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    [SOLVED] SATA vs PCI Express NVME Question

    Its an Acer Orion PO3-600. It just doesn't seem very quick and I've had the same M.2 drive in an older alienware which seemed much faster IO wise. It might be the crappy Acer motherboard.
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    [SOLVED] SATA vs PCI Express NVME Question

    Cheers. I didn't know if it would be faster with it being PCIe 4.0. I knew it didn't have an M.2 when I purchased it as it was originally going to be a server but I've decided to make it my gaming PC instead of my 8th gen i5. I have an NVME in the 8th gen but I'm sure its on the SATA controller...
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    [SOLVED] SATA vs PCI Express NVME Question

    Hi everyone. I've just bought a new i5 11400 cpu with an Asrock motherboard which has a PCI Express 4.0 x16 and x1 slot. I have 4x SATA ports for drives but I have a NVME drive I've decided I'd like to reuse in this machine - will a PCI Express x1 slot be faster than the SATA ports in this...
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    [SOLVED] Choosing between i5 and Xeon...

    Problem with used enterprise equipment is the repair costs, the noise and the energy costs. This is just going in my spare room lol.
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    [SOLVED] Choosing between i5 and Xeon...

    Thanks for the quick reply. i5 it shall be :)
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    [SOLVED] Choosing between i5 and Xeon...

    Hello all. I have a bit of a dilemma I am hoping you can help with. I am looking to run a server which has the following: Nextcloud server ARK Server (4 people) CCTV Server (3 cameras) Potentially Teamspeaker server (4 people) I really like the look of the T40 Dell with the Xeon 2224G however...