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Asus Z77 Roundup
When doing all of our Ivy Bridge launch prep we spent a LOT of time benchmarking and testing a whole collection of boards. You guys have seen our reviews of the Intel and Gigabyte boards. When it came time to write about the four different Asus Z77 boards I realized that most of you are not going to want to read through a lot of information that we would cover over and over on each review. We decided to roundup all four of the boards and cover them together. This way we can get to the point a little quicker, saving you time, as well as giving us a chance to talk more about the differences between the variety of boards that we tested.
ASUS P8 Z68-V/GEN3
Perhaps one of the most daunting tasks after making the decision that you do not wish to purchase an off-the-shelf computer is attempting to figure out which components go in the machine. There are fun aspects, like the graphics card and processor, and then there are the not-so-fun aspects, like the motherboard (at least in my opinion). Why do I think it is a whole lot of not fun? There are so many out there to choose from, with all sorts of features. When shopping you will likely come across the ASUS board that I am going to review today. Arguably, it is one of the better all-around boards out there, with features like good integrated graphics and killer sound. But to a gamer that generally does not mean squat. Does the ASUS P8 Z68-V/GEN3 board have what it takes to function as a serious gaming component? Read on to find out!
XFX R7750 Black Edition DD
Not everyone is looking to spend $500 on their video card, in some cases that is the total budget for a build. When you are up against a wall trying to pack the best performance you can get into a budget build you still want to get the most performance you can out of your video card. That’s where cards like the XFX R7750 Black Edition Double Dissipation come into play. XFX has taken the styling and cooling from their high end cards and combined it with the price of budget cards like the HD 7750. Today we are going to take a look at how those two things do combined in XFX’s R7750 Black Edition Double Dissipation.
Sapphire HD 7770 Vapor-X
Earlier this year when AMD introduced the HD 7770 we took a look at cards from both Sapphire and XFX. Although we were impressed with the cards performance it was a little ill-timed due to AMD still clearing out discounted back stock. Three months later we are able to revisit the situation with today’s release of Sapphires new HD 7770 Vapor-X. With Sapphires Vapor chamber cooling technology along with a nice overclock over the reference design, the Sapphire HD 7770 Vapor-X could be a great option for a gamer on a limited budget. Let’s take a look.
Motherboard Sizing
When we got in a few oddly sized dual CPU motherboards from EVGA and Asus I posted up a few pictures on our forums and on Facebook. The problem was that even though they looked large there wasn’t any prospective. So we tossed in a couple other boards to give everyone a little perspective. This lead us to digging out even more motherboards to put together all of the standard motherboard sizes all together for everyone to be able to see the differences. Along with the picture we also have a breakdown on the dimensions of each size standard; I hope this helps everyone as some point. Sometimes it can be hard to understand all of the different motherboard sizes and how they all relate.
Android to the Maxx, DROID Razr Maxx
The list of different Android based phones available at any time is both overwhelming and frustrating. It’s almost impossible to get good feedback from friends who have the same phone because of this. So it’s rare than you have any one phone that manages to stand out. Doing something different is the only way to do this normally, but most times this ends off coming off as gimmicky or just lame. When Motorola introduced the Droid Razr Maxx it caught my attention right away. This was just before our trip out to San Francisco for the GTX 680 Editors day, what a better way to put the Maxx’s proposed batter life to the test!
Lian Li PC 100 “The Hammer”
We have had a few different Lian Li chassis come through the LanOC Offices and there hasn’t been a time that we haven’t been impressed with the new and interesting features Lian Li always seems to slip in. When they wanted to ship over their new case “The Hammer” PC 100, we signed up right away. We had seen the case previewed from a few shows prior and this time around Lian Li took a new perspective with its design, I was very interested to see how their changes worked out. Let’s jump in and see what it’s all about!
