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- Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:45 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Recommend a Silent Mouse and Keyboard?
- Replies: 481
- Views: 860131
- Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:14 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: TRIM is released...
- Replies: 34
- Views: 21552
Re: Alternative to TRIM
A second question (regarding the importance of TRIM): If the apparent (usuable) capacity of an SSD is somewhat smaller than the actual available (physical) blocks, such that the additional pool of reserved blocks or sectors is large enough, would that not result in avoid the kind of performance deg...
- Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:22 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: TRIM is released...
- Replies: 34
- Views: 21552
I think Intel is a bit confusing about this, so here's how I see it (I sure hope I'm not confusing anybody more than I need to :D): TRIM is a command sent to the SSD drive by software; this software can be the OS or an application. The command specifies what sectors are free from the "software" (fi...
- Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:45 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: TRIM is released...
- Replies: 34
- Views: 21552
What I don't understand is if we need to run the Optimizer with Windows 7 and Microsoft AHCI driver installed: "When using the latest Microsoft Windows* 7 operating system with Microsoft AHCI storage drivers the OS will contain native support to execute the Intel® SSD Optimizer on an Intel SSD wit...
- Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:51 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: TRIM is released...
- Replies: 34
- Views: 21552
But why are only some affected and not everyone? Hard to say, but it's really embarrassing for Intel. It's already the second the firmware they screwed up. I'm glad my upgrade worked just fine. Still I wouldn't have done it, had I known about the issues. I guess I won't be an early adopter with the...
- Sat Sep 26, 2009 4:43 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Intel 34nm SSD released
- Replies: 237
- Views: 305591
As for backing up to an internal magnetic hdd, meaning data or full image, is it the same as with two 7200 rpm hard drives? And if it is and you need to restore that image back to an SSD, any issue there? I haven't tested yet, but Windows 7 is supposed to have pretty good backup utilities. http://w...
- Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:21 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Intel 34nm SSD released
- Replies: 237
- Views: 305591
I use the second generation of their elastic bands, and they are holding up very well for over a year. These new bands are much different than the original ones, but I don't know which bands you have. I got mine from Antec. Did you use the AHCI driver provided in Windows 7 or did you install with l...
- Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:55 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Intel 34nm SSD released
- Replies: 237
- Views: 305591
I assume installing an SSD drive with Antec elastic bands (Solo) would work, or am I mistaken? I'd say yes. I haven't really tested. Being the lazy bastard that I am, I just plugged the drive in and left it on the bottom of the case. Since it has no vibrations it doesn't really matter how you mount...
- Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:44 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Intel 34nm SSD released
- Replies: 237
- Views: 305591
During boot, the system will look for devices to manage under AHCI. My systems here add about 10 seconds enumerating those devices (at one point, I had a computer that added 45 seconds doing that). This is what I meant. Last time I did a rebuild, I changed my bios settings to enable AHCI, because i...
- Thu Sep 24, 2009 7:59 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Intel 34nm SSD released
- Replies: 237
- Views: 305591
- Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:18 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Intel 34nm SSD released
- Replies: 237
- Views: 305591
What's the difference between the retail and oem versions of these SSDs? Retail comes with this simple iron plate, that you can use to install the drive to 3.5" slot. Not really worth it imo. Since there are no transmitted vibrations, you can just zip tie the drive to your case, if you don't have a...
- Sun Sep 06, 2009 1:18 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Intel 34nm SSD released
- Replies: 237
- Views: 305591
- Sun Aug 30, 2009 2:22 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Antec CP-850: Unique PSU with Top Performance
- Replies: 63
- Views: 53307
- Sun Aug 30, 2009 1:34 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Intel 34nm SSD released
- Replies: 237
- Views: 305591
Well I'm not from Canada, but I made my order 5 weeks ago and my order has been pushed back several times. Current deadline is next friday, but I'm not holding my breath...whispercat wrote:Where are people getting their Intel G2 SSDs from? I can't find one anywhere for sale as nobody has any stock.
- Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:29 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Intel 34nm SSD released
- Replies: 237
- Views: 305591
One of the most annoying things with updates is, that once it automatically downloads and installs them, it might also automatically boot your system (and it always does it with "critical" updates ), which is a total pain in the ass, when you have some important things running on your computer, and...
- Mon Aug 10, 2009 5:18 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Intel 34nm SSD released
- Replies: 237
- Views: 305591
Turning off Windows Update - The only reason you would do this is you pirated Windows. Seriously, why recommend this? Do you want people to get viruses due to not having the latest updates/hotfixes? One of the most annoying things with updates is, that once it automatically downloads and installs t...
