Supply and demand. In this case, there is a huge demand for it in China for cheap android tablets.

Usually hardware pricing rarely goes on sale in the late Winter/Spring time...but it does seem to have been inflated this time around.

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/new...tinue_rise2013
DRAM Consumers Accuse DRAM Makers of Artificial Price Fixing - X-bit labs

Threw it in to a PM at NCIX. I like no shipping and less wait. Now to see if it'll be approved...

New review

Noctua NH-L9i Review - Ultra Low Profile Cooler for Intel CPUs

Very specific though

So NCIX won't do $109, but is offering me $119 instead. Take it? Pass?

It's been too long since I've been in the building scene :okay:

How about a Samsung 840 for $100?

NCIX - Buy Computers, Computer Parts, Laptops, World's Leading Discount Computer Store

And they'll have some new deals tonight as well (so the Samsung 840 deal will be gone after today)

Why not get the Kingston HyperX from Newegg.ca

Don't get the Samsung 840

Newegg is another $10 in shipping and I have to wait. I pricematched that HD to NCIX and that's what they came back at me with.

I guess I'll call them tomorrow and accept their pricematch. I like local, personally. Plus I'm impatient and want my shit.

At $119 with no shipping and get it right away, I'd go for it. Maybe try Memory Express?

TBH any SandForce with full synch MLC is worth at least $1 per GB, especially at the low end (price per GB naturally goes down as capacity goes up)

Looking at other 120/128 drives in that price range, I don't think you are going to get a better deal. You might find an async drive, or one with a crappy controller, but unless they are significantly less than $120 I wouldn't bother.

Thought of MX, but their only stock is in Winnipeg. :fuckthatshit:

Does anyone "optimize" their SSD?

Here's a few links:
The SSD Optimization Guide Redesigned | The SSD Review
How to CORRECTLY optimize your SSD for windows 7 - AnandTech Forums

Is it really beneficial? Last thing I want is crashes.

No, most of the 'optimization' techniques I have seen actually remove a lot of the dependencies on the SSD, where you would actually benefit from it. Windows knows when you are using an SSD, and generally chooses the right settings for it. Things like deleting temp files, etc, are a good idea though.

Edit: I read that post at Anandtech, and I agree with that guy :) Make sure AHCI is enabled, and make sure you have the latest drivers. That's it. There are some caveats particularly if you are on an X79 but for most people that's all you need to do.

I think i might get the samsung pro 840 and put the crucial m4 in my ps3 .

I have an SSD in mine, it makes a huge difference

The Crucial will get really slow after a while without TRIM, but it will never be as slow as the default drive.

Yeah i plan to get PS+ so i might as well upgrade the HD on the ps3.

Swapped everything back into my CM Elite 430, so now there's a clear window on the side panel and my ugly rainbow PSU cables are a huge eye-sore. I definitely do not want to blow money on sleeving kits, and the case's cable management isn't too great to begin with. Are there any products that can wrap the cables up in say, a black sleeve without actual sleeving?
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maybe look for the smaller sized snake skin?
sthing like this
http://www.amazon.com/American-Recorder-Technologies-Snakeskin-Management/dp/B00068HK2W

Something like that, or even some kind of velcro wrap of some sort if it even exists...
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i would just save that crucial m4 for another computer laying around,the benefits aren't the greatest on ps3.

Black duct tape. :troll:

I don't have another computer, well I got a g75vw but not really needed. I don't use much as ps3

Paint the cables black :troll:

Ooooh. I just had another idea.

3M Carbon-Fiber Shrinkwrap. You can rice that PSU out! :considered:

Also, use the 3M wrap on the actual PSU box.

I wonder if bike handlebar tape would work :lawl:

Ended up wrapping the main mobo power cable in electrical tape :badpokerface:

HyperX ordered. Hooray!