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    How can I quantify my WiFi reliability over a period of time?

    I'd like to avoid running ethernet through my house if I can. Everyone's saying that it's going to be much more reliable than WiFi; I want to know how *much* more reliable it's going to be before I take the plunge and spend a weekend drilling holes in my house. I'm going to pick up a decent...
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    SanDisk SSD significantly underperforming standard benchmarks

    I originally posted an update to the question, but I think it's the closest thing I'm going to get to an answer. --- I updated the BIOS from A09 to A12. While looking at the BIOS settings more closely, and doing a little research, I learned that while the drive is connected to a SATA 3 port...
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    SanDisk SSD significantly underperforming standard benchmarks

    I installed a new SanDisk Ultra II 480GB SSD (SDSSDHII480G), and I ran two PassMark 8.0 tests (2,336; 2,558) -- my average score was 2,447. According to harddrivebenchmark.net the overall average score for the same drive is 3,908. That's 60% higher than what I'm getting. I'm running on a Dell...