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    NF-F12 reacted to dilpickle in Unpatchable Bug in Apple M1, M2 and M3 silicon   
    Silicon not silicone.
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    NF-F12 reacted to starsmine in Intel seeks to get inside Microsoft's next-gen Xbox console, potentially snatching away lucrative share from AMD   
    3 Core PowerPC (with SMT) probably just made more sense to MS then a duel core netburst based intel CPU (with larger latency between cores) which was what intel had available at the time. There isn't any bad blood there. Netburst was well known to not be competitive at the time. 

    The LOWEST wattage Pentium D part was 95 Watts and only ran at 2.7ghz with a tray price of 93 USD.

    remeber the 360 ran at 3.2 GHZ and LAUNCHED at 300 USD. And had a smaller die.

    This wasnt a "burned by intel" move it was Intel can not meet our needs for the next gen move. I cant imagine a single person at Intel took it personally. 
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    NF-F12 reacted to BrandonLatzig in Microsoft to start blocking "unauthorized" peripherals   
    I see this more as a way to counter devices like XIM, which have been hampering people's game experiences for years at this point
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    NF-F12 reacted to Cocococo in Motherboard Audio Not Loud Enough - T50RP MK3 - Need budget amp advice   
    Look into the Qudelix 5k, easily the best amp below Schiit stack prices
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    NF-F12 reacted to Psittac in Motherboard Audio Not Loud Enough - T50RP MK3 - Need budget amp advice   
    Oh man, T50RP and budget amp do not have any place in the same sentence.  They are the second most difficult to drive headphones that I own.
     
    I honestly can't give you good advice because I jumped straight into speaker power amplifier territory with the Emotiva BasX A-100 (A2M is current version)
     
    The SMSL SH6 might have the power to drive it
    The Topping L30 II looks to have the power of the magni
     
    Then just get an Aux to RCA cable (3.5mm TRS to RCA)
     
    Oh and I had a decent experience with a Douk Audio headphone amp but that specific one wouldn't run your headphones
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    NF-F12 reacted to dita in C states disabled or left at default in BIOS   
    Thanks, i will probably disable it, dont rly want my cpu to throttle all the time. But if something is not gonna work well ill just put it back to default but i doubt anything bad will happen. Thanks a lot!!
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    NF-F12 got a reaction from SpaceGhostC2C in $600 Million And A Decade Later, Where Is Star Citizen?   
    Star Citizen is a wishing well, many have thrown in coins.
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    NF-F12 got a reaction from kirashi in $600 Million And A Decade Later, Where Is Star Citizen?   
    Star Citizen is a wishing well, many have thrown in coins.
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    NF-F12 got a reaction from StDragon in $600 Million And A Decade Later, Where Is Star Citizen?   
    Star Citizen is a wishing well, many have thrown in coins.
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    NF-F12 reacted to Error 52 in Nintendo to use denuvo in future titles   
    While the Switch was very weak by home console standards, it's really a handheld console at its core and by those standards it was pretty impressive at the time of its launch. The Tegra X1 was one of the better SOCs Nintendo could've went with at the time. Might've been a few years out of date but that's console development for you.
     
    Also it doesn't actually run Android. Nicked some of the driver code but it's still mostly its own thing.
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    NF-F12 reacted to fartmuncher69_420 in Nintendo to use denuvo in future titles   
    Nintendo 64 - My copy of FIFA 99 and Mystical Ninja 2 Starring Goemon both had songs. So did Conkers bad fur day (it was an entire opera about poo).
    Wii - The Wii was the most innovative console of its generation both in terms of its target market and its controllers. I have no idea how you could say it had no other innovation. 
     
    The switch is absolutely too long in the tooth and I really hope the successor is backwards compatible because I would love to play TOTK on something with higher framerates. It's a much nicer game running on Yuzu than natively (I don't feel bad since I bought the game anyway).
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    NF-F12 got a reaction from Jorgemeister in Nintendo to use denuvo in future titles   
    Nintendo have often released very crippled hardware platforms for their games to be released on.
     
