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    Question Ryzen 4800H or better with RTX 2070/Super or better?

    No, and you won't this year. There could have been, there should have been, but there won't be any Ryzen 4000's with anything more than RTX 2060 "for a fair amount of time" . The Alienware-now-AMD guy says that OEMs have decided this, not necessarily AMD or NVIDIA Frank Azor confirms; no Ryzen...
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    Separate SSD drives for OS and Apps?

    For years I have been using 3 drives in my systems, 1 for OS, 1 for Apps, and 1 for Docs and Page File. Does one see the same benefits when using SSD drives? Or does the increased SDD performance obviate dividing functions by drive? I am going to take the SSD plunge with about $350 dollars...
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    Lord of the Rings On-line MMO - Free 7 Day Trial

    The game has been out just over 5 months, give it some time. Your comments could apply to any brand new MMO since they just don't focus on end-game content prior to launch because at launch no one needs it. The current edition, Shadows of Angmar, ends roughly at the conclusion of Book I of the...
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    IDE cable that supports 3 burners?

    I don't understand why there isn't greater availablility of SATA optical drives, but it is not a technology issue. I have a Plextor SA-716 SATA burner than performs identically to the ATA version of that drive I also have. Only differences are the data and power interfaces in the back. I used...