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12-26-2013, 03:27 AM
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#3051 | | I subscribe to the Fight Club ONLY
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Originally Posted by areyez  Any opinions on the ocz vertex 3 480 gb ssd?I see it's on sale at ncix for 169.99 which seems like a great price but I heard bad things about ocz ssds
Posted via RS Mobile | Go for it. That drive at that price is a major bargain. The OCZ horror stories was only true back in its earlier days. There was some QC and firmware issues with the earlier Vertex 3, but by now, the product is fully mature, and all the early bugs and issues have been ironed out.
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12-26-2013, 07:43 AM
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#3052 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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i had the vertex 3 for over a year now and never ran into any issues
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12-26-2013, 10:35 AM
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OCZ filed chapter 7 so if you buy one there's likely no warranty until Toshiba finalizes the buyout
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12-26-2013, 11:05 AM
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#3054 | | Got MOD?
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The future of warranty on ocz is uncertain as nobody knows if Toshiba will honour the warranty or not as they only purchased their assets. Currently all ocz warranty is honoured during the acquisition process but nobody knows about after.
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12-26-2013, 11:51 AM
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#3055 | | I *Fwap* *Fwap* *Fwap* to RS
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Unrelated... but how are OCZ power supplies? I bought one 3~years ago, and I'm still using the same one.. 600watts no problems.
In general, people and especially salesman... bash on OCZ power supplies.
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12-26-2013, 01:30 PM
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#3056 | | ninja edits your posts without your knowledge
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Originally Posted by Taxmonkey Im thinking about selling my Gigabyte GTX 670 OC that I've had for about a year and upgrading to something newer, what are you looking for? | What price were you thinking of selling it for?
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12-26-2013, 04:08 PM
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#3057 | | Why'd you do that for?
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12-26-2013, 04:20 PM
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12-26-2013, 04:34 PM
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#3059 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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The MIR's from OCZ weren't even that good. They were american express gift cards
It was a pain checking the balance of them after using them once or find a place that took them.
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12-26-2013, 04:49 PM
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#3060 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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^ All the MIR's are like that now, I have a stack from my PC builds last year.
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12-26-2013, 04:52 PM
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#3061 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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Originally Posted by areyez Any opinions on the ocz vertex 3 480 gb ssd?I see it's on sale at ncix for 169.99 which seems like a great price but I heard bad things about ocz ssds
Posted via RS Mobile | Where are you seeing that price? I can't find it anywhere.
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Originally Posted by RevYouUp reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z | Quote:
Originally Posted by Good_KarMa OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry: | | |
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12-26-2013, 11:02 PM
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#3063 | | I subscribe to the Fight Club ONLY
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Originally Posted by gYU Unrelated... but how are OCZ power supplies? I bought one 3~years ago, and I'm still using the same one.. 600watts no problems.
In general, people and especially salesman... bash on OCZ power supplies. | I have no idea whether I'm the exception or the rule, but 2 of my machines have been running flawlessly with OCZ PSU for well over 3 years.
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12-27-2013, 12:30 AM
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#3064 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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hey guys need some suggestion on my first pc build, been doing some research and this what i've came up with:
processor - Intel i3-4340
motherboard - Gigabyte GA-H87N-WIFI
memory - Kingston HyperX Blu Black Series 8GB 2X4GB
HDD - Seagate Barracuda 1TB
SSD - ADATA SX900 2.5" 128GB (for booting windows)
optical drive - Samsung SH-224DB
video card - Asus HD7750 V2 Radeon HD 7750 1GB PCI-E (i'm torn with this category, i have NO clue what to get, theres just too many to choose from)
case - Zalman Z12PLUS
power supply - eVGA SuperNOVA NEX650G 650W
im not a gamer so not sure if this is overkill or not, but would love for it to feel relevant say after 5 years, really only need it to run a lot of programs at once and able to handle 1080P like nothing
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12-27-2013, 12:35 AM
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#3065 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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regular users won't find any difference on PSU unless you run several video cards and you need that 0.1ghz overclock to show off on the benchmark ranking.
