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Entertainment & Technology / Re: SATA Speeds
« Last post by knighty on May 14, 2023, 17:32:02 PM »
Quote from: Eagle on May 14, 2023, 11:19:38 AM
Thanks.  Basic stuff but I've forgotten more than I'll ever know!

nope! that's no excuse

I fell 20ft onto my head and forgot a load of stuff.... still remember that tho :-p
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Entertainment & Technology / Re: It's Spec-Me-Up time!
« Last post by Eagle on May 14, 2023, 11:21:52 AM »
Okay, fair enough. 
For a total of 32GB, would I be better off getting two matched pairs (4x8Gb) of just one (2x16Gb)?
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Entertainment & Technology / Re: SATA Speeds
« Last post by Eagle on May 14, 2023, 11:19:38 AM »
Thanks.  Basic stuff but I've forgotten more than I'll ever know!
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Entertainment & Technology / Re: SATA Speeds
« Last post by knighty on May 14, 2023, 09:34:45 AM »
Quote from: Eagle on May 12, 2023, 22:35:46 PM
...and finally: is chaining a CD Drive and two SSDs on one power cable ok? I guess it is otherwise Corsair wouldn't supply 'em.

yeah that's fine :-)
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Entertainment & Technology / Re: It's Spec-Me-Up time!
« Last post by knighty on May 14, 2023, 09:33:58 AM »
honestly in my experience ram speeds make naff all difference... gave up buying the fastest stuff years ago

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Entertainment & Technology / Re: It's Spec-Me-Up time!
« Last post by Eagle on May 14, 2023, 02:55:04 AM »
Fiiiiiinal question here:

My mobo manual says it supports DDR4 RAM up to 2133Mhz.  Is that it?  DDR4 is available at much higher speeds is it not?  Maybe that's all that was available at the time?...

Any clue as to what I could go for now?  Just looking to boost this rig a bit before the build in Dec.

:)
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Entertainment & Technology / Re: SATA Speeds
« Last post by Eagle on May 12, 2023, 22:35:46 PM »
...and finally: is chaining a CD Drive and two SSDs on one power cable ok? I guess it is otherwise Corsair wouldn't supply 'em.
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Entertainment & Technology / Re: SATA Speeds
« Last post by Eagle on May 12, 2023, 19:15:39 PM »
...ah wait, hang on.  SATA Express is just 2x SATA 3 connectors plus a 'weirdo' socket.  So I'm guessing the drives will be just as fast in either SATA3 or the Express ports...
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Entertainment & Technology / SATA Speeds
« Last post by Eagle on May 12, 2023, 18:46:00 PM »
Does it matter (speed-wise) whether I connect my SSDs to SATA 3 or SATA Express ports?

I've searched and I can't find a definitive answer.  Apparently, they are supposed to have different plugs but both my SATA 3 and SATAe ports are the same connectors (I have SSDs connected to both types, currently but am I throttling them in the SATA3 ports?). 
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Entertainment & Technology / Re: It's Spec-Me-Up time!
« Last post by Eagle on May 11, 2023, 11:02:04 AM »
Haha, I bottled it and bought a Samsung 2Tb SSD!  ;D 
Known quanity and I wasn't at all confident the M.2 would fit given the other addons and CPU cooler mount I have in there.
Ah well.  Let's see what happens in December!
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