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Did anyone take the plunge and apply the 512GB update file to this sm961 1TB? Did it work? The software does not check whether it is on a Lenovo laptop. Mine is in a Dell and says no fw found. I...
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I don't know what to do anymore. People are going on and on about how bad the intel 660p is, for instance, and most others are not much better than that.
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Thanks for posting. I purchased mine from the same seller but on ebay. Our benchmarks seem to be mostly in-line with each other.
Interesting...I've attached a few benchmarks posted on...
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Your PC is held back by PCIe 2.0, you need PCIe 3.0 for max results.
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So is the seller B N B on ebay the same as MyDigitalDiscount? It doesn't appear to so to me. If they are different, is it safer to get it from Newegg or ebay? I'm doubtful someone spent the time to...
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Thanks for the info! It appears that maybe the eBay seller is legit. The eBay bucks wasn't going on when I decided to buy. I guess I wasted $10 at newegg. I didn't expect Newegg to help me at all on...
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Those are "up to" speeds. The 970 Pro will beat any of the TLC-based drives with sufficient sustained writes as it doesn't rely on a SLC cache. Write speeds drop drastically outside of the pSLC/SLC...
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Appreciate the tip. I remember installing this driver for my 970 EVO in another system but never thought to do it for this drive.
I've attached my benchmarks after installing the Samsung NVME...
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Any of the brands you mentioned better than the others? I assume they're not using the exact same ssd down to every detail and also maybe some give better warranties than others? On quick glance the...
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I've also noticed, according to CrystalDiskInfo, that the Power On Hours isn't accurate at all. I believe this was mentioned earlier. I've been using my PC constantly for the past week and also have...
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Value simply seems to be off in this firmware revision.
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Sell all, go X570, done! lol. No but really...I think you're worrying too much about it. I just throw shit together and make it work.
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I've noticed my total host writes (and reads) jump by over 100GB after just ONE full run of CDM benchmark. Yeah, something is off, either CDM truly writes 100gb in one session or the drive's smart...
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Just judging by the table, it looks to me like it would be overkill getting one with that controller as it lists speeds even higher than the 970 pro and you said i'll be limited to far below them....
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eh someone just made another point that indeed confuses us. 16 of the CPU lanes are dedicated to the gpu, as you said. So how would the mobo be switching it to x8 when that is a whole separate set of...
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Yesterday a cashback site that starts with a T was having a 20% cashback promotion at an online gift card site called Raise. Raise sells Newegg gift cards at full price, but with the cb from T.C.B....
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I wish I had noticed the 20% cash back for raise purchases. I've been doing a lot of raise purchases with their own codes of like 5% off and could have used some more. And every time I buy form...
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I couldn't decide on that 660p in time, btw. Sigh. I just don't like the fact that its tech is not TLC or MLC. Plus I honestly wasn't sure it was worth even the $190 to me to have 2tb on a ssd. I...
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I'll post mine when I get home but I'm definitely seeing slower speeds. Installed in a PCIe card because my mobo doesn't have a slot (x99 based from Alienware).
Used this...
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got mine from newegg.
anyone know if i can update the firmware?
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The X570 boards will flat-out have twice the total bandwidth of something like a Z390. I don't want to dive too deeply into that right now since this includes GPU lanes with a third PCIe slot (8x...
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Just get a 1TB Phison E12 drive (Sabrent Rocket, Silicon Power P34A80, Corsair MP510, Inland Premium, MDSSD BPX Pro, the list goes on) and stop worrying about it. Best all-around NVMe for the price...
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Depends on the settings for the benchmark (and benchmark revision, if you happened to use different versions, which is quite possible), but it's always in the 40GB+ range (8x5x1GB).
After more...
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That is correct. Both M.2 sockets use direct CPU lanes.
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I highly doubt it will be released this month or even next, AMD hasn't even provided an official announcement yet. I myself am tempering my expectations, so as to not be disappointed, and would lean...
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Don't settle and buy the best you can afford. Sounds to me like you're the type who would have severe buyer's regret if you settle for anything lesser. If that requires waiting for Zen 2, then 100%...
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I actually ordered from this eBay seller (for the 10% eBay bucks) and it arrived from MyDigitalDiscount. I guess they're one and the same.
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do you happen to know how the asus rog strix x470-f handles a secondary ssd? I am running out of time to decide and it's hard tot ell from its description. it says something about 2 pcie slots, where...
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That board has 1 M.2 socket from the CPU (again, x4 PCIe 3.0 for NVMe) and 1 from the PCH/chipset. Usually the one off the chipset is 4x PCIe 2.0 because, again, the X470 chipset is 8x PCIe 2.0,...
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I know all of that which you said, but as you also said, different boards have different limitations on it. The b450 itx one I wanted gimps the gpu to x8. Some others have the secondary ssd at 2.0...
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I don't think you will have any problems with the X470-F.
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Does it matter it's ebay app or web?
$150 offer will be accepted automatically, it's set when it's listed (it might be set lower, but didn't try).
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If anyone needs $9 Newegg Gift Card for Amazon gift card trade. Please IM me.
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Best to start with someone learning you English. :P
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Not for laptops. Most NVMe drives are only using a 4x connector, which can feed 4GB/s. Once you take out the overhead, that comes down to about 3.5GB/s. There are already several controllers that...
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Anyone know if this fits in the MSI GS65 w/ GTX 1070 in the open SECOND slot? I want to keep the primary drive in place and install this in the open one.
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Thanks for this ^^ I've been looking to upgrade my Yoga 920, which has a 256GB PM961, this is very helpful.
So now I have to ask -> How does a 970 Evo compare to a 960 Pro?
Yea, I've read...
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/1TB-Samsung-SM961-Polaris-M-2-2280-PCI-e-3-0-x-4-NVMe-SSD-Same-as-960-Pro-E...
For those want to avoid tax on Newegg: list at 170 on eBay, make an offer of 150 and the...
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It's not much slower than the 960 EVO. It has 3.2 GB read and 1.8 GB write. In line with prices of other similier stats NvME drives.
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