Nvidia GTX 670
When Nvidia launched Kepler with the GTX 680 I was impressed with the launch price of the card but even at such a great value it is still out of reach for some people. Just because you can’t afford the top card doesn’t mean you don’t want to experience Kepler’s performance. Of course it was only a matter of time before we saw Nvidia filling in the gaps in their product line, starting first with the GTX 690 then going to the next step down from the GTX 680, the GTX 670. Today we get to have a look to see how the performance compares to both the GTX 680 as well as AMD’s offerings. We are also very curious how it compares to the GTX 580, a card that has found its way into most of our office PC’s.
ioSafe Rugged Portable
So you do the smart thing, you backup your data from your laptop and your home PC to an external or network drive and go on with life feeling confident that you have gone well and above what most people do. For the most part, you did. What about when you’re traveling, have you seen how much abuse a device can take when on the go? For some people, and I know I’m one of them, some of the data you carry with you while traveling is more important than the laptop or device that you actually carry it on. In that situation you need a way to not have to worry about your data, no matter the situation, and to have a guarantee to back it up as well. The folks over at ioSafe focus specifically on this crowd. Not only do they offer products that are according to them build to handle almost anything, but they back it up with data recovery if something does happen. Today we are going to take a look at that Rugged Portable hard drive to see what all of the fuss is about, without any more buildup, let’s dig in.
Cooler Master Storm Trigger
Just two years ago the only mechanical keyboards you would find were from companies like DAS keyboard trying to create a nitch market. Over the past two years things have really exploded with every manufacture you can think of introducing their own mechanical keyboards. Cooler Master has been especially aggressive with multiple unique designs like their Quickfire series. What they did lack was a full featured mechanical keyboard with full backlighting, until now. Today they officially introduce their Storm Trigger, although it you look around the board was available Globally before now. With full backlighting it falls into a small category of Mechanical Keyboards with very little competition. I am excited to see how it performs.
Cooler Master HAF XM
The topic of cleaning your computer out came up last week on our forums and it got me thinking about how often I really need to clean out my computer. As it turns out it’s not very often anymore. All because of improvements in case design like fan filters. You don’t really see them on low end cases yet but they have been slowly trickling down. At CES this year we had a chance to get our hands on one of Cooler Master’s upcoming chassis, the HAF XM. A mid-range case packed with the features we have come to love from their high end HAF line. Today we are going to dig into the final product and see how it came out.
Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H
Z77 boards come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and prices. Just about every manufacture has a whole lineup of boards covering the whole range to make sure you can find what you are looking for. Gigabyte is no different; they have a whole selection of boards that will fit your needs. Today we are taking a look at their Z77X-UD3H, one of their budget boards. It may not be a high end board but it is still packed with features. I am curious how it will perform now that the cat is out of the bag with Ivy Bridge. Let’s jump in and see what it’s all about.
Seagate introduced their newest Hybrid hard drive this morning. Here is a list of all of the reviews published so you can get a good look at its performance.
Seagate Momentus XT ST750LX003 Hybrid 750GB @OCC
Seagate's Momentus XT 750GB @ Techreport
Seagate Momentus XT 750GB Hybrid Drive Review @ Legit Reviews
Seagate Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid @ Benchmark Reviews
You can also read the full press release in the link below!
CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Seagate (NASDAQ:STX) is now shipping the second generation of Momentus® XT, its groundbreaking solid state hybrid drive for consumer and commercial laptops and the company’s fastest drive ever for personal computers. With a simple drive upgrade, users can boost boot-up speed and overall performance to turbo-charge their laptop PC. Seven original equipment manufacturers are gearing up to ship laptops powered by the Momentus XT drive. The drive is now available at online retailers Amazon, Canada Computers, CDW, Memory Express, NCIX, Newegg, and TigerDirect.
Powering the Momentus XT drive are Seagate’s Adaptive Memory™ and FAST Factor™ technologies. Adaptive Memory technology works by identifying data usage patterns, and then moving the most frequently retrieved information to solid state memory for faster access. Adaptive Memory effectively tailors hard drive performance to each user and the applications they use. FAST Factor technology blends the strengths of SSDs and hard disk drives for faster access to applications, quicker bootup and higher overall system speed.
“Laptop users want faster access to all of their content, from gaming, music and video to spreadsheets and documents, creating strong demand for the highest performance,” said Scott Horn, vice president of Worldwide Marketing at Seagate. “Seagate is excited to answer this need with a second-generation Momentus® XT drive that delivers solid state drive (SSD) speed, greater storage capacity and easy installation at an affordable price.”
“High-speed storage devices make a difference when it comes to improving overall PC performance,” said John Rydning, research vice president at IDC. “Seagate’s newest Momentus® XT drive gives notebook PC users an economical option for boosting PC performance while at the same time providing spacious storage capacity all in one device.”
