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    Question Intel Optane with AMD Ryzen advice?

    I was just about to write a question that's a bit similar but I can tell you this: my wife has an HP with an Intel mobo that had a 64gb optane and stock HDD. I mirrored the HD onto a WD SN770, pulled the HDD and optane, and stuck the 770 into the m.2 port. It worked fine. Added a Crucial MX550...
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    Question Building NAS into network

    Hello everyone. Always appreciate the expertise you all have. Forgive me for being largely unknowledgeable in the networking area. I'm pretty solid on hardware though. Just need some advice as I've not done much of anything with networks... I'm consolidating digital assets and want them all in...
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    Question Relation between Sabrent and Micron/Crucial?

    Ahhhhhhhhh when you mentioned the enclosure I thought no, it's hooked up with a USB at the time I saw that (was wiping it, we have been doing data clean up and changing drives around, to optimize two computers)...and that's when it hit me, the cable...just looked at it and yep, Sabrent makes the...
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    Question Which SSD should I buy for long term reliability?

    Agreed on the 1TB. Better to have more space for a little future proofing since applications aren't getting smaller. If you wait a few months, you might see some drops in prices. Storage has been getting cheaper over the last few months. Save your money and get something good a little ways down...
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    Question Relation between Sabrent and Micron/Crucial?

    Hi all, I've looked around a bit at this and cannot seem to find much besides, in search, that Sabrent and Micron Technologies are two entirely separate companies. Bing AI gives this, not particularly specific info: "Micron Technology competes with other companies that design and manufacture...
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    Question Which laptop brand has the best cooling and doesn't throttle ?

    What's the CPU? Because I'm running an ASUS Rog Zephyrus M16 I got during the holiday deals. It's got an i7-12700 and an RTX 3060. I have Civilization 6 open. Not 6 or 7 minutes after launching it and I'm running 81 on the CPU and 83 on the GPU right now and the game is just open on one of my...
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    Question Crucial p3 or p5 on pcie 3.0

    $36 difference seems a bit wide for differences that run inside the margin of error and won't be noticeable. The longevity is considerably higher with the 970 but considering you didn't mention it, I don't think that factors into your concern. At that rate, another $23 would have pushed you to...