- Fri Aug 07, 2009 4:16 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Intel 34nm SSD released
- Replies: 237
- Views: 305591
who knows how long it will be before something comes along and beats it. 6-12 months, probably for half the price as well. But that's how it always goes. Without early adopters SSD development would be much slower. Hard drives have always been the hardest things to silence. So I think the improveme...
- Fri Aug 07, 2009 4:53 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Intel 34nm SSD released
- Replies: 237
- Views: 305591
It's almost the same as with people overclocking their CPUs to over 9000!!! MHz. Yes, there are indeed certain scenarios in which you can notice the massive speed increase (and extremely easy to prove it in benchmarks), but for *regular work* and *real world usage*, it doesn't matter the slightest....
- Wed Apr 01, 2009 6:29 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Seven - and now Eight Years of SPCR!
- Replies: 78
- Views: 93428
- Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:17 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Human [rights], what are those to you?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 13141
Libertarians are committed to the belief that individuals, and not states or groups of any other kind, are both ontologically and normatively primary; that individuals have rights against certain kinds of forcible interference on the part of others; that liberty, understood as non-interference, is ...
- Sat Mar 14, 2009 6:07 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Nexus Value 430 PSU: Affordable Silence
- Replies: 149
- Views: 134581
Excellent review. It's been a while since exciting product was reviewed. Just to say this Nexus while pretty good, isn't that spectacular! (for systems that need more than 150W). And again, if your system needs 350-400w at load, Nexus will be better then Enermax. The Nexus is really a bargain in ter...
- Fri Nov 28, 2008 8:03 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Redistributing wealth is communism
- Replies: 112
- Views: 67563
46% lifetime chance of getting cancer. Now that a number that has many words associated with it. Ideally though I would like a link, yes I could look it up myself but statistically most statistics disagree with other statistics which I will no doubt find instead of your statistics at which point th...
- Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:10 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Redistributing wealth is communism
- Replies: 112
- Views: 67563
Show me the relevant numbers or stuff it. This is not a question of opinions, it's easy enough to check up on. Don't say it's easy. Doing a research of such scale would be huge task even for our ministry of social affairs and health. It's hard enough to calculate how much a 80 year olds cost for th...
- Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:30 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Redistributing wealth is communism
- Replies: 112
- Views: 67563
Describes a model where EVERYBODY pays LESS. You asked how it worked, so I oversimplified it so even you would understand the basic idea. Estonia has flat tax. If you want real data, check up how they do it. This is total baloney. I don't even know where to start. For the love of xxx please read up...
- Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:10 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Redistributing wealth is communism
- Replies: 112
- Views: 67563
-Flat taxes, compared to progressive taxes benefit poor and rich at the expense of the middle classes. In either class of taxes, higher tax rates benefit the poor at the expense of the rich (up to the point when taxes become bad for everyone). Could you please explain this? If everybody pays, say 4...
- Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:54 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Redistributing wealth is communism
- Replies: 112
- Views: 67563
Here, cigarettes are taxed beyond your wildest dreams, or nightmares, depending on how you look upon it. Say what you will about it but the numbers are quite clear: swedes are healthier than most and smoking is dwindling. This makes sense, especially as healthiness reduces the burden on the state. ...
- Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:08 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Redistributing wealth is communism
- Replies: 112
- Views: 67563
Atleast with the government one has the option to (in a democracy) influence how that cash is spent. In a system with every man for itself, you have no such options. In the government case there is also the option of influencing how much money to be taxed, and again in the anarchy scenario, there a...
- Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:28 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Redistributing wealth is communism
- Replies: 112
- Views: 67563
Erssa, do you know what proportion of your taxes is used for these unworthy causes you mention, as opposed to the proportion spent on roads, schools, defence, government, civil service, etc. etc? At what ratio does it become something seriously worth getting angry about? Or is it a principles thing...
- Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:18 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Redistributing wealth is communism
- Replies: 112
- Views: 67563
Re: Redistributing wealth is communism
To heat up things I'd like to ask why you think the idea of "taking other (i.e. rich) peoples money" to give them to the less fortunate is such a heinous concept in the US while at the same time in e.g. Sweden there is near consensus about the merits of the system. Because taxing is stealing, and s...
- Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:53 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Lipstick on a Pit Bull
- Replies: 151
- Views: 49475
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la ... ?track=rss
So... Palin believes dinosaurs and men walked the earth 6000 years ago. It's really scary to think a full-fledged creationist will be controlling nuclear codes in few years.
So... Palin believes dinosaurs and men walked the earth 6000 years ago. It's really scary to think a full-fledged creationist will be controlling nuclear codes in few years.