Momentus XT – Meeting the need for speed
The Momentus XT drive is nearly 70 percent faster than the prior Momentus drive version and up to three times faster than a traditional hard disk drive while providing 750GB of storage capacity. The Momentus XT hard drive’s Serial ATA 6Gb/second interface and 8 gigabytes of Single Level Cell NAND flash double the interface and NAND read-write speed of the previous generation. The all-in-one design of Momentus XT drive makes installation and upgrading simple and easy for any laptop or desktop computer and with any operating system.
The Momentus XT drive is now shipping in volume worldwide. Manufacturer’s Suggesting Retail Pricing (MSRP) for Momentus XT 750GB is $245.
Join a Seagate webinar for a chance to win a laptop powered by Momentus XT
Learn more about solid state hybrid drive technology and Seagate’s new Momentus XT drive by joining a live webcast on Tuesday, December 6, at 11 a.m. PST. Sign up for a chance to win a high-performance laptop powered by Momentus XT: http://www.seagate.com/
Tuning Momentus XT for Optimal Performance
The hard drive industry is transitioning from the current 512-byte sector standard to a newer Advanced Format 4K (4096-byte) sector size that helps maintain data integrity at higher storage densities and capacities. Momentus XT takes advantage of this newer Advanced Format 4K standard and is already tuned for optimal performance on the latest PC operating systems.
Momentus XT customers can easily optimize Momentus XT to work with Windows XP and older versions of Microsoft Windows with a few simple steps. Please visit this page on the Seagate web site to determine if Momentus XT is already tuned for your operating system version and how to do so if needed: http://www.seagate.com/
Even with the hard drive shortage Seagate is still introducing new products. I covered the original Momentus XT, the idea behind the Hybrid hard drive is sound. I think this will be what we see being used on mainstream PC's in the future.
I would tend to agree. Until we see 1 and 2TB SSD's for under $200 this is going to be the norm.
But for laptops an SSD is the way to go. It's quieter, you get longer battery life and much faster. You don't get as much space though which is the downside along with price.
But for laptops an SSD is the way to go. It's quieter, you get longer battery life and much faster. You don't get as much space though which is the downside along with price.
thats actually why you will see this more in laptop at first. For the average user they won't be willing to give up that extra space to go to an SSD, not to mention the added cost.
I also think that even at 1 or 2TB SSD's we will still see the average consumer using platter drives. At that point hard drives will still have a much higher capacity, Its hard to explain to someone who doesn't know much about PC's why they would want the smaller drive that costs more. IMO the only way SSD's will make it into the market fully is if hard drive's run into some sort of cap or slow down on their capacity increases.
I also think that even at 1 or 2TB SSD's we will still see the average consumer using platter drives. At that point hard drives will still have a much higher capacity, Its hard to explain to someone who doesn't know much about PC's why they would want the smaller drive that costs more. IMO the only way SSD's will make it into the market fully is if hard drive's run into some sort of cap or slow down on their capacity increases.
You're both wrong! Wrong I say!
Actually, you both are kinda wrong. With hard drive prices going through the roof, SSDs are going to be a more viable option in the higher end computing market. The last people that will be won over are the people who want a 1TB drive in their $399 Black Friday Staples computer.
With everything moving to the cloud and the availability of high speed internet access I actually find myself using less and less hard drive space every day. This time next year, SSDs will be the norm in almost every laptop, mark my words. Hybrid drives appeal to the mid-range computers or for people who demand more space than they'll ever need. But what I will be really interested to see is how this shortage will affect cheap computer prices.
We received signage in our store today to mark that we are out of hard drives due to the flooding in Thailand. I have a feeling this shortage will be the end of spinning drives as we know them.
Actually, you both are kinda wrong. With hard drive prices going through the roof, SSDs are going to be a more viable option in the higher end computing market. The last people that will be won over are the people who want a 1TB drive in their $399 Black Friday Staples computer.
With everything moving to the cloud and the availability of high speed internet access I actually find myself using less and less hard drive space every day. This time next year, SSDs will be the norm in almost every laptop, mark my words. Hybrid drives appeal to the mid-range computers or for people who demand more space than they'll ever need. But what I will be really interested to see is how this shortage will affect cheap computer prices.
We received signage in our store today to mark that we are out of hard drives due to the flooding in Thailand. I have a feeling this shortage will be the end of spinning drives as we know them.