    Nintendo 64 - Most games under 32 megabytes due to lack of space on their chosen media. Textures reduced to mud, no real music just MIDI tunes.
    Gamecube - Multi platform and first party games limited in capacity due to 1.5GB small discs when the PlayStation 2 had access to DVD9.
    Wii - Repackaging of Gamecube hardware with support for DVD, no other innovation.
    Wii U - Awful controller gimmick that flopped spectacularly.
    Switch - Very underpowered Nvidia Shield rebrand after the Shield flopped, reliance on Android and only really able to provide a 720p gaming experience.
     
    Nintendo have the ability to make really magical games, they just always released them on hardware that was weak as hell. They also rabidly attack people who spend a lot of hours making emulators to circumvent the hardware issue, it isn't about unwillingness to buy games it's about getting a decent experience.
     
    Old school Japanese dinosaur exects simply do not understand the modern technological world well enough to stop this from being an issue. The Switch Lite can't even Switch...
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    NF-F12 got a reaction from Taf the Ghost in Give it up for Product #286: Google kills Google Domains   
    I have used Google Domains extensively, in fact my most recent purchase was only days ago...
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    NF-F12 got a reaction from SorryBella in Music editing   
    The key question I would ask is, which DAW do you intend to use? If it's Logic then you need a Mac, in this case I would suggest perhaps the M1 Macbook Air. If it is FL Studio or another windows developed program then I would have other recommendations.
     
    When it comes to music production, there is a very distinct divide between use of Mac dependent software, and wholly able to run a workflow on Windows.
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    NF-F12 got a reaction from Angusticlavii in Music editing   
    The key question I would ask is, which DAW do you intend to use? If it's Logic then you need a Mac, in this case I would suggest perhaps the M1 Macbook Air. If it is FL Studio or another windows developed program then I would have other recommendations.
     
    When it comes to music production, there is a very distinct divide between use of Mac dependent software, and wholly able to run a workflow on Windows.
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    NF-F12 reacted to VEXICUS in SSD TIER LIST   
    Welcome to the SSD tier list.
     
    SSD or Solid State Drive is a storage device containing non-volatile flash memory, used in place of hard drive because of its much greater speed. Unlike a hard drive, a solid state drive doesnt have any moving parts. It has two main components - A flash controller and  NAND flash memory chips.
    More information on solid state drives can be had from here..
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive
     
    This guide differentiates SSDs in different tiers based on their DWPD, sustained writes, controllers and NAND types.
     
    Make Ctrl + F your Best Friend...
     
     
    NOTE - MANY MANUFACTURERS ARE REPLACING THE KEY COMPONENTS OF SSDS (CONTROLLERS & NAND FLASH) WITH INFERIOR COMPONENTS WITHOUT INFORMING THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THIS LIST IS BASED ON THE COMPONENTS (CONTROLLERS & NAND FLASH) THAT THE SSD CAME WITH  AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH.
     
