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Is there a noticeable difference to laptop users between an 850 EVO and a 950 PRO? Does Windows boot noticeably faster? Do 10's of GB of Skryim
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It's possible. I had a Crucial SSD 4 years ago that blue screened on boot. Same model swap worked fine.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Yeah, if anything, the 960s have a built-in heat spreader. The 950 got pretty warm, especially in those slots under the GPU. I'm hoping for some good Black Friday / CyberMonday sales this year.
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Oct 7, 2016 05:36
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Those are actually very reasonable prices. Perhaps the best thing they'll do, though, is push down the prices of existing 850 and 950 inventory.
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Neon Belly posted:Didn't realize Apple was taking up 45gb in backups Apple: It's so easy, you have no clue what it's actually doing
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I just saw this. I have a four-year-old Crucial with 450GB or so; time to run a health check. 
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How reliable is buying SSDs from eBay? My current laptop only supports 2.5", and I'm hoping to upgrade to something with NVME within a year. I'm considering grabbing a 2.5" Samsung 850 EVO with 1TB now, and then selling it back in a year's time. I figure if the price collapses, that probably means the NVME drives are cheaper as well, and if the price doesn't collapse, then it spreads the NVME cost over time. Is this a terrible idea?
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Is there an NVME to 2.5" adapter? I may want to prepurchase an SSD for a new laptop but use it in the old laptop.
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Rastor posted:You have to understand, NVMe isn't just "faster SSD", it's a different protocol. There's no SATA / AHCI stuff going on with an NVMe drive. Rats. Thank you!
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Skandranon posted:I tried to go to CC for Black Friday two years ago to get some door crashers. Saw a lineup around the building in freezing rain. Turned car around and ordered everything I wanted online, and only paid $20 more to avoid probably 2-3 hours of misery. Never again. blackfriday.txt
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Wait, you can set a drive root as a symlink to a folder on your main drive? Why didn't I think of this earlier...
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nielsm posted:Not (just) symlink, actually mount. Done in the Disk Management console. I'd use a proper emote for "mind blown" if I weren't on my mobile. Thanks.
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Even health insurance companies provide SSDs in their employees' laptops now. Health insurance companies. Let that sink in for a moment. Get a single 128GB SSD for your OS if that's all you want to spend. I'm about to buy one for my wife's laptop right now because the HDD makes troubleshooting anything too slow.
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Rastor posted:3D Xpoint update: So you're saying it won't hurt my gaming rig, are you...and it has high numbers...
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PerrineClostermann posted:I'll take fifty. RAID 10 for your gaming rig, I assume.
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:Most people refer to this as Skyrim There's a whole thread dedicated to Skyrim file moving aka modding.
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Basically, one SARA "channel" can be used by either plug A or plug B. If you use SATA on plug B then plug A won't work. You can use NVME on plug B, though, and still use plug A, but you can't use NVME on plug A. I need ms paint.
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Except the current supply bottleneck may push that our further.
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Can someone recommend me a good USB stick for a Surface 4 Pro to install Steam games on. The internal SSD is non-upgradeable and only has 256GB, and games like Crusader Kings II take up a lot of space.
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That is a really cool explanation.
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Bob Morales posted:Got a used 500GB Sandisk Ultra II for $90. 380/500mb speed, used drives are crazy deals. What's the best place to get those? That's a crazy good deal.
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Day to day, would I likely notice a difference using an 850 Evo vs. a 960 Evo? Other than the occasional file transfer, the largest disk offender is probably games with large textures.
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Thanks for the helpful responses everyone. I like to think my time is precious beyond measure, but it's really not so I'll probably go with the 850 evo.
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I think they thought you were all, "Did I do something wrong?  " when you were really trying to say, "Did I do something wrong?  "
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RightClickSaveAs posted:Is anyone still doing writeups on SSD tech like Anand used to when he was still running the site? He was fantastic at explaining the technology used in SSDs, and 90% of what I know about their workings come from these, but I just realized it's been several years now and I don't know how/if the technology has changed since. Most writeups you can find now go oversimplified (each cell is like a bucket of water!) or super technical into the physics behind it all, I miss the intermediary explanations like he was so good at giving: Ara Technica has been my go to site for this stuff for years. ymmv of course.
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Is there any practical difference between 2D and 3D NAND for M2 SSDs other than $50? WD Blue 1TB PC SSD - SATA 6 Gb/s M.2 2280 Solid State Drive - WDS100T1G1B0B [Old Version] https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LYOKOJI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_pfjyAbXKRV369 WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB PC SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s M.2 2280 Solid State Drive - WDS100T2B0B https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073SB2MXT/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fjjyAbMBR5HZW I need extra space for my Steam library and mods. Windows is already on a 1TB NVME drive (that Toshiba one).
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Anime Schoolgirl posted:No, but the first link is quoting a used price. Oh, good catch! Non-used are also $300, so I might as well go with 3D NAND when I pull the trigger. Thank you!
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Amazon and Newegg both had a 1TB Samsung 970 EVO for $399 yesterday. Newegg still has that price, but Amazon just updated theirs to $499. $399 is actually cheaper than the Samsung 960 EVO, so if you want an NVME drive now might be a good time to grab one. Mine arrives tomorrow. 
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Now I'm worried I bought too early. Then again I'm happy with performance so far so maybe it's fine. Plus, I assume a future firmware update could improve performance.
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Thanks for assuaging my irrational fears, goons. Another proof of  well spent all those years ago.
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Lockback posted:The 1tb crucial mx500 is 182 right now on Amazon gently caress what I paid for my 1TB 970 just a few months ago. 
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Binary Badger posted:Yup, the SATA 2.5" version. M.2 version is still $267 or so This makes me feel better.
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