Actually, I would love to try out the feature on my Gigabyte Mobo to add a small solid state drive right to the board to work as a hybrid with a normal spinning drive. I almost bought one with this build but said "Why?" when my main drive was already going to be an SSD.
Actually, what Dell needs to do (because we all know HP won't do it and Toshiba doesn't have enough normal people cred) is to create a relatively crappy laptop with an SSD and demo it at all the retail outlets. It'll be so much faster people would be compelled to buy it.
Look at the Macbook Air. Relatively slow processor, modest amounts of RAM, but it's blazing fast. Why? That SATAIII SSD on board.
Look at the Macbook Air. Relatively slow processor, modest amounts of RAM, but it's blazing fast. Why? That SATAIII SSD on board.
Oh, and one more thing!
SSDs will become popular once us geeks start getting our parents to buy computers with them in them. I talk to customers literally every day that think they need a Core i7 with 8gigs of RAM and a 1TB HDD for the sake of playing on Facebook. That's because some geek somewhere told them that that is what they need.
SSDs will become popular once us geeks start getting our parents to buy computers with them in them. I talk to customers literally every day that think they need a Core i7 with 8gigs of RAM and a 1TB HDD for the sake of playing on Facebook. That's because some geek somewhere told them that that is what they need.
chadkirchner wrote:
I disagree, its only a temporary shortage. If this shortage was going to last for years it would no doubt be the end. The problem is even with the shortage drives are still worlds different in price compared to SSD's. I don't disagree that some people will start getting them due to guidance from PC savvy kids and friends but do you really think your grandparents or parents are going to get that you can't save everything to the OS drive? That's why hybrid drives like this will be the norm for non tech savvy users. This way they are still getting an increase in performance but they have the capacity's they have come to expect.
This is a little different than telling your parents to buy the biggest fastest PC. Moving to an SSD requires a LOT of money, or the knowledge to know how to save to a second drive to prevent the SSD from filling up.
You're both wrong! Wrong I say!
Actually, you both are kinda wrong. With hard drive prices going through the roof, SSDs are going to be a more viable option in the higher end computing market. The last people that will be won over are the people who want a 1TB drive in their $399 Black Friday Staples computer.
With everything moving to the cloud and the availability of high speed internet access I actually find myself using less and less hard drive space every day. This time next year, SSDs will be the norm in almost every laptop, mark my words. Hybrid drives appeal to the mid-range computers or for people who demand more space than they'll ever need. But what I will be really interested to see is how this shortage will affect cheap computer prices.
We received signage in our store today to mark that we are out of hard drives due to the flooding in Thailand. I have a feeling this shortage will be the end of spinning drives as we know them.
Actually, you both are kinda wrong. With hard drive prices going through the roof, SSDs are going to be a more viable option in the higher end computing market. The last people that will be won over are the people who want a 1TB drive in their $399 Black Friday Staples computer.
With everything moving to the cloud and the availability of high speed internet access I actually find myself using less and less hard drive space every day. This time next year, SSDs will be the norm in almost every laptop, mark my words. Hybrid drives appeal to the mid-range computers or for people who demand more space than they'll ever need. But what I will be really interested to see is how this shortage will affect cheap computer prices.
We received signage in our store today to mark that we are out of hard drives due to the flooding in Thailand. I have a feeling this shortage will be the end of spinning drives as we know them.
I disagree, its only a temporary shortage. If this shortage was going to last for years it would no doubt be the end. The problem is even with the shortage drives are still worlds different in price compared to SSD's. I don't disagree that some people will start getting them due to guidance from PC savvy kids and friends but do you really think your grandparents or parents are going to get that you can't save everything to the OS drive? That's why hybrid drives like this will be the norm for non tech savvy users. This way they are still getting an increase in performance but they have the capacity's they have come to expect.
This is a little different than telling your parents to buy the biggest fastest PC. Moving to an SSD requires a LOT of money, or the knowledge to know how to save to a second drive to prevent the SSD from filling up.
I'd be willing to bet if you polled people on how much disk space they use, I bet 90% of users use less than 100GBs.
garfi3ld wrote:
I think we as tech people live in our own reality distortion field. When I ask people how many photos they have (when they are purchasing a flash drive or external HDD for backing up), the usual answer is "a couple of hundred". In my 3+ years at my Staples I have talked to maybe two customers who had space needs beyond that 100GB number.
