Recent content by Prankmaster

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    Transcend vs MydigitalSSD, which one should I get?

    Some OEM part, the sticker is blurry as hell so I don't know, but it was one of those small buffers for the HDD, like 16GB I think
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    Transcend vs MydigitalSSD, which one should I get?

    Whoever voted for transcend please explain why, I been checking reviews and there are lots of complaints regarding heat: apparently its "normal" for it to run at 70 celsius
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    Transcend vs MydigitalSSD, which one should I get?

    Long story short: gotta replace a M.2 drive in the tinniest factor, 2242, and there isn't much to choose from, only those two brands Transcend and MydigitalSSD I want to get the 256GB model but I don't know which to choose, I'm concerned mainly about durability and reliability since if it...
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    Any in-depth testing to see if 850 Evo is really not prone to degradation (edited)

    Isn't the 840 better than the 850? it sure is more expensive
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    SSD: internal Sata3 vs external USB3

    Well bummer, I have a debian distro which I use mostly for development so no problem there, but if the latency is as bad as you say then pass Too bad my laptop doesn't have eSata..........or that one its also slower than Sata3?
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    SSD: internal Sata3 vs external USB3

    I'm thinking of buying a samsung SSD and I was considering an external model since that way I can boot from that drive using different computers (having 3 this is very convenient) BUT I'm worried about speed Is there any difference in read/write speed between the T1 and the internal EVO? has...
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    Best diagnostic tools for Win8.1?

    My laptop is having some weird issues which after taking it apart I can say are almost all due to win8.1. Now, the install is still working and stable so I don't see a need to make a fresh one (specially since I got way too many stuff and configs I don't want to lose/have to reinstall). Most...
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    Any upcoming phones with Series6 graphics?

    Are there any? I seen a few but they come with those dinky chinese chips that get no community support at all.
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    How many people here are off-contract/prepaid?

    My new job pays for everything but last year when I was still freelancing I had a pretty cool unlimited data prepaid plan for about $30 and it was more than enough to do anything.
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    cortex A57 vs krait 450, which is more powerful?

    Exactly, besides 64bit support is well, lagging like with early 64bit PC CPUs What surprises me is that qualcomm is using a bunch of A57 and A53 cores in their latests socs instead of the krait Then again dualcore krait socs were able to beat regular ARM quads in the past, and even heavy...
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    cortex A57 vs krait 450, which is more powerful?

    Just that, which one scores higher?
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    The spacebar on my new microsoft keyboard 4000 is acting crazy, but why?

    Well they better cut the crap because I'm not taking it
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    The spacebar on my new microsoft keyboard 4000 is acting crazy, but why?

    Hey calvolson, glad the solution worked for you However I got some bad news: the spacebar failed again, but fortunately the tech support people for microsoft hardware were cool about it and sent me a new one, so my advice is to call them ASAP before it fails again.
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    $500-range Haswell laptops - when?

    I'm looking for a quad, havent seen anything haswell yet, any links?
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    Lenovo making PCs back in the US again

    Good news but the key is not just assembly but parts: Koreans get a bigger share of the iphone than the Chinese who make it because the parts themselves are made in Korea