This is funny, cause mine connects directly to my cerebral/neural cortex, and has all the instructions coded right into the fingertips, so if you can't figure something out, you just have to tap any of a thousand of finger combos & it all pops up right into your line of sight nottaproblemo...
Just for the record: #WD4ME4EVA#....
I have been using their drives since way back when their 1st 7200 rpm & 10k Raptors first came out, and more recently their 2.5" blue & black SSD's & m.2's, neveranottaproblem !
This includes the last batch of 87x 4TB SN 850x's, which are running in...
"money talks & bullshit walks"
Until they have something to gain (financially) from anything like this, they aint gonna do squat about it....
I'd bet that if someone offered them a small fee to cover the cost of the transfers, they would have done it YESTERDAY !
If financial institutions...
A MASSIVE Intel research/engineering/planning F.A.I.L.U.R.E..... ya gotta look before ya leap !
"history teaches us that history teaches us NOTHIN" - Gen. G.S. Patton
Velcro is your friend :D
If there's a will, there's a way....as long as there is some way to route the cables, all is good
ps... be sure to get the uber-heavy duty/automotive type for the longest, strongest holding powah.....
Well, if the reviews I've read recently are anywhere near accurate & unbiased, it's supposedly a dream to type on, but as usual, YMMV, since what works for some may or may not work for others, so good luck & please post your thoughts whenever you can....
If the only they made a full-sized one...
You may want to see if there are any local computer/internet cafe's near you, as there are almost always some serious retro-dudes/dudettes hanging out in them, as well as some older folk who would appreciate this type of kit...
Also check if you have a local/nearby Craigslist...
Probably a bunch of chinese reverse-engineering rejects/failures/thefts, which were auctioned off from larger pallet quantities...
That's for sure, but if the seller is the one who damaged all those cards or allowed it to happen, they deserve to get jacked, slacked and wacked :D
Windows 8 & Pentium are instant no go's if you intend to connect to the internet (who doesn't ?) and do anything that needs any sort of productivity tasks, light photo editing...
If you are buying new, then I would suggest an HP Elitebook or Dell XPS, but you won't get one of those for...
WOW, those look very similar to the set of 48-DDD's I have at my house, but around my area we call them "cowboy pillows", so soft & comfy, always ready to catch certain stuff and/or things (yea, you know what I mean), hehehe
And if those don't quite fit your needs, I could always use another...
Yea..for now, next week & next month, but what about next YEAR, hehehe :D
#WD4Me4EVA#
For a few extra $$, the SN770 would be the best choice among those listed, but the 850X would be even better, albeit at a higher price though.... between my personal & client rigs, I've had 97 of them running...
Well, I've sold & shipped 15-20 mobo/cpu combos over the years, leaving the cpu installed but NOT the ram, and never had any issues whatsoever...
But for computer parts in general, I tend to over-pack things with large amounts of bubble-wrap, peanuts, and or styrofoam though, and I AWAYS use...
Meet my brothers, Mr. Smith & Mr. Wesson....
do ya feel lucky ?
Well, do ya, PUNK ?
edit: I forgot to mention that every day, they graciously hand out several free, 1st class, one way tickets to the afterlife :)
Well, if you consider the exploding AI-injecting takeover bot that I have planted on all my drives as a "bitlocker" then yes, I do use it at home :)
It encrypts everything, then encrypts the encryption keys, which then immediately deletes all of the data on the attacking machine, and then...
And the chair is against the wall, the chair is against the wall, and John has a long mustache, John has a long mustache...it's 12:00 here in RFA, one day closer to victory !
That's definitely NOT an ideal place to put a drive (of any kind)...so I will 2nd the vote for a pcie card to get it out where it can get some air flow...been there, done that, many times, works great :)
Anytime my drives (SN 850x's) get near 60c, I start watching them....fortunately, that only...
His choice of outerwear may be questionable or the subject of great scrutiny, however, I often wonder why he doesn't wear any different styles, colors or cuts...I mean it's not like he has a strict leather budget or anything :)
So my question to Ngreediya is:
Exactly which part of NO do you not understand, the "N" part or the "O" part ?
But as usual and continuing their push towards AI this and AI that, they simply don't give a sh^t about the consumer market anymore, other than being able to say that they still sell...
Now make it 100x that and maybe, just maybe, some companies will think twice about making deceptive/misleading/false claims about their products....
Nah, who am I kidding here, this will never happen because so many of these companies have soooo many stooges in washington in their back pockets :(
Capitalism 101 at it's finest......
Create the ideal "Supply & Demand" situation (tight supply AND high demand), then use that to justify massive price increases for very little performance improvements....
Sound familiar ?
Just like those so-called "floods, fires, electrical outages" etc...
Well I have 3 mini-me boxes from other mfgrs and there are great for what they are...small, quiet, solid performance, good feature sets, and most of all, reasonably priced :)
No they are NOT gammin/workstation powerhouses, but that's not what they are designed for anyways.
And don't worry too...
Yea, but if they pay somebody for that service, then Jacket Man would have to forgo getting a new jacket that week, can't have that now can we....hehehe :)
I sincerely hope that Mr. Whitaker will absolutely drill him about their insane profits & overpricing crap for consumer products, but I...
For the computer/electronics stuff, selling it here (or similar places like TPU, MacRumors etc) is your best bet....not saying you absolutely can't get scammed, but the chances are way, way less than those other places you mentioned.....I've been buying & selling stuff here for well over 10...
Yea, I've some of the same types of mods over the years to some D(h)ells, HP's and even some older Compcraqs too, and it helped some but the temps were never really was as good as they should have been :)
Looks like you did a nice job on yours, so congrats !
Just saw this yesterday, looks interesting but probably mega $$ :D
https://www.techradar.com/pro/finally-after-a-7-year-wait-this-monitor-could-well-be-the-best-pro-level-8k-display-ever-will-asus-be-able-to-break-the-curse-of-failed-8k-monitor-launches-with-the-pa32kcx-mini-led-pro-screen
Well, sorry to add to your misery, I can tell you that the last rig I worked on a few weeks ago, had the same drive in it, and was brought to me because it suddenly failed to boot, seemingly for no reason.....
I went thru a few hours of diagnostics using various apps & test processes, after...
I remember what some folks at work used to say fairly often:
"You smoke, you die"
"You smoke near your pc, it dies, then you die too"
If you must smoke while using your pc, then do it a favor & go outside, or at least go into a different room & close the door...or better just quit :D I know...
I had that issue too, and discovered what was causing it, at least part of it anyways:
Every single app is set as100% active all the time, with all background processes running wide open with all permissions on by default, and no limits whatsoever....
I had to go through every single app...
As with most things 'puter-related, the usual advice applies:
If you NEED it now, buy it now...if not, then don't & wait, but by Q4/25, more newer betta stuff will be out or forthcoming in 26-27, so then you will be right back in the same place as you are now.... but good luck with whatever...