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Recent content by Chaddie

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    First SSD [840 EVO] - Am I Missing Something?

    My system is bottle necking it, like I said earlier. I'm sure the drive is great for what it's meant to be. For me, though, boot times and program start times have never been an issue even on a very "bloated" HDD that had over four years of use on the same OS install. Before I even started all...
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    First SSD [840 EVO] - Am I Missing Something?

    Yes, all tests were on single drive setups only. AHCI mode was properly configured in every setup. I've done all the tests listed and many more many times over. I also know for a fact that by over-clocking and under-clocking my CPU I can get faster and slower times on nearly everything, which...
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    First SSD [840 EVO] - Am I Missing Something?

    By this point I'd just like to sell it and put whatever I get towards a CPU instead. Made a mistake in getting it in the first place. Not that it's a bad drive, but for me it really is an absolute waste of money. This whole experience has been... strange. I've learned a lot here, at least...
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    First SSD [840 EVO] - Am I Missing Something?

    Same ports but I have also tried different combinations as well. Each time they have been configured properly for AHCI.
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    First SSD [840 EVO] - Am I Missing Something?

    Oops, sorry. Forgot I mentioned the Green drive.
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    First SSD [840 EVO] - Am I Missing Something?

    Updated my BIOS to the newest, retried some stuff, only thing worth noting is that .rar extraction is now the same as my HDD, as it should be. Not sure why I would have seen such a slower time previously, could be the BIOS update? I also disabled Samsung Magician and saw no benefits. I would...
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    First SSD [840 EVO] - Am I Missing Something?

    Just checked. BIOS is not up to date at all. I can give that a shot next.
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    First SSD [840 EVO] - Am I Missing Something?

    I'm testing individual drives. Right now I'm down to two different setups, I've tried many others but there was no point continuing to try and deal with all of them. The SSD is the only drive in the SSD setup. Just as the 320GB is the only drive in the HDD setup. It would be impossible to write...
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    First SSD [840 EVO] - Am I Missing Something?

    I'll give that a try and see what it turns up. Absolutely sure of where everything was being run from. By swap file I assume you're referring to the Windows pagefile? If so, I originally tried it at the default install settings, which I forget.. I think it's the size of RAM? I also let Samsung...
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    First SSD [840 EVO] - Am I Missing Something?

    Wow, wasn't expecting responses that fast. Benchmarks seem on target, yes. I could be missing something in reading them, though. At the moment I can't do benchmarks on the SSD again or I would have included screenshots. I can certainly post them if the exact numbers will be helpful. (Will...
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    First SSD [840 EVO] - Am I Missing Something?

    So, I recently purchased a "Samsung 840 EVO MZ-7TE250BW". The first SSD I've ever used. I upgraded from a very dated SATA HDD that is rated for about 40-50mb speeds and had been running the same Windows 7 install for over four years. So, I was expecting to be blown away by this new drive...
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