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12:00 AM
Well..
@Bob Anymore comments?
From what I can tell, with CSM on I can boot the UEFI mode. So it should install windows in UEFI mode.
I assume with CSM off the Win7 setup "shits its pants" for some reason or the other that hopefully does not affect my install
 
Bob
@KDecker ...that is weird.
Secure Boot off?
 
Havent done that just yet
But you think SB off and CSM off it should work ok?
 
Bob
In theory.
But you never know with motherboard firmware...
 
Ok then otherwise
If it does not. Does it make sense that with CSM On I will be installing in UEFI mode?
Note: With CSM on I can load into the UEFI setup (from what I can tell)
 
Bob
@KDecker As long as you boot into the UEFI setup then it should work.
But you might want to make sure it isn't falling back to the non-UEFI setup :S
 
12:12 AM
@Bob Yeah I want to do that. But I am not sure how to make sure.
I mean with the 'Boot Override' it should be booting to, and only to, the drive I click on
If I Boot Override to my HDD it enters the "please insert drive" message loop and doesnt try the next drive
If I boot the the UEFI (the one that didnt work) from override, it took me directly back to the UEFI BIOS of the MOBO
So I have to assume clicking on it with boot override it does infact boot to it and only it
But, is there a way to make sure?
 
Right. Finished my coffee. Now time for sleep.
 
Bob
@KDecker Install and pray? :P
 
Waves. See you all in 6-7 hours (when I have to get up for glorious work. Yay!)
 
I assume the only way to check for sure is to enter the command prompt in the setup it takes me to and run some random command...
 
Bob
@Hennes ...coffee before sleep?
 
12:15 AM
Ofc.
 
My thought would be to check to see if the bootx64 file is in use? Would that be possible?
 
Makes you more relaxed, calm. Easier to fall aslaap
 
1:11 AM
@Bob well. UEFI install did not work
Went through the whol installation process and left me with a bot option "windows boot manager"
Gave me the exact same error in the picture I gave
So I installed under the non UEFI
So.
I guess I can handle it
THANK YOU so much for all the help!
 
Bob
1:33 AM
@KDecker Does non-UEFI work?
 
Yeah Got all the drivers load and all
 
Bob
I'm really surprised you got that error on the installed version.
Perhaps mis-set efi vars? could probably fix that if you wanted to try, but it seems you've gone an alternate route anyway
 
Yeah I figured once it installed id be good
Yeah once it installed I went back in and screwed with CSM
 
1:53 AM
and secure boot
but nothing came of it
so... eh ill stic with non uefi and be happy
but well see how the SSD performs....
 
2:50 AM
@allquixotic Just pinging you to this conversation point so you can see how the install went ^. :(
 
@TristanWiley that looks like an awesome question for hardware recommendations.
 
3:01 AM
This is how the "Service Desk" communicate to us that they want someone to look at this job.
 
3:12 AM
@MichaelFrank can I act like a Service Desk person to you?
Hi
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Q: usb tethering from pc to android via usb data cable

punit kumari have micromax canvas A1 and i want to do reverse tethering from my pc to my this device , but iam unable to do so . i have tried it so many times but the process stops after accepting superuser rights .

 
@allquixotic did you do the needful ?
 
3:28 AM
Reverse teathering seems on topic
but that's a little thin on details
 
Pretty sure he's trying to tether a piece of paper to his pc though. Dunno if paper is on topic.
 
It interfaces with his PC, that's the criteria
 
Lauching bf3 opens a shitty webpage in my browser
I'm supposed to launch the game from shitty webpage -_- ?
 
@HackToHell Yes
 
3:52 AM
@HackToHell It was a cool concept. But so so sooooo slow.
You could manage loadouts and your soldiers without needing to actually enter the game.
 
There a way to get my rencent pings that happened in this chat? Want to get back with somebody that asked me a question I think it was monday
Figured it out
@NateKerkhofs The MCT was updated today it's 1511 again
 
4:12 AM
Was thinking about this: we've come to a point where storage performance is advancing so fast that the interfaces over which the drives communicate cannot keep up.
...not to mention that even modern high-performance CPUs are becoming a bottleneck when SSDs can handle multiple gigabytes of sequential I/Os a second and hundreds of thousands of IOPS.
Now what?
For some two decades, typical workloads on consumer computer systems have been I/O bound. They're now becoming compute-bound, and the industry has not been able to keep up.
With even faster non-volatile memory technologies like 3D XPoint on the horizon, we're fast approaching a point where we have too much storage performance and not enough compute to fully utilize it.
> Storage so fast, only the highest-end PCs can keep up
Too much storage performance, not enough compute. Now what?
 