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12-27-2013, 12:43 AM
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#3066 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Originally Posted by dachinesedude hey guys need some suggestion on my first pc build, been doing some research and this what i've came up with:
processor - Intel i3-4340
motherboard - Gigabyte GA-H87N-WIFI
memory - Kingston HyperX Blu Black Series 8GB 2X4GB
HDD - Seagate Barracuda 1TB
SSD - ADATA SX900 2.5" 128GB (for booting windows)
optical drive - Samsung SH-224DB
video card - Asus HD7750 V2 Radeon HD 7750 1GB PCI-E (i'm torn with this category, i have NO clue what to get, theres just too many to choose from)
case - Zalman Z12PLUS
power supply - eVGA SuperNOVA NEX650G 650W
im not a gamer so not sure if this is overkill or not, but would love for it to feel relevant say after 5 years, really only need it to run a lot of programs at once and able to handle 1080P like nothing |
I would rather get a cheaper ram and lower wattage PSU, then buy a i5 CPU.
The ADATA SSD is bit old, and I would definitely get a Nvidia instead.
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12-27-2013, 07:58 AM
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#3067 | | degenerate extraordinaire
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lol there aren't too many configurations that will let you 'feel relevant' in a 5 year span, because technology just keeps changing at such a rapid pace.
I agree with asian XL, that maybe you should opt for an i5.
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12-27-2013, 12:26 PM
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#3068 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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If you are not gaming maybe spip the video card. Also there is someone selling a comp with a I7 CPU for $450 in the buy and sell section. Might want to look at that.
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12-27-2013, 02:43 PM
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#3069 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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Originally Posted by dachinesedude hey guys need some suggestion on my first pc build, been doing some research and this what i've came up with:
processor - Intel i3-4340
motherboard - Gigabyte GA-H87N-WIFI
memory - Kingston HyperX Blu Black Series 8GB 2X4GB
HDD - Seagate Barracuda 1TB
SSD - ADATA SX900 2.5" 128GB (for booting windows)
optical drive - Samsung SH-224DB
video card - Asus HD7750 V2 Radeon HD 7750 1GB PCI-E (i'm torn with this category, i have NO clue what to get, theres just too many to choose from)
case - Zalman Z12PLUS
power supply - eVGA SuperNOVA NEX650G 650W
im not a gamer so not sure if this is overkill or not, but would love for it to feel relevant say after 5 years, really only need it to run a lot of programs at once and able to handle 1080P like nothing | If you going with that video card.. why not just get the AMD APU A10? comes with a built-in HD 8670D.. save some money and get a larger SSD or something or larger and cheaper ram? If your going to be gaming and if used for basic word processing/web surfing.. You could get away with 5 years...
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12-28-2013, 01:30 AM
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Opinions on Intel 530 240 gb ssd?debating between that or crucial m500. Also heard a lot of good things about the Samsung 840.
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12-28-2013, 01:33 AM
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#3071 | | I subscribe to the Fight Club ONLY
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Originally Posted by areyez Opinions on Intel 530 240 gb ssd?debating between that or crucial m500. Also heard a lot of good things about the Samsung 840.
Posted via RS Mobile | Not that the Samsung 840 is a bad drive, but out of the 3 you've listed, it would be the last one on my list.
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12-28-2013, 06:25 PM
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#3072 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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lol...I throw away my crucial M4 and OCZ vector, then got myself a 240gb 840 pro, even though I know that I won't feel a difference. It's proud to own the fastest ssd at this moment.
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12-28-2013, 07:00 PM
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840 Pro is only the fastest until you start putting data on it  | |
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12-29-2013, 11:09 AM
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12-29-2013, 01:25 PM
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#3075 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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i'd buy it
many factory OC'd 680 can hit those speeds but this is guaranteed
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