ssd

So a few year ago my WD Black died within a year suddenly and didnt check if it was under warranty or anything (I never registered anything) but they did say it should last 10 years or something ridiculous. Separately shortly after it went so did my Kingston ssd but it died is strange...

Hi all, Upgraded my rig, desk & case etc & thought I'd share some photo's. I didn't intend on upgrading the mobo & CPU at first, but I damaged some pins on the old one when I dropped a micro fibre cloth on it (n00b move, I know). so now the specs are (if anyone cares) Ryzen 3700x Asus ROG...

Hi there all, I currently have a 4690K, 16Gb of DDR3 ram, a GTX 970, an SSD and an assortment of HDDs. What do you think should be my next upgrade, I have just gotten into VR and have an Oculus Rift. Thanks for your help in advance!

More of a curiosity post really to see what others do and what SSDs they have as their OS drive with games/software installed. I have had an Intel Skulltrail 730 series (480GB) since close to launch and having had many many SSDs since at both home and work, it has been the single most reliable...

Hi there OK not the full blown Black Friday, but some of my deals in preparation for Black Friday have landed and the prices on some are active and some I've just made active because you know what it makes zero sense to sit on the stock if we can get it moving now, of course this post will...

Hey all, I'm really stuck on this. Brand new build. I currently have a samsung 860 evo in my m.2 sata port with windows 10 installed. As soon as I plug in a samsung 970 evo 1tb into the m.2 nvme port then I get nothing on the screen. Bios won't recognise the 2.80 update so is currently on 2.70...

I am running a system based on a Gigabyte Z97X-SLI motherboard which I am (reluctantly, finally) moving over from Windows 7 to Windows 10. My current System "disk" is a 120 GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD (no longer available). I am considering replacing it with a larger and faster 250 GB Samsung 970 EVO...

Hi there So up until now the only Gen4 SSD options were the expensive Corsair and Gigabyte units which comes with large heatsink resulting in them not being compatible with many AMD Gen4 mainboards on the market that have build in heatsinks for the M.2 Slot. TeamGroup smartly noticed this and...

Hi All, I have a samsung T5 which i have been using externally for a while. However i would like to connect internally using a SATA to USB 'C' connector. Do you think this would work and allow an os to be installed and ran off of this. Ive never heard of it but there are cables for it for...

Hi All, I own a slightly modified X51 R2 - i4790, GTX1060, 16gb HyperX Ram. Anyway - i would like to upgrade the WD Blue 1Tb hard drive to an SSD. How do i do this with a step by step? I know it seems silly - but i am confused as how to boot back up when the original is removed etc etc. Any...

Hello, I'm upgrading my pc to play vr and games at 1440p. My 5820k broke earlier this year and im currently running a old 1155 i5 2320 and 8gb of ram with a vega 64... Its cpu bottle necked crazy. I'm keeping the vega 64 as the gpu its more than powerful enough for what i want. I'm spending...

Hi All Specs first - get it out the way i7-4790 GTX1060 evga 16GB HyperX Fury DDR3 250GB external SSD 1TB Internal WD Blue HDD Basically on simulation games which i play a lot of, what would give me better performance? Saving them on external (USB 3.0) SSD Samsung T5 or 7200rpm WD Blue...

Hi! I would like to buy a cooler/heatskin for my Samsung 970 Evo Plus M.2 SSD. What do you think what is the best choise? Please reccomend me. Thank you

Hello! I would like to seek expert advice on SSD selection. The SSD I want: How much SSD do I need? --› 1TBű SATA3 or mSata or M.2 connector --› I prefer the M.2 connector What motherboard will SSD use with? --› Asus Maximus VIII Hero How many years warranty should the SSD have? --› I...

Hi everyone. I am using dual boot Windows 10 & Ubuntu 18 on my Dell e7450 laptop. Each system has own disk partition: 150GB Disk C for Windows, 100GB Disk D for Linux, 250GB Disk E for Files which I want to use from both Windows and Linux. The problem is that Windows always has fast startup...

Hi, Bottom line to the problem is that I've installed a XPG SX8200 Pro on my Asus Strix b250f Motherboard, it detects the M.2 SSD in the BIOS but is not accessible under My PC. After installing I went into the BIOS to configure the settings to allow the M.2 slot to be used. In the image I found...

I have two Samsung SSD drives once is NVME (boot) and other standard SSD. My system thinks my gaming drive is an 850 pro when its an 860 evo. It used to have the old 850 256gb pro but just swapped it out to the new 860 500gb evo. The only place that has the right info is the Samsung magician...

Hey All, Need to help if possible. I am looking to do a SSD upgrade and want a recommendation for a 480/500 GB product that people already use. Also need some help on fitment. I dont have a standard 3.5" memory section on my PC, the whole compartment is 5.75" and currently my HDD sits I'm a...

Iv had my 840 Evo for about 5-6 years, Crystal Disk and Samsung Magic say its a healthy SSD. I'm not so convinced as it seems to hang a lot and performance has dropped off over the years. I havnt shopped for an SSD for many years, so with that being said what is the go to SSD nowadays? My...

Hi there Thinking of grabbing yourself AMD's latest Ryzen processor along with an X570 mainboard? Well when it comes to the SSD if you want the best performance M.2 drives on the planet Aorus (Gigabyte) ande Corsair have the answer for you, arriving hopefully in the next 7-10 days are the new...