We BitTorrent movies, take videos and tens of thousands of digital photos. We are unique, at least IMHO.
If noone had digital cameras I would agree with you
I think we as tech people live in our own reality distortion field. When I ask people how many photos they have (when they are purchasing a flash drive or external HDD for backing up), the usual answer is "a couple of hundred". In my 3+ years at my Staples I have talked to maybe two customers who had space needs beyond that 100GB number.
We BitTorrent movies, take videos and tens of thousands of digital photos. We are unique, at least IMHO.
I am actually starting to see laptops more often now coming with two hdd bays in them. So SSDs wouldn't be a loss but a gain.
I agree with Chad. 90% or more of PC's that come in for repair seldom use more then 100g of the drives capacity and usually that # is in the 10% of the drive space used or less.
The average person could use a 250 and never run out of space. The photographers and the gamers are the minority when it comes to data storage space used.
For instance I have 7 units in for repair right now and not 1 is using more then 60g on the HD. These vary from win xp to win 7 units, desktops and laptops. One of them has a 1tb HD in it and only useing 43g of the drive. Where my laptop i am using over 500g, and my desktop has over 2tb used in data space.
The average person could use a 250 and never run out of space. The photographers and the gamers are the minority when it comes to data storage space used.
For instance I have 7 units in for repair right now and not 1 is using more then 60g on the HD. These vary from win xp to win 7 units, desktops and laptops. One of them has a 1tb HD in it and only useing 43g of the drive. Where my laptop i am using over 500g, and my desktop has over 2tb used in data space.
My original point really wasn't about how much space people actually use. Its more that people when shopping for a PC are a lot less likely to pay more for the PC with considerably less hard drive space.
Even with hard drive prices doubling and tripling they are still considerably cheaper per Gb than SSD's. Right now a 250 gig SSD on newegg would run you $269, right now also on newegg to get a 3tb hard drive its going to run you between $249 and $259. Even the largest hard drive available is still cheaper than that SSD.
I'm not saying that SSD adoption won't go up over the next 6 months to a year. I just don't think that its going to kill the hard drive. The "average" consumer isn't even asking for advice on their PC. I've seen them picking them up at walmart and other big box stores every day. They look for some of the cheapest PC's and then make sure that is has more Core, RAM, and HD space than their last PC. SSD's, although dropping in price are still a long way away from being common place in those cheap PC's.
I would expect to see a lot more SSD's being used in thin and portable laptops and high end PC's.
Even with hard drive prices doubling and tripling they are still considerably cheaper per Gb than SSD's. Right now a 250 gig SSD on newegg would run you $269, right now also on newegg to get a 3tb hard drive its going to run you between $249 and $259. Even the largest hard drive available is still cheaper than that SSD.
I'm not saying that SSD adoption won't go up over the next 6 months to a year. I just don't think that its going to kill the hard drive. The "average" consumer isn't even asking for advice on their PC. I've seen them picking them up at walmart and other big box stores every day. They look for some of the cheapest PC's and then make sure that is has more Core, RAM, and HD space than their last PC. SSD's, although dropping in price are still a long way away from being common place in those cheap PC's.
I would expect to see a lot more SSD's being used in thin and portable laptops and high end PC's.
I agree Wes, I think that main steam adoption of the SSD is still 2 years away, and this is also the line that Western Digital is taking as well. When I was at ITC recently WD talked and they do not see spinning media going the way of the 8 track in anywhere less then 5 years. They do see it happening eventually, but no time soon. Also SSD's still can not hold up to large file server heavy access, database access etc. They have customers that would kill SSD write limits on the best of the SSD's in under 3 months so spinning media is here for a long time.
WD also felt that hyprid drives and motherboard that use an SSD to cache are more the line MFG's will take vs using pure ssd's in the near future.
Prices suck and are going to get alot worse before they get better. WD is expecting to see 500g HD's hit the 175+ range 1st qtr 2012, but as you said even at that price the spinning media is still cheaper then and SSD, and MFG's are going to put in the cheapest solution they can because no matter if SSD or Spinning they are going to have to increase the price of desktops and laptops. Prices on systems have already started going up over the last few weeks at the wholesale price lvl.
WD also felt that hyprid drives and motherboard that use an SSD to cache are more the line MFG's will take vs using pure ssd's in the near future.
