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Go with one drive. Generally, for the desktop, unless you're doing massive files, you won't see that much of a difference between the RAID and the generally fast SSD. The SATA bus is getting saturated as it is. Also, a 240gb drive is always faster than a 128. It's the math. Just go with the 240 right from the start.

While true it's a bit of an overstatement as well. The current drives seems to be pretty robust with the limits coming out to 10 years or more at fairly heavy duty cycles. If you load up the drive with the O/S and apps you're reading far more than you're writing. I very sure you'll get tired of the drive far more than it will "run out" on you.

You are getting a major burn. Stick with the M500. The MX100 128 is nothing special and isn't worth it vs the M500. Actually, it's probably just a reshelled M500. In NA we're getting 256 gb MX100's for the same price as the 128 gb M500 which is why we're so hyped up on it. If you could get that, that's what I'd recommend but there isn't one on the site. Not available yet in Poland? Sold out? Not willing to meet that price point?

MX100: Pros: MLC NAND. Proven and reliable Well engineered: with those extra capacitors for power protection it beats most other consumer grade drives. It will allow for a final write if there's ever a power failure which saves your data. That's enterprise grade stuff. Value: absolute killer price point. Build quality: Micron is a fab. They designed it, made it and sell it. Should be superior to all those 3rd party vendors. Cons: middling performer. Watch your sizes. The 128GB isn't the same as the 256 or 512. And only the 512 is referenced for the speed specs. 840 EVO: Pros: Well engineered. Samsung has really set this thing up. Sizing: One of the largest size ranges with a 1TB available. Build quality: Samsung is a fab... yadda, yadda, yadda. Speed: they are among the best on the bench. Problem is that in the real world it's not as noticable. Blindingly fast, really fast, very fast or just fast. Can you tell the difference? Software: their Magic software is the best by far for a software suite. Very useful utilities to optimise your system. Most drives don't come with *any* software. Cons: Value: Surprisingly, they've lost this battle to Micron. If they can match pricing then this goes away. TLC NAND: It is an issue though it looks like the engineering is holding up. Still, it's something that with all the chips out there, Samsung is the only one to go this route. The fact that they are rebranding TLC as something else is telling. TL:DR Follow the money. Buy the cheapest you can get.

My parents changed ISP's and I had to redo their connections. Went with the approved modem (TPLink) and that's working painlessly. The recommended router (Dlink) was a pain in the ass and I replaced it with an ASUS and it works fantastic. My Dad decided to replace the phones earlier in the week and they have been a huge pain. Can't receive, weird noises, very inconsistent. In talking to techsupport they mentioned to my Dad that there might be crosstalk between the router and the wireless phones. How can I check this? Is there some switch where I can get them to stop stepping on one another? It's clear that the router is way more robust than the phones. Both support 2.4 and 5 g. Aggravation. Welcome to the high tech world.

I don't see the cost effectiveness either. You're talking $160.00 worth of hdd's vs $115.00 of SSD. Less complexity, less cost, less energy, better cable mgmt, more speed vs more GB's. Seems like a no brainer to me.

All the threads on here seem to make the same mistake. An SSHD is not equivalent to an SSD. A hybrid is just a hdd with a supercache on it. It's nice to speed up the writes but it's still a hdd underneath it all. With the cost of SSD's coming down it isn't even cost effective. Pairing an SSD with a hdd as separate drives will be far more cost effective, faster and you leverage their strengths when you configure them right.

Since we're posting diskinfo, here's my C: drive. Is that caution at #5 anything to worry about? It hasn't changed and it and the one on G: - an external - showed up at the same time. I think somethinmg happened and it did a write error but that's it.

Do a chdsk on the drive. If there's bad sectors or it wants to remap then replace the drive ASAP.

Not necessarily true. In the RM series there are 2 builders and the 450/550/650 are different from the higher power units. CWT makes these and they're a good builder. They build a lot of the Corsair psu's, you know, the ones that gave Corsair the rep of quality psu's in the first place. Chicony makes the more powerful units and they are a little different. Overall, I haven't heard any real complaints about the RM series. Has anyone else?

I'm not a big fan of Dlink but you might look at their wireless amps. They are little cylinders. They're within your budget. I've heard excellent things about Ubiquity but that's outside your budget by a bit. Still, something to look for.

I just went through this with my Dad. He switched to TekSavvy from Bell and they don't supply anything. Their recommended modem is the TPLink which works well and is brainless. With wireless they recommended a Dlink 605L which was a nightmare. Couldn't get a connection with his AppleTV box for Netflix. I came back the next day with an ASUS N12 router and that worked well. 5 min setup and we're done! As you might expect, I'd stay away from Dlink.

On modular psu's use standard connectors. It would be nice to be able to replace the cables with your choice without having to go the extensions route.

Great video! Let's hear it for higher production value. To answer those upthread q's: this is a rebranded Crucial MX100. There will be nothing larger than 512 gb. It's a little more expensive than the MX100 at this time.

If you're in NA go with the Crucial MX100. Cheapest SSD out there right now with a 240gb going for $110.00.

Be careful. The 240gb doesn't have quite the same good specs as the 512 for the MX100. That said, will you really see a difference? Probably not. I'd go with the value and get the MX100. I just bought 2 240's from Amazon.ca for $110 ea. Couldn't pass up that value. For those on the fence, go read Brian Beeler's article about the future of all these SSD companies. I think he makes a compelling argument. Doesn't mean he's right but something to think about.