     
    NVMe
     
    Tier S (Ultra High-end)
    ADATA - Legend 970 (Phison E26) Apacer - AS2280F4 (Phison E26), AS2280F5 (Phison E26) CFD Gaming - PG5NFZ (Phison E26) Corsair - MP700 (Phison E26), MP700 Pro (Phison E26) Crucial - T700 (Phison E26) Galax - HOF 5.0 Extreme (Phison E26) Gigabyte - Gen5 AORUS 10000 (Phison E26), Gen5 AORUS 12000 (Phison E26) Goodram - IRDM Ultimate (Phison E26) Inland - TD510 (Phison E26) KLEVV - CRAS C950 (Phison E26) LENOVO - SL7000 50E C950 (Phison E26) MSI - M570 Pro (Phison E26), M570 (Phison E26) Neo Forza - NFP455 (Phison E26) Nextorage - NE5N (Phison E26), NN5Pro (Phison E26) Patriot - PV553 (Phison E26) Sabrent - Rocket X5 (Phison E26) Seagate - FireCuda 540 (Phison E26) Team - Z540 (Phison E26) Zadak - TWSG5 (Phison E26)  
    Tier A (Upper High-end)
    Acer - GM7000 (InnoGrit IG5236) ADATA - S70 / S70 Blade (InnoGrit IG5236), XPG Sage (InnoGrit IG5236), Premium (InnoGrit IG5236), Legend 960 / Max (SMI SM2264), XPG Indigo (SMI SM2264) Addlink - S95 (Phison E18), A95 (Phison E18) Apacer - AS2280Q4U (Phison E18) Asgard - AN4 (InnoGrit IG5236) Asus - Strix SQ7 (Phison E18) Corsair - MP600 Pro (Phison E18), MP600 Pro Hydro X (Phison E18), MP600 Pro XT (Phison E18), MP600 Pro XT Hydro X (Phison E18), MP600 Pro NH (Phison E18), MP600 Pro LPX (Phison E18), Fantom - VENOM8 (Phison E18) Galax - HOF 4.0 Extreme (Phison E18) Gigabyte - Gen4 AORUS v2 / Premium (Phison E18) Goodram - IRDM Pro (Phison E18) HP - FX900 Pro (InnoGrit IG5236) Inland - Performance Plus (Phison E18), Gaming Performance Plus (Phison E18) Kingspec - KC Kingston - KC3000 (Phison E18), Fury Renegade (Phison E18) KLEVV - CRAS C920 (Phison E18) Lexar - NM800 (InnoGrit IG5236) MSI - M480 (Phison E18) Mushkin - GAMMA (Phison E18), Redline Vortex (InnoGrit IG5236) Neo Forza - NFP400 (InnoGrit IG5236) Netac - NV7000 (Phison E18) Nextorage - NEM-PA (Phison E18) Patriot - Viper VP4300 (InnoGrit IG5236) Plextor - M10P (InnoGrit IG5236) PNY - CS3140 (Phison E18) Sabrent - Rocket 4 Plus (Phison E18), Rocket 4 Plus (8TB) (Phison E18), Rocket 4 Plus-G (Phison E18) Samsung - 980 Pro (Samsung Elpis) Seagate - FireCuda 530 (Phison E18) Silicon Power - XS70 (Phison E18) SK Hynix - Platinum P41 (Aries) Solidigm - P44 Pro (Aries) Team Group - Cardea A440 Pro (Phison E18), Cardea A440 (Phison E18), G70 (InnoGrit IG5236), G70 Pro (InnoGrit IG5236) Toshiba / Kioxia - Exercia Pro (Phison E18) Western Digital - Black SN850 (WD Proprietary), Black SN850X (WD Proprietary) Zadak - TWSG4 (Phison E18)  
    Tier B (Lower High-end)
