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There has been a considerable number of 9800X3D CPUs (and other AMD 9000 series CPUs) dying on ASRock motherboards though. I hope OP isn't…
02/12/2025 - 11:05
Revision B0B is the inferior BOE panel, which also has the BGR pixel layout which can have issues with text clarity. I'm curious if anyone…
08/11/2025 - 11:42
M.2 NVMe drives have mostly replaced SATA SSDs in new computers in the past decade. Nowadays, an average M.2 NVMe is many times faster than…
19/10/2025 - 16:23
[Yes](https://www.techpowerup.com/ssd-specs/crucial-t705-2-tb.d1925).
11/10/2025 - 21:07
HMB is only supported with NVMe SSDs, not SATA SSDs. So WD SATA SSDs were not affected by the HMB bug.
09/10/2025 - 09:35
This WD Green SATA SSD is a DRAM'less SATA SSD and a fairly old model. Unlike NVMe SSDs, SATA cannot use HMB to compensate the lack of…
23/09/2025 - 07:51
Wow... 8 failures? Were they all purchased from the same time or from the same batch? And did you update the firmware with Samsung's…
08/09/2025 - 21:16
Speaking from my experience with a USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 enclosure, from my CrystalDiskMark tests, an NVMe inside an enclosure is considerably…
07/09/2025 - 22:48
Are you sure you aren't referring to the issues with the 990 **PRO**? I'm not aware of any issues with the 990 **EVO Plus**, which is a…
07/09/2025 - 18:55
Thanks for the update. I hope you didn't lose any important data. Do you have any final statistics of the drive (day #, power on count,…
13/08/2025 - 19:18
Thanks for the detailed write up again. Personally, I don't mind paying a few more dollars to buy globes that last for a decade, even…
26/07/2025 - 09:25
Oh wow. You're the author of that site. I remember reading this exact review before buying two from Bunnings to try out myself. Thank you…
25/07/2025 - 21:49
Thanks for your data points. Just curious, how extensively have you used them? Looking at the newest comments on the Reddit thread, there…
11/07/2025 - 11:24
Insert something in the second USB C port to make it look always occupied? Interesting idea. But the first port will never be able to…
08/07/2025 - 19:04
The comment you linked to says this Belkin 108W charger does support dynamic power renegotiation, and therefore **doesn't** disconnect when…
08/07/2025 - 17:31
The 14600KF is basically a 200 MHz (or less than 4%) clock speed bump over the 13600KF. There is no architectural improvement or core count…
08/07/2025 - 16:00
The closest priced 13th and 14th gen I can find are the i5-13400 and i5-14400, which are basically downclocked versions of the i5-12600K…
08/07/2025 - 11:49
Interesting (and worrying). There has been a number of similar [new reports of failures in Reddit…
08/07/2025 - 10:32
The Vi7000G is apparently a component lottery according to [here](https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/16701673/redir). [Here is a…
08/07/2025 - 08:11
Does anyone know the particular panel used in this monitor? Is it a panel lottery like the [HP OMEN…
28/06/2025 - 18:06
> Nevertheless, I always wondered why the DRAM versions of Crucial ssds are faster, especially when you take a few seconds to think about…
28/06/2025 - 15:25
Thanks. Prime not required for the $20 coupon or free shipping. The item's price before coupon already meets the $59 minimum spend for free…
28/06/2025 - 14:49
The current WD Green NVMe SSD offering is the…
15/06/2025 - 11:49
You're right - those are peak speeds. TechPowerUp doesn't have a review of the SN5000, but they have tests of the [older…
14/06/2025 - 19:55
The SN5000 is quite a bit better than the M450. Both are DRAMless TLC SSDs. | | WD SN5000 1TB | MSI SPATIUM M450 1TB…
14/06/2025 - 15:41
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14/06/2025 - 15:05
Agree with everything you've said - DRAMless SSDs have improved so much that they can compete closely with DRAM SSDs. I just wonder whether…
14/06/2025 - 14:19
Just to clarify: the 500GB, 1TB (this), and 2TB models of SN5000 are TLC. Only the 4TB model of the SN5000 is QLC.
14/06/2025 - 14:12
While the SN5000 is a mid-range SSD, it is much newer than the 970 EVO Plus. The 970 EVO Plus was high-end for its time, but its…
14/06/2025 - 14:09
> and a drop in random read/write performance. Sorry, I read the data sheets wrong, but the SN5000 has a bump (not drop) in random…
14/06/2025 - 13:55
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