced but I was looking at the asus one the othernight.

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might order if it ever comes back in stock

minor sun
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I'm still confused by my low writes

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1gb/s on a 960gb drive

red jay
#

is it worth buying an m.2 to USB 3.0 adapter and an m.2 SSD?

upper quiver
#

@red jay get a 3.0 flash drive

red jay
#

so basically it's NOT worth it?

upper quiver
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its not

red jay
#

thanks.

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my mobo doesn't have an m.2 ssd slot so

upper quiver
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your limited to 3.0 speeds, so just get a usb 3.0 to sata

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then a cheaper sata ssd

red jay
#

i already have 2 2.5" SSDs

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500 GB is my boot, 250 GB for storage/games

shut tundra
#

@minor sun what motherboard do you have

upper quiver
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then get another sata ssd ig

red jay
#

i have 2 lol

minor sun
#

MSI b450 gaming pro carbon ac

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And I ran CDM when my drive was near empty, I got like 3gb/s write

shut tundra
#

which slot do you have the drrive in

minor sun
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1

shut tundra
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ok, second slot on b450 only runs at 2x, but if its in slot 1 thats not the issue

minor sun
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Yea and only pcie 2.0

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And no sata support on m.2_2

calm blaze
minor sun
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Looks good

minor sun
#

Forks any ideas on my write speed? I'm thinking it has smth to do with software... I haven't overclocked my SSD or anything, operating temps are ~40c and fine, haven't taken a hammer to it or anything. I didn't trim at first, but now I'm regularly trimming the drive.

plush crag
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Thermal throttling

minor sun
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Interesting

#

It's semi possible

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It's right next to my d15

#

Anything I could try to fix it with without having to buy anything?

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O yea sticker is off

sweet badge
#

slap a 40mm noctua on it

minor sun
#

@sweet badge without buying another Noctua fan

sweet badge
#

slap a 40mm arctic on it

#

when in doubt add another fan

minor sun
#

Without buying anything

sweet badge
#

build a fan and slap it on it

proud quail
#

quick question, can you combine storage through disk management or command prompt? if so how? to better explain it Im saying can you combine unallocated storage from Disk 0 to Disk 1 or somehow make disk 0 run with disk 1

rustic mountain
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If you create a spanned volume in disk management it can go across drives

rustic mountain
loud estuary
short lodge
#

Better than my HP EX920 peepoSadSip

#

Better RND4K Q1T1 tho NYEHE

rustic mountain
#

lol yeah idk why but mine both did bad at rnd4k, they will get replaced with pcie4 drives eventually

loud estuary
#

I got one of those. They don't do that great on pcle3 tho 🙂

rustic mountain
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I'm in no rush but I do have 5 more m2 slots counting the 4 in my expansion card lol

loud estuary
#

Nice :)
I think 3 TB of nvme is enough for me ... with, ya know, 20 TB of HDD/SSHD

rustic mountain
#

lol

short lodge
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500gb NVMe + 2Tb HDD gang

rustic mountain
#

I have 2tb of nvme and 1tb ssd then 80gb on the nas

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80tb lol

loud estuary
#

I figure in a few years when I upgrade I'll go AMD and get another 2 tb gen 4 nvme

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Just so it's an even 4 tb of nvme 🙂

rustic mountain
#

Yeah when 2tb nvme pcie4 drives get cheap I will upgrade till then I'm happy

loud estuary
#

That'd be nice

rustic mountain
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And when the controllers mature so they get full benefit of pcie4, jump on too soon and drives won't be that much faster

bleak jolt
#

Must have a pretty big homework folder to need 80tb

short lodge
vestal reef
somber remnant
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marine biology homework

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tentacles

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oh so thats why the folder is named tentacles

short lodge
#

🤣🤣

rustic mountain
#

Mostly movies and a TON of family videos converted off vhs to 1080p or 4k if it was able to going back to the late 70's with my parents and older siblings, lots of music, and idk what my wife has on there

bleak jolt
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Hmm

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I sense a woooosh

red jay
#

There's been a disturbance in the woosh

rustic mountain
#

Lol no just not going to look through her crap she doesn't know how to organize her files in a matter that makes any logical sense and forget about file names its all just dates, makes sense to her

bleak jolt
#

I hate too do this but... R/woooosh

torpid adder
bleak jolt
minor sun
#

lol

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the first rule of r/woosh is do not talk about r/woosh

bleak jolt
#

I tried to avoid it

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But he left me no choice

torpid adder
bleak jolt
red jay
plush crag
small steppeBOT
#
MrManiac3#3473 has been warned

Reason: Duplicated text

plush crag
torpid adder
past depot
#

does anyone what size the standoff is suppose to be for a b350 bazooka

upper quiver
#

?

