Recent content by nidhanwala

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    Purchased Vertex 3, need recommendation on add-in SATA III (6.0 Gbps) host card

    Hey guys, about to take delivery on a Vertex 3 120GB, any recommendation on a SATA 6Gb/s host adapter? The ASUS Model U3S6 USB 3.0 & SATA 6Gb/s Add-on card doesn't seem to be available anymore and the only other solution, the HighPoint Rocket 620 PCI-Express 2.0, seems to be a hit or a miss...
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    2010 MBP w/ Vertex 2 and OWC Data Doubler Battery Issue / HDD Recommendation

    Thanks, been reading Anandtech back when it was a black/white page background and he was reviewing the AMD K6 processors (oh.. those were the days)... Though I agree battery life should be affected, not nearly to the level it is right now... I think I have it isolated to the Momentum XT hard...
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    2010 MBP w/ Vertex 2 and OWC Data Doubler Battery Issue / HDD Recommendation

    To those that say that this might be some sort of software that's eating up my CPU cycles, it's not. Nothing apparent within activity monitor and this was done on a clean install of Mac OS X with 1.32 firmware of the OCZ Vertex 2. Even in safe boot/mode, starting up on a fresh battery, with...
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    2010 MBP w/ Vertex 2 and OWC Data Doubler Battery Issue / HDD Recommendation

    Also, just came across WD AV-25 anyone have experience with this drive? There's also the Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 (manufacturer's link) as well as the Toshiba MK7559GSXP Hard Disk Drive They all seem to have very similar power requirements with the Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 being the most...
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    2010 MBP w/ Vertex 2 and OWC Data Doubler Battery Issue / HDD Recommendation

    Hey guys, Recently purchased a OCZ Technology 240 GB Vertex 2 Series SATA II 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive (SSD) OCZSSD2-2VTXE240G for my 2010 13" MBP as well as an OWC Data Doubler. Prior to my SSD, I had a Seagate Momentus XT 500 GB 7200RPM (ST95005620AS) which I kept in my primary HDD bay and...