From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0ED013800E for ; Fri, 3 Aug 2012 01:00:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3722221C00C; Fri, 3 Aug 2012 01:00:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net (mail-1.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.69]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAB76E06FC for ; Fri, 3 Aug 2012 00:58:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 557F92EA09D for ; Thu, 2 Aug 2012 20:58:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net ([208.85.220.69]) by localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id r8qcwN9uLScb for ; Thu, 2 Aug 2012 20:58:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ca.inter.net (unknown [98.143.103.69]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 920282EA362 for ; Thu, 2 Aug 2012 20:58:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ca.inter.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:58:31 -0400 Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 20:58:31 -0400 From: Philip Webb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : proposed design Message-ID: <20120803005831.GE2921@ca.inter.net> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20120801034734.GB2882@ca.inter.net> <4907726.p1P3XsEzEE@localhost> <20120801203321.GA2917@ca.inter.net> <2033285.p9jDDYbDvt@localhost> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2033285.p9jDDYbDvt@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 5812a49a-4c95-427b-8757-5d0b4b982be0 X-Archives-Hash: 2238f9589b4bdef127336a6bf880aa5c 120802 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 1. August 2012, 16:33:21 schrieb Philip Webb: >> There are no Samsung SSDs available at the store (do they make them ? ). > are you joking? Samsung is one of the big ones - > a lot of laptops run with rebranded Samsung SSDs. > Samsung produces flash chips, their own controllers & well performing SSDs. Goto http://www.canadacomputers.com/search_result.php?keywords=&manu=0&sid=pl8enmo1d9rsvg3qk00ip4k315&search=1&ccid=1088&cPath=179_1088&pagePos=0&pricerange=%240.00-%24299.99+%28102%29 (or simply to the base URL & follow the menus). There are a lot of SSDs, but nothing called 'Samsung'. Do they market them under another brand name ? >> OCZ Vertex3 120 GB SATA3 6 GB/s R 550 MB/s W 500 MB/s : 119.99 > have that one. Is a nice one. Yes, I've already put it in my list to replace the Kingston. > seriously, don't buy case+psu combos. They almost always suck. > Also: the bigger the fan, the less speed you need them to run at. > The quieter they are. If you can get a case with placings for 14cm fans > and it is comparable to some 12 or 8cm case - get that. > it is really worth it. I always have: it saves CAD & the only problem was c 2004 , when the PSU fan failed & fried the mobo : I replaced both & the machine continues to function well as my stand-by box. I'm not worried by ordinary fan noise: try traffic, TVs etc etc (smile). -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca