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Almo
Almo
3:17 AM
@StephaneHockenhull I'm not erally a hardware guy
I buy a mac about every 6 years and that's it
 
Stephane Hockenhull
Stephane Hockenhull
It's my first upgrade in 5 years :P
 
Almo
Almo
:)
this convo is on twitch :)
oop game starting
talk later
 
Alexandre Vaillancourt
Alexandre Vaillancourt
I care soo much not about math... not sure if I'm geek enough.
 
Almo
Almo
3:33 AM
:)
 
 
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user92578
2:44 PM
 
Almo
Almo
2:57 PM
@Tyyppi_77 "pretty nice" is an understatement. :)
 
 
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The Mattbat999
The Mattbat999
6:52 PM
I got me a new video card, power supply, and audio system!
 
Bálint
Bálint
@TheMattbat999 Nice! What are you going to use it for?
 
The Mattbat999
The Mattbat999
@Bálint game development, gaming, and once my father figures it out, mining Bitcoin Gold.
He already does some mining with his own stuff, but he wants to set my computer up to mine also.
 
John Hamilton
John Hamilton
7:55 PM
there's a suggested edit to a community wiki page that says "fixed grammar" as explanation, but actually adds an item to a list (with a link). Should I just approve and move on?
 
Stephane Hockenhull
Stephane Hockenhull
Is there a conflict of interest ? Is that link a self-serving ad or SEO adding no value to the page?
 
John Hamilton
John Hamilton
dont think so
seems like a good edit, though the explanation is not really good
 
Stephane Hockenhull
Stephane Hockenhull
If it adds value to the page then fine. the "fixed grammar" may have been an auto-fill.
 
John Hamilton
John Hamilton
I see, thanks :)
 
Almo
Almo
8:55 PM
can someone comment on this: if I get an external SSD, is Thunderbolt enough faster to be worth the cost over a USB 3 one?
my computer has both usb3 and thunderbolt 2 ports
 
 
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Stephane Hockenhull
Stephane Hockenhull
11:17 PM
@Almo Depends on the reasonable output you can get out of that SSD and your usage and which version of Thunderbolt.
USB 3 is 5Gb/s, 3.1 gen2 is 10Gb/s
Thunderbolt 1 is 20Gb/s, 2 is also 20Gb/s, 3 is 40Gb/s

And if that wasn't confusing enough, USB-C ports can carry Thunderbolt signals so it's possible (I don't know if they actually exist) to have a USB-C external drive that supports all of these.
As long as the device and the motherboard support it and the moons of Saturn align perfectly...
@Almo I'm looking at a basic 512GB SSD and "Sequential reads/writes up to 550 / 460 MB/s"
So for this guy any of the above ports/protocol/speeds would be reasonable.
Even the 5Gb/s USB 3.0 would have very little impact. I'd say at worst you'd get 75% of the theoretical SDD speed (which you'd almost never get in practice anyway even if it was plugged directly to SATA)
@Almo The question would be more: Do you prefer to keep your USB 3 ports available, or do you prefer to be able to plug your external HDD to any computer with USB ports?
 

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