    ADATA - S50 (Phison E16) Addlink - S90 (Phison E16), S92 (Phison E16) Apacer - AS2280Q4 (Phison E16) Corsair - MP600 (Phison E16), MP600 Core (Phison E16) Crucial - P5 Plus (Micron DMO2A1) Essencore - ECT455 (Phison E16) Galax - HOF 4.0 (Phison E16) Gigabyte - AORUS PCIe 4.0 (Phison E16) Goodram - IRDM Ultimate X (Phison E16) Inland - Performance (Phison E16) KingMax - PX4480 (Phison E16) MSI - Lightning (Phison E16), M470 (Phison E16), M471 (Phison E16) Mushkin - EON Pro (SMI SM2264), DELTA (Phison E16) Patriot - Viper VP4100 (Phison E16) PNY - CS3040 (Phison E16), CS4040 (Phison E16) Sabrent - Rocket 4.0 (Phison E16), Rocket Q4 (Phison E16) Samsung - 970 Pro (Samsung Phoenix) Seagate - FireCuda 520 (Phison E16) Silicon Power - US70 (Phison E16) Team Group - Cardea Zero Z440 (Phison E16), Cadea Ceramic C440 (Phison E16), Cardea Zero (Phison E16), T-Create Classic (Phison E16), Cardea Z44Q (Phison E16)  
    Tier C (Upper Mid-end)
    Acer - GM3500 (SMI SM2262EN) ADATA - SX8200 Pro v1 (SMI SM2262EN), Gammix S11 Pro (SMI SM2262EN), SX8800 Pro (Realtek RTS5762), Spectrix S40G / RGB (Realtek RTS5762), SX8100 (Realtek RTS5762), Gammix S7 (Realtek RTS5762), S50 Lite (SMI SM2267), XPG Pearl (SMI SM2267), Legend 840* (InnoGrit IG5220) Addlink - S70 (Phison E12), X70 (Phison E12) Apacer - AS2280P4U (Phison E12), AS2280P4U Pro (Phison E12) Asgard - AN3 (SMI SM2262EN), AN3+ (Starblaze STAR1000P) Asura - Genesis Xtreme (Phison E12) Corsair - MP510 (Phison E12) Crucial - P5 (Micron DMO1B2) Digifast - Ace (Phison E12) Galax - HOF (Phison E12) Gigabyte - AUROS RGB AIC (Phison E12) Hikvision - C2000 (Phison E12) HP - EX950 (SMI SM2262EN) Inland - Premium (Phison E12), Prime (Phison E15T) KingMax - PX3480 (Phison E12) Kingston - KC2000 (SMI SM2262EN), KC2500 (SMI SM2262EN) LiteOn - MU X1 (Phison E12) Mushkin - Pilot-E (SMI SM2262EN), EON (SMI SM2267), Tempest* (InnoGrit IG5216) MyDigitalSSD - BPX Pro (Phison E12) Patriot - Viper VPN100 (Phison E12), Viper VPR100 (Phison E12) Pioneer - APS-SE20G (Phison E12) Plextor - M10e* (SMI SM2267XT) PNY - CS3030 (Phison E12) Sabrent - Rocket (Phison E12) Samsung - 970 EVO Plus (Samsung Phoenix), 970 EVO (Samsung Phoenix), 960 EVO (Samsung Polaris), 960 Pro (Samsung Polaris) SanDisk - Extreme Pro NVMe (WD Proprietary) Seagate - BarraCuda 510 (Phison E12), FireCuda 510 (Phison E12) Silicon Power - P34A80 V1 (Phison E12) SK Hynix - Gold P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus), Platinum P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus) Team Group - Cardea II (Phison E12), Cardea Liquid (Phison E12), MP34 (Phison E12), Z340 (SMI SM2262EN), T-Create Expert (SMI SM2262EN), Z44L* (Phison E19T) Toshiba / Kioxia - RD500 (Phison E12S), Excercia Plus (Phison E12S) Transcend - SSD 220S (SMI SM2262EN), SSD 240S (SMI SM2267) Western Digital - Black / SN750 (WD Proprietary), SN750 SE* (Phison E19T) Zadak - Spark (Phison E12)  
    Tier D (Mid-end)