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standoff size is relative to the case, not the motherboard

past depot
#

ohhhh

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sorry

past depot
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it’s just that i don’t have the stand-off so i can place my m.2 ssd

kind sierra
#

That standoff would be relative to the motherboard

keen wave
#

I heard they have dram cache but seems a lil cheap

kind sierra
#

They're slow from the SATA part. Not sure if you could get that much faster though

loud estuary
upper quiver
#

those are good if your on an extreme budget

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i wouldnt suggest those unless you only have like 600 dollars or less to work with

sweet badge
#

yeah iirc hei said they were rebranded drives or something and kind of a hit or miss

open gazelle
#

Well it may not be. The info is all over the place for it tbh. 480GB specs for example are saying 300 seq r/w and yet apparently achieves much greater based on some benches. idk really what is going on with that

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did see some others speculating on rebrands based on some specs

keen wave
#

I guess big capacity has dram

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Small capacity not

open gazelle
#

they should all have DRAM

#

I mean smaller models do have less NAND chips

#

but their perf decrease is a lot more then usual

keen wave
#

Anyway it's just for data storage

#

Nvme can use ram as cache so would it be better to get this

open gazelle
#

not without software

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but with software so can SATA

minor sun
#

tcsb made nvme ssds..?

cosmic linden
#

What is the most reliable hard drive?

kind sierra
#

Most harddrives are pretty reliable. If you need really good, look for a nas or server drive

cosmic linden
#

how about those helium drives?

kind sierra
#

Very expensive, but reliable

gritty pecan
#

Hello.
I purchased an Western Digital WD BLACK SN750 NVMe M.2 2280 1TB PCI-Express 3.0 and my Asus ROG Strix B450-F Gaming won't recognize it. I have the latest BIOS, and I even tried both M.2 Slots on the MoBo.

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Any and all suggestions are welcomed.

vestal reef
#

Might need to initialize it.

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Is this the boot drive for a new system?

#

Or do you already have a running system and you just added this drive?

gritty pecan
#

Nope. Already have a running system and was looking to use this one for everything

vestal reef
#

Ya, you probably need to initialize it

gritty pecan
#

does that come in the instructions?

vestal reef
#

Probably not, one sec

#

Just go into disk management in your pc and find the right drive. Right click it and hit initialize

gritty pecan
#

it's showing my existing SSD of 500gb and a mechanical drive of 1tb

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not the new M.2

vestal reef
#

Hmm

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Maybe the actual drive is damaged

#

But someone else might have an another idea.

gritty pecan
#

I got one for my wife, but it's Intel

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and it worked from the get-go.

#

same board, same CPU, same everything xD

vestal reef
#

Ya, that's weird

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I dont know lol

gritty pecan
#

WAIT

#

I saw the scroll and expanded.

vestal reef
#

There ya go lol

kind sierra
#

There it is

vestal reef
#

Just right click it and hit initialize

gritty pecan
#

there's no option for that

vestal reef
#

You might need to set it to online first

#

Is that an option when you right click it?

gritty pecan
#

Convert to Dynamic Disk
Convert to MBR Disk

#

There's an option for Offlien

#

Offline *

vestal reef
#

Ok, so its online rn

gritty pecan
#

I can "New Simple Volume"

vestal reef
#

I haven't done this in a while so it might not be a right click to find the initialize button.

gritty pecan
#

or the Convert Options

vestal reef
#

No, there should be a button that says initialize somewhere lol

gritty pecan
#

when I openned the porgram it asked me to Initialize

vestal reef
#

Ya, do that

gritty pecan
#

I think it worked!

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there it is!

vestal reef
#

Awesome

gritty pecan
#

I put it as Z :3

vestal reef
#

Lol

gritty pecan
#

dude

#

thank you a ton!

