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Started by Tsutarja August 10th, 2013 5:25 AM
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Legendary Silke

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I'm likely going to get a 3TB external HDD for media storage, and leave my internal SSD for the system and program files.

Also, I was leaning towards an acutal SSD that was Samsung, not SanDisk.
I've always thought of a split solution like that as a bit of a kludge. Wouldn't it be nice for the average user to not have to care about where the data has to go? Let the software/drive firmware decided what goes to where. Usually, it's very efficient - when you go with cache-based solution, the only thing you're probably missing are sequential read/write speeds of an SSD.

Sometimes I think I need an SSD for my desktop, but I'm not too sure if it'd be the bet thing for me to have. There have been times where my computer freezes up, but sometimes I blame the hard drive only because it freezes up for maybe a second or two, and that's it. However, the hard drive in my desktop is also only 2 and 3/4 years old.
HDDs tend to choke when subjected to a flood of non-sequential IO, but most of the time, the OS has a mitigation plan in the form of in-memory cache. For Windows, there'd be some form of caching since... the 16-bit* days (I think 3.1 did something), but the real improvements in prefetching data really came in Vista.

* Strictly speaking, the Enhanced Mode 3.x kernels are 32-bit, even if it's not NT 3.x. Depending on your system configuration, it might be likely that the only 16-bit apps running on a Windows 3.x machine are Win16 apps!

I think you should give this a read for which harddrives you should consider buying: http://blog.backblaze.com/2014/01/21/what-hard-drive-should-i-buy/
In short, Seagate sucks. Thanks for posting this, as I was thinking of getting an external Seagate HDD. I think I'll stick with WD or Hitachi :D
Just remember that not hard disk drives are the same - what works for a given company isn't necessarily the same for others. Backblaze are using consumer drives in a corporate environment - that alone gives me some doubts about the statistics, even though it might be a good indicator for a given drive make.

Quite possibly the most important thing is that most drives should still be alive by the three-year point. Also, judging from the comments:

It looks like exactly one model/size of Seagate had a high failure rate, and the rest did not. That's actually believable, because every hard drive company has bad models from time to time. Western Digital had the Expert and several models of Raptor. IBM/Hitachi had the 75GXP. Perhaps Seagate's is the ST31500341AS (doesn't that just roll off the tongue).
This does not mean that you should avoid Seagate anymore than you should avoid any other manufacturer for their bad runs.

Burakki Tsuki

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I feel that I've become spoiled with my SSD. I use it for my OS and most used applications. I love the way it starts right up and never has pauses like traditional HD will. I have a 2TB I use for Steam games and media and it's pretty annoying it always has to start up every time I get something off it. I'm sure there is an application to make the drive spin all the time but I don't wanna wear it out.

I never had issues with Seagate in the past, but now I have a Hitachi HD and Samsung SSD. Want to get another SSD or two in the future and look to use the Hitachi for backups via external hookup.

Tsutarja

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If there's a hard drive manufacturer I'd avoid, it'd be Western Digital. I got a 1TB external HDD, specifically a MyBook Essential External HDD, and I did a stupid thing by uninstalling the software from it. Only problem is that the software for it locked the drive up when I uninstalled it, and I was unable to recover the data I had on it.

Tsutarja

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I'm not necessarily shunning WD as being a bad brand, but they really need to factor in what could happen if someone deleted their software from an external hard drive.

Also, back to Zet's link, can I just say how much irony it is that the hard drive that's in my desktop now replaced a dying Samsung HDD? My desktop used to belong to my parents back from 2008-2012, and I discovered it was dying because the OS install became corrupt and Linux wouldn't work on it at all either.

Legendary Silke

You like dragons?

Seen December 23rd, 2021
Posted April 22nd, 2020
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Am I weird for never formatting the Seagate external HDD ever?

On another topic, I'm using Windows 8.1 again on my laptop. Looks like all the driver issues are gone for me, and I'm enjoying ridiculous boot times and memory usage at idle, to boot. (Think 2-3 seconds after POST, and 1 GB)

Tsutarja

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I like Windows 8's boot time. Since I have Teamviewer, I can see on my clients whenever my laptop comes on, and that's usually 2-3 seconds after I power the laptop on.

Also, I've experienced the wifi problem with Windows 8.1 once, but it's not as problematic of a problem as I thought it would be.

Zet

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I like Windows 8's boot time. Since I have Teamviewer, I can see on my clients whenever my laptop comes on, and that's usually 2-3 seconds after I power the laptop on.

Also, I've experienced the wifi problem with Windows 8.1 once, but it's not as problematic of a problem as I thought it would be.
I love W8's boot and shutdown time. I keep forgetting that it's almost instantaneous. With W7 I used to have enough time to go to the kitchen and get something, and come back before it got to the login screen.

destinedjagold

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First, apologies if this is the wrong section to ask this, but...
Question: I have a 3DS and PKMN X, and have been uploading wifi battles on YouTube, but, YT is being a pain in the neck, stating that my videos matched third party content...
I have legitimately bought the 3DS and PKMN X. Should I file a dispute or just leave it be?
Honestly, I feel like YT is holding back my freedom of uploading my videos, 'cause, y'know, I bought the goddamn thing! Why am I not allowed to post it online?

