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Tag Archives: Intel
Q. Some manufacturers sell Pro, Business, or Enterprise lines of SSDs. Are they worth it?
Q. Why should I invest more money in a Pro, Business or Enterprise line of Solid State Drives instead of the cheaper consumer SSD’s? A. In order to answer the question, we need to dive into how SSD drives are … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Questions and Answers, Hard Drives and SSD, Q&A
Tagged Brands, Endurance, Enterprise, Intel, Kingston, Micron, Performance, Price Performance, Professional, Reliability, Samsung, Seagate, Solid State, SSD
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Can I build a gaming computer under $1000? (Apr 2015 edition)
It’s April 2015 and we are revisiting our exercise in budget computing: Can we build a computer that will give acceptable gaming performance for under $1000 (In our 80 pound weakling Canadian dollars)? In the past year we have seen DDR3 … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Questions and Answers, General Computer, PC Gaming, Upgrading
Tagged AMD, Budget, Build, Computer, Configure, Gaming, Graphics, Hardware, Intel, Solid State Drive
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What is the state of Thunderbolt drives? (October 2014 edition)
Thunderbolt drive news (Note 4/2020, many of the products introduced in 2014 are now out of date in 2020) Apple has left Firewire and adopted Thunderbolt as their recommended high speed connection for external hard drives (and monitors and other … Continue reading
Posted in Hard Drive News, Hard Drives and SSD, Mac questions, News, Performance
Tagged Apple, Direct-attached storage, Drives, Graphics, Hard Drive, Hardware, high speed, high speed high capacity, Intel, Macintosh, MacPro. 10 Gbps. 20 Gbps, multimedia, Performance, RAID, SATA, Solid State Drive, SSD, Storage, Thunderbolt, video editing
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Can I build a gaming computer for under $1000 (Feb. 2014 edition)
Feb. 2014 An exercise in budget computing is to build a computer that will give acceptable gaming performance for under $1000. In the past year we have seen hard drive prices skyrocket, then come back down to near normal pricing, … Continue reading
Posted in General Computer, How-To, PC Gaming, Upgrading
Tagged AMD, Budget, Build, Do it yourself, Gaming, Hardware, Intel, Performance, Upgrade
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Q. Can I upgrade the CPU processor in my Desktop machine?
Maybe. And sometimes No. The first thing to know is what CPU socket your motherboard has. You cannot put an Intel chip in an AMD socket or vice versa. And within the processor brands, you have to exactly match the … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Questions and Answers, General Computer, Upgrading
Tagged AMD, BIOS, Intel, Motherboard, Processor, Replace CPU, Socket, Upgrade
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Q. What memory and hard drives fit Macintosh computers?
Different models of Apple Macintosh machines take different types and capacities of RAM memory and hard drives. We’ve put together charts of all of the models of Macs since 1998 that list the RAM requirements and the hard drive types … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Questions and Answers, Hard Drives and SSD, How-To, Mac questions, Memory
Tagged Apple, Compatibility, Hard Drive, Install, Intel, MacBook, MacBook Pro, Macintosh, MacPro, Memory, Mini, PATA, Powerbook, PowerMac, PowerPC, Repair, SATA, Solid State Drive, SSD, Upgrade
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Q. What Memory and Drives fit my iMac Intel?
Apple has released a variety of iMac intel machines, which have used four different kinds of RAM. Different models of iMac have had either two RAM sockets or four RAM sockets. In iMacs, installing a single RAM is permissible, however … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Questions and Answers, Hard Drives and SSD, How-To, Mac questions, Memory
Tagged Apple, Compatibility, Core2Duo, Hard Drive, i3, i5, i7, iMac, Install, Intel, Macintosh, Memory, SATA, Solid State Drive, SSD, Upgrade
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Q. What memory and drives fit my Mac Mini?
Apple Mac Mini models have gone through several design changes over the years. They have become slimmer, and recently Apple has dropped the Optical drive from the while Mini model line (which they had earlier done with the Server configurations). … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Questions and Answers, Hard Drives and SSD, How-To, Mac questions, Memory
Tagged Apple, Compatibility, Core2Duo, G4, Hard Drive, Install, Intel, Macintosh, Memory, Mini, PowerPC, SATA, Server, Upgrade
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Q. What is Thunderbolt?
Thunderbolt is a new computer data interface format that combines high speed data transfer plus digital video into one cable. The release of the Apple Mac Book Pro in February 2011 introduced Thunderbolt to the market, followed by the iMac … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Questions and Answers, Hard Drive News, News
Tagged Apple, Cable, Hard Drive, Intel, Interface, Introduce, New, Storage, Technology, Thunderbolt, Video
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Hybrid SSD/hard drive setups
Lately there has been a choice to make between conventional hard drives and flash based Solid State Drives (SSD). The decision boiled down to speed vs. cost vs. capacity. SSDs can be blazingly fast, but they are expensive, and limited … Continue reading
Posted in Hard Drive News, News, Performance, Product Reviews
Tagged Computer, Hard Drive, Intel, Performance, RAID, SSD, Upgrade, Windows
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