Prices suck and are going to get alot worse before they get better. WD is expecting to see 500g HD's hit the 175+ range 1st qtr 2012, but as you said even at that price the spinning media is still cheaper then and SSD, and MFG's are going to put in the cheapest solution they can because no matter if SSD or Spinning they are going to have to increase the price of desktops and laptops. Prices on systems have already started going up over the last few weeks at the wholesale price lvl.
I have an 80gb Intel SSD in my laptop and I am using 35gb. Then again, their is no music or pictures on the device but it still get used everyday.
On the other two computers I have 1 SSD in each and then a 2TB caviar black for games. In the Main Rig I have 1 300gb Velociraptor and another 1TB caviar black.
On the other two computers I have 1 SSD in each and then a 2TB caviar black for games. In the Main Rig I have 1 300gb Velociraptor and another 1TB caviar black.
I would say I am about average. Most of the drives aren't even close to being full. The only ones that are the 2TB blacks but that is all Steam games.
Ultrabooks?! Ha! We have one of the new Acers in an it's no thinner than a typical laptop. Of course, the standard in which I will judge ultrabooks is thickness compared to the Macbook Air, so I guess I'm a snob that way.
I almost wish I could purchase all of those leftover Black Friday computers that we have left. In about 3 months I could turn them for a profit because I do believe wholesale computer prices are going to skyrocket, and during a time where computer sales are generally sluggish anyway.
I guess I wish people that say they want a "performance" computer would actually look at real-world performance instead of the fact tags at Best Buy (or Staples in my case).
I just think with OEM hard drive prices skyrocketing, HP or Dell could come along with a 15" machine with an i3 and a 256GB SSD and tout it as being as fast as their high-end stuff now for less money.
garfi3ld wrote:
I almost wish I could purchase all of those leftover Black Friday computers that we have left. In about 3 months I could turn them for a profit because I do believe wholesale computer prices are going to skyrocket, and during a time where computer sales are generally sluggish anyway.
I guess I wish people that say they want a "performance" computer would actually look at real-world performance instead of the fact tags at Best Buy (or Staples in my case).
I just think with OEM hard drive prices skyrocketing, HP or Dell could come along with a 15" machine with an i3 and a 256GB SSD and tout it as being as fast as their high-end stuff now for less money.
garfi3ld wrote:
My original point really wasn't about how much space people actually use. Its more that people when shopping for a PC are a lot less likely to pay more for the PC with considerably less hard drive space.
Even with hard drive prices doubling and tripling they are still considerably cheaper per Gb than SSD's. Right now a 250 gig SSD on newegg would run you $269, right now also on newegg to get a 3tb hard drive its going to run you between $249 and $259. Even the largest hard drive available is still cheaper than that SSD.
I'm not saying that SSD adoption won't go up over the next 6 months to a year. I just don't think that its going to kill the hard drive. The "average" consumer isn't even asking for advice on their PC. I've seen them picking them up at walmart and other big box stores every day. They look for some of the cheapest PC's and then make sure that is has more Core, RAM, and HD space than their last PC. SSD's, although dropping in price are still a long way away from being common place in those cheap PC's.
I would expect to see a lot more SSD's being used in thin and portable laptops and high end PC's.
Even with hard drive prices doubling and tripling they are still considerably cheaper per Gb than SSD's. Right now a 250 gig SSD on newegg would run you $269, right now also on newegg to get a 3tb hard drive its going to run you between $249 and $259. Even the largest hard drive available is still cheaper than that SSD.
I'm not saying that SSD adoption won't go up over the next 6 months to a year. I just don't think that its going to kill the hard drive. The "average" consumer isn't even asking for advice on their PC. I've seen them picking them up at walmart and other big box stores every day. They look for some of the cheapest PC's and then make sure that is has more Core, RAM, and HD space than their last PC. SSD's, although dropping in price are still a long way away from being common place in those cheap PC's.
I would expect to see a lot more SSD's being used in thin and portable laptops and high end PC's.
I don't disagree, I love my SSD. I'm just saying from a typical user standpoint they are more concerned about the price and the few numbers they know. I've seen many people buy older PC's with pre i series CPU's just because the other pc/laptop has more hard drive space or more ram and the CPU's have the "same" Ghz lol.
They do have the same Ghz, which is why that Celeron-equipped econobox is just as good as the i7-equipped laptop we sell!
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