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From: Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : proposed design
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 01:00:20
Message-Id: 20120803005831.GE2921@ca.inter.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : proposed design by Volker Armin Hemmann
1 120802 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
2 > Am Mittwoch, 1. August 2012, 16:33:21 schrieb Philip Webb:
3 >> There are no Samsung SSDs available at the store (do they make them ? ).
4 > are you joking? Samsung is one of the big ones -
5 > a lot of laptops run with rebranded Samsung SSDs.
6 > Samsung produces flash chips, their own controllers & well performing SSDs.
7
8 Goto http://www.canadacomputers.com/search_result.php?keywords=&manu=0&sid=pl8enmo1d9rsvg3qk00ip4k315&search=1&ccid=1088&cPath=179_1088&pagePos=0&pricerange=%240.00-%24299.99+%28102%29
9 (or simply to the base URL & follow the menus).
10 There are a lot of SSDs, but nothing called 'Samsung'.
11 Do they market them under another brand name ?
12
13 >> OCZ Vertex3 120 GB SATA3 6 GB/s R 550 MB/s W 500 MB/s : 119.99
14 > have that one. Is a nice one.
15
16 Yes, I've already put it in my list to replace the Kingston.
17
18 > seriously, don't buy case+psu combos. They almost always suck.
19 > Also: the bigger the fan, the less speed you need them to run at.
20 > The quieter they are. If you can get a case with placings for 14cm fans
21 > and it is comparable to some 12 or 8cm case - get that.
22 > it is really worth it.
23
24 I always have: it saves CAD & the only problem was c 2004 ,
25 when the PSU fan failed & fried the mobo : I replaced both
26 & the machine continues to function well as my stand-by box.
27 I'm not worried by ordinary fan noise: try traffic, TVs etc etc (smile).
28
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Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : proposed design Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com>