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Hi All! I'm trying to figure out what are the requirements to enable an OPAL 1.0/2.0 drive to run the hardware-based self encryption. I'm confused as some vendors say something on the line of "check with your system vendor", while some blog posts mention that OPAL is enabled by software (e.g...

Hi popatim! thanks again for your reply. Can you elaborate a bit? Because I even tried to create a new partition from a different computer running Linux (plugging the drive in an USB enclosure)... Does bitlocker store something on the drive other than the just the encrypted data? (which might...

Thanks for the reply. I've updated the question with the details of the components.

Hey. This is bizarre in a way. I just got an issue with one MX300 that sorted out by flashing a new firmware. Check if this works fine go to MX300 support page. Download the firmware update (a zip file) and decompress the ISO image. Download Rufus and 'burn' the ISO file inside the zip to a...

Hi everyone! I had a weird issue with a Crucial MX300 and I'm wondering if it might be better to ditch the drive. TL;DR: deleted all partitions from an MX300, after that I couldn't write a new partition table. After doing a firmware upgrade on the drive, it works 'fine'. Should I try to ditch...

About the memory speed, I recently read this (http://www.legitreviews.com/ddr4-memory-scaling-intel-z170-finding-the-best-ddr4-memory-kit-speed_170340). It saying that the 2666mhz ram is the best value for money, as there is no performance improvement with higher clock ram dimms. If you want...

Thanks ScrewySqrl! I haven't built a PC in a while (6 years) and didn't realise that now there were cheapish pcie ssds! Thanks for the suggestion of the xeon CPU... I'm also considering an x99 mobo with a 6800k CPU as it has 4 memory lanes rather than 2... but there's a bit of a price difference.

Hi Tom's Hardward community! I need to build a new workstation for both work (and a bit of gaming). ATM I have a gen 1 i7 950 which does its job well, but it's time to let it go. For work, I need the rig to be fast, with plenty of ram and fast disk access (programming tools, servers + running a...