4:34 AM
We have plenty of compute. Modern CPUs are limited by memory not being fast enough, let alone storage.
We have too much compute and even interfaces like quad-channel DDR4 are too slow to feed them.
 
@MichaelFrank That sorta makes sense, but yeah too slow
 
The big issue is storage latency. NVMe addresses the latency issue but you'd be hard-pressed to find any consumer workload that will saturate the Intel SSD 750 even on a fast CPU.
 
Actually most high-end enterprise workloads are storage and memory bottlenecked.
Seeing as the Intel 750 is an enterprise SSD.
That's no different to saying there aren't many enterprise workloads that'll saturate a Geforce GTX 980. Well duh.
 
4:50 AM
what's ironic, is how terribly fast our computers are but even then our tablets still rely on cloud computing for all the number crunching and still suck at 3D rendering
 
3d rendering's the only really hard problem for consumer systems IMO
 
and now they want to stream THAT too... @_@
 
@oldmud0 Can concur, I've been spending more and more time using a Linode VPS as a cloud desktop through VNC on my Nexus 9
Will be AFK for 20 minutes or so, see ya in a bit.
 
and for 90% of things we don't need all that much power.
 
I ran my computer through windows performance recorder yesterday. verdict: kaspersky is murdering my boot times again
 
4:53 AM
@JourneymanGeek This is why low-power CPUs (ARM, Core m, Atom, etc.) are all the rage these days.
 
maybe I should get an SSD, the prices are starting to get stable
 
@bwDraco and that's why we don't actually have any real major bottlenecks for most users.
 
Battery life and compactness matter more than raw compute these days.
 
the price for a 120GB SSD has halved since a few years ago
 
@oldmud0: I'd go 250/256 personally
 
4:55 AM
heck they are even starting to sell 1 TB SSDs
finally finished replacing all the drives on my ancient 2003 server
stupid openmanage won't let me do an online expansion though
also added a hotswap for safe measure
Anyone seen a flash drive thinner than this? i.imgur.com/DA4fR10.jpg
I got it after my friend gave it to me saying that it didn't work because he got some pancake mix on the leads. Needless to say, I got it to work.
@JourneymanGeek your IT support bot is missing a feature. It needs to install Adobe Reader.
 
5:12 AM
@oldmud0 Consumer SSDs have hit 2 TB. 4 TB drives are on the market for enterprise applications and will be available soon for the consumer market.
 
:o
@bwDraco are they intended to be put in a RAID config?
 
the price per GB at 4 TB is still insane... for now
 
At this point, SSDs have already exceeded the storage density of conventional hard drives.
 
I am so disappointed that the 3.5mm jack on the ti84 plus CE was removed. It takes out a lot of applications that require analog like audio.
I don't think TI is enforcing code signing on apps yet though.
 
I kinda wish there were more competitors on the graphing calculator market. I have an HP Prime and it's simply incredible.
TI has the market cornered.
 
5:18 AM
yeah....
If Casio could just make a cheap knockoff of the TI-84 and sell it for half the price, it would really help the market
Those calculators aren't even worth $100 anymore, nowadays it's just $35 worth of parts, labor, and software.
 
At least my local Best Buy stocks the Prime. It's still rather buggy, though. For example, it's prone to soft-bricking during firmware updates because the update process has a tendency to fail while in progress.
 
Hah, sounds like my router before I installed dd-wrt on it.
 
150 usd buys you a 10 inch screen and a celeron processor....
So yeah, 35usd or less.
 
ti still makes more money off the 84 than their flagship SOCs
defragging my computer is hopeless. Defraggler was stuck at 1% for 3 hours..
 
Back to the compute discussion, there's something I find rather ironic these days.
Throughout the 1970s and up until the late 1980s, much computing was done on big centralized computer systems, and thin clients were the norm.
Back then, it was because computers were very expensive and it was best to have people share one big machine rather than to have each person have their own computer to work on.
 
5:28 AM
and then computers got cheap, and VGA came around, right..?
 
The PC came around
 
Then as the personal computing revolution took fold, prices had come down and individuals could afford their own computer systems.
 