#

I was gonna ship it out.

vestal reef
#

Your welcome ig lol

#

I didn't totally remember what I was doing lol

gritty pecan
#

hey man

#

it worked xD

vestal reef
#

Yep xD

gritty pecan
#

to make it my boot drive, I have to transfer everything to it, and then select it in the BIOs as primary Boot, right?

vestal reef
#

Yes

gritty pecan
#

once working, just erase the boot from the original one that's currently running.

#

I shouldn't lose anything

vestal reef
#

Well, your gonna need to put a os on it

#

I would back up all your stuff on that mechanical drive you have, and then install windows on the new ssd. Then boot into windows and move all your stuff back

gritty pecan
#

sounds like a weekend job xd

#

thanks dude!

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I appreciate it a ton

vestal reef
#

Np lol

small steppeBOT
#
kittylexa 💜#6969 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

kind sierra
#

Don't say that

vestal reef
#

Lol

velvet timber
#

can you DM me what i said?

#

oh. someone told me its probably because i sent a link?

#

idk.

#

w/e

vestal reef
#

@ theo? da_heck

velvet timber
#

I need help. I want to buy a SATA power cable for my PSU (G750H) for my 2 new storage drives, but I don't want to buy the wrong one and end up frying my new GPU.

vestal reef
#

That is a non modular gpu so you can't buy additional sata power cables for it. It should have enough ports tho unless you already have multiple hdds installed

velvet timber
#

I currently have a HDD and an SSD installed. I want to add 2 more drives.

#

There's apparently another cable, but I presume I lost it while moving.

uncut bramble
#

it might be worth reaching out to gigabyte and see if they can sell one of those modular cables directly, i see some on amazon, but the sellers claim they are for specific brand PSU's

red jay
#

Is it normal that my Disk or (C:) to be at a constant 100% Active time?

shut furnace
#

can cause games to lag

#

is it a HDD(hard drive)

kind sierra
#

If it's windows with antivirus on an HDD, then that's perfect;y normal

#

It's not good, but it's normal

red jay
#

Ahh

#

That makes sense

#

I guess

#

I do have Antivirus on a HDD

kind sierra
#

My advice: get a 50 dollar ssd, just use windows defender, and don't click and spoopy links

red jay
#

Click all the spoopy links

#

do it

runic nest
#

hey guys, starting to look at external hard drives for a work/fun project (ill be switching between 3 computers, so figured it make everything easier). not too familiar with them. was wondering if there is anything to watch out for or one that stands out more than others?

red jay
#

@kind sierra You say get a $50 would you recommend a M.2? And how can I transfer say my OS to said SSD?

kind sierra
#

Not sure how you transfer windows... You usually have to talk with microsoft for the key transfer

#

For a cheap m.2, we've been recommending the team mp34 series. Just pick the biggest one that fits in your budget

eternal crow
#

Quick question: I just bought an optiplex and Im about to put in a new hard drive. Do I need to transfer Windows 10 to the second drive?

kind sierra
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YEah

eternal crow
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How would I go about that?

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Put both hard drives in at the same time and transfer data through BIOS settings?

upper quiver
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you would need to reinstall windows

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so you need a 8gb flash drive, and you need to turn it into a bootable windows installer

red jay
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IF you want the system to boot from the new drive....

upper quiver
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oh

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thats a good point

eternal crow
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So, I need a new copy of windows?

kind sierra
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No, you can transfer the license for cases like this

red jay
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If it's just a secondary drive you don't need to install

open gazelle
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Transfer the license to your microsoft account, then install Win on new SSD, log into MS account, unlink license from MS account, log out of MS account (as it tends to be annoying)

plucky lintel
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any idea about any cheap SSDs

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does anyone know if there are any

torpid adder
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Fatty Dove :)

vestal reef
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Lol ^

bleak jolt
paper juniper
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@bleak jolt sorry deleting

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Anyways, the disappointment of not having enough money for a 1TB SSD to upgrade my 8 yo.

