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Intel Swears That It's Gonna Stop Its Firmware From Bricking Any More SSDs
Maingear Shift's Spartan Case Belies Meaty High Performance PC Line
Enterprise-Grade SSD Promises Read Speeds of 500 MB/s
Now Available
Massive 1TB OCZ Colussus SSD Priced, Ships Soon
Intel Pulls Back New Shipments of X-25M and X-18M SSDs Due to Data Corruption Bug
Intel's X25-M G2 SSD Comes With a Shiny Silver Enclosure, 10% Performance Bump
A Guide To Finding The Best SSD For Your Money
Lexar Media Crucial SSDs Will Force Some Speed Into Your Notebook
Corsair's New Extreme SSD Line Is Blazingly Fast

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psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland
11/06/09

In reply to Intel Swears That It's Gonna Stop Its Firmware From Bricking Any More SSDs
Alright! Intel Paper Weights! #intelbrickedssdbug
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bagellord
11/06/09

In reply to Intel Swears That It's Gonna Stop Its Firmware From Bricking Any More SSDs
I wonder how long it will take for SSD's to replace magnetic disks? #intelbrickedssdbug
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SplotchEleven
11/02/09

In reply to Maingear Shift's Spartan Case Belies Meaty High Performance PC Line
I'm building a system that outclasses this with a Cooler Master ATCS 840 case.... for hundreds less. It's a novel design and if the customer care is good it may be worth it. But I can make mine with 23" Samsung monitor and premium mouse and keyboard for just over 3k... where as all that would run you closer to 4k with this system. It does look bad ass though :) #maingear
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SplotchEleven
11/02/09

@SplotchEleven: also that system pictured would be WAY more than 2500. those cards are almost 400 a piece. #maingear
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Chewbenator
11/02/09

In reply to Maingear Shift's Spartan Case Belies Meaty High Performance PC Line
Judging by the logos on the inside of the 5.25" drive bays that case is designed by Silverstone. Silverstone has also introduced cases with the vertical motherboard tray to it isn't that far of a stretch. The case alone is probably worth around $200.

The watercooling isn't anything special and you can get a similar corsair watercooling system for less than $70. #maingear
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Lukasz Fabis
11/02/09

In reply to Maingear Shift's Spartan Case Belies Meaty High Performance PC Line
Wait. Am I getting this right? A custom gaming PC maker is focusing on making actual PCs with a clean aesthetic and not clunky, garish things that look more like they belong in a ricer's garage than a workspace? This, after a Wii accessory in the likeness of a baby doll comes out?

Times are a' changin' indeed. #maingear
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Bertone77
11/02/09

In reply to Maingear Shift's Spartan Case Belies Meaty High Performance PC Line
That case is awesome, I wish more computers came with aluminium/metal cases instead of boring plastic. But if it's going to over inflates the price by $1000, then I think I'll pass...thank you #maingear
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Jesustron
11/02/09

In reply to Maingear Shift's Spartan Case Belies Meaty High Performance PC Line
I don't get why people BUY custom PCs, the fun part is getting all those parts in the mail and putting it together yourself and paying as little as humanly possible for the absolute most performance.

If i wanted a pre-built a desktop I'd buy a mac. #maingear
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Christopher Cox
11/02/09

@Jesustron: What you don't get is that most people aren't computer techs or know anything about the inside of a computer. And they should not have to know about what is inside the computer no more than you should know how to work on a car to drive it. Computers are used as appliances to check email, entertain people, browse the web, be productive, etc ... Period. For some of us, knowing everything about a computer is what we like to do. It doesn't make us better and it doesn't make the main stream public stupid. #maingear
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FooSchnickens - BPH Free
11/02/09

@Christopher Cox: And what you don't get is that 99% of the targeted demographic wouldn't even give two hoots about buying a pre-built rig because they already know better. This rig is NOT meant for casual use. If you buy this solely to check e-mail and browse the tubes then you are a gigantic boob.

This is the modern-day equivalent of going to your parents and asking for a pony and getting a rocking horse. They'll jokingly consider it until they see how much it really costs and after picking their jaws up off the floor go get a PC-in-a-box from best buy.

Impressive? Yes. Cost effective? Not so much. #maingear
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met2art
09/15/09

In reply to Enterprise-Grade SSD Promises Read Speeds of 500 MB/s

If it's really If it was really "Enterprise" grade it would look like this:
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dingus
09/15/09

@met2art: Sweet flare!
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met2art
09/15/09

@dingus: Nice reference! And yeah, I do rock that shirt. :)

[www.pennyarcademerch.com]
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JosephRaymond
09/11/09

In reply to Now Available
meanwhile I can get 1TB in a 4.3 x 3.2 x .6in package from Western Digital for less than the 64GB. I also don't get the point of external SSD. with USB, you loose the benefit of the speed and just have the shock protection. I love platters.
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portugee11
09/11/09

In reply to Now Available
OWC -- great products, great service, and reasonably priced. Their website is bland (at best), but they are a peripherals company... what do you expect?
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The Lab
09/12/09

@portugee11: Agreed, I have gotten great service from them, excellent company. I'm glad Newegg is there for cheap stuff but OWC is the place to go for quality gear that (normally) doesn't cost too much. This SSD thing is unreasonable tho.
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DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
08/04/09

In reply to Massive 1TB OCZ Colussus SSD Priced, Ships Soon
You know what would have been great? If the new TF movie had a PC as Soundwave... He could house laserbeak and ravage as SSD's instead of cassette tapes. Of course, you'd have to rename soundwave for it to make sense:
"Now attack, TerrorByte!"
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pressstart
08/04/09

In reply to Intel Pulls Back New Shipments of X-25M and X-18M SSDs Due to Data Corruption Bug
Were there a few problems with harddisks like these back in its infancy? I recall another SSD issue from some manufacturer that made it really slow.
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thegreatpablo
08/04/09

@pressstart: There are a variety of issues with SSD. Intel (and more recently OCZ) have finally made a working SSD that doesn't suffer from a lot of the problems that they used to. They still slow down once the disk has been in use for a while (there's a great technical explanation for it on Anandtech), but the new Intels (the ones in this article) support the TRIM command that will be included in Windows 7 that will solve that last issue. So, with these drives and Windows 7, we were looking at the first set of *mostly* problem free SSDs.
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AgentSmithAndWeston
08/04/09

In reply to Massive 1TB OCZ Colussus SSD Priced, Ships Soon
@ kaiz3n : Yeah, I could buy a used car in my town and a 1TB HDD for 2200, but I doubt they'd look as good as the Colossus.
But SSD's can't get me to work and back, so I'll pass.
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DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
08/04/09

@AgentSmithAndWeston: I'm going to start telecommuting in a couple weeks, so an SSD can get me to work and back.
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jkrell
08/04/09

In reply to Massive 1TB OCZ Colussus SSD Priced, Ships Soon
Once prices come down, these bad boys are goin' in my Dell XPS.
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DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
08/04/09

@jkrell: HA! good one...
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Hi, I'm God
08/04/09

In reply to Massive 1TB OCZ Colussus SSD Priced, Ships Soon
Colussus? What are they going to name the 2TB one?? If they are going by size, they may have run dry of cool sounding big things.

OCZ Mountain? OCZ Planet? OCZ Motha-fuckin-big?
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Woden501
08/04/09

@Hi, I'm God: I'm just going to assume that wasn't sarcastic, and throw out there that Colussus is the line of SSD's not just the 1TB drive's name.
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Hi, I'm God
08/04/09

@Woden501: I know, I know. But what comes next? They can't keep Colussus forever... well I suppose they could but it will start sounding stale.
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