Even then tho, there were systems for specialised, high power user
 
Today, we're slowing moving back towards the centralized computing model.
The reasons, however, are slightly different.
 
every time I think of VGA, I think of this obscure video: youtube.com/watch?v=UsvCI7dOZ50 (some language)
 
5:30 AM
The modern computer user demands mobility and access everywhere, and modern computer systems are powerful enough to enable productivity on even compact, lightweight, and low-power devices.
With advances in computer technology, ubiquitous Internet access, and the demands of the modern economy, the economies of scale and performance potential of high-powered servers shared amongst many users are becoming evident once again.
Chromebooks were (and often still are) little more than Internet thin clients.
 
@bwDraco that's what they are and have always been
at least they have good battery life, but no caps key
and you can't play minecraft on it
 
The more I play with my Linode cloud desktop, the more it grows on me.
(I have one Linode instance that runs my website and another that serves as my Linux cloud desktop.)
I'm finding myself on my big-and-heavy gaming laptop less and less.
With a tablet, a Bluetooth keyboard (perhaps integrated into a case), and (optionally) a Bluetooth mouse, you can be productive pretty much anywhere. Add a mobile broadband service (or even tether from your smartphone) and you may never need a laptop again.
Can't say this will work for everyone, but it's a reality with today's technology.
 
isn't that the apple philosophy?
 
5:48 AM
Example: Karma gives you an unlimited 5 Mbps LTE mobile broadband solution for $50 a month.
As technology improves, prices will continue to drop and speeds will go up.
When you tie it all together, it's becoming evident that working almost entirely in the cloud with lightweight, low-power computing equipment is becoming a reality.
 
you definitely sound like an apple person
 
I'm not really an Apple guy. I don't like their closed systems.
I'm really more a Google fan.
 
elgoog?
they're a decent compromise between the walled-garden simplistic nature of apple and the demands of the power users to have control over everything
android still isn't an OS for power users, although it does have adb for Windows and allows installing APKs from a file (both big pluses compared to iOS)
 
lol
@oldmud0 in a lot of cases, my little 11 inch netbook is my go to system.
Granted, given a choice I favour my desktop
 
In the news, yet another piece of research conducted by none other than someone at MIT. God I wish I could go study there and do something great.
 
6:02 AM
My laptop serves as my main workstation whenever I need to do anything serious, but I'm just not pulling out my laptop anywhere near as much any more. My busy schedule as a grad student has put me on my Nexus 9 more often than not.
I just love the whole idea of running your own server in the cloud and being able to work from anywhere.
 
Sure, if you have money to spare.
 
$20 a month gets you a dual-core cloud server with 2 GB of memory and 48GB of storage, running the Linux distro of your choice.
 
well, off to bed, good night
 
Good night to you too.
 
you could get a kimsufi server :P
20 euros gets you a 4 core, 16GB RAM, 2 TB storage
 
6:10 AM
Latency. I need a server that's near me.
Linode's closest datacenter is in Newark, NJ, close enough that the latency is generally very low.
 
@bwDraco you can get a lot more than that in Amazon's Virginia datacenter if you go spot instance :P
 
I'd rather not have a server that's in Europe as the 100+ ms latency is not acceptable for usage as a cloud desktop.
The ping needs to be less than 50 ms for my applications.
Around here on my rather slow cable Internet connection, ping to my server hovers around 35-40ms.
(It's a bit better on the much faster campus Wi-Fi, where it is closer to 25 ms.)
...and I'd prefer the simple pricing model that Linode has, as well as the fact that they've been in the business for more than 12 years.
 
 
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7:36 AM
(I got a notification when that happened actually)
Not great behaviour tho
 
8:28 AM
I am wary of these things...
Kmart pops up window to sign-in and I don't see HTTPS in URL.
And what is shld.net anyway? Should I report security risk?
 
8:47 AM
@Bob Interesting. Thanks.
 
Bob
@Boris_yo What site did you encounter that on?
Might be related to Sears.
 
@Bob, presumably Kmart ;) From the link you posted "Sears Holdings company operates 3,900 retail locations under the mastheads of Sears, Sears Grand, Sears Essentials, Sears Hardware, Kmart, Big Kmart, Super Kmart, The Great Indoors, Orchard Supply Hardware, and Lands' End stores."
 
Bob
@DavidPostill ...I didn't see his message mentioning Kmart :S
 
26 mins ago, by Boris_yo
Kmart pops up window to sign-in and I don't see HTTPS in URL.
 
