Recent content by F1shF4t

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    What could HTC have done differently?

    Finally put a proper camera on their flagship phone. M7 was ok for it's time. M8 was a step backwards and the M9 is bad compared to something like a S6 (I have both to compare) That bottom bezel is annoying too, if you have to have it then why not do something useful with it, like capacitive...
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    Status of TRIM on Linux?

    I just run fstrim every month, but would be interesting to know for sure.
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    EBay item: Is this SSD about to die or should I keep it?

    It's a x25-M G2, so 5K write cycles is the spec. So if you take a conservative 2 WA factor you would have used ~800 write cycles. It would be better if Intel provided NAND writes info in smart, cause then you can tell if the drive was smashed with a very high random write work load (the WA...
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    Does A Person Really Use Over 1TB Of Storage

    Well just to begin 700GB+ of family videos/photos, then 4-5 backups... Yeah adds up!
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    does the 840 PRO/EVO have built in OP?

    All SSDs already have spare area, ranges from 7% and up. There is no need to set any extra OP unless your workload requires it, and we're not talking normal workstation/gaming/internet use here. Also with every OS that supports Trim your effective OP is the amount of free space you have.
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    Linux to linux file sharing, why is this so difficult??

    I use IP addresses of the nas boxes to browse to them and then add the location to favorites. (I use static IPs) Something like "smb://192.168.XXX.XXX/" or "smb://192.168.XXX.XXX/myshare"
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    you guys i gotta admit, i'm a bit spooked over this whole Russian/Crimea situation..

    OP I find it funny that you came to that conclusion, but seeing what the media is showing it’s not surprising. It is rarely black and white and the whole situation is much more complicated. You should probably read up on the events of what’s happening before being paranoid. The...
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    How badly did you get hosed on your first SSD?

    First two SSDs bought were ~500AU for 80GB G1 x25-m and ~440AU for 120GB Falcon. Expensive but well worth the price. The quietness and performance were jaw dropping coming from a raptor.
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    SSD and ESD

    Don't touch the SATA pins and you're golden.
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    AMD Smoother than Intel?

    I upgraded from a 1090T to a 2500k and my experience was largely the same as when I changed from a P4C to an A64. In heavy threaded workloads the 1090T felt much more "smoother" (if you must) and more responsive. However where single threaded performance mattered (for example an extreme case...
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    Battle of the CPUs

    Where's the VIA option??? :P But seriously the best cpu is the haswell i7 in my lappy cause that's the one I use :awe:
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    Crucial vs Samsung Solid State Drives

    Either one is a good choice. Personally I prefer the Crucial due to the power loss protection built in.
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    Why does intel gimp some of their CPU lines?

    Here's one example from a few years ago which fits in the whole "does not make sense" market segmentation. (And something that annoyed me before) Celeron SU2300 - Has VT-x Pentium SU4100 - No VT-x Core 2 SU7300 - Has VT-x Why is that the more expensive and higher performing model is...
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    Crucial M550 - Any info?

    Yep, just ordered a 960GB one. $100 bucks cheaper than what I would of got in Australia and $200 cheaper then the same sized evo.
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    Data on NTFS compression impact on SandForce SSD's expected life? Should I enable it?

    Drive life is not something you should worry about unless you're planning to write the contents of the whole SSD numerous times a day. Biggest effect will be on speed. Sandforce SSD is faster when reading/writing compressible data. Effectively you will be reducing performance to the...