Recent content by polarexpress1

I have the R5-571T-59DC, it's only PCIE 3.0 x1 according to HWiNFO. According to the Acer forums, one of the drives it supports is the PM871. https://community.acer.com/t5/Swift-Spin-S-and-R-Series/Aspire-r5-571t-R15-Mystery-Port/m-p/461136

It sounds like you did a clean install of windows. You'll have to clone the hard drive to the ssd before upgrading to windows 10 if you want everything like the way you had it before. Macrium reflect is a free software you can use to clone the drive. Regarding the monitors did you install the...

Hi, thanks for the reply. I ran smart tests on crystaldiskinfo and hdtune. Both tested good with no bad sectors. I also found the cause of the problem. The MSI gaming app from my gpu was somehow causing the hard drive to run slow. Now I'm getting benchmarks around 150 with the program uninstalled.

Hi, I recently built a new computer and reused the mechanical drive from an older computer. The motherboard on the new computer is a Asus z170 pro gaming, The ssd on the new computer is getting around 500 read and write on crystaldiskmark, but the hdd is only getting around 40-50 read and...

It's old but here's a test they ran on sata cables. https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/SATA-cables-Is-there-a-difference-97/

I'll just buy another set. Thanks for the replies.

Thanks for the reply. Would buying another stick that was manufactured around the same time as the old one work on the computer?

Hi, I brought a G Skill Ripjaws 1600 4GBx2 kit model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL and when I installed it the computer won't boot to bios. I tried it with both sticks and a single stick with the same results. The computer I'm trying to install it in is a e8400 on a MSI g41m-p26 motherboard. The old ram...