Bob
@JourneymanGeek I mean, I didn't see it the first time round. Saw it after David mentioned it.
 
8:58 AM
ahh ;p
 
Outlook shows an unread email in a folder, but there isn't one in it. When I right-click the folder and select "Mark folder read" it still shows an unread email
!!urgetokillrising
 
@OliverSalzburg That didn't make much sense. Use the !!/help command to learn more.
 
@ChatBotJohnCavil It made sense to me!
 
@Oliver
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Q: Outlook sometimes marks folder with one unread message

JonathanIn an Outlook folder, sometimes even though I marked all messages as read, the folder list shows "1", as if there's an unread message. Note: This is Outlook connected to a corporate Exchange server.

@OliverSalzburg I remember fixing it by toggling online/offline mode and resyncing
 
9:19 AM
lol
3 messages moved to Trashcan
 
Bob
@JourneymanGeek Well that was completely unecessary :P
 
@DavidPostill That didn't work. I now have an empty folder with unread messages
Re-open and toggling offline has no effect
Woah! Now it works
Had to click the "Show elements stored on the Exchange server" or whatever the link says in English
Thanks @DavidPostill :)
 
Bob
9:37 AM
Hm. Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes looks like a fun game.
 
9:53 AM
hm, this is a super wierd failure mode.
(The old monitor works fine if I don't run it too long at a stretch. Almost feels like overheating)
 
 
1 hour later…
10:58 AM
@Ramhound Thanks for the information about the MCT tool. I'm going to hold off on trying it again until January
 
Bob
11:43 AM
 
12:31 PM
lol
 
1:08 PM
@NateKerkhofs Why would you wait until January?
 
1:23 PM
@NateKerkhofs Okay, found the conversation. Both the MCT and Tech Bench are hosting 1511 November again, no need to wait.
 
I do wonder what's MS's beef with speccy.
(If you have speccy when 1511 is installed, it gets removed)
 
Most of it is available in msinfo32 and/or systeminfo.
Probably not the reason it is pulled, though. Might have something to do with the way they call some API or the way they have some file installed.
Might have to do with Microsoft's guidelines or so.
It's not like they're going to uninstall it by accident when it shows no error at all.
 
2:25 PM
@JourneymanGeek wait, what did I say?
 
@TristanWiley mods and room owners can see deleted messages ;p
And that question you totally didn't ask might be suited for the new hardware recs stackexchange ;p
 
Haha naw, I was just bored and wanted to see clippy xD
 
Well how's it going nerd friends? Things have been quite busy around here lately.
Ive been teaching developers how to properly use their fingers in their code which requires more than 1 finger (pointer finger pressing f5) to make something run faster.
Gotta love SQL
 
0_0
Oh, they gave you a cattle prod?
 
2:37 PM
They'll email me.. "OH this process is taking 30 minutes to run and its going slowww, _must_be_missing_indexes".. and ill spend 3 minutes fixing the code.. and reply with "Look it runs in less than 1 seconds now"
We're working on doing this huge database platform upgrade for an application that hasnt been updated > 10 years. And they're stomped and dont understand why their old queries take a lot longer to run because the model structure of the database is entirely different.'
Meanwhile, I'm doing their work for them.
 
@TomWijsman The reason I'm waiting for January is twofold: 1. I want to see if I can get another attempt via Update; 2. i'm on holiday from December 8th and I don't want to cause any undue stress before that. If something goes wrong and I have to start over for some reason, I don't want to rush it
 
@Dave caaaaatle prod!
 
2:53 PM
@JourneymanGeek: Exactly!
@OliverSalzburg: Im interested in a keybase.io invite.
 
Bob
Yay I have a mumble server now
 
3:14 PM
Had one for yeeeeears love it
@Bob: most stable provider would be aws / ec2 amazon
@Bob: Free for a year buddy
aws.amazon.com/free
 
Bob
@Dave I paid $10 for 6 months.
Was looking for something local and hassle free.
I have a bunch of servers in the US, but latency is crazy.
 
;P
I paid 5 cents for 1 year with free tier overage's
@Bob: havent had but 1 outage.. and consistant 15ms ping on US East.
 
Bob
@Dave Then after that year? You pay more in the long run, IIRC :P
(I think I've already used up my free allocation waaaay back)
 
hah
I love mumble.
Well hopefully your provider is good. Whos your host?
I may consider
:P
 
Bob
It's working decently well. I just wish I could directly bind one of my mouse buttons for PTT.
@Dave Streamline-servers. But it's obviously more restrictive than running on your own server.
 