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She's pretty slow

bleak jolt
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Yeah I used a hdd just as old for a long time and it hurt but eventually I got an ssd

tulip dust
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So as far as storage goes, what does cache on a hdd do and im assuming more is better?

plush crag
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Big cache energy

tulip dust
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Sorry not following

sweet badge
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big cache energy

vestal reef
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Lol

mellow wind
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hey, i have a 2.5 inch LAPTOP hard drive do you think i could put it in my desktop ? thanks

keen wave
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Yes, SSDs are 2.5 inch

mellow wind
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its not a ssd its a hdd (Seagate 2TB BarraCuda 5400 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 2.5" Laptop Internal Hard Drive ST2000LM015)

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but i was more asking it about the connection

keen wave
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Yes it'll work

mellow wind
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like its the same sata cable and stuff ?

keen wave
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Ye

mellow wind
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ok pee

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perfect

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thnks

steel olive
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Hi! I want to boost my internal storage. Dell told me that i need a 4TB 7.2K RPM SATA 6Gbps 3.5in Internal Bay Hard Drive,13G,CusKit. Can I just buy something to those specs on NewEgg or do I have to go through Dell?

bleak jolt
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You shouldn't have to listen to them

steel olive
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@gg-toez., thanks for the advice. Do you know what specs I need to pay attention to?

bleak jolt
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Assuming your PC doesn't use some sort of proprietary connector then it doesn't matter that much

steel olive
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thanks gg!!!

bleak jolt
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Although be sure that it is a 3.5 inch drive bc I'm not sure if your pc has mounting points for anything else

steel olive
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so, its easy to install?

loud estuary
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You can get an adapter for $5

bleak jolt
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Yeah pretty easy there should be a drive bay you just screw it into

loud estuary
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for 3.5 to dual 2.5

steel olive
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is ram also easy to install? sorry! I'm so new to all of this.

bleak jolt
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Yeah

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Just slot it into the dimm slots

steel olive
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sweet! thanks!!

loud estuary
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Make sure you space them out tho

steel olive
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so, can i buy a SSD or a HDD for my 3.5" space?

bleak jolt
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Well you could buy either but if you want your ssd to not just be floating around you will want an adapter

steel olive
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ah! got it. thanks!!!

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you guys are great.

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i just can't understand why Dell wants to charge me 600+ for a 4tb intenral hard drive..when it seems like I can buy it for $100.

bleak jolt
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$600! That's insane

steel olive
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right?

loud estuary
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$600 could buy you a 16 gb ironwolf pro

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@steel olive Do you already have a ssd boot drive?

steel olive
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i have now idea what any of those things are. 🙂

loud estuary
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Okie lol... do you know the model number of the drive you already have

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Or can you find out

steel olive
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hah! Yes. I can try to find out!

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@loud estuary thank you! I

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@loud estuary i'm such a dummy about these things. but, even i could tell that the drive isn't worth $600+

loud estuary
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lol

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That's robbery

topaz python
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do it good deal i promise im not lyinger please

warm meteor
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@loud estuary here right? sorry.

loud estuary
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Okie I lied, it's actually $20 more. Mistaken

warm meteor
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is mp34 better than m.2?

loud estuary
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It's still m.2

warm meteor
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thats ok. just looking at options. maybe my hybrid drive of 5 years old is slow? i dunno

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oh

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ok thanks

loud estuary
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Just a different brand 🙂

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And TLC is better

warm meteor
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tlc?

loud estuary
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TLC means three bits per cell, which is better than the drive you had linked

warm meteor
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and these can just pop in mobo no prob. no fan. no heatsink needed

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ohh ok

loud estuary
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Yes

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It may come with a heat spreading pad you can use, but gen 3 don't get that hot

warm meteor
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ok. thanks. maybe i can install winblows and then put all my games and trading software on there

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ah ok

loud estuary
warm meteor
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ty

blazing breach
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.

warm meteor
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wheres it say TLC... i'm looking at another one on newegg and cant seem to find it

minor sun
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@warm meteor dram matters too

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Look at pins for master sheet

warm meteor
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what

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sorry what do you mean look at pins fo rmaster sheet

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wrong box. So the DRAM on the one i linked

minor sun
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Pins

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In this channel

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There's a link to a sheet

warm meteor
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ohh

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ok so.... next question. added Wattage

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ok so on tha tlist "TEAM" is teamgroup?

minor sun
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Ye

warm meteor
minor sun
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P34a60

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Not as good as a80

warm meteor
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ohhh i think i see tha tin that long drivel of characters

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yeah. looking for tha tone

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what does HMB stand for in this case? noticing if DRAM is yes HMB is no

minor sun
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Forgot what it stood for, it's a slightly worse alternative for dram

warm meteor
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oh ok. so is Team group and silicon power basically par with each other?

