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The Crucial M4 and Samsung 830 are great drives, own both and they're fast. I don't know about the 840, it seems they have replaced the 830.

The 512GB 830 is in stock at Newegg for $499. To be totally honest, the 830 512GB model was always WAY overpriced.

Where are you checking prices? The difference between the 830 notebook kit and the 840 is $10 at newegg right now.

I'd think the fact that you've had 4 or 5 drive failures in a few years would have also been a sign that you should use some sort of backup solution.

Data recovery isn't cheap. If you need to recover it, you'll have to pay the price. This is why it is suggested that everyone perform regular backups.

I'd just go with the Crucial M4 or the Samsung 830, they're both good drives. I've got a 256GB M4 in my MacBook Pro and the 830 in my desktop PC. The 830 is faster in benchmarks but there really isn't a difference in day to day use.

And apparently you don't read often enough. Did you even look at the specs of the drive before you bought it? The write speeds on higher capacity SSDs are almost always higher than the same model with lesser capacity. Here is a cut and paste from newegg: 32GB Crucial V4: 64GB Crucial V4...

I installed 010G on my drive when it came out in late September and it has been working just fine since then. Did you read the warning regarding trying to use the updater on a UEFI based system? I don't know if that could be your problem, but something people should be aware of.

Samsung 830 or Crucial M4. I've used both in my MBP, currently I'm using the M4 because the faster 830 was better utilized in my desktop with a SATA III controller.

I have a Crucial M4 in my MacBook Pro and it has been great. I didn't have a noticeable change in battery life after I installed it, which was nice. It's a 2009 model so the battery isn't exactly in great shape. I also have a Samsung 830 in my desktop and it's pretty damn fast. I actually...

Sounds like you did the right thing. Now if you swap out the CPU you won't have any issues because she finds out.

Without knowing what your current fans are, it's hard to say. If you're using the stock fan that came with the H50, I think it is 59CFM. The Noctua looks like it pushes about 54 CFM if I'm doing the conversion right.

The Athlon II x4 640 is by no means a bad CPU. I just recently upgraded from one but only because I came across a Phenom II x6 1090t for a relatively good price.

Wow, that is a good deal. Could have saved $12 if I had waited a little.

Ah. I wasn't really thinking about pump noise. I'll probably stick with the advice most people have given and go with the CM212 evo. The DH14 looks awesome, but it's pretty expensive and I don't really plan on overclocking.

I was looking at the 212+ and the 212 evo at frys today, and there's a $5 difference between the two. I'd probably go with the Evo since it supposedly is quieter. I did notice that they've got refurb Corsair h50 units for $40. That didn't seem like a bad price. I wonder how that would handle...

It has been years since I've cracked open a PC and messed with any of the hardware, so I'm not really up to date with current HSF/water cooling setups. I recently bought a used 1090t to upgrade my wife's gaming PC, and it came with the stock 4 heat pipe HSF. Under IBT or Prime95 I'm seeing ~60c...

Are you for real? Of course nothing is guaranteed. Of course it decreases the life of the component. I'm pretty sure the risks are known. Some people just like to tinker and there is nothing wrong with that, they're not hurting anyone.

If I were one of those folks waiting for this drive to hit $150 before they buy, I'd probably be buying right now. I was just waiting for the drive to hit $160, so the B&H deal was good enough for me. Wish I had waited a little bit. Slow amazon shipping from CA beats slow B&H shipping from NY.

You could pick up an Athlon II x4 640 for around $60 on ebay. I don't see a whole lot of info on the board, are you sure it'll support AM3 with a BIOS flash?

The Kingston drive had a decent review at storagereview about a year ago. If I had to choose between the two, I'd go that route.

PCH is what it's called now? That makes sense I guess. I still want to call it a northbridge, but it's been a while since either AMD or Intel made a board with that setup.

The SATA controller is in the chipset, not the CPU. Either way it's still better than SATA ports on a PCI-e card.

I just saw this. Damn. Yeah, even their "saver" shIpping would have been faster since most of their products ship from CA. Oh well, just have to wait now.

In for one, thanks. Too bad they're so damn far away. It'll be at least a week and a half before it shows up. At least I didn't have to pay tax. :D I was waiting for that threshold as well, but with the 840 and 840 Pro coming out soon I'm a little concerned that the 830 will drop off the face...

If you see a good deal on the 830 in the next few weeks, go for it. They're all very fast drives and like bpizzle1 said, you're not likely to notice a difference.

I agree with xorbe here, if your 12v rail dropped down below 10v or so, you'd be having other system issues. This has to be a software glitch.

I've got a 120GB and a 250GB 5400RMPM drive that I've pulled from some older MacBook Pros. I'll test them for you if you're interested(I know you specifically asked for 7200RPM).

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The motherboard I'm using isn't fully AM3+ compatible even with a beta BIOS. I've read that some functions of the newer chips aren't supported. If it were a newer motherboard, I'd probably pick up the FX8150, but I'm pretty sure the Phenom II x6 chips are faster anyway. Thanks though.

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Thanks! I didn't build this computer, my wife actually bought the parts and built it herself. I'm not sure what the motherboard is capable of, overclocking wise. I'll have to do some reading.

Hahaha. Honestly, I just don't want to deal with the heat and noise of an overclocked system. I've been around the block, so to say. If I'm going to start swapping out heatsinks and fans, I'm going to be replacing them with quieter units and lowering the CPU voltage (if possible) to make it...

I'm not even concerned about overclocking. I just want something to throw in there that is faster than the Athlon II x4 640. Otherwise I'm looking at upgrading the CPU and motherboard, possibly the RAM and PSU as well.

Bump, again. Nobody is upgrading to an i5/i7 and parting out their old AMD setup?

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Yeah, I wish they had them at my local Fry's. Thanks for the free bumps though.

I'm looking for the 1090T or 1100T specifically, but any x6 would probably do the trick. I just want to give my wife's gaming computer one last upgrade before we have to gut it and replace everything.