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| CaptainJistuce |
Posted on 23-05-03, 07:27
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 Post: #1133 of 1164 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 76 days Last view: 4 days |
Posted by wertigonHonestly? I have a quarter-TB of just music. My legally-acquired videos directory, which is mostly anime fansubs, is over two TB. The extra storage matters. Yes, I could just delete everything and use streaming services exclusively. But it doesn't seem like a good deal to delete all of my hoard so I can pay to use someone else's hoard instead. --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
| tomman |
Posted on 23-05-03, 16:04
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Dinosaur
 Post: #1233 of 1318 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 9 days Last view: 5 hours |
Why not mix and match then? Keep the rust spinners for the legally acquired media, and use the solid storage for your OS, applications, and frequently accessed files. If you're at home, your rust spinners are just a cable away. And if you're away... plan ahead! Licensed Pirate® since 2006, 100% Buttcoin™-free, enemy of All Things JavaScript™ |
| CaptainJistuce |
Posted on 23-05-03, 19:44
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Post: #1134 of 1164 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 76 days Last view: 4 days |
Posted by tomman That's what I do. Booting off a flash drive, with frequently-used applications stored there too. Real disks for my dragon's hoard of data as well as less-frequently-hit programs where load times are less galling. --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
| wertigon |
Posted on 23-05-05, 14:53 (revision 1)
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Post: #199 of 205
Since: 11-24-18 Last post: 169 days Last view: 5 days |
Meanwhile cheap 4TB SSD bulk drives has dropped to $179 now... A system from 5 years ago usually got less storage than that, but of course there will be exceptions. Samsung 850 QVOs 8TB SSDs are $450 now, too. These things are starting to become affordable, but not at the dirt cheap level of HDDs yet. For gaming 8TB is more than you need right now, but I would say 32TB need to come down to affordable levels before we have enough storage overall. As always, you do what you feel is best, I can only tell you what I see. Feel free to disagree, it's your system, files, and money after all! :) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DTR8RGR |
| CaptainJistuce |
Posted on 23-05-05, 23:45
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Custom title here
Post: #1135 of 1164 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 76 days Last view: 4 days |
SATA flash drives aren't appreciably faster than a half-decent disk, and I have limited capacity for NVMe-based drives. I ain't payin' double the price for disk to get disk-like performance. --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
| Nicholas Steel |
Posted on 23-05-20, 14:40
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Post: #424 of 426
Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 512 days Last view: 27 days |
SATA SSD's are a million times better than a SATA HDD. Why? 1) Multiple reads/writes can occur simultaneously! 2) Time spent seeking is virtually non-existent. 3) It's super quiet, so when a rogue program starts thrashing the SSD you won't know unless you open Task Manager or something! AMD Ryzen 3700X | MSI Gamer Geforce 1070Ti 8GB | 16GB 3600MHz DDR4 RAM | ASUS Crosshair VIII Hero (WiFi) Motherboard | Windows 10 x64 |
| creaothceann |
Posted on 23-05-20, 19:34
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 Post: #436 of 456 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 57 days Last view: 1 day |
Posted by Nicholas Steel This is why I use DiskLED and NetSpeedMonitor (up to Win10, setup program needs to run in Win7 compatibility mode) to see more of what's going on at a glance. My current setup: Super Famicom ("2/1/3" SNS-CPU-1CHIP-02) → SCART → OSSC → StarTech USB3HDCAP → AmaRecTV 3.10 |
| Kawaoneechan |
Posted on 23-05-20, 23:12
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Always checks behind the chair
 Post: #595 of 599 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 208 days Last view: 20 min. |
DiskLED? I knew I forgot something when I got my new laptop! |
| tomman |
Posted on 23-05-21, 20:05
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Dinosaur
Post: #1237 of 1318 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 9 days Last view: 5 hours |
As someone that has already installed a fair number of SATA SSDs on machines that are (sadly) not mine, getting rid of the random R/W performance bottleneck of rust spinners IS completely worth the price of admission. As a bonus you get to save power, which on a laptop means a few minutes of extra runtime, even on a worn battery. You're still limited by the SATA port speeds, and in sequential reads the difference between a HDD and SSD is minimal, but sequential reads are not the most usual operation your OS will do everyday. I now even want SSDs on my retroboxes, thanks~ Once you taste the forbidden fruit, there is no going back. For now I'm stalled for the most obvious r€a$on... but hopefully Soon™.... Licensed Pirate® since 2006, 100% Buttcoin™-free, enemy of All Things JavaScript™ |
| Nicholas Steel |
Posted on 23-05-23, 11:18
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Post: #425 of 426
Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 512 days Last view: 27 days |
Posted by tomman The biggest benefit really is the ability to read/write multiple things simultaneously. You can have your anti-virus scan your SSD while a game is loading data from the same SSD and experience virtually no negative impact caused by the storage device! or Windows decides to start doing a check for Windows Updates or something while you're gaming, or everything wants to load at the same time during Windows log-in... all of these greatly improved by an SSD's ability to handle multiple things simultaneously. AMD Ryzen 3700X | MSI Gamer Geforce 1070Ti 8GB | 16GB 3600MHz DDR4 RAM | ASUS Crosshair VIII Hero (WiFi) Motherboard | Windows 10 x64 |
| tomman |
Posted on 23-09-29, 19:34
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Dinosaur
Post: #1260 of 1318 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 9 days Last view: 5 hours |
MS officially stopped allowing W7/8 keys to activate Windows 10: https://devicepartner.microsoft.com/en-us/communications/comm-windows-ends-installation-path-for-free-windows-7-8-upgrade Also, MS stopped selling new Win10 licenses since January 2023, so this leaves two possible options for those looking to - Buy a new Windows 11 license for $200 (may be cheaper on some markets) - Activate using a existing Win10 license. I'm glad my Windows needs in this house are confined to the realm of retrocomputing, but if I were a modern AAA+ gamer, I would be seriously rethinking my game tastes. Windows 11 is simply not worth it, no matter the usecase. Licensed Pirate® since 2006, 100% Buttcoin™-free, enemy of All Things JavaScript™ |