minor sun
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I usually ignore the brand

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And look straight at specs

warm meteor
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yeah comparing thes two

minor sun
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If you look at a80 and scroll all the way to the right

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They switched to a worse controller for later SSDs

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So yea

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I'd go Mp34

warm meteor
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oh

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wait the middle column for controller is same fo rboth

minor sun
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Oh yea btw e12 is the ideal controller for NVMe 3.0, and e16 ideal for NVMe 4.0

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That's all the controllers you need to know

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The other smx stuff are relatively bad

warm meteor
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so is thereany real need to do 4.0 over 3.0?

minor sun
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Not unless you need raw speed

warm meteor
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yeah i just need functionality speed without failure heh

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so is the phison e12 bad or good?

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you said they switched to the worse controller fo rlater ssds

minor sun
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Too expensive to be worth it

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Mp34 still better at 130$

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Can't check specs rn on mobile and doing other stuff

warm meteor
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kk thanks for your help though

minor sun
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You're welcome

fluid sleet
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I have a slot that looks like an M.2 but apparently isn't, what could it be?

shut furnace
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check manufacturers website for mobo or...

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😏

fluid sleet
#

2230 Key E(Wi-Fi) ... is it for wlan cards?

shut furnace
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yeah for wifi card i think

fluid sleet
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I see, thanks

rustic mountain
crude cobalt
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can someone recommend a good ssd

loud estuary
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mp34

crude cobalt
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good for gaming i assume 🙂

loud estuary
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Yeah. Tho again, you don't really need to have your games on an SSD if you have a SSD boot drive

crude cobalt
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i only have a hard drive, no ssd

loud estuary
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Okie, yeah, you probably want that then

crude cobalt
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awesome thank you

loud estuary
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do you have an m.2 slot ?

crude cobalt
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i have a z390 prime board, there are 2 m.2 slots i beliebe

loud estuary
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Ok, then yeah, that's a very solid choice 🙂

crude cobalt
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thanks

loud estuary
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Np

fringe lake
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I was trying to transfer files from my PC onto an external hard drive, but it's currently formatted for my Mac, so I can't transfer those files from my PC. If I were to connect my PC and Mac via USB, would it be possible to then transfer my PC files, through my Mac, onto the external hard drive?

keen wave
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You could install HFS to be able to read it from Windows

fringe lake
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@keen wave How would I go about doing that?

keen wave
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or simply format your drive in exfat

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both macos and win can read it

fringe lake
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The external drive has backups for my Mac on it though. Reformatting at this point could be very risky

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The drive contains 2TB of data currently, so I don't really have the ability of backing that up atm

keen wave
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then yea your best bet would be to install this ^

fringe lake
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It sucks that this only offers you a 10-day trial. The files I wanted to transfer were video files of backed-up Blu-rays, which my PC encodes infinitely faster than my Mac

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Either way, thanks for the help!

keen wave
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there might be alternatives

fringe lake
#

What is this type of software technically called? Like does it have a classification?

keen wave
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hfs is mac's filesystem

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so "hfs for windows"

amber swan
#

I have a hard drive from an older computer. Can I put it in my current computer without any issues? Also any cables I will need?

kind sierra
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@amber swan As long as it's a sata drive, it will work. All you'll need will be a sata cable

amber swan
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Thanks

vestal reef
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And a Sata power cable ofc

undone tusk
#

Hey does anyone wanna help me? i just got my new M.2 Nvme 970 evo plus, however i already have my hhd installed and i have a boot drive aswell, there are no extra slots for another m.2 but i would want to copy my OS into this new one, my question is how?

rustic mountain
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You can use something like ghost image to make an image of your boot drive and then it will boot into a dos mode and let you write the image to a different disk

plush crag
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Best to install windows, clean, to the new drive with all other drives disconnected.

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Otherwise - check out macrium reflect for an easy solution.

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Clonezilla is my go-to

undone tusk
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Would i need to pay for any of those solutions?

plush crag
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no

undone tusk
#

like the watermark of Activating windows?

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for the first one?

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since i need an activation key to get rid of that watermark right?

upper quiver
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remember when Naed would suggest Macrium Reflect peepoSadSip

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i remember

kind sierra
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You may need to transfer the license, but that's pretty easy, just go to MS tech support

minor sun
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Or bind to Microsoft account

loud estuary
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I've had issues with macrium refract. May just me, but I had two cloned drives that wouldn't boot and I had to reinstall

plush crag
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Did you also clone over the EFI partition?

