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SATA Express and M.2 ports - What are the used for?

Will these M.2 drives get hot or need heatspreaders...or will they be just like regular SSDs? Curious to see what will become the norm later on.
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- Post #4
- Jul 1, 2014
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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What allocation size to choose for 3TB drives?

I should probably read up on RAID configurations and NAS setups, but I'm gonna learn how to OC my new computer soon so that might have to wait for now ^_^
- SadPanda
- Post #14
- Jul 1, 2014
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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where can I find trending prices and charts for cpu, memory, ssd etc.

Try pcpartpicker.com...I'm using that right now.
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- Post #2
- Jun 30, 2014
- Forum: Computer Building
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What allocation size to choose for 3TB drives?

BonzaiDuck...I have no idea what you just posted lol. Ok, so 64kb cluster size for movies and default for music and pics. Is it a bad idea to defrag storage drives?
- SadPanda
- Post #11
- Jun 30, 2014
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Building a media pc for around $900

All helpful info mfenn, thanks! I'll go with the Twin Frozr then.
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- Post #33
- Jun 30, 2014
- Forum: Computer Building
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What allocation size to choose for 3TB drives?

What if you're constantly overwriting the drives with new data? Say I always delete movies and replace them with new ones. Would the cluster size matter then? Also, do people defrag storage drives at all?
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- Post #7
- Jun 30, 2014
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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What if your co-worker was a former porn star...

Do any of your other co-workers know about her?
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- Post #22
- Jun 29, 2014
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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What if your co-worker was a former porn star...

Ask her if she can help you get into the industry!
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- Post #21
- Jun 29, 2014
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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What allocation size to choose for 3TB drives?

I want to have 3 x 3TB drives for storage later on, but I don't know which allocation size to format them with? 1. A drive for only pics ranging anywhere from 50kb-3mb each. 2. A drive for music ranging anywhere from 3mb-20mb each. 3. A drive for movies ranging anywhere from 100mb-10gb each...
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- Jun 29, 2014
- Replies: 14
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Building a media pc for around $900

If I'm OCing for the first time, would it be useful to get a mobo with a dual bios feature in case I mess something up?
- SadPanda
- Post #31
- Jun 29, 2014
- Forum: Computer Building
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Building a media pc for around $900

Cool, thanks for the info! It'd be nice if they said somewhere on the site that you can choose any mobo you wanted and not one of those... Just a few more days until I start buying the parts. Which GPU do you guys think I should get? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...4127784&cm_sp=...
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- Post #30
- Jun 29, 2014
- Forum: Computer Building
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Cases - NZXT Phantom 410 vs CM Storm Scout 2 Advanced

Thanks for the input! I was leaning towards that case since it also had handles.
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- Post #3
- Jun 24, 2014
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Building a media pc for around $900

So, my Micro Center location is showing 5 intel processor + mobo combos: 1. MSI Z97-Gaming 5 1150 ATX 2. Gigabyte GA-Z97X Gaming 7 LGA 1150 ATX 3. ASRock Z97X LGA 1150 ATX 4. Asus Maximus VI Hero Socket LGA 1150 ATX 5. Asus Sabertooth Z97 LGA 1150 ATX...
- SadPanda
- Post #28
- Jun 24, 2014
- Forum: Computer Building
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Building a media pc for around $900

I want to be able to do a bit of everything with this desktop (except for gaming) as I only plan to have one computer. If I don't plan to upgrade for several years...is it best I go with an i7 and 16GB of RAM vs i5 and 8GB of RAM? I also decided to give OC a shot as Charlie pointed out that it...
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- Post #27
- Jun 24, 2014
- Forum: Computer Building
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Building a media pc for around $900

How come the mobo specs says it recommends a 500w or greater psu? Is the Samsung 256gb ssd better or Crucial? So I should get DDR3-2400 ram cause it's faster? I will be using a WD 3TB Red drive to store data on.
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- Post #15
- Jun 22, 2014
- Forum: Computer Building
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Building a media pc for around $900

Wow so much advice I don't even know where to start lol. Thanks guys for the help! So do you think I need a discrete graphics card or will the onboard be fine? How about 16gb of ram? Is that overkill? I just hate when I'm watching a hd movie and it gets all choppy or lags cause my computer...
- SadPanda
- Post #10
- Jun 22, 2014
- Forum: Computer Building
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Decent pre-built tower for ~ $600?

Does it have to be a new system? I've seen some nice refurbished desktops on ebay for that price. Though, these systems usually come with only 300-400w psu...
- SadPanda
- Post #4
- Jun 22, 2014
- Forum: Computer Building
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Building a media pc for around $900

It is going in a standard pc case and used like a desktop.
- SadPanda
- Post #3
- Jun 22, 2014
- Forum: Computer Building
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Cases - NZXT Phantom 410 vs CM Storm Scout 2 Advanced

Anyone here have these cases? How do you like it? I'm planning to get one of these, but having trouble deciding. NZXT Phantom 410 http://www.amazon.com/NZXT-Phantom-T...R2XCN32B462EFA CM Storm Scout 2 Advanced http://www.amazon.com/CM-Storm-Scout...447784&sr=1-16
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- Thread
- Jun 22, 2014
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Building a media pc for around $900

Hi, I'm looking to build a media pc and could use some advice from you guys! The last time I built a computer was in 2005/2006 when youtube wasn't around yet...so hopefully it will be easier this time around :D Currently using a HP core i5 laptop running Windows 7 with 4gb of ram, but it really...
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- Jun 22, 2014
- Replies: 32
- Forum: Computer Building

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