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Old 03-21-2013, 04:53 PM   #1976
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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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I just bought the sleeving material off Ebay. It's cheap if you want to do it yourself but comes from Asia so it takes a couple weeks to get. Otherwise you can use plastic wire loom. We have tons of it along with heatshrink if you need. We buy it bulk so it should be pretty cheap.

I used both in my case. Keeps everything black.



Not super pretty, but sufficient. I'm gonna sleeve the wires on the bottom one day when there's more free time.
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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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I just bought the sleeving material off Ebay. It's cheap if you want to do it yourself but comes from Asia so it takes a couple weeks to get. Otherwise you can use plastic wire loom. We have tons of it along with heatshrink if you need. We buy it bulk so it should be pretty cheap.

I used both in my case. Keeps everything black.

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Not super pretty, but sufficient. I'm gonna sleeve the wires on the bottom one day when there's more free time.
Oooh did not think of wire loom. Hook me up Could use it for cable management under my desk as well
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I just bought the sleeving material off Ebay. It's cheap if you want to do it yourself but comes from Asia so it takes a couple weeks to get. Otherwise you can use plastic wire loom. We have tons of it along with heatshrink if you need. We buy it bulk so it should be pretty cheap.

I used both in my case. Keeps everything black.



Not super pretty, but sufficient. I'm gonna sleeve the wires on the bottom one day when there's more free time.
very nicely done
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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.
are there any maintenance needed for SSD to keep its optimal speeds?
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AHCI enabled so I assume TRIM is automatically working x64 win8
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Old 03-23-2013, 03:47 PM   #1984
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I think i might get the samsung pro 840 and put the crucial m4 in my ps3 .
I put a 32gb ssd on my ps3 for GT5 but it didn't make a huge difference in terms of load speed. Keep in mind that a lot of the video rendering involves the hdd if you choose to install a portion of the game on the hdd. Like others have said, you are probably better off installing the ssd as a secondary drive for your applications and stuff.
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I put everything on my ssd because I don't use a lot of space, 256 has lasted me like a good 9 months now
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As long as TRIM works properly, there's nothing more to do. If you want to force TRIM a file you are deleting, force delete it rather than sending it to the recycle bin. This trims the spare area that the file took up, allowing for faster writes to that space. I tend to only use the recycle bin for files I MIGHT need to undelete... things like shows I watch, etc, get force deleted.

You can TRIM manually in Windows 8, by running "Defrag and Optimize Drive". Select the drive, and it will TRIM the empty space. The more empty space there is, the faster your drive will run. Some drives are more affected by this (Samsung 830, Crucial m4, drives with asynchronous MLC) than others (SandForce drives, Vector)

So in theory, it does help to keep as much space on the drive as possible. So disabling things like system restore, not using hibernate, keeping the recycle bin empty, etc, will all help with speed as well as space. Just don't go moving stuff OFF the SSD that would benefit you, because that defeats the purpose of having an SSD in the first place

For Win7 there are manual trim apps out there like ForceTRIM (didn't check link but that's the first result in google)
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Received a massive static shock when attempting to turn on my PC today. Then it wouldn't turn on. Thought either the PSU or mobo was done for, but I disconnected the main power cable and all was fixed
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Needed the ISO. Scored a bootable USB from a friend, had to fight with it a bit but I'm up and running again.

AND ERMAGERD MAH SSD IS SO SMOOOOOOOOOOV. Kicking myself for not having done this earlier.
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My 120GB M4 is almost full although I've deleted most of my games etc that were on it

Almost all my space is taken up by the "application data" folder or Somthing similar to that like 65gb worth is there anything I can use to clean this data up?
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I just bought the sleeving material off Ebay. It's cheap if you want to do it yourself but comes from Asia so it takes a couple weeks to get. Otherwise you can use plastic wire loom. We have tons of it along with heatshrink if you need. We buy it bulk so it should be pretty cheap.

I used both in my case. Keeps everything black.



Not super pretty, but sufficient. I'm gonna sleeve the wires on the bottom one day when there's more free time.
super nice cman. super nice. I woulda gone with red though. i don't like bright lights in my dark room lol.

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Almost all my space is taken up by the "application data" folder or Somthing similar to that like 65gb worth is there anything I can use to clean this data up?
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turning off hibernation and moving your page file to another drive if you have a lot of memory.
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same... how can i clean up my SSD? i only have 120 as well, so every byte counts lol
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turning off hibernation and moving your page file to another drive if you have a lot of memory.
That's pretty much you're only options, aside from manually purging files.
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Soooo my dads computer, which is still running Windows 7, after a reboot, is telling him that his copy of Windows is not genuine and wants him to enter the product key when he does the computer tells him the key isn't genuine and gives him a link to purchase Windows

I went to Genuine Microsoft Software and it tells me that his windows isn't genuine and does the same (gives a link to buy windows)

the thing is I bought that windows 7 pro key for him years ago

there's no other solution offered by Microsoft so that's why I'm asking here, any ideas?

I don't mind installing windows 8 on his computer the thing is I'd like to know why windows is doing this... is it a virus? i dont want to install win8 on his computer only to have the same thing happen all over again



edit: found a source to solve my problem so just ignore the above i suppose

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So about that OCZ power supply that crapped out on me the other week.... their warranty return process is so lame, they asked me to do about a dozen things involving, pdf's scanning, faxing.....

I was just so annoyed, I'd rather lose $80 then do all that shit, and reminded them of how a real company does warranty returns... When my Logitech mouse had a battery problem where it would drain way too fast, they sent me a brand new mouse all they asked for is the serial number, and they let me keep the old one which works just fine wired up.
They did the same thing for 2 other peripherals of theirs I had, that's how it's done..... maybe Logitech spoiled me with their methods..... but are warranty returns all supposed to be this complicated ?

won't be buying OCZ again, didn't do enough research into their power supplies they only offer 2 years warranty, other better quality ones offer 5, that would have tipped me off to their quality if I had known about it
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