    ADATA - SX8200 Pro v2 (SMI SM2262G), SX8200 (SMI SM2262), Gammix S11 (SMI SM2262), Falcon* (Realtek RTS5762DL), S50 Lite (SMI SM2267) Corsair - MP400 (Phison E12S)  Drevo - D1 Xtreme (SMI SM2262) Foresee - P800 (Marvell 88SS1092)  HP- EX920 (SMI SM2262) Inland - Platinum (Phison E12S) Intel - 760p (SMI SM2262), 670p (SMI SM2265) KLEVV - KRAS C720 (Phison E12S) Lexar - NM700 (Marvell 88SS1092) MSI - M390* (Phison E15T) Mushkin - Pilot (SMI SM2262), Alpha (Phison E12S) Pioneer - APS-SE20Q (Phison E12) Plextor - M9PeY/G/GN (Marvell 88SS1093), M9P+ (Marvell 88SS1092)  PNY - CS2130 (Phison E12S) Sabrent - Rocket Q (Phison E12S) Samsung - 950 Pro (Samsung UBX), 980* (Samsung Pablo), 960 EVO (Samsung Polaris) Silicon Power - UD70 (Phison E12S), XD70 (Phison E12S), P34A80 V2 (Phison E12S), P34A80 V3 (SMI SM2262ENG) Team Group - MP34Q (Phison E12S) Western Digital - SN570* (WD Proprietary), SN750 SE* (WD Proprietary)  
    Tier E (Budget)
    Acer - FA100* (InnoGrit IG5216) ADATA - SX6000 Pro* (Realtek RTS5763DL), Gammix S5* (Realtek RTS5763DL), SX6000 Lite* (Realtek RTS5763DL), S20G* (Realtek RTS5763DL) Addlink - S68* (Phison E13T) Asgard - AN1/AN2* (SMI SM2263XT) Biostar - M700* (SMI SM2263XT) Colorful - CN600* (SMI SM2263XT) Corsair - MP500 (Phison E7) Crucial - P1 (SMI SM2263), P2* (Phison E13T) Gigabyte - NVMe v2* (Phison E13T) Greenliant - ArmourDrive* (Phison E13T) Goodram - PX500* (SMI SM2263XT) HP - EX900* (SMI SM2263XT), EX900 Pro (SMI SM2263) Inland - Pro QLC* (Phison E13T) Intel - 660p (SMI SM2263), 665p (SMI SM2263) Kingston - A2000 (SMI SM2263), NV1* (SMI SM2263XT) KLEVV - KRAS C700 / RGB (SMI SM2263), KRAS C710* (SMI SM2263XT) Lexar - NM600* (SMI SM2263XT), NM610* (SMI SM2263XT), NM620* (InnoGrit IG5216) MSI - M370* (Phison E13T) Mushkin - Enhanced Helix-L* (SMI 2263XT) MyDigitalSSD - BPX (Phison E7), SBXe 2nd Gen* (Phison E13T) Orico - V500* (SMI SM2263XT) Patriot - P300* (SMI SM2263XT or Phison E13T) SanDisk - Ultra* (WD Proprietary), Extreme Pro NVMe (WD Proprietary) Seagate - BarraCuda Q5* (Phison E13T) Silicon Power - P34A60* (SMI SM2263XT) TC SUNBOW - NVMe* (SMI SM2263XT) Team Group - MP33* (SMI SM2263XT or Phison E13T), Z330* (Phison E13T), T-Create Classic* (Phison E13T) Toshiba / Kioxia - RC500 (Phison E12S), Excercia (Phison E12C) Transcend - SSD 110S* (SMI SM2263XT) Verbatim - Vi3000* (Phison E13T) Western Digital - SN500* (WD Proprietary), SN550* (WD Proprietary)[1], SN350* (WD Proprietary)  
    Tier F (OKAYish)
    ADATA - SX6000 (Realtek RTS5760), Gammix S10* (SMI SM2260) Apacer - AS2290P2 Pro* (Phison E8T) Corsair - MP300 (Phison E8) Gigabyte - NVMe* (Phison E8T)  Inland - Basic* (Phison 8T), Professional (Phison E8) Kingston - A1000 (Phison E8) Lexar - NM500* (Marvell 88NV1160), Lexar NM520 (Phison E8) Mushkin - Enhanced Helix-LT* (SMI 2263XT) MyDigitalSSD - SBX (Phison E8), SBXe* (Phison 8T) Patriot - Scorch (Phison E8) Silicon Power - P32A80* (Phison 8T) Team Group - MP32 (Phison E8)  
     
