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    Need a new SATA boot SSD. What's the current Gold standard?

    OK, that was my initial response too. Just wanted to make sure my 1AM research was correct.
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    Need a new SATA boot SSD. What's the current Gold standard?

    So my SSD has been giving out on me (No surprise, it lasted 7 years. Good run). Running very slow on read/write the last month or so, and is now refusing to boot up saying that it can't find boot media on the drive. Headed to Fry's tomorrow to pick up a new drive and a fresh install of...
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    What's the best solution for RAID 10 these days.

    Thanks
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    What's the best solution for RAID 10 these days.

    After losing 7 TB of drives over the last month (moving across the country), I'm thinking that I should build a NAS for my media collection which has now outgrown my 2 TB drives. In theory, I'd love to stick between 4 and 6 3-4TB drives in a RAID 10 array (10 beats 5 because I have terrible...
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    I have 4 2 TB Caviar Green drives. What can I do?

    So give it a few months while I fill out what's left of my drives, use the Green's as more local storage, and wait and see if Red's are a)any good, and b)cheaper then than they are now, and then throw together a NAS using one of the software RAID's described above or hardware RAID depending on...
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    I have 4 2 TB Caviar Green drives. What can I do?

    So I have over the years acquired 4 2 TB Caviar Green drives. So my original plan was to stick them in a NAS box of some sort once I left college in a RAID 1 (or 10) array to store all my media stuff. Now though, I'm hearing that the Greens (or any of the "colors" that they sell at local...
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    7mm to 9.5 mm adapter sold separately?

    So I replaced my HDD with a Samsung 830 in my laptop. Unfortunately, I didn't realize that it was 7mm instead of 9.5mm, and it didn't come with an adapter kit. Does anyone sell the adapter kits separately?
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    RMA'd an Asus 5970, got back a 6970?

    Given that that's the XFX number, I fail to see how that would help at all with ASUS problems (which are legion. Never buying ASUS again, which is a pity because they do make good stuff).
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    Need new laptop for sister.

    I had a bunch of buddies carrying around 17" laptops. It's not something I'd want to do personally, but 15" is quite doable (albeit with the help of a backpack). dutnguye: Mac's start well above our budget if she's not getting the 13" (or somewhat more importantly: 1280*800) screen...
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    Need new laptop for sister.

    So my sister is going off to college, and she needs a new laptop. Mom's graduation gift is a grand towards the new laptop, and mine is the rest. And she keeps begging me to pick out her laptop for her. Her needs are fairly simple (the usual Word/Excel/Powerpoint, taking notes, internet...
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    Clevo or Sager?

    Ones that I know of: Avadirect Sager Xoticpc Malibal Eurocom Schlenker
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    Good upgradable 15" gaming laptop

    I'd love to, but I want to be able to call it portable without breaking out into laughter. So 15" max. Just picked up the Xoticpc p150em. Then bought a decent SSD and 16 GB RAM to go with it, since it's way cheaper to upgrade through me than them.
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    Clevo or Sager?

    Sager seems to be Clevo with a rebrand. (and then various resellers resell Sager). Big difference in my (limited) experience is that on the off-chance that your computer is busted (like mine was. Glitchy OCZ SSD), AvaDirect charges a 15% restock fee, and Sager just makes you eat shipping...
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    Good upgradable 15" gaming laptop

    Woops. That's an extension acting up. Keyboard upgrade.
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    Good upgradable 15" gaming laptop

    Any word on that leopard upgrade and if it's any good? Because I had a Clevo last year for a bit, and it was a fantastic computer except for the world's worst keyboard and trackpad (and the glitchy SSD that made me return it), and nothing I'm seeing says that that's improved since last year...
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