3:19 PM
ah, im all about dedicated hosting.. I prefer installing it myself then having some custom interface for it. Although with DBUS/ ICE i could probably build my own interface
 
Bob
@Dave I do that for most things, but a dedi (or even a VPS) here just costs too much.
For less latency-sensitive tasks I do run on US servers
 
neato
If you're looking for cheap unmetered hosting ever check out fdc servers... They're not the most reliable but unmetered 100mbit/1000mbit = cheeapo
 
@Dave What do you mean by unmetered, same idea as a data cap?
 
sounds like you're into running your services online everywhere.. figured id throw that out there if you were ever considering rtmp / hls.. etc.
@KDecker, you can consume as much data as you want without restrictions.
Metered would be.. you buy 1TB a month for $x.yz. Unmetered meaning you buy infiniteTB for $x.yz.
;)
 
Bob
@Dave I've got one with OVH already. And another (that was supposed to be decommissioned months ago...) with Wholesale-Internet
 
3:26 PM
ah
 
You buy 1TB *At 1Mbps versus you buy InfTB *at 1Mbps?
 
Bob
@Dave The problem for me isn't throughput. Nor server power. I've got plenty of that to spare.
But latency to the US is 200-300ms from here.
 
@KDecker exactly
 
Add
 
Bob
Doesn't work at all for most game servers, and doesn't work well for voice.
 
3:27 PM
Ahh*
 
Causes of computer rage:
I am SURPRISED there are no video games mentioned!
Where's angry German kid?!
Collusion... of course. There's a good money made in gaming industry.
 
lol
 
@Boris_yo: I dont see 'trolling' in there too lol.
 
4:20 PM
An issue with your computer is blocking the VAC system. You cannot play on secure servers.
Is driving me nuts
I don't even have process hacker running
Y U DO THIS STEAM
 
4:32 PM
@HackToHell: Sometimes it happens because of connection issues or overcapacity, doesn't have to be your computer.
@NateKerkhofs Just make sure you don't accidentally get the update on holiday.
Always fun when they make it mandatory for a moment by accident, seen it happen before.
 
5:03 PM
-1
Q: Track screen timeouts

Matt M.I would like to build a script to send an email (or write to a network share .csv) everytime a computer goes to sleep after 15 minutes of inactivity (Screen saver). The goal is to track which employees are not locking their screens when leaving their desk for meetings or lunch. This would be de...

The first time i've ever helped anybody on SU. I should be commended for this..
Proud of me? yes better be.
that should get me up to 43 rep points now.
Blazing.
 
@Dave What about Mac? "This would be deployed for a mixed Mac/PC environment." ;)
 
Let me change one second.. Ill state 'pc'
fixed.
 
@TomWijsman Oh okay
 
@dave You could also add that an Event can be used to trigger a task in the Windows Task Scheduler. The triggered task can then be a batch file which sends an email or write to the csv file ... then at least it is more like half an answer instead of a few hints (which looks more like a comment than an answer) ;)
I suspect the question is on the way to being closed as "too broad" in any case ...
 
5:20 PM
interesting, i never knew u could create a task in task scheduler to be event driven based off of a lock screen event.
they call it 'triggered' events. :-)
neato
looks like any event as well actually using the on event task trigger type
i hate windows /wrist
 
@Dave Now you know. Your chance to make a really good answer for a question that will be closed :/
 
@DavidPostill Your face is too broad
 
5:36 PM
@TomWijsman My laptop I'm taking has already been patched, and I likely won't have internet on the apartment anyway
 
I think his face is just fine!
 
@qasdfdsaq Really? I actually have a narrow face/head.
 
@DavidPostill True dat
 
I can hardly wait for 7 PM tomorrow
Steam Autumn sale
Although I've basically already spent this month's allowance on games
 
hii
 
5:39 PM
oh god, look who just came in.
 
@qasdfdsaq What you been smoking today? ;)
 
freeking @allquixotic... day just got bad. IM KIDDING!!!
 
