[03:02] *** Badaboo has joined #arpnetworks [05:17] *** dj_goku has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 252 seconds) [05:20] *** dj_goku has joined #arpnetworks [05:26] *** dj_goku has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 246 seconds) [05:32] *** dj_goku has joined #arpnetworks [05:32] *** dj_goku has quit IRC (Changing host) [05:32] *** dj_goku has joined #arpnetworks [06:44] *** dj_goku has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) [06:59] *** dj_goku has joined #arpnetworks [06:59] *** dj_goku has quit IRC (Changing host) [06:59] *** dj_goku has joined #arpnetworks [07:19] duh. [07:21] wow, 240GB intel ssd for $109 on newegg [09:14] *** _Zodiac has joined #arpnetworks [09:14] *** _Zodiac has left [09:43] *** mkb has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [11:09] m0unds: link? [11:25] hang on [11:26] http://vvro.us/1LX48rv godawful long newegg link [11:26] it's their weekend promo thing [11:43] *** mkb has joined #arpnetworks [12:07] *** toddf has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 250 seconds) [12:07] *** toddf has joined #arpnetworks [12:07] *** ChanServ sets mode: +o toddf [13:17] m0unds: is that chap? [13:18] cheap even [13:18] i'm following 850 evo, and i see it came down in cost [13:25] It is a fairly good deal, especially for a quality SSD as Intel's are regarded. [13:25] i thought intel didn't even make their own controllers for some reason [13:25] $.50/GB is more-or-less the market price on SSDs it seems, but "good SSDs" like the Intel are usually more expensive. [13:25] seems tehy do [13:26] i thought they jusdt used sandforce for some reason [13:26] so neve really paid much attention to them [13:26] ← doesn't know, just reports what the world generalyl believes [13:26] on sale it's esay to go under $0.50 /gb [13:26] ahh [13:26] i used to think samsung were good [13:28] but even crucial m500s aren't that bad, and they were selling recertified ones for $50 for 256gb [13:28] That's what she said!! [13:29] I can't help but feel wary of "refurbished" and "recertified" SSDs (or other heavy-use flash storage). Though I suppose a secure-erase and they're good as new... [13:32] they're meant ot have 1% wear level if that [13:32] it's curious the label is totally different [13:33] i had to secure erase a 840 evo to fix performance [13:33] and it had already had that firmware restoration fix [13:34] it's actually more complicated than it at first seems [13:34] as most computers "lock" the drive while you're booted, and you have to hotplug it to "unlock" it. [13:35] Yep [13:35] I don't see a real problem with that, keeps people from doing stupid things ;) [17:08] *** _Zodiac has joined #arpnetworks [17:09] *** _Zodiac has left [17:57] intel used a sandforce controller in the 530, and it's very solid drive. i used tons (100+) of them at my former job for workstations and they're great. [17:58] sandforce controller with their own custom firmware [17:59] i had two samsung 840 pro drives and one had a controller failure and the other had some undisclosed failure. both had to be RMA'd and i am no longer in posession of either [17:59] so, based on my experience w/samsung drives i wouldn't buy another [18:00] (that isn't to say every one would have issues, but 2 separate drives w/failures within 6 mos of each other is pretty bad, imo) [19:12] wow m0unds. [19:12] i never hear of pro failures. [19:13] i've only had problems with ocz drives. [20:32] I have 4 (or 5?) OCZ's, not a single single, and had them for a couple of years now (knock on wood) [20:34] (2.5 years it looks like - installed my oldest pair of OCZ June 27, 2012 based on filesystem timestamps) [20:35] @date June 27 2012 [20:35] 2 years, 35 weeks, 1 day, 21 hours, 33 minutes, 58 seconds ago. [Interpreted date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700] [20:41] my old workstation has a pair of ocz vortex ssds in it (don't remember which model, but they're 64gb) [20:42] You mean Vertex? [20:42] My main workstation (the June 2012) is a pair of OCZ Agility3's [20:43] err, yeah [20:43] oh, i guess they're 60GB not 64 [20:43] heh [20:43] It's like you don't even know it... [20:44] i haven't touched that box in a long while [20:44] it's in a closet [20:44] has an AMD phenom something or other in it [20:45] To be fair, I can't remember the specs of my closeted system... but at least it's powered and I can check. (I remember it's an AMD..) [20:45] vertex 3s, in an antec p180 [20:45] or something like that (the chassis) [20:46] it was that weird aluminum/plastic laminate that supposedly reduced noise [20:48] yeah, vertex 3 60gb and a 1TB WD black. motherboard was a POS foxconn A79a-s [20:48] AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1700+, 768MB, and an old Hitachi 164GB drive :p [20:48] oh wow [20:48] All on a VIA KT600 [20:48] eegad [20:48] via chipsets [20:49] It pretty much keeps chugging away... [20:49] (It's out in the storage shed, wifi link, handles all my remote SDR and webcam stuff) [20:49] awesome [20:50] i have an asus board w/a via chipset and a pentium 3 733 in it somewhere. i used it to run a pfsense box for years [20:51] only motherboard i could find that supported ddr (i had a bunch left over after upgrading an athlon box in like 03 or 04) [20:52] err, used it in a pfsense box, rather [20:53] http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ddr-pentium-iii,316-6.html [20:53] bahaha [20:53] heh [21:11] ddr3 has been around a long time now [21:11] i don't think ddr2 was around that long [21:12] ddr4 doesn't really help much yet. it mostly increases bandwidth, but there are latency demands more than bw atm [21:26] *** toddf has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 272 seconds) [21:27] *** toddf has joined #arpnetworks [21:27] *** ChanServ sets mode: +o toddf