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i highly doubt there was anything wrong with his ssdJigglyWiggly_I agree. They have such perversely low failure rates that it's almost a guarantee that performance issues without data loss are caused by something else, like the motherboard, a driver, or how the whole thing is configured.
Yes. OEM packaging means just the drive, with zilch included. And if you built your own rig, that's all you need. Brackets came with the case, cables with the mobo.I think RST may have been included in the mobo drivers, not certain.
I thought to ask the store if they have any of the OEM version in stock (which is exactly the same drive without the accessories, yes?).C_Rule
-RSTRun WEI as soon as you can after install. That tells Win7 that it's on an SSD, and makes it permanently take the SSD off the defrag schedule, which is something you really want. And make sure you get the latest RST! Whatever was on the mobo CD is what they had available when the board was released, and that's probably not the latest. I looked up your board on ASRock's website, and they list 11.something.something, which is recent enough, and all 11-versions of Intel RST have TRIM support, so you want the update for that reason as well. Btw, your motherboard looks sexy! My Z77 mobo is blue and black, but that red-black-on-gunmetal that yours has going looks very, very nice...! If I had a windowed case I'd be jealous. :P
-AHCI mode
-TRIM
-Correct alignment
Anything else I need to do for an SSD?C_Rule
[QUOTE="C_Rule"]Replaced the motherboard, cooler and display today. I now have a XL2420T without pixel defects, a H80 without a rattling pump (so far...) and my all my USB 3 and SATA 3 ports work! However I was still getting the low write speeds on the SSD to I returned it as well. Unfortunately they didn't have any more in stock so I may have to wait until next week for that.GTR12
Thats some bad luck you got there.
Yeah, with the odds you've beaten there, you might want to consider buying a lottery ticket.... :P And if the replacement SSD is slow too, we want details on everything. They're not supposed to be slow!I ran the smart and short drive not the long, but a interesting bit of info I found out about the SMART though, drives fail without giving any S.M.A.R.T. warnings at all, meaning that S.M.A.R.T. data alone has limited usefulness in anticipating failures.04dcarraherUnfortunately, yes. At last you caught it before you lost everything!
This. Assume you will need more space than you think you'll need, even after you've accounted for that assumption. RAID takes two or more drives and configures them into a single partition/virtual drive, in various ways. It has benefits and drawbacks, and whether you need one depends on what you want to get out of your computer.I'd spring for a 120gb ssd, you would be surprised how much you burn through the space, and as you said the prices are very competive now
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