@NateKerkhofs "and will end on December 1st at 10am PT."
fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffuuuuuuu
I won't get any money before the 3rd :E
every damn time
 
Credit cards ftw
 
ooh no. not when you're a student :P
 
5:41 PM
I got a 3K credit card when I was a student
Had to live off it for a year
 
I have no steady income at all
or well, any income really for that matter
 
I had a student loan, that's about it
 
yeah, i have student loan as well
suffice to say, I had a credit card. I don't have any more :P
 
I was glad I had one when I had to live off it for a year
 
6:21 PM
Okay, so apparently the Steam sale starts today
 
6:32 PM
FUCK! My Steam wishlist just emptied itself
both in the client and on the website
 
 
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7:49 PM
I use my wishlist all the time
@NateKerkhofs That sucks. :(
@NateKerkhofs That sucks. :(
 
@MichaelFrank it fixed itself after half an hour or so
 
Oh. Well that's good I guess!
 
8:46 PM
Steam sale?
You have to buy vaporized water?
 
 
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10:07 PM
Is this a great deal fod SSD? bestbuy.com/site/…
 
@Boris_yo pretty good. I got one ;p
 
@allquixotic There's guy who says it has cheap materials and it shows... That it lost him data a few times and he had to repair Windows boot...
 
meh, mine are only used as cache drives anyway :P
 
Bob
"a few times"?
 
no loss if they break
 
Bob
10:15 PM
The first time, you can blame the drive. Every time after? It's on you.
 
Just read negative reviews and you will learn something you more likely will not reading only positives.
 
10:42 PM
It's a cheap and crappy drive at a cheap and crappy price
 
10:57 PM
I would go for the Samsung 850 EVO if I were you @Boris_yo. I have the 250GB model and it's a beast.
 
@Daniel TLC... MLC is better
@qasdfdsaq Cheap yes but why crappy exactly?
 
Poor performance and reliability
@Boris_yo No it isn't
 
It may be better, but at what price @Boris_yo?
My 850 EVO cost me $80
and for a highschooler on a budget of $0 that's a deal.
 
@Daniel Today? Intel 335 250GB for $80 being MLC.
 
The Intel is 3 years old and worse in every way
 
11:00 PM
About 4 weeks ago.
And I put it in my homebuilt PC (which is unfortunately having other issues, but otherwise it's a nice one for the price)
 
@qasdfdsaq Worse? lol
 
Yes. Worse. Just look at any review...
 
First it's MLC, second it's one of most reliable drives.
 
First, so? It's still worse. Second, it's Sandforce 2281, one of the worst controllers ever
You're pointing at an older drive with a known unreliable controller, worse flash, worse endurance, worse speeds, worse warranty.
Buying one today is utterly nonsensical
 
I agree with @qasdfdsaq
 
11:12 PM
So do I
 
@qasdfdsaq What drive should I buy to ensure reliability? That's the only thing I need.
 
No drive is absolutely reliable. In the consumer space, the Samsung 850's are theoretically the most reliable you can get right now.
 
Or drive with what controller should I look for?
 
Nothing in the current generation of high-end drives is particularly bad, but bear in mind Samsung are the only people with fully vertically integrated SSDs with the controller purpose built specifically for the NAND and vice versa.
(Although I think some past Intel ones were too, I'm not sure if their current ones use in-house controllers)
Intel's PCIe ones do, but they're also v. expensive
 
@qasdfdsaq How about this one? microcenter.com/product/451750/…
 
11:20 PM
Dunno about the 535 but the 525 and 530 both use the same old Sandforce controller
Personally I'd say buying 3-year-old drives on clearance sales isn't the way to go but if you insist on older stuff the Samsung 830 has been tested to be the most reliable SSD ever.
Within the limited set of SSDs that were tested
 
11:43 PM
@Boris_yo no drives live forever tho reliability is getting better.
 
!!s/better/worse/
 
@qasdfdsaq @Boris_yo no drives live forever tho reliability is getting worse. (source)
 
Strictly speaking, controllers are getting better. NAND itself (aside from V-NAND) is getting worse
Each generation and die shrink worsens reliability. Hence why they stalled at about 1x nm and went V-NAND instead. They couldn't shrink it any further while still maintaining acceptable endurance.
 
@qasdfdsaq What do you think of Crucial BX and MX?
 
They're entry-level
 
11:54 PM
Seems like EVOs are reporting as counterfeits. Some hit market: amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2WWWQW8C5GLCR/…
 
They're what you'd go for if you wanted cheap without being crappy.
 
Amazon ceased sales...
 
I have just been restarted! This happens daily automatically, or when my owner restarts me. Ready for commands.
 
It's possible, it's possibly a grey import too.
Personally it'd be pretty obvious if it was counterfeit from basic performance and diagnostics tests
 

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