    SATA
     
    Tier A (High-end)
    Samsung - 850 PRO (Samsung MEX), 860 PRO (Samsung MJX) Seagate - Ironwolf 110 (Seagate 500021768)  
    Tier B (Mid-end)
    ADATA - SX950U (SMI SM2258), SU800 (SMI SM2258), SX850 (SMI SM2258), SU750* (Realtek RTS5733DMQ), SU760* (Realtek RTS5733DMQ) Addlink - S20 (Phison S10) Corsair - Neutron XTi (Phison S10) Crucial - MX500 (SMI SM2258), BX300 (SMI SM2258), MX300 (Marvell 88SS1074), MX200 (Marvell 88SS9189) Gigabyte - UD Pro (Phison S10) HP - S700 Pro (SMI SM2258) Intel - 545s (SMI SM2259), 540s (SMI SM2258) Kingdian - S280 (SMI SM2258) Kingston - KC600 (SMI SM2259), UV500 (Marvell 88SS1074) KLEVV - NX500 (SMI SM2258), NEO N610 (SMI SM2258)  Lexar - NS200 (SMI SM2258), NM210 (SMI SM2258) Micron - 1100 (Marvell 88SS1074), 1300 (Marvell 88SS1074) Mushkin - Triactor 3DX (SMI SM2258)  MyDigitalSSD - BP5e Slim 7 (Phison S10) Neo Forza - NFS06 (SMI SM2258) Patriot - P220 (Phison S12) Plextor - M8V / M8VG (SMI SM2258), M8V Plus (SMI SM2258)   PNY - CS1311 (Phison S10) Samsung - 850 EVO (Samsung MGX), 860 EVO (Samsung MJX), 870 EVO (Samsung MKX), 860 QVO (Samsung MJX), 870 QVO (Samsung MKX) Sandisk - Extreme Pro (Marvell 88SS9187), Ultra 3D (Marvell 88SS1074) Seagate - Barracuda (Phison S10), Barracuda 120 (Phison S12) SK Hynix - Gold S31 (Quartz SH87830CC), SL308 (SK hynix SH87820BB) Team Group - L5 Lite 3D (SMI SM2258), Delta RGB (SMI SM2258), Vulcan (SMI SM2258)  Toshiba - Vector 180 (OCZ Barefoot 3 M00) Transcend - SSD430S ( SMI SM2258), SSD830S (SMI SM2258), SSD230S (SMI SM2258) Western Digital - Blue 3D (Marvell 88SS1074), Blue (Marvell 88SS1074), SA500 / Red (Marvell 88SS1074)  
     
    Tier C (Budget)
    Acer - SA100* (Maxio MAS0902A) ADATA - SU650* (SMI SM2258XT), SU655* (SMI SM2258XT), SP900 (SandForce SF-2281) Addlink - S20M* (Maxio MAS080X), S22* (Phison S11T) Colorful - SL500* (SMI SM2258XT) Crucial - BX500* (SMI SM2258XT / SMI SM229XT), MX100 (Marvell 88SS9189) Drevo - X1 Pro* (SMI SM2258XT) Gigabyte - SSD* (Phison S11) HP - S700* (SMI SM2258XT), M700* (SMI SM2258XT), P600* (SMI SM2258XT), S750* (SMI SM2259XT) KingDian - S280 (SMI SM2258) KingSpec - P4* (Maxio MAS0902A) Kingston - UV400 (Marvell 88SS1074), KC300 (SandForce SF2281), Q500* (Phison S11T) Lexar - NS100* (Marvell 88NV1120), NQ100* (Marvell 88NV1120) Maxtor - Z1* (Phison S11) Mushkin - Source* (SMI SM2258XT), Reactor (SMI SM2258EN), Reactor LT (SMI SM2258EN), Triactor 3DL* (SMI SM2258XT), Raw* (SMI SM2259XT), Source II* (SMI SM2258XT) Neo Forza - NFS01* (SMI SM2258XT) Patriot - Burst* (Phison S11), P200* (SMI SM2258XT), P210* (SMI SM2259XT) Pioneer - APS-SL3* (Phison S11) Plextor - S3C/G (SMI SM2254)  PNY - CS900* (Phison S11), CS2311* (Phison S11), CS2040* (Phison S11) Sandisk - Ultra II (Marvell 88SS9190), Ultra Plus (Marvell SS889175) Silicon Power - S55* (SMI SM2258XT), A55* (SMI SM2258XT), A58* (Phison S11) TC SUNBOW - X3 (SMI SM2258) [Although some units in USA and Canada ship with a DRAM-less SMI SM2258XT] Team Group - Elite GX1* (Phison S11), Elite GX2* (SMI SM2258XT), MS30* (SMI SM2258XT), EX2* (SMI SM2258XT), L3 EVO* (Phison S11) Toshiba - TR200* (Phison S11), Exercia* (Phison S11T) Transcend - SSD420S* (SMI SM2258XT), SSD820S* (SMI SM2258XT), SSD370* (Transcend TS6500), SSD370S* (Transcend TS6500),  
    Tier D (OKAYish)
    ADATA - SU630* (Maxio MAS0902A), SU635* (Maxio MAS0902A) Addlink - S22* (Phison S11T) HP - S600* (Marvell 88NV1120) Hyundai - Sapphire* (Marvell 88NV1120) Inland - Professional* (Phison S11) KingDian - S400* (SMI SM2258XT) Kingston - A400* (Phison S11), SSDNow V300* (Sandisk SF-2281), HyperX RGB (Marvell 88SS1074), Q500* (Phison S11T/S13T) Sandisk - SSD Plus* (SMI SM2256S) Team Group - L5 Lite* (SMI SM2256S), Dark L3 (Phison S8), L3 EVO* (Phison S11) Western Digital - Green* (SMI SM2258XT)  
     