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Or try using bootrec to fix the BCD?

loud estuary
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I don't remember, it was a while back. Very possible I didn't

upbeat forge
#

Good price/good ssd?

upbeat forge
#

What are good read and write speads for a 500gb ssd?

loud estuary
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Mp34 is a good drive

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Check the pins for a helpful guide. Has pretty much every ssd. You want to pay attention to their rating, if it has dram, and the bits per cell (slc>mlc>tlc>qlc)

minor sun
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And controller, e12 = good, other stuff = likely worse

kind steppe
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@upbeat forge depends on if u rlly rlly need ultra high read/write times, and if you are willing to pay extra for a faster ssd

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also what type? pcie storage and m.2 is faster than sata

upbeat forge
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M.2

open gazelle
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M2 can be SATA or PCIe. M2 is a form factor, not a protocol

upbeat forge
#

I have an hdd that is locked.( when you boot from it it asks for a password to log in) I can erase what’s on it and start new by reformatting it roght?

sweet badge
#

m.2 is the smol stick factor, you can tell if it’s pcie or sata by the pins

hidden monolith
#

Pcie is faster than sata right? What is your favorite M.2 format SSD 1TB for speed and reliability?

plush crag
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Price range?

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$134 gets you a WD black SN750 1TB

hidden monolith
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speed and reliability is more important than $20-50. You like the WD Black?

sweet badge
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the sn750 is a hella good drive, and the price is a bonus

hidden monolith
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Thanks. Thinking about the NUC with 1TB SN750 and 2 8GB memory modules. Now gottta get a 4K monitor, about 27 inches!

loud estuary
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Was gonna suggest mp34, but if you can get a sn750 for $134, that's only $4 more than current pricing for 1tb mp34 for a good bit better read/write

open gazelle
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could only find SN750 for $150 so idk

undone tusk
#

Hey it’s me again, so I’ve got my m.2 nvme 970 evo to work and just downloaded a fresh set of windows. My question is, when I disconnected my 1tb hard drive before the windows installation and then reconnected it why does it not appear and why is everything gone

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I did have a 12 gig ssd also that I removed to install this new one

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I had my games and everything but I can’t seem to understand where my files went

woeful solar
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did you turn off your pc before reconnecting?

undone tusk
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Yes

woeful solar
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im assuming you've also plugged in SATA power

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it's probably a windows disk thing, just open disk manager and check if you can see the drive first

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*ahem

undone tusk
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I’ve tried it doesn’t show the drive

woeful solar
#

hm

undone tusk
#

What I do see is that the drive does appear to show in the bios, but when I look at the files and check my pc there is no hard drive

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Until I plug back my old ssd it shows all my games

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And the hdd is back

woeful solar
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I'd say try different SATA data ports

undone tusk
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Hm

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Alright let me see something real quick

woeful solar
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If other SATA ports dont work, try another SATA cable. if this fails, Check the bios to see if you've enabled the sata port you're plugged into.

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Last resort is a BIOS reset

nocturne burrow
#

@undone tusk depends, like on my mobo, nvme and sata 1 shares the same connection so when i have something plug onto nvme then sata 1 wont work, so i just connect whatever is in sata 1 to sata 2 etc

woeful solar
#

kinda weird how that is, but i bet there's a reason for it

kind steppe
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pcie x16 storage tho

compact sentinel
#

I want to order a PCI IDE Controller card that will run IDE DVD/CD that use 40 pin cables in an HP Pavilion Tower A265C with standard PCI slots, instead of connecting to motherboard as is currently. Could you help me choose a good product please? Thanks

nocturne burrow
plush silo
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are the PCIe cards that have the m.2 slots on them worth getting?

vestal reef
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If you need more m.2s than ya lol

plush silo
#

or if my MOBO doesnt have onboard m.2 slots

compact sentinel
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I just want for old IDE DVD/CD drive, not SATA

noble atlas
upper quiver
#

what os are you planning to run on this pc

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oh, this is an older machine

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if you run win xp, then get the pcie card, otherwise it probably wont work with a newer os

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for driver compatibility reasons

noble atlas
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is that like an 18 year old computer?