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Are there any motherboards that support NVMe? Will there be backward compatability?

If I understand this correctly, NVMe drives can have PCIe, SATA or M.2 interfaces. Without BIOS support, these drives will not be bootable. Without BIOS support, NVMe drives will work as additional storage only. Does this sound right? Will there be BIOS updates for existing motherboards or...
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- Jun 17, 2014
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Kingston V300 NAND bait-and-switch - Has anyone managed to get a replacement?

Yes, sorry about the late reply. I do have the KC100 now. As mentioned, I used their own literature against them. You can clearly see a disparity between the old and new versions http://media.kingston.com/support/downloads/V300_Benchmark_Brief_MKF_586.pdf They do downplay the non...
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- Post #25
- Apr 19, 2014
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Wow on memory prices spiking again

I've read that the low prices were due to oversupply at the time. Today, there are fewer DRAM makers and a lot of the capacity has switched over to NAND manufacturing. So now we have expensive RAM but cheap SSDs
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- Post #3
- Mar 13, 2014
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Kingston SSD: Response from Tech support regarding speed.

They use crystal disk mark numbers so throw this in their face: http://media.kingston.com/support/downloads/V300_Benchmark_Brief_MKF_586.pdf I asked for a drive that matches the V300 120S and they offered to replace it with kc100
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- Post #7
- Mar 11, 2014
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Kingston V300 NAND bait-and-switch - Has anyone managed to get a replacement?

They've offered me a KC100 as a replacement. I think that's a good trade... I'll look deeper into it later but any advise would be welcome. Thanks
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- Post #6
- Mar 10, 2014
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Kingston V300 NAND bait-and-switch - Has anyone managed to get a replacement?

I'm still trying to get a replacement from them but so far their attitude is that different drives perform differently and that they prefer ATTO as the benchmark. They have given me a link to a document which actually lists Crystal Disk benchmarks and they have two versions of the V300 even in...
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- Post #4
- Mar 10, 2014
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Kingston V300 NAND bait-and-switch - Has anyone managed to get a replacement?

I just wanted to find out if owners of the new V300s with slower asynchronous NAND are complaining to Kingston about it? I have complained to Kingston and so far I'm not getting far with it. They just keep talking about ATTO benchmarks which use compressible data sets and don't detect the...
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- Mar 7, 2014
- Replies: 24
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Anand's OCZ Vertex 4 review is up

I don't see the logic there. OCZ proves time and time again that they are not a pleasant company to deal with. Do you remember when OCZ's CEO was angry at Anand for exposing the OCZ Core's terrible random performance? As far as I'm concerned Intel, Samsung, Crucial and even Corsair have a much...
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- Post #24
- Apr 7, 2012
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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I upgraded to 24 gb of ram... What cool things can I do with it?

http://memory.dataram.com/products-and-services/software/ramdisk I once used a server with 32GB RAM to do some testing. Installed the whole OS on the ramdisk which made snapshot jumping a lot quicker.
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- Post #11
- Nov 16, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Flickering problem with AMD e350 and IdeaPad S205

The flickering seems to have gone away but the corrupted mouse still appears. I try not to close the lid, and if I do, I either have to leave the magnifier on or restart. Also, browsing the net is not as smooth as it should be. I notice some stuttering every once in a while even with a Corsair...
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- Post #2
- Oct 17, 2011
- Forum: Laptops
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OCZ SSD question.

A raptor is only incrementally better in terms of performance compared to other mechanical drives. If you need IO performance then nothing but an SSD (or two) will do. I suggest you google your motherboard along with the SSDs on your shortlist and see if there are any major issues. Don't...
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- Post #78
- Oct 4, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Super urgent, plz help

First of all, backup your drive on another computer. I think your data is probably still there. how do you know? Do you get any messages when you try to boot? BSOD?
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- Post #10
- Oct 3, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Flickering problem with AMD e350 and IdeaPad S205

From what I've read so far, it seems that some AMD e350 systems are suffering from flickering screens. I'd like to find out if anyone else has similar problem or has heard of a solution. I have an IdeaPad S205 and it started flashing a horizontal line across the screen after I installed an SSD...
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- Oct 2, 2011
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Laptops
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SSD's and MMOs?

Chances are that something else will go wrong before your SSD wears out (firmware issue, controller fault, manufacturing defect, etc...). I usually recommend SSDs to anyone. Any other system upgrade, I advise on a case by case basis (some people ask me for RAM upgrades to make their PCs faster...
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- Post #7
- Sep 28, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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SSD buying advice with this setup?

An SSD will help even if you keep your documents on an HDD. Most of the IO activity is from the actual software (unless we're talking about HD video editing and so on). Also, the SSD will mask other IO from the OS or other software (SSDs are much better at multitasking than HDDs). I think you...
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- Post #2
- Sep 28, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage

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