    EXTERNAL
     
    Tier A (Ultra High-end)
    LaCie - Rugged SSD (Phison E12) Patriot - EVLVR 2 (Phison E12)  
    Tier B (High-end)
    HP - P800* (SMI SM2263) [1] LaCie - Rugged SSD (Phison E12) Sabrent - Rocket Pro (Phison E12) Western Digital - P50 (WD Proprietary)  
    Tier C (Mid-end)
    ADATA - SE760* (Realtek RTS5763DL), SE800* (Innogrit IG5208)  HP - P700* (SMI SM2263) Lexar - SL100 Pro* (Marvell 88NV1160)  Mushkin - CarbonX* (SMI SM2263XT) Orico - GV100* (SMI SM2263XT) Patriot - PXD* (Phison E13T) PNY - Pro Elite (Phison E8) Sabrent - Rocket Nano* (Phison E13T) Samsung - T5 (Samsung MGX), T7* (Samsung Pablo) Sandisk - Extreme Portable (Marvell 88SS1074) Seagate - Fast SSD (Phison S10) Team Group - PD1000* (SMI SM2263XT) Transcend - ESD350C* (SMI SM2263XT) Western Digital - My Passport SSD (New) (Marvell 88SS1074)  
    Tier D (Budget / Storage)
    ADATA - SC680* (SMI SM2259XT), SD600Q* (Maxio MAS0902A), SD700 (SMI SM2258) Buffalo - SSD-PSMU3 (Phison S10) HP - P600* (SMI SM2258XT) LaCie - Portable SSD (Phison S10) Lexar - SL200* (Marvell 88NV1120) Mushkin - Source Q* (SMI SM2259XT) PNY - Elite* (Phison S11) Seagate - One Touch SSD (Phison S10) Silicon Power - Bolt B75 Pro* (Phison S11), PC60* (SM2259XT) Team Group - PD400 (SMI SM2258)  
    PM me for any changes.
    Updated - 04/02/2024
     
     
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    NF-F12 reacted to mariushm in [Gen3] Choosing between Crucial P3 vs Samsung 980 as my secondary(1TB)?   
    Samsung 980 uses TLC memory (128 layer v-nand).  It does 3.5 GB/s read, 3 GB/s write, and has a write endurance of 600 TB.
    Crucial P3 uses QLC memory (176 layer) . It does the same speeds but has a write endurance of 220 TB (for the 1 TB version)
     
    Samsung 980 can use up to around 160-200 GB (on the 1 TB model) of memory in pseudo-SLC cache (where you get faster write speeds and higher endurance) as a write cache. Once that amount is filled, the write speeds drop to around 300 MB/s 
    In the first picture below, the 500 GB version of Samsung 980 can be seen in red ... around 100 GB are written at ~ 2.5 GB/s and then as the pSQL write cache gets full, speeds drop to ~300 MB/s
    Once the high speed transfer is done and the drive is idle, the cache recovers at around 30 GB per minute (the controller moves data to permanent tlc memory while idle)
     