And on an unrelated question...
My PC at home currently only has 1GB RAM, and Windows 7 doesn't seem to like that. =/
I live in a third-world country, so yeah, I'm poor. :P
So I'm planning on upgrading soonish when I manage to save up again. :3

Anyway, I have a ASRock N68C-GS FX motherboard, and I plan to buy a new RAM, at least 2 to 4 GB. What RAM (brand, specs, whatever) would be good for my motherboard?

Zet

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Definitely file a dispute. Nintendo has been taking down anything with their content(because of people making money from them).

I did a quick google search on your motherboard + ram and found this result:

That board is a bit of an oddity. You can use 2 sticks of DDR2 memory in the yellow slots OR 2 sticks of DDR3 memory in the blue slots. In either case, it will only accept a total of 8GB. You can't use both DDR2 and DDR3 at the same time. See page 17 of your manual.

Yes, you can use either of those pairs of Corsair DDR3 1600MHZ RAM. But only in the blue slots. They won't even fit in the yellow slots. Look close and you'll see the slots' guide pin is in a slightly different position.
source: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/330451-30-asrock-n68c

I took a look at some of the ram mentioned, and found some DDR3 1600MHZ RAM for under $100 on a site I use for computer parts/accessories.

destinedjagold

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Definitely file a dispute. Nintendo has been taking down anything with their content.
I...don't understand.
Are you saying that I should file a dispute so Nintendo won't take it down? o.0
Also, what options should I choose?

Spoiler:
I believe this copyright claim is not valid because:
I own the CD / DVD or bought the song online. - this option takes me nowhere...

I'm not selling the video or making any money from it. - this option takes me nowhere...

I gave credit in the video. - this option takes me nowhere...

The video is my original content and I own all of the rights to it.didn't try this one, 'cause the video's not really my original content, anyway. =/

I have a license or written permission from the proper rights holder to use this material.

My use of the content meets the legal requirements for fair use or fair dealing under applicable copyright laws.

The content is in the public domain or is not eligible for copyright protection.

destinedjagold

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You should probably opt for fair use, since Nintendo made the option to share wifi battles.
Thanks. I'll try it in one of my marked vids and see what happens.

Also, thanks as well for your thoughts on my motherboard. Didn't know it's limited to only 8GB RAM. o.0

Tsutarja

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Sometimes I wish there was a way to control the bandwidth on Netflix.. because I dislike how things start out with low quality on Netflix then go up to their full quality after a few seconds. I guess they do that though because of the fact that the movie buffers the whole way.

donavannj

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Sometimes I wish there was a way to control the bandwidth on Netflix.. because I dislike how things start out with low quality on Netflix then go up to their full quality after a few seconds. I guess they do that though because of the fact that the movie buffers the whole way.
It's Netflix's streaming tech. Not much you can do about it. Other than using a 3DS to stream, which only streams in the lower resolutions, iirc. :P
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Tsutarja

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Of all devices I wouldn't want to watch Netflix on, the 3DS would probably be the first one :P (it's ridiculous enough that they allow for Youtube)

donavannj

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Of all devices I wouldn't want to watch Netflix on, the 3DS would probably be the first one :P (it's ridiculous enough that they allow for Youtube)
Believe it or not, Netflix actually runs better than YouTube on the 3DS!
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Tsutarja

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Hmm, interesting. Does Netflix on the 3DS have the ability to use profiles?

Alexander Nicholi

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I loved watching YouTube on my phone, specifically the episodes of Pokémon, which is what I spent the entire winter break doing.

I am really pissed that my crappy AMD APU is soldered to my motherboard. Why must you screw me over with a processor that can't even handle smooth scrolling in web browsers while listening to music? WHY!?
the beat goes on (ノ^o^;)ノ
ヽ(;^o^ヽ) the beat goes on
the beat goes on (ノ^o^;)ノ
ヽ(;^o^ヽ) the beat goes on
( don’t stop the groovin’ )

Legendary Silke

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Seen December 23rd, 2021
Posted April 22nd, 2020
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For one reason or another, turns out a lot of background processes were crashing on the 8.1 installation for some reason. While it doesn't really affect day-to-day use, I'd have reservations using a PC like that.

I went back to 7. Again. I think I'll just use 8.x or 9 with a new PC at this rate...

Tsutarja

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I can't remember, but did the laptop originally come with Windows 8.x? If it did, then that's really weird that it's acting up in such a manner.

donavannj

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Always RMA before taking drastic measures yourself. Always.

Did you hear of the exploit in the YouTube 3DS app that lets you view videos directly on your system?
Never heard of that. Older firmware, I assume?
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