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Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
If you are looking to build a new rig with an emphasis on silent operation, the Antec Edge 750W power supply is just what you need. Even if I don't win this, I'll likely be getting one during Black Friday sales!
Cloned the drive onto a new 840 EVO.
AS SSD Benchmark:
Seq Write: 224.67 MB/s
4k Write: 47.41 MB/s
4k-64Thrd: 143.16 MB/s
It would be faster if my motherboard had native sata3 instead of this terrible marvell chip, but I guess my old Corsair P128 just couldn't go the distance.
With built-in Windows AHCI driver: http://i.imgur.com/pl4S3dI.png
With Marvell driver: http://i.imgur.com/7TIIX8L.png
AS SSD Benchmark:
Seq Write: 31.82 MB/s
4k Write: 3.69 MB/s
4k-64Thrd: 2.06 MB/s
Any idea as to why my SSD write performance has gotten this bad? I don't have any test...
I used a pair of Galaxy GTX 465 in SLI for years, and they served me well. They were sold at a great price, with awesome cooling and factory overclocks. Never had any problems and they are still going strong in my second desktop. I've only recently upgraded to a GTX 670, but it isn't as much of...