     

     
     
    The Crucial P3  can use ALL the QLC memory in pSLC mode, so the more empty space you have the more can be used in pSLC mode as write cache. 
    Basically, whatever free space there is,  divide it by four and that's the pSLC memory. 
    On the 2 TB model reviewed by Tom's hardware, you can see in the picture below in red, how it could write around 550 GB of content at around 3.2 GB/s and then the sLC cache got full and the drive had to start converting some of this pSLC memory back into QLC .. so the controller alternates between converting to TLC, accepting more data, converting to TLC and so on... so you get the speeds like in the chart below ... less than 100 MB/s for some time, then a burst of 1-1.5 GB/s, then again less than 100 MB/s 
     
    When the drive is fairly empty, it's ok, as you're never going to write 250 GB at a time (which would be the amount of pSLC for a 1 TB model) but it gets worse the more the drive gets full...
    For example let's say for example you use 800 GB out of 1 TB and you want to install a 60 GB game. There's only 200 GB empty, so only around 40 GB of pSLC write cache ... you install the 50 GB game and the first 40 GB get installed in 10-15 seconds and then the other 10 will take a couple minutes at 100 MB/s 
     
     

     
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    NF-F12 reacted to GoodBytes in BlackLotus Becomes First UEFI Bootkit Malware to Bypass Secure Boot on Windows 11   
    It has nothing to do with TPM.
    Secure Boot is to block rootkits by only accepting bootloaders that is trusted (using digital signature).
     
    What is unclear on the article is if you lock Secure Boot to Windows, does it still work? Or it relies on the user to leave it to "Other", which you now fall under how good the UEFI maker cares about security. Like MSI which by-pass Secure Boot, so might as well not exist.
    https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/01/300-models-of-msi-motherboards-have-secure-boot-turned-off-is-yours-affected/
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    NF-F12 reacted to Stahlmann in Gamers Nexus calling out Linus for monetizing on his own controversy   
    After the recent backpack warranty controversy Gamers Nexus re-evaluated where LTT stands as a company and decided to not treat them as a friend anymore, but as a company like MSI, EVGA, etc. As a result he called out Linus' behavior during the whole warrany controversy. I personally found it rather funny that he put in clips of Luke's expressions when Linus talks about it, showing that Luke had a much better understanding of the whole situation while Linus only cared about the T-shirts he sold because of it.
     
    GN has again earned my respect for setting a friendship aside for a moment to report objectively.
    I wonder if Linus can do the same thing and take this criticism to heart or if he'll dig himself a hole 🤔
     
    Here is the video: (The LTT segment goes on until 15:35)
     
    So what's your take on this?
    Do you respect GN for going this route or do you think they only did it to cause more controversy for clicks?
     
    For me LTT has lost an incredible amount of credibility purely because of their CEO's public behavior during the last year.
     
    It was a couple of WAN shows ago that Linus talked about how companies are not your friend, not even LTT. Now he's shown that it's not just LTT who doesn't care about their community, but also their CEO who prefers T-shirt sales over a good relationship with his own community.
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    NF-F12 got a reaction from hishnash in 2 Years on, IOS VPNs still leak your IP Addresses with no bug fix in sight | Update: Apple says it's expected behaviour   
    Never been a fan of on-device software VPN connections, much better to implement at the router.
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    NF-F12 reacted to JKRsega in Facebook's Pixel tracking tool found in a third of the Top 100 US hospitals, scraping private health data of patients.   
    They should ban Meta/Anusbook. It causes nothing but trouble.
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    NF-F12 reacted to Chiyawa in Honda Remote Keyless Entry Exploit Discovered   
    Anything with wireless and electronics are prone to hacking. I still prefer the manual key insert method.
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    NF-F12 reacted to Spotty in Ubisoft decommissioning online services for a number of (not necessary online) games. Games may not function properly anymore.   
    Not being able to access DLC in those games is a bit insulting.
     
    Even more reason not to buy games from Ubisoft.
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